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  • AnimalCrackers
    AnimalCrackers Member Posts: 701
    edited May 2018

    I am in awe of what you are able to accomplish with everything you are dealing with. Especially the brain Mets. You rock!! Good luck with your live video call with the palliative care dr.

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  • Maire67
    Maire67 Member Posts: 768
    edited May 2018

    Lita..trying to use a new computer setup and the steroids... I may have tossed it out the window. Hope you get some help from the palliative care doc and visit goes off without any glitches. Take care

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  • Lita57
    Lita57 Member Posts: 2,437
    edited May 2018

    Video visit went off w/out a hitch :o) this morning.

    Pall care dr had some interesting comments. Since my dizziness is not a "vertigo" type - I just feel like I'm about to pass out - there really aren't any meds for mine, only the vertigo type. He thinks it might be a blood pressure issue, since my BP now hovers at about 90/60 when I take the Tenormin/Atenolol. 110/70 is considered normal now. It could also be an SE of chemo, he also said. He told me to take my BP when I start to feel dizzy, so we can see if it has dropped significantly. Basically, we're doing a process of elimination.

    The Emla cream worked like a charm. Hardly felt a thing when the onco nurse poked me. My arms have thanked me, too :o).

    Still having the gastro issues, and dr said they may continue to get worse as chemo infusions, being cumulative, will continue to exacerbate the problem.

    Gonna try to rest now. The neighbors' dog has been barking all the time, starting at 7:30 am in the morning. Time to call animal control and file a complaint, sigh. Don't want to do it, but I deserve my sanity, and I need my Z's to maintain it.

    L


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  • Iwrite
    Iwrite Member Posts: 870
    edited May 2018

    Lita- Glad your online meeting with the Pall Dr went well! The dizziness must be hard to deal with...hope there are some meds to help...not the cbd??

    I loved the cyborg photo😁. You do need something a bit tougher than the heart, but I didn’t notice it until you said something. It a great look on you and the eye makeup looked like a night out was in your future.

    You are awesome!

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  • Tina2
    Tina2 Member Posts: 2,943
    edited May 2018

    Litayius of Borg,

    You blow what's left of my mind.

    Your admirer and servant,

    TIna

    P.S. Please don't hurt me.

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  • Beatmon
    Beatmon Member Posts: 1,562
    edited May 2018

    back to the Emla cream. I have found that if you are not numb, you are not putting it on early enough....despite what the sheet may say. More than an hour works best. I got out of the shower at 1130 am for 1:15 treatment. So maybe got needle at 1:45. I Never feel the needle. Don’t really know it is in until nurse says great blood flow. The generic will work as well. You just have make sure the nurses wipe and clean site well so as not to track any into the port. It stays numb the entire time I’m there, so it doesn’t sting when I go potty and move around.

    The tegaderm from Amazon works better for me than the stick n seal. Though I love press n seal.There is a box of 50 for 22 dollars. I buy the larger size 4x4 inches which I cut in half to use to cover my Fentanyl patch.

    The 2 3/4 in by 2 3/8 is 100; is 20.99 which is probably large enough so I’ll probabky get those next time.

    And I have Smile set up so a few pennies of each of my purchases are donated to Metavivor.

    Lita, I missed why you distance meet with the palliative care instead of a face to face.

    Brenda

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  • Lita57
    Lita57 Member Posts: 2,437
    edited May 2018

    Pall care dr is up in San Leandro....I'm down in the opposite direction and was going 4 chemo in a couple of hrs...easier to do conf call...plus every time u face 2 face in person, it's a copayment charge.

    L


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  • Lita57
    Lita57 Member Posts: 2,437
    edited May 2018

    image

    Mother's Day tea party with DD in the backyard.

    I almost had a disaster with my blueberry scones...DO NOT USE CANNED BERRIES! They will make the scones too wet. The dough was too sticky and looked like Hawaiian poi! Nevertheless, I managed to salvage them, and they turned out fine...and plenty for breakfast with lemon curd for tomorrow.

    Happy Mother's Day, ladies,

    L


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  • MameMe
    MameMe Member Posts: 425
    edited May 2018

    I am SOO pumped seeing you two in your hats and at tea! Now I know how to dress up when feeling rocky, get out the hat and floral dress! Thanks a million for this darling photo, I needed that! Hugs, Mam

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  • Mominator
    Mominator Member Posts: 1,575
    edited May 2018

    Lita, thank you for inviting us to Mother's Day tea in the backyard. You both look so lovely, and it's a lovely day, and you brought out the good china!

    I also like the Minion on your cane. Minions make me smile. 

    Madelyn 

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  • Juli24
    Juli24 Member Posts: 90
    edited June 2018

    Such a sweet picture. There’s nothing better than mother/daughter time! You amaze me Lita with your culinary skills. Have a wonderful Mother’s Day! Gentle hugs! Juli

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  • Juli24
    Juli24 Member Posts: 90
    edited June 2018

    Such a sweet picture. There's nothing better than mother/daughter time! You amaze me Lita with your culinary skills. Have a wonderful Mother's Day! Gentle hugs! Julie

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  • Iwrite
    Iwrite Member Posts: 870
    edited May 2018

    Happy Mother’s Day Lita! Spending time with our girls is the best :

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  • Micmel
    Micmel Member Posts: 9,450
    edited May 2018

    Happy Mothers Day Lita~ beautiful tea party. You can basically rock anything. It's an honor to cyber know you. Much love to you and your DD. ~M~

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  • 50sgirl
    50sgirl Member Posts: 2,527
    edited May 2018

    Lita, A beautiful picture, a beautiful moment, and two beautiful women! Happy Mother's Day.

