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  • bootsie7
    bootsie7 Member Posts: 114
    edited December 2018

    Thank you Jessie123 & Wren44,

    I will be returning a call in AM to see how long it will take to get a 2nd opinion appt.

    I know I should probably start Anastrozole but I there is a part of me that doesn't want to.😣


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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited December 2018

    If you decide to start I wish for you my total lack of side effects.

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  • bootsie7
    bootsie7 Member Posts: 114
    edited December 2018

    Wren such kind words thank you.


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  • bootsie7
    bootsie7 Member Posts: 114
    edited December 2018

    Thinking of you Sandyfish68. Tomorrow is your scheduled surgery and all good thoughts are with you.

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited December 2018

    Bootsie, should the side effects be too much to bear you can always request a change to one of the other AI's.

    Sandfish, good luck with your surgery, you are in our thoughts.

    Had my second zap today and I must admit that I'm already feeling fatigued. I had a restless sleep last night which I guess is not helping so hoping that I sleep really well tonight. Two down, three to go then I'm off home as I'm staying with my daughter who lives ten minutes from the treatment center.

    Hoping everyone is doing well.

    Love n hugs. Chrissy

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  • bootsie7
    bootsie7 Member Posts: 114
    edited December 2018

    Chrissyb hope you are doing ok?

    I spoke with MO today and tonight I am taking my first Anastrozole. I am still so hesitant ever since my severe infect and hospital stay and finding out I have bone mets ,

    well just lost my positive attitude and fight.

    But my DH & I had our Grandson sleep over last night, took him to school this AM then came home and wrapped holiday gifts together and it was so nice. To think this could be my last holiday is overwhelming and I was angry at the thought. SO I think my fight is coming back!! Swallow the pill and lets see what happens

    Hope all are doing ok...Hugs and best of thoughts to everyone

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited December 2018

    Bootsie I'm doing okay, thanks for asking. Finished my Rads this morning then drove two hours to get home......to say I'm a bit tired would be an understatement.....lol.....I'm absolutely whacked! I've convinced hubby to get us fish and chips for dinner with a promise that I will cook tomorrow. Hopefully a good nights sleep will see me with just a bit more energy than I have right now.

    I'll be back in the city next Tuesday to see the Opthamologist. Hopefully it will be my last visit and I can just get used to not wearing glasses all the time, just for reading and close work.

    Boots, getting your fight on is a good thing, you go girl! So long as your mets are controlled you can still enjoy many years of living life to the full and taking the meds recommended will help with that.

    Hoping everyone is doing just fine.

    Love n hugs. Chrissy

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited December 2018

    wishing everyone the best Christmas Days as can be. 🎄🎄🎄

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited December 2018

    Wishing each and every one of you lovely ladies the best Christmas and the best Holiday season one could wish for. Hoping that the New Year brings better health for all of us.

    Love n hugs. Chrissy

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  • karen1956
    karen1956 Member Posts: 6,503
    edited December 2018

    To all who celebrate, wishing you a wonderful Christmas......here's to 2019 being a year of health and happiness

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  • bootsie7
    bootsie7 Member Posts: 114
    edited December 2018

    May the season bring Health, Happiness, Peace and Love to everyone.

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  • janky
    janky Member Posts: 500
    edited December 2018

    As a friend in a different thread said 'Merry Everything" - I too, wish us all a wonderful, happy, healthy new year filled with love, laughter, healing, and hope!

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited January 2019

    Chrissy, are you watching the tennis?

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited January 2019

    I will be when the open starts on the 14th.....😁

    I started new meds today so it will be a good time to just sit......right now I'm busy crocheting little snuggle blankets for my three great granddaughters, they will be ready just as winter begins.

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited January 2019

    just take it easy, Chrissy 💗

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  • bootsie7
    bootsie7 Member Posts: 114
    edited January 2019

    Hi everyone. Been quiet here. Chrissyb hope you are ok?

    SoCalLisa & Wren44 hope all is well.

    I started Anastrozole 125mg Dec14th. I wanted to start with AI first and see if I have any side effects before I add Ibrance. Well Ibrance came yesterday but of course I just have stared at it. 😮 I have had tingling stiffness and numb sort of feeling in my right hand/fingers. I also have shoulder soreness and an area next to my shoulder blade that has been chronic and flares up now & then (carry too much, purse on shoulder etc.) So now MO not sure if Anastrozole, chronic problem or cancer pressing on spine.😕 MRI for spine & shoulder this Friday. (heavy sigh.)

