STEAM ROOM FOR ANGER

bcincolorado: I was an army brat too. Pay, pack and travel. As a household we kept things to the basics. Every two years, pretty much, a different neighbourhood, a different school, different friends. The only "constant" in my life were my toys as a little kid and other favourite possessions. I still have silly attachments to some things.

runor: we still have the Thorenz turntable we bought in the early mid-eighties, and Mordan-Short speakers (small and powerful) . They were considered high-end back then and are still excellent. We do dust off records. Eclectic taste: blues, rock-a-billy, jazz, mountain, country, folk, classical (can you get much different than Miles Davis and Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen?) Oh and I dance. I love to dance. Our CD collection has also grown to crazy numbers. I think I should go put on Meatloaf's "Bat Out Of Hell" :-)

Jaycee, wishing you the best results from the radiation, and I hope you tolerate them well. Many people seem to, which is encouraging.

My new RO last name is Call. Think about the ramifications of that.

Jaycee, bummer but at least there is something to try, especially in " normal person"mode. Hoping for the very best outcome for you. Stay in charge!

Jaycee,

The insomnia sounds awful. Best wishes for your radiation treatment.

Jaycee, I am adding my good thoughts and wishes for you, hoping the WBR gives you relief and helps you function better. You have really been through the ringer lately.

Rhosgobel - well. Don't I feel dumb. Here I thought I got cancer due to cosmic shitty luck. All along it was me not washing my vegetables. Now I regret not smoking cigarettes knowing that it was vicious veggies that were going to take me out.  She couldn't talk about herself like that? I do not know how passive aggressive people can say this shit with a straight face. I really don't. 

I am pissed off and gobstopped on your behalf.

Jaycee and JCSLibrarian...my heart goes out to you both. (((hugs)))

Yes, well said runor.

Oh no! I as someone who has logophenic variant progressive aphasia which is also an FTD disease I know some of this one too. My heart goes out to you. I do not know how much you know about it but there is a good website at Johns Hopkins about it. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/dementia/dementia-with-lewy-bodies

Hey, Jaycee, you could tell that nurse off and then blame it all on the steroids. Just think of the possibilities.

Jaycee, I like Shetland's advice. Tell the nurse to piss off then say it's the drugs talking. And yes I am jumpy. I'm jumpy because the medical tape I use to stick my cotton pantiliner in place came unstuck from my panties and glued itself to my pubic hair. When you find your panties are taped to your pubes by tenacious medical tape you jump, then you yelp, then you walk very, very carefully, with your knees touching each other and thighs not moving, to the bathroom to perform a delicate yet awkward rescue. This usually only happens as I'm striding through a mall then all of a sudden, yikes, holy shit, something is ripping my pubes out!  It's tape. Medical tape. No way to be cool while this is happening. (rooting for you, you know this. In your pocket to pocket punch nasty nurses)

Jaycee: Elderberry said it all. We do care. Maybe we only know each other from this site but i think about you ladies everyday as I'm sure we all do.

Janet, I don't post much anymore, but I read every day, and I'm thinking about you and hoping that the radiation beats back those brain mets and gets rid of the terrible symptoms you've been having for the last few months.

runor - made me laugh to find out that I am not the only one to have a panti-liner stick to pubes rather than the panti. Even though I don't have many after chemo, it still hurts to rip it off.

Ooh, I remember that nasty crotch tangle! One great thing about hysterectomies is no more pads or plugs, although I've kept a small supply of each for years because my brain can't wrap itself around the idea of never having daily leaks or gushers ever again. But as tenacious as those adhesive strips are, maybe it's time to hang the minipads on the patio as a more stylish alternative to flypaper or no-pest strips. 😀