INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Kathinc- I saw Elton in Vegas last year (Feb 2017). His Yellow Brick Road is one of my favorites of all time. I bet that tour was great. He puts on a show like no other.

I liked watching Alice Cooper in the Dark Shadows movie with Johnny Depp. If you have not seen that, it is great (especially if any of you were old enough to watch the original Dark Shadows show in the late 1960s).

Mommy- the old rockers from the 70s are the best. Most of them put on a great show.

I am going to see Todd Rundgren next month!

Jazzy, you are right. Even the ones from the '80s like Rick Springfield are good. Saw him back in '09 and Survivor in '13.

Kathinc- the balloons on the top and bottom have been here before, I have seen them at fiestas in the past. The old Mother Hubbards shoe is a hard one to fly very far. The special shapes balloons are my favorite.

Unfortunately the glow got cancelled tonight as the winds were up. They have them most every night so hopefully more luck going forward. There is a cold front coming in tonight.

It's 5:48 a.m. EST and I'm still up. I've had this problem with insomnia since starting on the Letrozole/ Ibrance. I'm tired but just do not fall asleep. And I've taken at least 1 mg of Xanax. oh boy.

One thing I learned this year after hearing about many of the balloons coming from Brazil every year is that they are big maker and seller of hot air balloons. That is one pretty nice thing to be involved in, as I understand they average for cost to be about $300K for each balloon. Then there is the insurance on top of that because accidents do happen. Hot air balloon rides average around $300/hr per person.

People often ask if I have ever been up in a hot air balloon? The answer is "not yet". My nephew may be visiting next year and celebrating a milestone birthday here as well so I am planning to go and take him up for his birthday. I am going to start saving now.....

thanks for replying JunieB - I laid in bed tonight a couple of hours, now here it is 5 a.m. again and I just couldn't sleep. When I do fall asleep problem is I then spend much of the day sleeping, I'm on a bad schedule. It's hard to turn it around. I've had this problem even when I'm not on any cancer treatments, but I do think these meds make it worse.

But I do enjoy the beautiful hot air balloon pics

Hi girls,

While I have a few free minutes want to ask you something. I have a friend with cancer, but the main thing is that she smokes. I spent hours on persuading her to leave that habit. Her body needs strength to overcome such serious problem and she needs to help herself. But she doesn't stop that.
I was trying to persuade her somehow, I even asked the doctor and he said that some people try to switch to vaping and then can give it up easier than smoking. I'm not sure whether it's a good idea. But anyway better to try??? I'm worrying so much. Don't know what else I can do to help. I've read the article on Vapingdaily.
Here're some researches that still haven't proved the connection between vaping and cancer. I wanted to add a link, but the site didn't allow that to me.
Maybe still should try?

Jan- smoking is hard to give up, very addictive habit. I know several sisters here who are struggling to do so and they know it will improve their overall health. If your friend does not have the desire to make the change though, not much you can do. I have been through this with people who were told by their doctors to give up smoking and just never would or could....

Susan best wishes with the care, I hope you have the very best.

Poor you.

Get well soon.

CONGRATULATIONS GRANDMA

Feeling vastly improved, ribs hurt a lot when I cough from being sick almost every half hour yesterday.

Yep. Have to hold a pillow in front of them to deaden some of the pain

I am being very careful.