Sit A Spell http://men2163.com/blog1 You See A Lot If You Just Sit Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:14:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Future Looks Bright, You Ought To Get Inked! http://men2163.com/blog1/2011/11/17/the-future-looks-bright-you-ought-to-get-inked/ http://men2163.com/blog1/2011/11/17/the-future-looks-bright-you-ought-to-get-inked/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:14:10 +0000 Administrator http://men2163.com/blog1/?p=105 By Margaret Nicosia (aka Momma Dukes)

Gone are the stigmas of the past that were associated with having a tattoo. No longer are you considered “seedy” and from the wrong side of town because you have one.  The future looks bright for tattoo studios everywhere, with new customers stepping through the doors that aren’t the “stereo typed” outcasts, but are people who are setting trends that will remove the old stigmas, and creating a new future for getting inked.

The customers that are getting tattoos now range in ages from young adult to senior citizens. Most popular tats these days are memorial tattoos.  Honoring a lost loved one, beloved pet or depicting an event that we should never forget and will be a personal tribute forever inked.  Then there are those that may have an obsession for a favorite sports team, cartoon character or whatever happens to put a smile on their face when they see it.  What better way to keep on smiling then to look at it every day!

Story telling at its best, a tattoo is a conversation starter and they all have a story behind them.  Ask anyone who has a tattoo, and why they got it and you will hear a great story; I got this tattoo to celebrate the birth of my first child; I got mine in honor of my Mom; This is my divorce tattoo; or my own personal reason was that after my mastectomy and reconstruction, I needed a nipple-so I got one tattooed on-want to see it?!

I have always felt that a tattoo is a form of art and the people who have them are expressing themselves through that art. Your local licensed studio environment is probably more sterile than your doctor’s office.  With strict guidelines that artists have to adhere to, you can be assured that your body art session will be a safe and sterile one.  You may even find one in your local mall-sooner than you think.  So if you have always wanted a tattoo, get it. Got it? Good.

©2011 Margaret Nicosia (aka Momma Dukes)

If you wish to use this story on your website or publish in a local paper, you have permission to do so as long as you include the entire story with authors name and link it to mommadukes.com.

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You know we didn’t actually stand at the end of the ticket holders line, we planned the “where the fuck is the line?” look and waited until security gave the OK and we skated right in….Sorry people who were waiting, but we were right there. Anyway it really didnt matter the place was well organized, maybe a little too stict, but the staff were great at the Nokia- First place we hit when we get in is the BATHROOMS! Holy crap in a handbag, was the ladies room to die for or what?! I notice things, what can I say…Changing the subject a bit, just because I can as I am THE writer of this story, I would like to say that a certain person was in attendance, and we all managed to make sure that this person managed to feel as FUCKING UNCOMFORATABLE as possible, while still behaving like adults and not causing a scene, which was totally satisfing to all of us! Props to US! and disses and hisses to that person!

The shows about to begin and Eddie Trunk comes out as the offical announcer, plugs his show. And we are ready to ROCK!

Cue the sound, cue the lights, out comes Queens Ryche and HORNS ARE HIGH! I am looking out at a sea of middle aged fans who in what looks like is a planned synchronized show of waving rock horns, flay and groove to the beats seamlessly. I watch intently as song after song everyone is singing word for word, with Tate in his God like manner is cueing the crowd to respond, and they do! We’re all in our own little QR world this night, Nina’s out in the middle of it all taking it all in, JWC is back and forth from middle of the floor to the side with his “I AM SO GLAD I’M HERE” smile on his face, and Denise is just plain happy as a pig in shit cause the reason why SHE is singing is because of Geoff-her mentor. We all had our reasons for going, and we all have our reasons for seeing the same band, but when your in a room and watching people you don’t even know ALL enjoying these musicians, and ALL reacting anyway they feel fit, it totally is an enlightening experience to be there and feel all this great energy under one roof! There’s always that totally dicky asshole who has to act like a bafoon, who threw their drink on stage, but Eddie eloquently kept on playing his bass and flipped the dirty bird to that jerk.

We go up for a cigarette break, and who do I see up there, but Hippi Chick herself, and BAM! ANOTHER “WHAT THE F ARE YOU DOING HERE MOMENT” #2 happens. She is so adorable with her enthusiasm, she made me feel like I was the Rock Star of the night. I love that girl, she is down to earth and totally rockin’!

