Can I please vent?

CherylHutch said:

Scans and Photos
Hey Anne... I was just trying to figure that out. I usually don't think about it much because when I get a scan, the important thing for me is when my next oncologist appt. is... but of course, she schedules that around when my scan was . I think there's usually a week between the scan and my appt with the oncologist. There was one time when she had not gotten the results from the scan because I had just had it done like two days before. But she called down to talk to one of the radiologists who then gave her a verbal over the phone... and would follow up with the report/results in the usual time fashion. I get all my scans done at the BC Cancer Agency, so they are right there on site (3rd floor) with the oncologists' offices being on the 2nd floor. Two totally different departments but all in the same building.

That's great about your daughter getting her Masters in Theatre Studies! I know when I was still in high school, I soooo wanted to go on to university and major in theatre, but my parents would not let me. Back in those days (early 70s) the only options they gave me were to become a nurse or a teacher.... that is all they would pay for. I wasn't interested in either, so I never went on to University. Little did they know, theatre was my passion then and 40 years later, it's still my passion. On the other hand, if I had pursued Theatre as a career, I probably would have ended up in film, like a lot of my friends did. Good money to be made there but no security. Now, I wouldn't have known way back then that I would one day end up with cancer... so who knows how I would have been able to deal with it since I probably wouldn't have had access to Long Term Disability Insurance... nor would I have the option of retiring with full pension at age 55. So, it all worked out for the best in the long run

Maggie.... keep up those compliments and you will never be able to get rid of me!! LOL!!! The picture I have up now was taken this past Thursday. My hair is literally coming out by the handfuls now... well, even worse... I can grab on to a handful of hair and just slowly pull and it all comes out and I don't feel a thing. So this chemo somehow has released the hair from within the scalp and it just slides out with no pain. If I touch the top and sides of my head, the skin is very sensitive. But I can't feel a thing with the hair coming out. I go for my second chemo on Tues... with this much coming out now after the first treatment, I'm sure the rest will probably all come out by the second cycle. Soooo, the picture that I'm using for my avatar was the first time out in public with one of my wigs. And yes, I happen to like the wig... it's a hairstyle that I've always loved but my own hair would never be able to be cut like that. My hair has a mind of it's own and is too wild to be trained like that . Thanks for the high school yearbook compliment... I go to sleep a happy woman now (hahaha... can you believe, by looking at that picture that in 4 years I'll be 60 years old?? That just freaks me out!! Physically, I will be 60 in 4 years, but mentally, I stopped aging at 30 years)

Cheryl