The Chemosabe March Cruise

Hi all,

Hope everyone is feeling well. My DD and I just got back from a long weekend of shopping in the USA. Very fun and bargains to boot!



Nancy, I feel so badly for your friend. Those chemo drugs are just so nasty and I hope the docs figure out how to make things better. I agree that we're all so blessed to be better than a year ago. I'm going for my second real hair cut tomorrow. I can't believe it.

Lots of prayers for all!

Christine ;-)

Christine...glad you had fun and found so many bargains in the USA!  Good luck with the hair cut.

Nancy

Lisa: Wonderful news about the all-clear!!  That's so nice to have it off your shoulders and mind for a good time to come.  Congratulations! 

I can relate on the triple neg feelings of threat. My HMO doesn't do PET scans either, but since they test to a fare-thee-well when I have any symptoms, I guess I'm getting scanned part by part.  

Keenie: Sounds like a fun shopping trip.  I wonder how many people around the world go to other countries to go shopping?

Congrats on the second haircut!  Mine has been trimmed twice, but it's still pretty disappointing on top.  I might get a pixie cut just so I'll have some style and not just a badly grown out mop. 

Nancy:  I'm so sorry about your friend.  I don't know what you can do to get him to be more pro-active about his medical care.  It seems to be a matter of temperament.  Some people get too anxious to hear any medical details, but maybe knowing that he doesn't have to suffer will motivate him.   

Lisa! Awesome news! What a blessing for you to be able to relax and enjoy your good health and not be fearful. It makes perfect sense to me! I'm not Triple Neg and I still have days of worry, so you must have been under considerable stress. And I like Marsha's idea of a real cruise. A totally great idea.



And as far as our shopping trip went, we were just trying to bolster the US economy a bit. ;-) We Canadians have always enjoyed visiting the stores you guys have that we don't. Like Super Target. Oh my goodness! We spent 3 hours in there.



Enjoy your week, girls. You get a holiday next week, right?!

Christine ;-)

Lisa, I'm so happy for you and I agree---do something really special for yourself.  Celebrate!!!!

Christine, you are so right Super Target----great!!!

Thanks Rosebud for your comments...you are probably right on the money.  I'm sure his doctors are doing everything they can and I'll just have to be here if they need me.  I guess that it is all a crap shoot anyway.

Marsha...how are you doing?  Still doing chemo?  My prayers are with you.

Nancy

Keenie,

I'm glad you and the DD had a nice time on your shopping trip.  Nothing like spending a little $$$ to help the soul......lol 

Nancy,

I know the feeling you're going through with the friend.  My friend and her mother both are being totally casual about this whole thing.  I can't seem to shake them up to get educated about this.

Meanwhile Kaiser has been waiting for the Her2 test results from the friends mast. surgery almost 3 months ago.  We've been to the oncologist appt. already 2 times and it wasn't ready.  He told the daughter to follow up with the Dr. and see what's the hold up.  She told me last week we have an appt. on the 29th.  I said "did they get the results back yet?"  She hadn't even bothered to check on it.  They are wanting to start her chemo but Kaiser is dragging their feet and they don't seem to be concerned.  In fact the girlfriend is leaving for 2 weeks vacation and said she'd deal with it when they came back.................is she insane or what???????????? 

Hi Angel,

I think getting the dx of cancer affects people so differently. I have two friends who are survivors and they both were very helpful to me, sharing information about their tx, and recommending stuff to read. I am one of those people who went on-line and to the book store to get as much information as I could. And I found this awesome site, too. Of course, there were times when I just couldn't read anymore - it was scaring me and making me more nervous. A friend of my sis-in-law has pretty much done the minimal tx for her bc - no chemo, just rads - and her dx was very similar to mine. I wanted to have all the tx I could to kick cancer's butt. I think knowledge is power. Plus I'm a huge control freak. That's part of the lesson of bc for me. Let go and let God take it. Still learning. . .

Happy Long Weekend, American Sisters!

Christine ;-)

Hi,

We're on page 3, so I'm going to post a funny story from Kindergarten.



Brennen, who is very cute and very "5 years old", said to me, Mrs. L., do you do your hair everyday?

I said, yes, I do it everyday - don't you think it looks like it?

Brennen looks at me sideways and says, not so much.



I had to smile. My hair has really grown since the beginning of the school year and it's pretty curly, so maybe I need to spend a bit more time on it. To keep Brennen happy.

Hope everyone is well!

Christine ;-)

LOL you guys are cracking me up. My hair looks okay, except right smack in the middle of the front. There my hair is thin, fly-away, and frizzy. I use gel, mousse, spray, etc, but still I see a frizzy poof whenever I look in the mirror. So, I look like Albert's sister.

Miss S

PS thanks for the book recommendation, Nancy. Looks really good!

Christine:  Ack -- another wait for the all clear -- it certainly takes a toll on the nervous system, doesn't it?  In those anxious moments, I try to tune in to the energy from all the people I love who are praying and pulling for me.

Love the Brennan story! 

MissS: The front of your hair sounds like mine. The rest of it looks OK, but the top is pathetic.  I got it colored and the gray didn't pick up the color too well -- the stylist blamed the chemo. 

Nancy: Thanks for the book recommendation -- I'll check it out. 

hi guys, just checking in. had a m'gram and a BSGI on Wednesday. M'gram was clear, PTL, but BSGI showed something on the right breast, and the radiologist ordered an MRI, which i'll have on hte 24th. the nurse says it's probably a fibroidenoma or scarring from my tx, but better safe than sorry.

my funny kindergartener story:

my DD2 just graduated from kinder, and a few months into the school year, i was hanging out in the classroom, because it was DD2's turn to bring snacks, and i'd delivered them for her. i told one of the boys, "You know, I used to have long hair like your teacher." He looks at me disbelievingly. "But," I say, "mine is growing back, see?" And I lift my ball cap to show him my crew cut. He looks at me consideringly, and says, "You look better with the hat."

Funny story, playwriter!  

Hope your next test gives you the all-clear, too.  It may be chemo brain, but I don't remember seeing BSGI  before.

Thanks for the tip on the home page -- that will save me a lot of hunting.

Having a lazy day when I really shouldn't... 

Marsha, Terri and Maxgirl nice to hear from you.  Marsha hows the chemo...are you done?

Terri..will be thinking of you and saying prayers for the 24th.  Let us know how things go.  What is a BSGI?

Christine..congratulations on the all clear!  Isn't that a nice feeling?

Well, I went today for my mamo...everything is a okay...to say I'm happy would be an understatement.  I'm still getting Herceptin every week...only 6 more.  Going to onco office every week has not really let me get away from the BC monster yet but I look forward to August.  Question for you ladies...my BS today told me that they were only going to do a mamo once a year from now on, they will do breast exams every 6 months and no they don't do MRI unless something shows up on the mamo.  I had invasive lobular and I think most people with this alternate between mamo and MRI every six months.  I'm sorry I don't remember did anyone else have lobular???? If so what is your BS doing?  Wondering if I just need to find another BS.

Hugs and prayers to everyone,

Nancy