Enough of that excitement and we’re all back down to the show. I am standing next to a few people who are in your usual preppy, non rock concert outfits, and we’re all chatty about me taking pictures, and this guy named Patrick proceeds to tell me that his wife works for QR’s record company and would I mind if I could email them the shots I took, and then he flashes his backstage pass and says if I want to go back after the show he could get me in! OKAY HOLY FALL INTO SHIT MOMENT of the night! I thanked him, but declined as silly as it sounds, because I really didn’t feel I was as big of a Fan of Queens Ryche and deserving of such an offer as all of you are, and plus if I couldn’t get you all in too would that be right? I didnt’ think so. We traded business cards so I could send him the picks later. Speaking of photo’s, I noticed while I was uploading them, that Geoff’s new hairstyle which I totally LOVE, makes him look like Guy LaFontaine? Anyone else see the resemblance? Back to the concert. I really like the idea of a no opening act show, and they played straight for over two hours. I also thought for a fleeting moment that it might be a little inappropriate to be visually and vocally anti-war at a concert, but that passed quickly as I was really moved by the way Queens Ryche actually portrayed their feelings about the soldiers needing more support for what they are doing and at the same time being against war of anykind, which I think is how we all feel. I did notice a few times on stage that Geoff wanted to “shake his booty” a little more than he thought he should, but he has an image I guess so he held back the urge, but I would have loved to see him bopping around on the stage like we all were doing on the floor! The show ended and I am sure I am leaving out other things, but I want to say that the whole evening was really just an emotionally loving night for me, and even though I seemed to “not be” my usually self, I was really just in a mood of total absorbtion of love from my friends, who I am grateful to have in my life. HORNS HIGH TO YOU ALL!!!!

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To most it was just another night of concert goings, tickets to a great show, partying all night the usual rockin’ Mayhem. In my eyes I saw it as an amazing show of dedication and true love of fans and friends who came out to support a band whose music has a message. I may have not seemed to be my “usual” self, as I was truly absorbing everything that was happening that led us to this night in NYC.

The start of the journey into NYC was out of Ronkonkoma LIRR with my girl Nina, and later Lori met up with us. During the wait while consuming our Dunkin’ Donut’s Cafe and Boston Creme delights I noticed the usual swooping of little sparrows around us. I threw a few crumbs to them, and they abilged by eating the specs of donuts. I decided to do my Doc. Doolittle routine and place a tiny spec of donut in the palm of my hand and held it out- and to my surprise a fearless little bird gingerly came up to it and ate out of my hand! I felt like a kid at the LI Game Farm feeding a goat with a baby bottle! What a thrill!

The ride on the train was amusing with The odor of Cat pee coming through the air vents..How wonderful of the LIRR to use the cat pee soaked air filters in their ventilation system. That was probably what our increase in fares went into was paying for that little “extra”. Prior to my usual nap time on the train I was amused by Lori who was checking her bag for something, and preceeded to empty her entire life onto the seat next to her- It was like watching clowns coming out of a VW, she kept pulling out all sorts of goodies…a set of darts, mace container, a comb disguised as a knife, you know all the usual stuff us women keep in our life bags! She was a pip!

We get into Penn Stat. and the doors open and you get that RUSH of thick puke and piss air that immediately goes to your brain that sends you the message: ” WELCOME TO THE BIG APPLE!” We immediately go upstairs to street level so we can have our needed nicotine fix, and to somehow think that if suck in the smoke from the cigarettes, it may actually counter act the effects of the NYC stench that we breathed in! Funny how we think…. BUT HEY WE ARE IN NYC! PARTY CENTRAL! And what a blast we are going to have. We go back down to TGIF’s and indulge in well needed noshes and alcohol and make our way back up to the streets to head to the Nokia Theatre. I get a phone call from Chopper that the rest of the “crew” has arrived and that we should wait for them. SO that’s what me Nina and Lori Do is wait….smoke….wait….watch people watching us…..wait…and then in the distance on the other side of the street I see Johnny WC bopping down with everyone else, so I go across and wait and who walks right into my face, but my SISTER…that’s right my well dressed, totally opposite of me, sister Leslie is there in NYC with her Kevin, and it’s the WHAT THE F ARE YOU DOING HERE MOMENT#1! Then it’s the jumping and grabbing and tonguing fest with everyone else, stop and the first Hot dog stand, and off we go on our walk to the Nokia.

Photo opt #1 is ELMO his self standing on the corner, so you KNOW we all go nuts, and somehow it started a FRENZY with people we didn’t even know, and a crowd was sworming around ELMO- Who by the way had quite a racket as his Left over christmas stocking was filling up pretty quickly with “donations” for the photo oportunity from us tourists! hee hee….

