Lirasgirl33

Thank you so much for your response to my question. You are so right, I must stay positive. Life is a blessing. And having people like you on this site is a blessing, I am so fortunate to have found this site. I truly believe God lead the way for me to find this place. I only remember trying to find out information in the wee hours of the morning the day I was told. I honestly don't remember I found this great place, so I know it was Him who lead me here. God bless you Lirasgirl33. Sending hugs right back at you

I like the pic too - you're looking great. As for the memory thing, it's called chemo brain. Keep a small notebook and a pen with you, and write everything down. Lots of notes. It isn't your imagination - chemo does affect the brain, and in some cases patients never fully recover their prechemo capacity. I know I didn't. But you learn to deal with it - you adapt. Life is still beautiful. Best of luck to you.

Thinking of you, your grand smiling face, your tenacity. You rock!

Glad to hear you're feeling better. Keep pushing on. You know God is with you.
Hugs,hugs hugs

Love new profile pic!! Bald is Beautiful!!

Love your new profile picture. You look awesome. BEAUTIFUL LADY!

I was readying something that you asked and, this was hands down for me I could barely look at myself in the mirror !

hi lirasgirl33 i've been following you since reading a few of your posts a few weeks back and wanted to let you know what a wonderful, kind, energy you have, hope you're back pain is better and that you're enjoying your holidays!

Thanks for the advice ( & hugs ). I appreciate them both. I unfortunately am not in a good financial situation & for that reason need to return to work. However it just doesn't seem to matter to me for some reason. Crazy I know! My work is just a miserable place to be & I have the boss from hell. The last conversation I had with her she wanted a guarantee on my return to work date, while going thru radiation. Told her I didn't know for sure when I would feel up to coming back, that's the last time I spoke with her. So going back just feel like an option any more.... Now if I had the guts I'd try going back to school.

Hey it's Vickie just wanted to see if you were ok. I sent a couple messages and haven't heard anything.....hope all is well.

Wow, kind of funny that whatnext XXX over me saying I am Jewish. Well, it may X that out again. I just mentioned that I am of a faith that does not celebrate Christmas. Hopefully it gets past the cesnors.
I will definitely post some of the crafts.

Hello I just signed up and I saw your story. It is a bit different than mine but it would be nice to talk with someone who knows what I am going through specially being young. I was diagnossed 2 years ago but my cancer came back and had to have another surgery in Sept 2012. Please contact me if you are up for talking or anything.
Thanks vickief

Hope you have better days ahead!

Thanks for your response to my question. As for the ensure, my wife makes certain that I drink at least 3 a day, whether I eat food or not. The first one of the day she adds something called "Benecalorie" it adds something like 300 calories to whatever it's blended with. Since wieght loss seems to be the biggest issue for my doctors and family, they're making certain that everything is being done to prevent anymore wieght loss. I know what your saying about not allowing the side effects to "take over", but, those things certainly have an entity of their own, and they certainly do not allow one to forget that they are there.
I totally agree with you and Nancy on the exercise part, However being a chronic severe pain patient for the last 35+ years makes traditional exercising impossible, but, the exercises you are suggesting may be a little more in line with my physical being. I wish I could take a long walk through the woods with my cat and camera once again, but, being confined to an electric wheelchair makes that dream just another impossibility.
Once again, thanks for your concern, and the "hugs" as well. Hope your day goes as well as possible for you.

Hi Lirasgirl33. I know that you had chemo and Neulasta last week and I'm hoping that you are starting to feel better now. Are you going to be dressing up for Halloween?

Hi Lirasgirl33. I see that you like the Walking Dead so I just had to drop by to say hi! The Walking Dead is the best series EVER and if you love zombies like I do, you are A-OK in my book. Take care! hugs, Jamie

Hi. Just a quick personal note: my MRI experience was not horrible, and I've had other MRIs before. I did premedicate with Valium (10 mg) but even so, I felt the noises as physical pounding on my body. Because of the position I was in for a breast MRI (face down) I had my face in a face cradle, such as a massage therapist would use, and they had an angled mirror beneath my face so that all I saw was out into the room. There was no sense of being in a tube at all.

Having had multiple MRIs for other body parts in the past, I was surprised at how much louder this one was. In the past, the ear plugs they gave me were quite sufficient; this time, the noise level was painful (I also now suffer from hyperacussis - an extreme over-sensitivity to sound).

My question was to find out if others had shared the experience. Frankly, I know I'll be going in for full-body MRIs for the rest of my life to track my appendix cancer. The breast MRI was just different.

Thank you for your suggestions and concern.