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Comment by JM-ISmomx2 on October 11, 2009 at 7:32pm

Now I am watching the Yankee vs. Twins game because my BC girl is a huge Yankee fan and I want t be able to write to her about the game. And to let her know if the Angels and the Yankees will be playing for the AL championship.

Comment by JM-ISmomx2 on October 11, 2009 at 7:30pm

I was screaming most of the 9th. I had recorded the game and I was about an hour behind the real score. While we were watching my inlaws called to say how happy they were the Angels won. My hubby was nice enough to keep it to himself and never told me till it was over.

Comment by JM-ISmomx2 on October 11, 2009 at 7:25pm

I can't believe, with his playoff experience, that things turned out the way they did. I fully expected a 4th game to happen. When we got 2 outs in the 9th I thought it was over.

Comment by JM-ISmomx2 on October 11, 2009 at 7:03pm

Well, I will admit Pat and Joanne, the Red Sox really made us work for that win. It was a great game.

Comment by JM-ISmomx2 on October 11, 2009 at 12:54pm

yes I am recording it and watching as I walk around working. And Lisa I enjoyed talking with K.

Comment by JM-ISmomx2 on October 11, 2009 at 12:28pm

Good morning my friend. Game three is in Boston this morning, so I am at home. Heathen that I am I am doing housework to justify missing church, but with the boys gone I am lazing it today.

Comment by JM-ISmomx2 on October 11, 2009 at 12:19pm

Good morning ladies, just wanted to say hi before I go off to watch the Angels and Red Sox play. Joanne as much as I would like to be nice, how many years have the Angels been beat by the Sox in the playoffs? 4 in a row, I am hoping not this year. Talk later, everyone have a good day.

Comment by DC - G'mother of My Fav Sailor on October 11, 2009 at 12:18pm

Susan_H, how does drinking Pepsi affect bone density? Why steer clear of the scans? I was fortunate in that I began with very dense bones. I do worry about change in density. In the year after I had breast cancer, I lost eight percent in density. Anything over one percent is of concern. So I was monitored closely for a couple years. it turned out to be an aberation. Now that I am on prednisone a concern is loss of bone density. Since osteoporosis can be serious, I don't play around.

Comment by DC - G'mother of My Fav Sailor on October 11, 2009 at 11:44am

Joanne, there is half the pizza here. I can put on some extra cheese and we can have a nice lunch. Come on up!

Pat, Last spring I knit two caps to wear when I started losing hair. One is made out of brown and white eyelash yarn. It is so soft. When I first started wearing it, my husband commented that he wasn't used to looking for someone with salt and pepper hair ... just someone wth white (oops, I mean platinum) hair. The other is a very soft fuzzy tan material with a fuchua band. Unfortunately I made it a little large and it comes down to my eyebrows. LOL. I also have a purple chemo cap made by a lymphoma list member. So I won't go cold. Yesterday I didn't want to wear one while shopping so I just ran into the store. I do that with winter coats as well. I am always much happier walking around the store in a sweater whereas my husband wears his down parka in and grumbles about it being too warm. I always have my parka with me in the car. Who knows when I might need it for real!

Problem is, Pat, that many insurance companies do not pay for physicals. I guess they also know they are a joke. I did always get mammograms, pap smears and bone density tests. I no longer need mamograms ... no breast tissue there anymore. I was told that by a female radiologist who specializes in breast diseases. She said the only reason to ever get one would be to make a doctor happy.

I will keep Jenn in my prayers. Most of all I will pray that she becomes a more proactive patient. Then I can pray for diagnosis and correct, effective treatment.

Comment by DC - G'mother of My Fav Sailor on October 11, 2009 at 10:17am

Pat, I wish I had an answer for you. I am really sorry the steroids are not working. I'm concerned that she is beiing affected in her joints in addition to everything else. Most frustrating of all, there is little you can do other than keep researching for good medical centers that may deal with optical neuritis but also other things. I begin to wonder about auto-immune diseases.

Before we moved to Maine I began to have a host of subtle symptoms and most of all, I did not feel well. While still in Florida, I have serious thought to going to the Mayo clinic in Jax and paying out of pocket for an executive physical. The things family practitioners give you for a physical are a joke! I refust to get them anymore. I get lectures from the doctors and my response is, "You give me a decent physical and I will pay for it. What you do is a complete joke." Anyway, we moved to Maine and my new doctor began to try this drug and then that. I finally told him that I thought he was just throwing drugs at me in he hope that something would work. No more new drugs until he could explain why he felt they were appropriate and what the response should be. Luckily I eventually got in to see a fantastic rheumatologist. She took one look and diagnosed my problem as polymyalgia rheumatica. Since the treatment is steroids and I didnt want to take them, we systematically rule everything else out. Then I went on prednisone. I could not believe it. Within less that 24 hours I felt immense relief. She had said I would not get this type of response if my problem was something other than PMR.

My point is that I think that Jenn needs a good doctor of internal medicine to help with diagnosis.

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