Photo opt #2: Nice young NYC Police Officer (NOT “COP” JAMES) was approached by Denise who went over and said to the fine young officer, “we would like to take a picture with you” “are you asking me, or telling me? he replied. Denise realizing that she better say the right thing, replied back “asking you?” And guess what? Group Photo of the women and Mr. NYPD hunk of the day!

We are now ready to go and stand on that longgggggg line across the street at the Nokia……..

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Current mood:  argumentative

AstraZeneca has been at the forefront of the fight against breast cancer for over 30 years and is fully committed to cancer research and treatment.

AstraZeneca is also a founding member and sponsor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM).

  So why am I posting this new blog?  Because the MF’s are the REASON there is cancer.  Below I have listed their original names and the products that they have manufactured through out the years.  Please note that they are the Manufacturers and PATENT HOLDERS of TAMOXIFEN which has been around since 1972 and is the ONLY medication still given today to treat pre-menapausal woman with breast cancer. (It also causes, blood clots and uterine cancer, but they have a pill for that too.) BUT it is the “STANDARD” for treatment.  They are also the makers of some of the chemo treatments as well.   Oh and their Patent expires in april 2008 for Tamoxifen so now other companies can manufacture this cancer drug too.  I think it is interesting that this company originally produced plastics that were toxic, & chemicals that are toxic.  So if I were a company making MILLIONS AND BILLIONS of dollars on plastics and chemicals that cause cancer, I think I would discover a drug to treat those cancers, than start a foundation to help support the woman who got that cancer, and than give them more drugs that I made to help them beat that cancer, and then be there for them to hold their hands and show my support, while The Doctors I gave kickbacks to to use my medications, operated on them to remove the new cancer they got from my drugs I gave them to cure their old cancer. AAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGG!!!!

 AstraZeneca PLC[1] (LSE: AZN, OMX: AZN, NYSE: AZN), is a large Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company formed on 6 April 1999 by the merger of Swedish Astra AB and British Zeneca Group PLC. Zeneca was part of Imperial Chemical Industries prior to a demerger in 1993.[2][3] AstraZeneca develops, manufactures, and sells pharmaceuticals to treat disorders in the gastrointestinal, cardiac and vascular, neurological and psychiatric, infection, respiratory, pathological inflammation and oncology areas.

Sales in 2003 totalled $18.8 billion, with a profit before tax of $4.2 billion. Total R&D spending was $3.5 billion. The corporate headquarters are in London, England, the research and development (R&D) headquarters are in Södertälje, Sweden. Major R&D centres are located on three continents in the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, and India.

 Atlas Chemical Industries

Founded as Atlas Powder Company in 1912 as a result of divestment of DuPont businesses, later changed its name and purchased The Stuart Company (which it renamed Stuart Pharmaceuticals), and was eventually acquired by Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI).

 Astra AB

Founded in 1913 near Stockholm, Sweden, incorporated as Astra USA in 1947, formed a joint venture with Merck in the 1990s, and eventually became Astra Pharmaceuticals, LP.

 Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) / Zeneca

Founded in 1926 in the United Kingdom, established a research organization in 1967 in Stamford, Connecticut, and then a year later a business unit called ICI Americas, which acquired Atlas Chemical Industries in 1972 and moved the United States headquarters to the Fairfax campus and the Stuart Pharmaceuticals Division to offices in Concord Plaza in Wilmington, Delaware]. Changed its bioscience businesses name to Zeneca Inc in 1992, keeping the ICI branding on its chemical businesses, and then a year later demerged into two separate and independent companies.

 Stuart Pharmaceuticals

Founded as The Stuart Company in 1941 in Pasadena, California, by Arthur Hanisch, manufactured and marketed a number of innovative pharmaceutical products (including liquid multivitamin, chewable vitamin tablets, capsule-shaped tablets, effervescent laxatives, and instant liquid vitamin mix), purchased by Atlas Chemical Industries.

 Merger and acquisition activity

AstraZeneca has, following a collaborative relationship begun in 2004,[2] commenced the acquisition of Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT).[3] The company is currently in the final stages of exercising compulsory acquisition options against outstanding CAT shares. On April 23, 2007 it was announced MedImmune and AstraZeneca entered into a definitive agreement under which AstraZeneca intends to acquire MedImmune in an all cash transaction at $58 per share, or about $15.2 billion. [4]

 Collaborations and alliances
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Current mood:  confused
Category: Life

