Posted on: Jan 3, 2011 06:23 PM, edited Jul 28, 2011 12:03 PM by bluedahlia
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bluedahlia wrote:
Thought I'd add mrmojorisin in there somewhere.
Let's try this again.
Life is made up of differences. Let's explore these differences, learn from them and accept them.
Now "Don't stop till you get enough"! I love Michael Jackson too!
We don't always see things as they are, we see them as we are.
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Mar 29, 2012 03:24 PM, edited Mar 29, 2012 03:25 PM
by suzieq60
It's finally cooling down a bit here - temps in the mid to high 20's C - at least the over 30 temps seem to be done with. Makes life much more bearable.
Still on cloud nine over my hair - it is so easy to deal with now. Steve keeps saying it looks pretty.
Still got some pain in my butt from the sciatica but the pain down the leg is gone and it is much improved.
2nd diagnosis October 2010 - IDC 5.8mm node negative - missed on mammogram in October 2009
Diagnosis: 10/13/2009, ILC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 3, 0/5 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2+
BarbaraA
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Mar 29, 2012 04:23 PM BarbaraA wrote:
Bren, so glad your closing is done and less $$ are on the horizon! Wabbit and Rosemary, I have a Rainbow and LOVE it. It uses water to catch all the hair. Works great!. Sisue, your hair looks great! Keep doing that! Lassie, I have the same kind of 'file' but it looks more like a 'pile'. Waving at Kad2! Linda, I so love spring bulb flowers. Can't do them here.
No word on anything yet. Feeling optimistic, however.
Sometimes you're the bug and sometimes you're the windshield.
Diagnosis: 4/30/2010, IDC, 1cm, Stage Ib, Grade 2, 1/4 nodes, ER+/PR-, HER2-
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Mar 29, 2012 07:16 PM Wabbit wrote:
I had a Rainbow way back ... in the 70s I think ... didn't even know they still made them!
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Mar 29, 2012 07:18 PM YramAL wrote:
Well, my sister-in-law got her biopsy results. DCIS. She has to have a lumpectomy on what is left of her non-existent breast that she had removed in a DMX 2 years ago. Just goes to prove that even if you have a mastectomy you can still get cancer. She's feeling relieved that it's not invasive. I am too. It will be hard to get clear margins with so little tissue. Next stop, her surgeon.
Mary
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Diagnosis: 12/7/2009, IDC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 2, 0/4 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
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Mar 30, 2012 01:28 AM kad2kar wrote:
Mary---Sorry about your SIL's report. We were all hoping for better news.----kad2kar
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Mar 30, 2012 09:51 AM BinVA wrote:
Good Morning Everyone!
Today is my five year anniversary. It was exactly five years ago today on a Friday that I had my surgery. I can't believe I've finally reached this milestone. What's weird is that the further out I get, the more scared I am.
I'm going to a concert tonight to hear KC and the Sunshine Band play with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra. I can't wait. I heard some of the music on the radio and it sounds wonderful! What a great way to celebrate today.
Mary ... I am so sorry to hear about your sister. I'm glad the cancer is not invasive, but I sure wish she wasn't going through this again.
Barbara .. I'm glad to hear you're feeling optimistic! I have a very bad vacuum ... no wonder I hate to vacuum so much.
Hope everyone has a great day,
Bren
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Mar 30, 2012 11:49 AM CherrylH wrote:
Congratulations, Bren. The bar is open for celebratory drinks!
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Mar 30, 2012 03:11 PM BinVA wrote:
Thanks Chaplain! I'm having a wonderful day! I went shopping and bought a pair of white sandals and a yellow leather handbag. It's feels so great to be able to do a little shopping.
The concert is tonight and I'm getting excited about it. Going to really celebrate my five years.
hugs to all,
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Mar 30, 2012 04:21 PM suzieq60 wrote:
Bren - congratulations!!!! Enjoy the concert.
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Mar 30, 2012 04:23 PM YramAL wrote:
Happy 5 years Bren!
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Mar 30, 2012 04:36 PM 208sandy wrote:
Happy anniversary Bren - glad you got a little retail therapy in!
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Mar 30, 2012 05:39 PM scuttlers wrote:
Supposed to be in the 70's tomorrow! COME ON SPRING, I'm ready.
My favorite side effect of treatments is BEING ALIVE!
Diagnosis: 2/4/2009, IBC, 6cm+, Stage IV, Grade 3, 11/17 nodes, mets, ER-/PR-, HER2+
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Mar 30, 2012 06:39 PM kad2kar wrote:
Bren----Have fun! I dont think I could stand hearing KC, that music is attached to a boogie button on my body.. CONGRATS-----kad2kar
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Mar 30, 2012 07:59 PM, edited Mar 30, 2012 08:03 PM
by 1Athena1
Happy and sad cancer news - what to think? Oh, well, our Bartender (capital B is deserved) has the solution for both, so let's enjoy the evening! Bren, may the five years be fifty....Mary, may it be low grade and easily operable.
