INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Good Morning Owlies!

⭐ This is a great big gold shiny star for Karen to stick on her forehead. Didja all see what she did for us? She stepped in and responded perfectly to an obvious spammer! I saw the post the poser made last night but figured I would leave it to Loverly 🤐

Karen a great big Hootie-Hoo to you Sister! 🦉 (tha'ts an owl in case it doesn't show)

Loverly, you can play sheriff next time! 🤠 😛

Sassy - I need to watch that video. Certainly must be powerful to move a certain little college gal.

Teka ~ It's so sad that our Nation's people are more concerned about tearing each other up instead of lifting each other up. All we can do is be the best people we can be and treat one another based on "who" they are, not "what" they are. "Try to be the person your dog thinks you are" - not the cat. The cat only thinks of us as slow witted servants 🐱

I am so sorry to read of the sorrows shared here. Grief is a heavy burden; no answer for that just ((hugs)). Bossy Family? Just say you have diarrhea. Works like a charm!

JunieB ~ Where are you? I'm sorry I truly thought your new place was haunted. I never knew of a doggie that barked at spiders. Ghosts yes.... If I say I'm glad you have spiders that doesn't sound quite nice. So I will say I am sorry and glad and leave out the nouns. 😕🙄

But..... Saturdays are Silly!

Has anyone ever heard of such a thing as a Border Bunny? The video below is of Champis The Sheepherding Rabbit! Love this comment that was posted about it ...

"The farm is our neighbour in our summer house. The bunny was king of the barn. The sheep was terrified of him because he bit their legs if they didn't obey him. His best friend was a chicken..."

The farm is in Sweden but I think this was really filmed in Wenchie's backyard!

M0mmy ~ Sounds like your SIL stepped in just at the right time. Hate to say it, but I preferred the holidays much more when we didn't have family nearby. You have an outstanding DH, such a special and brave man to stand up for you! ((hugs)) to you both. oops....make that a very gentle ((hug)) for you. 🤗

I was actually looking for this video to post for you when I got sidetracked by that bunny. The Sheltie below was one of my students. Casey is Therapy certified and he and his Mom made the video while doing a school visit. Very special pair! Love how Mom came up with such a fun and creative way to involve all the children at once.

shepkitty,

What exactly are you trying to say to me?

I've now returned from dinner.

Are you referring to my prior post?

Oh never mind......doesn't matter.

F**k politics!!

Dear Teka, That was exactly what I was saying to EVERYONE - "F" Politics!

I agree with you, too much garbage from all sides. The news media is so whacked out, how can anyone know what to believe? Just imagine how the bad guys from other countries must be loving all this foolishness. Friendships have been lost, family members that no longer speak..... we'll rip the country apart all by ourselves. It makes me sad and worried. For all of us. Nothing wrong with having different opinions.... just hate all the hatin' going on in our country. 😢

Karen ~ Yes, I too had signs that my body wasn't well before getting my DX. I have Fibromyalgia and was used to having pain, nausea, sensitive skin, ect. When I started with new uncontrollable pain I became suspicious something was awry.... the fallen down and being unable to get back up was the BIG tipoff. Stupid bone mets.............

It's easy to beat yourself up, trying to figure out what went wrong and what could have been done differently. We all do it. It really doesn’t matter. We can't change what has happened. We can fight like hell to gain control over WHAT will happen. Learn all you can about your DX, ask questions of your docs, take care of your body to keep it strong and healthy-ish during treatment and recovery and remember to still be you. ☺️

See what I meant, Karen

you asked. Here’s Evie. They were down in the LA area sightseeing for other DGD birthday.

Cutie pie and she has a halo, awww!

Karen, Shep, that post was deleted by the Mods.

Loved the video of the Sheltie. Showed it to my hubby who smiled.

Loveroflife,

Odd thing, I have had the broken capillaries after the lx. And I still have the sore arm, but read lots of things online that said that was normal for after breast surgery in a lot of cases.

I have to really listen to my body. It worked for finding this when I did. There were no signs or symptoms that they tell you about and I didn't see anything wrong with my breast, just in the shower one day and in my head felt something was off. LIfted my hand and put my index finger right on the lump. It was the weirdest thing ever. I don't think I would have found this until it was too late otherwise. I consider myself, at this moment blessed. I don't turn 40 til November, so I had a long time where I could have put that off...