    Believe I heard Australia is in a heat wave...while here in IL. we are in a a Polar Vortex!

    Crazy Stuff.

    Although , because of school closings today & tomorrow my grandson has been with us and gets to have a sleepover.😊

    Thinking of you all and sending hugs.


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  • bootsie7
    bootsie7 Member Posts: 114
    edited January 2019

    ii

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  • TB90
    TB90 Member Posts: 992
    edited January 2019

    I will be turning 60. I cannot believe I am older. Do not feel older. But even more seriously, how do I know if I have "sense"? I cannot control the older and after a bc dx, getting older is a gift. But whether or not I have sense as this thread is titled, is very debatable. Lo

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited January 2019

    I think having sense was in reaction to some drama on another thread. This one is pour your tea, sit and chat and make friends.

    I'm 78 and just starting to feel older. I watch young volunteers fling themselves down on the floor to play with a cat in the bottom row. I could do that, just not be able to get back up.

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited January 2019

    Hi girls and welcome TB90!

    Whether you have sense or not, as Wren said, pull up a seat, make a cuppa and join the chat to make friends.😁

    Boots, I wish you well with Ibrance and Letrozole combo and I seriously hope your se are on the minor side. Goodluck with your MRI........keeping my fingers crossed that all is well and your problem is due to the weight of your bag.

    Yep, hot as hades down under but luckily we have had a break in the big hot and are now into the medium hot.......lol. To tell you the truth, I really can't wait until winter arrives........I am so over summer. I guess you have the same sentiment about your winter so I suppose it's all relative.

    I have had such a reaction to Affinitor that once again my onc has stopped it until I see him on the 19th Feb. Right now my mouth is full of the most painful ulcers that I have ever experienced and due to their painfulness I have eaten very little in the last week, even getting water into me has been a bit of a struggle. I'm hoping that now I've stopped the Affinitor again they will heal and on the 19th I'm surmising that I will be having a long conversation with the onc to sort out what next.........my guess is right now those little interlopers in my body are having a party but as is said, 'shit happens'.

    Two weeks of tennis has allowed me to get two and a half of the four snugglerugs required done. They are looking pretty nifty if I say so myself.

    TB90, inside this 67 year old body is a 20 something trying to get out.........nope, don't feel old either but some days cancer says I'm 100 not out.😁

    Take it easy all!

    Love n hugs. Chrissy

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  • karen1956
    karen1956 Member Posts: 6,503
    edited February 2019

    Chrissy - sorry that you are suffering so with the side effects....sure hope your oncologist has a good solution for you. Hugs, Karen

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  • TB90
    TB90 Member Posts: 992
    edited February 2019

    I recognize many of you. I too am so sorry Chrissy for your mouth sores. One sore is awful, multiple sores are unbearable. Just a quick summary about me. From Canada in one of the colder zones. Brrr I am now facing a very high likelihood of thyroid cancer and meet with my surgeon on Feb 6th. I am a social worker, now Program Manager on a First Nation Community. One adult son, aged 32 years and a wonderful husband who is partially disabled by a stroke or two. But still very functional. I have a precious cockatoo named Blanche, my avatar and a bulldog and share custody with my sons chihuahua. Lol. First thread I have joined. And really looking forward to getting to know all of you

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited February 2019

    Thanks TB90. Oh your cockatoo is a sulphur Crest! I have flocks of them fly over my house every day as they roost in the trees next to the creek across the road from where I live. They are amazing, intelligent birds for sure and if treated well in captivity can live 40 plus years.

    Love that you have share custody of your sons chihuahua.......lol.....and an English bully....they are gorgeous! Unfortunately I no longer have a dog as my precious Tinker passed last year, she was eighteen.......now I just have a big fat ginger moggy called Megs. He is coming seven but is still a mischief for sure..

    My home town is a small (population about 1000) country town in South Australia about 150km from Adelaide which is the capital. I have about a 2-3 hour drive to get to all my medicos but I don't mind as the drive is lovely. I'm a mad keen photographer, quilter, crocheted, sewer etc, etc......in other words, I try to stay relatively busy without burning too much energy......lol.