    Hugs and prayers from, Lynne

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  • molliefish
    molliefish Member Posts: 723
    edited May 2018

    happy Mother's Day Lita.

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  • Piggy99
    Piggy99 Member Posts: 229
    edited May 2018

    Happy Mother's day, Lita. The only things looking even better than the decadent tea spread are you and your daughter!

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  • AnimalCrackers
    AnimalCrackers Member Posts: 701
    edited May 2018

    Happy Mother’s Day Lita!! Love the tea party

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  • ElleOnWheels
    ElleOnWheels Member Posts: 75
    edited May 2018

    What a great picture! You two look beautiful and so elegant. Everything looks delicious.

    I LOVE your minion. Have quite a few hanging out myself.

    Hope your day was wonderful!

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  • Jo6202
    Jo6202 Member Posts: 372
    edited May 2018

    Happy Mother's Day. Looks like my favorite Old Country Rose China pattern. Lovely picture.

    Jo


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  • momallthetime
    momallthetime Member Posts: 1,575
    edited May 2018

    Lita you are such an incredible person. And what a picture. So peaceful.

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  • Lita57
    Lita57 Member Posts: 2,437
    edited May 2018

    I am POOPED!

    Too much activity...packing for Monterey/Carmel, getting the house SEMI-cleaned up, and finally traveling to the Monterey Peninsula. Did a LOT of walking - slightly uphill and downhill to get to the restaurant. I'm pretty sure I'll be sore tomorrow, so I brought plenty of Voltaren Gel, Cannabis Rub, and Tylenol (can't take anything stronger, or I might start bleeding according to MO, my platelets are still pretty low).

    Tomorrow, DD and I are just going to lay low while DH golfs. DD will be editing her photos and I will start a project that my brother wants me to do b4 I transition. He wants me to chronicle the important points of my life so that he and my three other brothers will have something. I don't want it to turn into some tedious, monumental task, so I will do an outline first.

    I was surprised that my EARLIEST memory was actually when I had just turned three (I thought I had just turned four). Amazing how far back some of us can go. I distinctly remember Sunday, January 21, 1962. I was 3 yrs and 1 1/2 months old. It snowed that day...a rarity on the Peninsula. It has only snowed one other time in my life: Feb. 1976, when I was still in high school. Anyway, I remember getting pelted in the head by a snowball, crying, and running back into the house and my mom making me Nestle's Quik.

    Since I had WBR, my memories are so vivid now. Hope it stays that way, even tho the mets have grown, according to my last MRI.

    Everyone have a great weekend. I'll try to send pics if I can :>).

    L



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  • Kaption
    Kaption Member Posts: 3,192
    edited May 2018

    Lita,

    I’m glad you are writing down memories for your family. My grandmother gave us all her First Twenty Years booklet when she was about 90. It was filled with tidbit memories that we loved. She stopped at the point where she married. We wish she had also covered raising kids in the Depression, but loved what she did. I followed her example and wrote about my childhood right after I retired. It’s amazing what you remember once you start writing.

    My earliest memory was from when I was about 2 and my dad came in from mowing the yard and said he has run over a copperhead snake. It was after a big flood in KC that sent snakes slithering up hills to survive. It certainly made an impression.

    Keep writing! Your kids will thank you.



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  • Lita57
    Lita57 Member Posts: 2,437
    edited May 2018

    image

    DD and Sofia enjoying the sunset with me by the sea at The Inn at Spanish Bay. If was freezing! We ordered hot cocoa. Had a very nice weekend.


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  • SandiBeach57
    SandiBeach57 Member Posts: 1,617
    edited May 2018

    Lita...you define living. By the way, did you drink hot cocoa from those wine glasses that I see in your photo? Ha.

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  • Micmel
    Micmel Member Posts: 9,450
    edited May 2018

    Lita you look beautiful and so does your sweet DD loving your hair ! ~M~

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  • Lita57
    Lita57 Member Posts: 2,437
    edited May 2018

    No wine for me, sadly. Those were my dd's and dh's glasses. He brought a Turley Sauvignon Blanc to uncork with dinner. Corkage fee was a ridiculous 35.00, but still cheaper than a retail bottle of Turley.

    Wine still tastes metallic to me, and i have to safeguard my liver while on chemo. Back to the infusion clinic in 2 days.


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  • marylark
    marylark Member Posts: 178
    edited May 2018

    Lita - how beautiful you are!

    Mary

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  • SandiBeach57
    SandiBeach57 Member Posts: 1,617
    edited May 2018

    Yes, I safe guard my liver, too. That is why it is torture as I work at a local winery and pour tastings for folks!

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  • MameMe
    MameMe Member Posts: 425
    edited May 2018

    Lita, Best wig I have ever seen! That color looks perfect on you. xo Mame

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