I think we definitely need to lower the age on mammograms and raise the research on late stage breast cancer. I was told that generally the cancer (my particular cancer) won't have a lump that is palpable until after it's already become invasive. To catch it sooner, I couldn't have. Wasn't old enough to start getting them. I did have one done at 35 as a baseline because we felt something fishy. Thought my Gyno was sure it was nothing, he still was good enough to take the opportunity for a covered mammogram.

Anyway, enough of my rant. lol

Caught up on reading.

Shepkitty - that bunny !!! LOL the sheep are like awwww come on! And I bet this was just killing the dog to down stay. Needed a good 5 min of fun.

Karen - I had a lot of lightning pain shooting through breast and arm pit. And my pit smelled weird even after swimming and very clean. Fav foods were upsetting me, got a little dizzy sometimes, unusual quirky things you say flu or whatever. In homeopathy they treat the whole person, none of the specialists of treating pieces and parts.

Mommy - in my humble opinion the family could be scheduling around your schedule, like a few days out from tx, they could ask.

WELL IT IS OFFICIAL - I had the liver biopsy and THEY TRIED TO KILL ME, it was like being harpooned to a table and unable to breathe. The pathologist had to go in just under breast next to the compromised bronchial tube w the cancer scarring so maybe that made it worse. Tried to go in at R side of breast but I coughed and he got another doctor in there and they changed course. Of course, I went through it with only lidocaine injected in the site. Too many drug sensitivities and I did not want to be put under due to COPD that gets worse each time. So no narcotics, valium-types or pain killers at all. But if they had told me that this was not going to be a needle inserted and fine biopsy removed, repeat, etc. like I had of an axillary lymph node and hilar node while awake then I would not have done it at all. If I would have coughed I think it would have killed my liver and maybe me???? I warned them I cough at every turn and have coughing seizures. But I suppose they did not believe me. And the only reason I think that maybe I was not coughing while the needle was stuck in my liver lesion is that I was screaming in the most controlled effort. I will not post this on liver mets like I am here and on SteamRoom, it will freak them out. But this pain experience was the worst of my life, more so than childbirth, C-section, tubal ligation surgeries, broken ankle, broken arms and migraines. I am quite pissed.

Yes, CT guided. And the R breast is very small now since 3/4 my breast tissue was removed in lumpectomy. L small too, but on terms of C cup-ish small.

You know, there wasn't even an anesthesiologist present for the just in case there was trauma to the patient. Come to think of it. This was not at all what I thought it would be.

Giving the pathologist one credit - he knew I did not want to undergo anestesia as I am protective of my lungs and breathing capabilities.

But he must not have believed me that I cough endlessly. I stressed it and got the ok to take in my throat spray for just in case. But did not realize what the procedure was.

But the rest of my medical team let me go in there too. DO, RO, nurse navigator, onc nurse, my DNP. What were they thinking, should have told me it was not safe or even possible.

Friday and yesterday I thought I would never be the same again. But the coughing pain from after effects has stopped and I am back at it. Pissed off like a wet hornet.

Going to have dinner and watch a movie and chill.

Thanks Sas for the feedback and ideas.

BTW when the pathologist came in recovery later I said, So it's the torturer. Call it like it is.

Oh....... and nurse Cathy. She was going to get me up to go to bathroom and said the coughing wouldn't do that much damage. I said BUT I AM NOT SUPPOSED TO MOVE. And she huffed and went and checked w pathologist and came back telling me I was three hours strict bedrest, bedpan only. Seriously. How does shit like that got lost in translation? and what if I were not the type of patient who speaks out? and just gets up and goes to the bathroom when I am not to move?

And furthermore, on the subject of Hubby.....

He wheels me up to surgery registration and announces, "She is here for a heart bypass."

After he told me enough times, make sure they are doing the right thing to the right side.

Bluebird so sorry you had to endure that trauma. My God how did you manage to come out of that with your sense of humour intact? You are truly amazing. Maybe you should have taken hubby's suggestion and gone to coronary care instead, couldn't have been any worse, or could it?

Hope you are getting over the trauma and getting a bit of TLC instead.