For those starting chemo in June

Hey thanks girls. The Dr. yesterday said all my symptoms are from the thyroiditis I have very bad. He said a virus probably brought it on and I remember I had 3 bad sore throats (my Dr. was gone and I couldn't get in and get meds.)last fall. They were one after another so thats probably it. Well this has to clear up on it's own and it can take a few months to sometimes a year. I have to get into an indoctrinologist to get my meds. switched to another brand or what ever. The Dr. said my med. doesn't seem to be working as it should. I have told my Doc. I didn't think the Levoxyl was good and I wanted Synthroid. Oh well. I will get fixed now, after I get home from Az. I am packing today. I can't find all my summer clothes.I am getting a little anxious because I know I have some I don't see and I just don't know where I packed them away for winter. I don't need them now but I want to find them now, now that I don't see them I need to know where they are. Nancy, thats awful about the meds. I had an itching reaction to levaquin and it made me feel like a monkey scratching my head then my face then my legs. You poor thing, that has to be horrible. Thanks for the well wishes guys. I feel so good just knowing this is not my nerves because I have always been very stable nerve wise and handled things as they come. I thought I was loosing my mind. I felt it was physical and not mental but I was getting to the point that maybe if I was nervous I would not realize it. This would come on when I wasn't upset about anything and then when I was nervous about something I didn't get this so I was really perplexed. I am o.k. now, the tightness and swallowing trouble and hoarsness is all my thyroid infection. I guess you just have to push sometimes. Well Janie, we are waiting for your good news. Good vibes girlfriend. P.J. do you need me to get you the exit number for Steak and Shake? Well I better get so everyone have a great day. Mary

P.J. I have to run up there tomorrow so I will get the #. I know it is the East Lake drive exit but I will get the#. You will be a block off 55 so you will not waste much time getting off or back on. If you miss it there is another exit right down the way you can get off on. The weather is going to get up to 60 and hopefully that happens. We never know here. I did p.m. my cell number didn't I? Hey Janie, hows it going? I hate the waiting game. I will be waiting for good news. Nancy, hope the itching is going away. Later, Mary

Janie, refer those nasty old referrals to someone else and go home. Hey, I saw that lotto winner guy on tv and he ain't too bad Janie. Maybe he will need a good psychologist to talk to after all this excitment. There was no wife with him. Mary

Hey girls, Janie did ya get all the work done? Ah, it is never done. Nancy you should open a pool in your basement. That has to suck worring about the water. There are some streets here that are low and get basement flooding. P.J. will soon be on her way. I have to finish packing today too. Ops the phone, Later Mary

How exciting! Mary and PJ finally meet! Have enough fun for all of us girls. No, Mary. I am afraid the referrals will not be whittled down until sometime near the end of school. I am also contracting with another county during our inter-session in order to help make a dent in all the extra medical / dental bills. Where is that lotto winner when I need him? Hey Nancy. Can you tread water? Everybody have a great next few days.

Mary, I may just do that in the next few months or so. A road trip. Sounds good.

I wrote a lengthy message this morning and have no idea why it is not on here. Mary and PJ - I hope you are having a great time. I am not even going to try to remember everything I said earlier. Later Ladies,

O.K. I looked up retentive and couldn't make a connection but...I googled anal retentive and there was my name. I never really knew an exact meaning for anal retentive, I thought it ment up tight but no, I am anal retentive. I pay too much attention to detail. I have to go on a nice long vacation. (I blame my nursing career on the paying too much attention to detail.) Yep thats me. Mary

Well Janie, thats funny and I did not see that one. I was so surprised I was anal retentive I accidently clicked in disgust and cleared it. Gosh Janie I didn't want to hurt hubby's feelings when he would try to help with the house( he is not allowed to touch the laundry and I do not feel bad about that and he does not either after he found out how much the clothes he ruined cost) but I would go behind him when he wasn't around and put things in the right place and he caught me and said he wouldn't do things because it was a waste of his time. He also said I didn't thank him but sometimes I didn't notice because I was working 20 hours and I didn't know what I did let alone him. No one ever thanked me all those years. He is like a kid, he needs praise. Lordy, anyhow the redneck anal retentive is good. I hope I am not turning into an old lady with too much time on my hands. I bought me a fanny pack today. I use to make fun of them.......now I need one. I am always scared I will set my purse down and forget it and my shoulder is still hurting so I thought this would give me free hands while in Vegas. Oh my Lord....my daughter with 8 years of education decided to burn leaves today and didn't notice the grass is all dead(apparently she didn't take any horticulture) and her yard is full of leaves. Yea, she melted the neighbors siding on his garage. The former owners burnt it to the ground a few years ago so this wasn't so surprising for him. She burnt the privacy fence in the other neighbors yard and set her garage on fire but she got her car out and the garage is stone as her house so thank God for that but the wood foundation on the garage burnt. She also got a ticket for burning leaves on a day not legal to burn. Thats $50.00. She will get out of that, but she was a mess because she did damage to the neighbors garage and fence. When she moved in he told her not to burn down his garage and she thought he was a prude. Ha, jokes on her. What the hey was she thinking? Maybe I should rethink my rearing of that child. I know I taught her fire was hot. We do what we can with what we are given Janie. She takes after her Dad! Well I am leaving for Phx. about 8 a.m. so I will write from there. I may check in tomorrow a.m. Later, Mary