I'm bitchy, I moan, I groan.....anyway.

i would do the vacuuming to the dog but she hates the sound of it and runs from the room when I am vacuuming. My penelope is a loving dog. she won't bark or growl at anything. she just wants loving. Everytime I take her to the vet, he asks if she is lover or a fighter. He has been bitten by some aggressive bassets in the past. She loves going to the Race for the Cure as the team mascot and the attention that she gets that day.

sheila

i have a piece of apple stuck in between my teeth and i can't get it out.

Maria that totally sucks -- I'll be thinking of you.

Patrice, I'm assuming you got the piece of apple out!!!!!!

MissShapen,  How funny.

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Sometimes I read because your experience is so much worse than mine. Other times I cry, because I've been so lucky.

Still, others I cry cause it STILL HURTS. 6 months later and that boob hurts every day. Not a lot, but don't bump into me.

It's such a blessing to hear from real women, with real feelings and not ones that are biased towards this treatment or that.  The doctors, the ones that lead us thru these mazes they created, don't tell us. I suppose that they can't tell every single patient every single detail. first, they couldn't possibly take the time, second, it's different for everyone.  But it really pisses me off when I ASK and they still don't tell me.  I understand that there ARE side effects and that it's gonna bug me every single day for the next couple of years... But I only understand that because I read it in here.   So - I'm 6 months out of surgery and rads, and I'm shocked and appalled at the LACK of information I received. Why can't they treat us as entire bodies and not just a body part??  I have not had a CBC or any blood work done since before the radiation started.. is that neglect? Should I be scared?

I recently learned that bone loss is just one of many, many side effects of radiation, another, the fatigue... holy cow I'm tired. I'm still tired, it got so bad, I just couldn't think. Much less think straight.  I complained and my doc drew blood and checked my 30 days worth of blood sugar. Oh, your sugars OK, well... what about my WBC what about my iron, he checked literally the A1C, blood sugars. I know that can make you tired, but HELLO, I've had radiation, recently. I don't know what to check, but I know it should be more than glucose.   Like he didn't even hear me.  I feel like every time I go no matter what it's for, he's going to see me as the 'cancer patient'.  

I want the truth.  I find it here.  

THANK YOU, for sharing the truth. ugly and all. 

ANd thanks for saying, this SUCKS. It's expensive, it's hateful, it's maddeningly frustrating, nobody understands, within 3 months everyone I know thinks it should be over with... Oh, are you OK now?  FREAKIN NO. but they don't want to hear that.

I'M FREAKING NOT OK. ... OK???  leave me alone and hug me.

Connie07 - my rads onc was supremely unconcerned with everything as well - so I went to my PCP.  who worries even more than I do, and I'm glad for that. she does her job well.  also, CBCs are the norm during chemo because of white blood cell drops but I didn't get them during rads - no real reason to as I understand it.  but if you want your PCP to take it, I bet she/he will.  anyhoo, it sucks not to know all the side effects ahead of time, and at the same time it sucks TO know them ahead of time too.  Damned if you don't, scared if ya do.  Rock and a hard place, as so much of cancer is.  Come and gripe any time, and I hope that bone level fatigue lifts for ya soon!

i just had to laugh at the "18 gauge needle" thing ......... first off, nicki is right, the smaller the gauge, the bigger the needle .......... but i think she got a bit confused by what is actually "jabbed" into you as opposed to an IV line .... penicillin is not injected lol!!!!!!

anyhow......... how about a 12 gauge needle??????? that is what they stick into our bellies every month with zoladex ........ NOW THAT WOULD BE SWEET REVENGE LOL! 

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Gee, after all those 10cc syringes of penicillin I gave for STDs you tell me they don't give it in IM anymore??  Of course that was in the very dark ages.

How about a sternal needle--huge mother!

my oatmeal tastes like slime this morning.  i really detest healthy eating.  my breast surgeon yesterday told me i'm starting to look...let me see, what was her medical term for it...oh, yeah, "chunky."   fongool!

G or g excuse me, why are you eating all this slimey oatmeal?  Oatmeal is good for rabbits.  Oatmeal is good in cookies.  Oh, we bought some true, unmilled or unadulterated pure oatmeal from the Amish store.  Very pure.   My mom made some of it into oatmeal cookies and my dh sat there chomping away.  Loves oatmeal cookies.  OMG, starting the middle of the night, it was like a colonoscopy prep!  Lasted 24 hours.  Ahhh...the revenge of the mil.

This is my poop story and colon prep contribution for the day. Really, you all don't need to buy that jug of colon blast, my mom's colonoscopy prep oatmeal cookies taste better.       

Hi Gang,

Just finished going through the posts.

MS-Hilarious. Just had my bowel movement of marbles thanks to Lortab. My GF who is 10 year bc survivor and now with throat cancer had me laughing when she talked about running through Rite Aid looking for constipation supplies. Said she ran like she had a corncob stuck up her butt because she had one stuck half in and half out.

My problem was the 3 days after Taxotere I was constipated and then Tax would give me diarhea. I had to walk that fine line as to when to quit with the laxatives. Twice I did not make it right and crapped my pants. Once I was not wearing underwear and it followed me all the way to the bathroom.

Deb, your mom's story was hilarious. She sounds a lot like my mom. It's pretty bad when you don't mind talking to a complete stranger and telling them about your bowel movements.  

Well, I am off to my onc for my first ckup after chemo, and yes, Tracy, I am getting dressed to the nines with a new pair of pants and jacket and shoes.

Blue Sky, I lost my job with NYL 21 years ago when I had my first cancer. Cobra was new then and they tried to deny me that. I fought and got it and luckily all the agents felt really bad and chipped in and paid for my first 6 months premiums.  Now I have a part time job and whether I work or not is up to me.

Last night, my internet went down, the cat sat on the satellite remote and did something that made me lose the picture. Tried to go to HD broadcast and no sound. And DH was not home to fix any of it. Watched medium on the antenna with fuzzy picture and static. I love that show because it is so refreshing to see a slightly overweight woman as a main character. She does not even dress really nice, just like an average worker.  

Oh,

    gsg I started this mess at 112 pounds and now weigh 141 pounds. None of my clothes fit .  Chunky is that a new medical term???? I loved that........... Started walking 2 miles then up to 3 miles and guess what I gained another 2 pounds.......... You've got to be kidding me...........