Now I get to see how the medical industry likes to pass the “responsibility hat”.  Seems I can’t get an answer from anyone regarding what my hormone levels are to warrant the Rx for Tamoxifen.  Before my cancer diagnosis I had had problems with the monthly woman plague not being regular, having it twice in a month, developing cysts on the ole ovary two times.  So I questioned (OMG!) My oncologist as to how she determined that I hadn’t started menapause yet based on those symptoms.  Seems to me and everyone else that those are clear cut signs of the start of the bitch syndrome. I called my oncologists office and asked them what my hormone levels are and they’re answer was to Call my breast surgeon as he ordered the initial blood work and had that information.  SOOOOOO I call My breast surgeons office and they told me that he didn’t order a specific test for that, and that I needed to call my Gyno as that is something he would have to do. HMMM? So My oncologist can prescribe a Medication based SOLEY on the fact that I “may” not have started menapause and that I should take this medication that could possibly cause Uterine cancer, blood clots, and sudden death-because that is the standard treatment IF I haven’t started menapause yet.  So NOW I have to go to my gyno dude order tests to check and see if I actually have started menapause, and THEN I can give that information to my Oncologist so HOPEFULLY she can prescribe the right medication.  I know I am supposed to have a “team” working together to fight this shit for me, but I did not think I had to be the LEADER of this team! Bottom Line I AM IN CHARGE OF MY BODY and before I put ANYTHING in it that the Doctor’s say I should ~I have to make sure that they are doing their job…right.  GO TEAM GO!!!!
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Current mood:  cooky/wacky
Category: Food and Restaurants

Totally being the dairy food Queen, I was quite amiss to learn from my nutritionist that I now have to eliminate ALL dairy from my diet! Egads and thumbs down to that one! In addition to no longer being able to eat any of that I also have to discontinue the use of SUGAR! OUCH! OUCH and DOUBLE OUCH!  No more midnight Entemann’s fixes, no more Fribbles, no more chocolate syrup dripping down that huge bulge waiting for me to .. OOOPS wrong story! Damn no more chocolate syrup on two scoops of Icecream-yeah that’s it on ICECREAM (Don’t forget the nuts!) :0.  I knew that I was not going to like what I was told when I met with Dr. Paul- But having the knowledge that I do, I already knew the answers to my diet change I just needed to hear them from someone else.  At least I know that I can slowly eliminate these things that are crappy-do from my diet so It’s not to much of a hit-but hey it was good while it lasted. sniffles and sobs. What NO CHEESE! Guess it’s back to the soy stuff again.  I got used to eating that for awhile, when I was actually eating the right stuff. So back to  a hippy lifestyle eating grass (and smokin’ it!) No red meat, plenty of veggies, lots of water, soy, dried fruits for snacks, fish, whole grains in breads. I am totally boring myself right now listing it all, so I will stop here knowing that this is GOOD for me and go and cry over spilt milk, Cause I can’t even lick it up off the floor!

 
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Current mood:Underneath it all
Category: Life

Yesterday I went to the Plastic surgeons office and got my first injection to expand the boob.  Well it is looking real good! The scar isn’t as puffy, and I only have to wear one Chicken Cutlet in my bra now! I go back once a week now for the next few weeks so they can “pump me up!”. I have about 180 cc of saline in me now, and need about 260cc more to even out the boobs.   I go to the oncologist office today and we will rap up the final decision on my treatment plan for “after Care” in keeping the cancer away. Still an issue with my right breast but we will do what is necessary to fix things.  My personal life has taken a bit of a U turn, but that was almost expected.  When you have the right person in your life to support you no matter what -that’s great- when you don’t it’s better that they are not around as you don’t need the added stress and sadness that can make your recovery harder. I am still positive about my outcome, and plan to be that way no matter what. My children are my reason for fighting and keeping positive as well as you my friends ~ and thats what keeps me going. It still just kind of sucks.   
]]> http://men2163.com/blog1/2010/05/05/pump-me-up/feed/ 0 Oncology 101 http://men2163.com/blog1/2010/05/05/oncology-101/ http://men2163.com/blog1/2010/05/05/oncology-101/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 04:12:34 +0000 Administrator http://men2163.com/blog1/?p=61 Tuesday, December 18, 2007 


