Strength and Humor, Alexandra

Alexandra said:

OMG Susan!

I had a few surgeries in my lifetime (appendectomy, hysterectomy, abdominoplasty, IP port insertion w/out sedation), 2 car accidents (broken arm, broken knees, broken ribs, crack in the forehead), several Law & Order SVU-type encounters in my youth, 24 hr+ dry labor with episiotomy w/out epidural, chemo without a port and yet the biopsy today takes the cake. If I never see the motherloving MRI machine again, I want a mastectomy.

What procedures were worse? I need to know to stay away from them. 

Drinking Baileys Irish Cream makes everything better... Oh yeh!

Alex,

Sorry you have had to endure so much.  Makes you a true survivor. Take care of you.  Hope Oct 1 brings a negative result!

Alexandra said:

I took 2 Ativans (lorazepams) this morning

I would've taken more, but I had to drive back. Didn't do **** anything for me. It's coffee's fault.

I need both knee replacements. Since car accident in 1998 I can't kneel. Puts a cramp on blow- my love life.

I'm pi$$ very drunk and probably should stay away from the board to maintain my unspoiled lady-like image.

 

Sending u extra strength and positivity.   Keep up the laughs.   It is such great medicine for all of us. 

Julie x

Alexandra said:

Hey Ron - you're welcome here anytime

Sorry about your cousin's cancer. She will definitely find support on this board. As you can see we're having all kinds of fun. And ladies are very nice.

I liked your pic at the IOM Yanks tent and your awesome bike.

 

 

Thanks Alexandra..!  Yes I sort of knew the Ladies would play nice..!  But it is still a tad awkward that I am in da wimmen's world...   But I see that the grass is no greener here...  Geeesh..  Just hope that someone finds a cure for the Crud (Cancer) soon...  FYI, I posted a link to a lecture by Dr Watson about curing the incurable Cancers...  Heck I will post it here too...  it gives good info and of course hope..

Yes I got one Cuz with Ovarian, one with Thyroid, and the Cuz with the thyorid has a son with some weird Kidney Cancer... geesh..   Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qiyOqy2to8

Oh yes, glad you liked my pics...  I must admit the pics here are (overall) better than the ones in the Kidney group... heh.. 

Be Well All..!!!

Ron

Our dear Alexandra you've been through enough

I'd just like to say you're pretty damn tough!

We know what it's like to be prodded and squeezed

Because we all share this nasty disease.

So please when you finally receive that report

Remember we're here with affectionate support.

Many thanks to Connie, Debra, Julie, Rosamond the poet. Oh my dear cyber-boyfriend Foxy, I really need to clean up my language and sexual innuendo before your BP goes up.  

Yesterday I found out that my CA125 jumped from 6 to 60 in one month, and we all here know what that means. I'm looking at 4 to 6 rounds of Carboplatin before I could get into the 50 PARP / 50 placebo trial, if they are still recruiting. Avastin has not been approved in Canada yet and is out of reach.

If breast biopsy comes back positive, I will be disqualified from any clinical trials. I am not a happy camper, actually right now I'm a very angry and frustrated camper.

But all the kindness and support here on CSN makes me feel so much better.

scatsm said:

grrrrrrrr....

I hate to hear that...no wonder you feel angry.  I feel angry that you have to go through this. We can all relate.

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer after ovarian, I was angry too. After a while, it dissipated but at the beginning I felt marked, like this was a direct hit against me. Now I realize that it was just BRCA doing its thing. Hopefully, you won't have to deal with the breast cancer twist at all. The ovarian recurrence is scary enough, but you will come out if it as strong as ever. I hope that you will feel free to share your pain as well as your good humor. We all have dark days and all are scared at some points on this journey...please let us be there for you. You have made us laugh a lot and I'm grateful for that. Let us give back to you!!

Sending positive, healing thoughts,

Susan

S***!

( I rarely swear so my response is very indictve on how upset I am for you.)

ConnieSW said:

Well,

S***!

 

( I rarely swear so my response is very indictve on how upset I am for you.)

Hi All...  OK, I just got back from a 2 day trip to Lost Angeles..  My 82 yr old Aunt passed away... blood clot and heart issues...  BUT, she twice had the dreaded Breast Cancer and beat it..!  Her Breast Cancer did not do her in...!  She was my favorite Aunt, and seeing her adult kids and their kids made me smile, even though...well you know...  I wish you all well...  And da Fox Man is right.. We all love Ms Alex on the other board..!  I will go now.. otherwise I might be accused of trolling here...

Ron

ConnieSW said:

Ron

You are welcome any time.  I started following your board because of the husband of one of our ladies.  Now I feel a need to keep track of all of you over there.

Thanks Connie..!  You know I do not need much encouragement to be here among all you Ladies..!   Sadly, the more we all look around, the more people we see fighting this crud..

Be Well All..!

Ron

Texas_wedge said:

Encouragement

Yes - you're comfortable in this milieu aren't you Ron!

Not so me -- far too shy.  However, I enjoy the strength and humour displayed here where Alex's attitude is so contagious.  There does seem to be a bond between our respective forums and perhaps that's mediated by Alex as much as by anything else!

Sorry for your latest loss Ron and I join you and the splendid ladies over here in hoping for the very best news possible from Alex - she's well overdue the breaks that this unrelenting malady is so reluctant to allow us! Be well folks, everywhere.

I am so glad to see you here. You, Ron, Fox and anyone else from RCC board are very welcome. No need to be shy, we gyno gals only have pyjama parties and tickle fight every so often. In the words of good old Karl Marx: Survivors of the World, Unite!

Texas_wedge said:

Encouragement

Yes - you're comfortable in this milieu aren't you Ron!

Not so me -- far too shy.  However, I enjoy the strength and humour displayed here where Alex's attitude is so contagious.  There does seem to be a bond between our respective forums and perhaps that's mediated by Alex as much as by anything else!

Sorry for your latest loss Ron and I join you and the splendid ladies over here in hoping for the very best news possible from Alex - she's well overdue the breaks that this unrelenting malady is so reluctant to allow us! Be well folks, everywhere.

I've been keeping my eye on you too.  Come visit on the uterine board.  That's where I belong but I follow the ovarian gals because my type of uterine cancer acts like ovarian.

Its a beautiful day for golf here in upstate NY.