So....talk about.....CANCER SUPPORT THREAD !!

[3goodeggs]

They were afraid you'd forget that special moment?

I am glad you are with us. You are a kind soul.
I like you.

Keep having those anniversaries.

 

[jjthink]

Happy Birthday CM!!!

Hi Ginny, everybody...................... - thinking of you and sending lots of good wishes

JJ

Oh my goodness what are we going to do with you??!! What part of NJ are you in? I may be headed home soon (Pop has some medical stuff going on) and may have to make a trip to meet you and Luna

CM, I'm in west central Jersey.......Would love to see both of you

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JJ - I've also been thinking of you! I hope things (situations) have not caused you any stress. I figure, no news is good news! How are your birds? Hopefully your neighbors have been good?

Ginny - How goes it? Thanks for asking about BJ and Ellie - they are good and super duper happy that the blazing hot weather chilled out today. Neighbors - major worries with their dogs and the other one who is flooding me out - not good.done etc. You and DH officially being retired as of June 23 is awesome - and so wonderfully young! Hope that broody is still done being broody and I'm so so sorry about the internal layer -

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[dewey]

Hey Everyone

I haven't caught up on the thread but I'm wishing good things for everyone.

Nurse, starting at the last page as I normally do, I saw your post, and this might have already been mentioned but lorazepam (Ativan) or zofran are often used. The lorazepam is rx'd for nausea (off label) during Tx and works very well for some people, as does the zofran. Hoping you find something that works for you. Almost everyone I've known of has had great results with MJ for nausea and appetite.

As for odors and tastes, chemo actually alters the receptor cells in the mouth, the cells that tell the brain what odor or flavor is being smelled or tasted. That's why it's so hard to try to successfully mask any type of odor with another type of odor...the one used to mask an odor will more than likely smell terrible, too. Good thing normal taste & smell usually come back over time.

Sometimes butterscotch candies will help a little with the weird taste right after rad tx. (I had 6 weeks of daily radiation + inpatient chemo of drip 5FU + mitomycin c, with complications.)

CoyoteMagic, so sorry about the added ER trip & fallout from it...glad you stayed and your other doc took over. Here's to many more birthdays.

My teen DD just had to go to the ER in another town and they wouldn't give her a chair. I was rushing to the ER (about an hour away) to be with her, but she passed out again after arriving, and it was a sweet guy w/cancer waiting in the ER that saw her turn white and pass out again and he started yelling at them and made them get her a place to wait. I saw him a few hours later and he told me the story. Bless his heart...out of a full ER waiting room he was the only one that cared. Cancer can take a lot from us but not our heart.

Good thoughts and hugs to all

 

[deerman]

Coyote , HAPPY BIRTHDAY...many more to come

 

[Lunachick]

Hey Coyote!!! Glad I checked in tonight and saw it's your birthday!! Well, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! We won't poke or prod you......

I hope you have a wonderful rest of the day and many makeup days this week for any crap you had to deal with today. The nerve of some people on your day! ...............

Did you get nice birthday doggies licks and kitty rubs from your pets today????????

 

[NurseELB]

Coyote-

Happy Birthday, and many many more!

thank you for your wonderful spirit of love and encouragement you bring to all of us here.

BTW- you lurkers are great too! keep popping in, we love the insight!

 

[NurseELB]

Lost a bird today, who knows what to. She'd been acting broody off and on, but getting up to eat and drink and poop, so, who knows. Feeling down today anyway today. one more bummer to chalk up to the day I guess.
Erin

 

[CoyoteMagic]

Quote:
I'm sorry for the lost of your hen. It stinks.


Now,

pull yourself up and get moving. Chemo sucks, Radiation sucks, and Cancer sucks. But being down is just going to make things worse in the long run. If we have to drag you

we'll do it!! You need to find your

place and go there. Negative just sucks in more negative. So if you don't want me

pull up your big girl panties and

 

[Lunachick]

Quote:
I'm sorry for the lost of your hen. It stinks.


Now, http://www.pic4ever.com/images/snapoutofit.gif pull yourself up and get moving. Chemo sucks, Radiation sucks, and Cancer sucks. But being down is just going to make things worse in the long run. If we have to drag you http://www.pic4ever.com/images/tantrumsmiley.gif we'll do it!! You need to find your http://www.pic4ever.com/images/meditationf.gif place and go there. Negative just sucks in more negative. So if you don't want me http://www.pic4ever.com/images/shrk.gif pull up your big girl panties and http://www.pic4ever.com/images/2uge4p4.gif

That's right !! I'm sorry about your hen too. I have a hen hanging on the edge..............it's sad but, we must keep going on!

 

[Lunachick]

I got my blood test (CA125) results back...............NORMAL.

I'm free for another 3 months. Dr. visits not til end of July beginning of August. Ahhhhh some free time.