    I have two living daughters and a deceased son, 4 grandchildren and three great grandchildren with another on the way and a fur baby grandchild.......I can honestly say that my life is full. We are both retired, but when we were in our working years we had our own business which we ran for thirty years.

    Well, enough about me......just thought I'd give you a little introduction. 😁

    Take care all and stay warm.

    Love n hugs. Chrissy

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  • karen1956
    karen1956 Member Posts: 6,503
    edited February 2019

    HI TB9 - hope you are staying warm in frigid Winnipeg. We used to have a English Bulldog many years ago....we've had quite the assortment of dogs over the past 40+ years...currently we have Mischa, 10 year old St. Bernard.

    Welcome to the group

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  • TB90
    TB90 Member Posts: 992
    edited February 2019

    Thanks Chrissy: For future reference, what is our time difference? It is 7:30 pm Jan 31 here now. And to clarify, Blanche is a rescue. I dream about releasing her to New Guinea where she was captured wild in 1971. She is an old girl like me. We have had her for 15 glorious years. The thought of them flying wild in my country is beyond imaginable. Keep cool and I will try to keep warm. Minus 55 Celsius with wind chill.

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited February 2019

    TB, you posted 26 minutes ago and at that time it was 12.15pm 1st Feb. Our time difference is about 16 hours 45 minutes and we are ahead.

    If you have had your cockatoo that long she would never be able to be released to the wild as she would firstly be set upon by the flock and secondly not know where to find food. Even though the idea is great, for her now it would be cruel and a death sentence.

    Oh my!! Minus 55?!!!!! I cannot imagine somewhere so cold! I like cold but I doubt I would like it to be that cold.😁 Yes indeed do stay warm.

    Karen, what happened to Bear?

    Love n hugs. Chrissy

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  • TB90
    TB90 Member Posts: 992
    edited February 2019

    Karen1956: A St. Bernard! Love them. Does my profile say Winnipeg some where? I use Winnipeg because if I said Grand Marais, no one would ever find me. We lived in Winnipeg, but for the past 15 years live one hour north in an area called the beaches. Beautiful in the summer, but remote in the winter. I love the busy beach season with all the cottages and the harsh and isolated winters. Howling coyotes woke me up last night. We get Northern lights and watch the ice fisherman and brave eagles who stay all winter to eat the leftovers on the ice. We have lived in all the major cities across Canada when my husband was an executive of a health care company. We chose to retire here. Go figure. If I ever retire

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  • TB90
    TB90 Member Posts: 992
    edited February 2019

    socalisa and wrenn, I know both of you from other postings and am so excited to be here with you. And have not read back any further yet. Will not be such a pest moving forward. But I am kind of excited

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited February 2019

    You are very welcome here. Chrissy is not kidding about her knitting and crocheting. She has posted photos of some of her projects and they're amazing. I'm trying to learn to paint with watercolors in my retirement. I take a class for seniors that is pretty low cost and a lot of fun. Our teacher's husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and is receiving chemo, which I hear is kicking his butt, so class members are taking turns teaching a class. I volunteered to do one on perspective in 2 weeks. I will be studying for that one for sure.

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  • Snickersmom
    Snickersmom Member Posts: 926
    edited February 2019

    Hi everyone,

    I don't know how I missed this thread before but here I am! I will be 72 in May, even though I swear I was just 25 yesterday! I have a great DH (most of the time), 3 daughters, and 4 granddaughters. We are both retired, living in Florida. The girls and granddaughters live in Massachusetts with their husbands and girls. The oldest has 2 daughters - 13 and 12. The middle daughter has two daughters as well - 13 and 11. Our youngest daughter is single.

    Love to travel - I spent 6 weeks in Sydney, NSW 4 years ago. A dear friend who lived there gave me the trip, and I absolutely loved every minute I spent there. Three years ago DH and I sailed to Spain and spent 35 days visiting friends and several countries, and then sailed home. I will travel anywhere!

    Chrissy - I am also a quilter. I never sewed much until 4 years ago and I discovered quilting. I just entered my first show and got an Honorable Mention in my category! boy, was I surprised!

    TB90 - your town sounds fascinating! wish I could come up there in the summer and see it.

    Nice to meet you all!

    Ann


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