Category: Life

Okay so today was my visit with my Oncologist Dr. Janice Lu.  To put it as briefly as possible, they are still awaiting the results of my HeR testing on my tumor as that will really determine if I need chemo or not.  So the waiting game begins again and I will not know for at least another 10 days.  This is just great as I really need more anxiety in my life. I am sure that treatments for all types of cancer have far surpassed any treatments given years ago- but it still is amazing to me that a Doctor CAN NOT say: “I don’t know” to a patient.  I am being a little firm here simply because I don’t like being a statistic nor to be treated as one.  When speaking with the doctor today, I straight out asked her if my recurrance rate for cancer to come back would remain the same with or without therapy of any kind her answer was to go online to an adjuvant therapy site.  She put in information about my cancer and showed me the results.  WHICH by the way I already knew because I was on the same site with the same generator a week ago.  JESUS I should charge myself 250.00! Still mind you that the results are only estimated at this point ASSUMING my results for the final test do come back negative- if it doesnt than thats another BLOG.  If I do NOTHING-no hormone therapy no chemo my chances for cancer to come back in 10 years is 20%- If I do just Hormone therapy to inhibit my hormone levels my chances for recurrance is 6.7%-Same results if I do JUST chemo. If I do both chemo and hormonal inhibitors my chances for recurrance are 4.6%. Now remember this is ALL based on Statistics of documented cases that they are currently studing and have valid records of.  The doctor suggested that I take part in a clinical study they are doing called an “OncotypeDX” recurrance test.  This is much more accurate in determining my chances for recurrance based on combining 21 different tests to a sample of my tumor-running some mathematical equations and POOF I get a number that will determine my actual recurrance of cancer. the lower the number (1-100) the better chances I have of it NOT coming back.  Here is an actual result based on my projected score.:

So logically if I have the same results with hormonal therapy/as with hormonal and Chemo-than I will JUST do Hormonal therapy.  When you change the GH number (oncotypeDx score) the results are the same except the higher the GH score green box gets smaller.  So even with all the latest technology and testing- MY particular cancers recurrance rate remains the same no matter what therapy program I choose.  Of course if I choose nothing than it INCREASES.  Well I will choose hormonal therapy and live with the statistics that I AM CANCER FREE AND WILL REMAIN CANCER FREE for at least 10 years.  Now does anyone want to enter MY CANCER POOL- Cause I get to KEEP ALL THE MONEY AFTER 10 Years!!!
]]> http://men2163.com/blog1/2010/05/05/oncology-101/feed/ 0 I want my Nipple Back http://men2163.com/blog1/2010/05/05/i-want-my-nipple-back/ http://men2163.com/blog1/2010/05/05/i-want-my-nipple-back/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 04:09:04 +0000 Administrator http://men2163.com/blog1/?p=57 Saturday, December 08, 2007 


Current mood:  horny
Category: Life

 I got the results back from the Doctor yesterday. All of the breast, skin, nipple and chest wall that was directly behind the tumor are negative for cancer!  So that in itself is wonderful news. So I know I don’t need radiation. I would like to know if I can have my NIPPLE BACK!   The doctor recommended chemo and hormone therapy in small amounts as where the tumor was it was near a vessel and my lobules and my estrogen levels were positive so they are “suspicious” of it having entered my vascular system. The word suspicious is a broad term to cover their butts in case it actually has entered my vascular system.  They can’t say that for a fact.  I will be seeing an Oncologist to discuss this further and continue with some more tests to prove or disprove this “suspicious” theory. Looking at the boob that was once there is a bit sad,  But I will get a new one and all will be good for my ego!    Since I have gotten the go ahead to drive again I will be going out this weekend, as there are few holiday parties I need to go to!  My attitude is pretty positive, but I know that time will heal .  I just want it to heal for another 44 years! Once the drains are removed I will be doing a road trip earlier than I thought.  I should ask the doctors if it’s okay, but Nah I’ll do it in between my appointments and before I go back to work.  Thelma and Louise anyone? Love and kisses to everyone during this holiday season.  And I hope everyone enjoys their versions of this holiday.  Love Love Love people.  It works.  Oh and guys keeping the toilet seat down helps too!  ha ha. 
Love and A Piece of Me is missing
Margaret
]]> http://men2163.com/blog1/2010/05/05/i-want-my-nipple-back/feed/ 0 I have THINGS! http://men2163.com/blog1/2010/05/05/i-have-things/ http://men2163.com/blog1/2010/05/05/i-have-things/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 04:06:51 +0000 Administrator http://men2163.com/blog1/?p=55 Tuesday, December 04, 2007 


Category: Life

Alright so I may have jumped the gun on the pain thing.  Seems it took about 8 hours after they removed my pain pump for me to realize that I had a boob cut off!  Well I got to say that whoever discovered the miracles of Vicodin I would like to thank you personally!  WOO HOO!   I had gone to the Doctors office yesterday expecting all of my external contraptions to be removed, but they only removed the pain pump.  I still have the drains that I now affectionately call Thing 1 and Thing 2. They will not come out until next wednesday.  I am still not allowed to drive and can go out to dinner or where ever, but have to not overdue it.  I will be at Katies in Smithtown this sunday for my friend Bob who is having a benefit from 1:00 on.  If any of you show up I will introduce you to my “THINGS”! 
Love And Peace Of Mind
Margaret
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