Ok, so I get to be the spoiler of the "great weather" celebrations, and append the following NYT article speculating that global warming is behind the unexpected heat of March:
www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/sci...
I loved the cold weather today and yesterday. The sort of sunless breeze makes me want to go biking outdoors.
ETA: Happy to read about Barbara's optimism!
Diagnosis: 3/2009, IDC, 3cm, Stage IIb, Grade 3, 3/8 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
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Mar 31, 2012 09:05 AM Wabbit wrote:
Anybody else up and drinking coffee this fine Saturday morning?
We had storms yesterday evening and the wind took down a big branch of our Bradford Pear tree in the back yard. It doesn't look bad from the house but hubby says it looks worse from the other side ... will have to wander back there and check it out today. Those trees are very pretty but they do don't do well with wind after they get a certain amount of big. Darn.
Athena ... hope your cool down lasts for awhile. I don't do well with hot, humid weather either so as much as I'm enjoying this early spring I'm just hoping the summer won't be a scorcher. The Farmers Almanac says we are getting a mild and dry summer. Hope they are right.
Diagnosis: 3/2006, IDC, 3cm, Stage II, Grade 2, 0/4 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
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Mar 31, 2012 09:15 AM kira1234 wrote:
Bren congrats on making 5 years.
It'sbeen a busy week here. We are having a sprinkler system put in and lots of trees and scrubs. It's time to move on with life and do the things we've been putting off!
Sure hope the Farmers Almanac is right about the summer. I would hate to do all this work to have a hurricane come through this year.
Diagnosis: 6/1/2010, ILC, <1cm, Stage Ia, Grade 1, 0/1 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
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Mar 31, 2012 10:10 AM gracie1 wrote:
Congrats Bren. One year further away from hell. Yay!
Athena, it can never be hot enough for me. I normally have to survive -40 C winters. Not this year though...our winter was shockingly mild. Something weird going on.
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Mar 31, 2012 12:37 PM BinVA wrote:
Morning Everybody!
Had a great time last night! The hour drive home wasn't too bad. I'm just always afraid a deer will jump out in front of me. In June we're going to go see Queen play with the Roanoke Symphony. Yay! I love Queen. The lead singer is supposed to be really good.
Somebody send me some motivation to get my ass outside and mow. The grass is so tall it looks like it's waving in the breeze. There is just so much ... it gets overwhelming.
Athena .. I imagine you'll enjoy the weather today. It's supposed to stay in the mid 70's.
Rabbit .. It rained here last night too.
Kira .. Sounds like you're really busy!
Hope everyone has a wonderful day,
Bren
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Mar 31, 2012 12:42 PM YramAL wrote:
Still raining here. I've been dealing with a psycho robin at my house. He's being going round and round my house and banging at the windows. Today is the second day, and there are hundreds of little beak and claw marks on my windows. He seems to go away when I close the shades, but I peeked out and he was sitting on my car, just watching and waiting........I feel like a prisoner in my own house. LOL
For the first Saturday in a long time, I don't have anything planned. I'm going to read, and I might not even take a shower. Horrors!
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Diagnosis: 12/7/2009, IDC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 2, 0/4 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
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Mar 31, 2012 01:41 PM Ang7 wrote:
Bren~
If you go do the huge grocery shop for me I will come and mow for you...
The kids are asking why the fridge is bare?
Do not feel like fighting the Saturday crowds...
Very pleased Penguin Cold Cap user
Diagnosis: 5/25/2009, IDC, 2cm, Stage IIa, Grade 2, 1/4 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2+
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Mar 31, 2012 03:20 PM suzieq60 wrote:
I'm off to the markets today - can't wait. I hope my fish guy has more than last time. Also got to get bananas and avocados as the fruit shop didn't have any worth buying yesterday. I won't forget my fudge either. Steve's off to golf and I think I'll leave before him so I get there before all of the fish is gone.
Seeing it's cooler, the plan is to chop my hedge by about 2 feet in height - I've neglected it. Lucky it's not a big hedge just about 6 feet long.
2nd diagnosis October 2010 - IDC 5.8mm node negative - missed on mammogram in October 2009
Diagnosis: 10/13/2009, ILC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 3, 0/5 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2+
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Mar 31, 2012 03:48 PM, edited Mar 31, 2012 03:48 PM
by BinVA
I'm HOT, DIRTY, SUNBURNED and TIRED! Yep .. I mowed. All of it, except the fields. The worst part is the 100 yards along the road, as I have to use the pushmower on that. And there's a little bank there too, so I have to push the mower sideways on the hill ... it's killing my bad arm/shoulder. But that's what God invented pain pills for.
Other than that ... it's been a gorgeous day.
Ang .. Can't help you with the grocery shopping. Tim had to stop on his way home today, cause he knew there would be no food in the house. I can smell bacon cooking, so I guess we're having BLT's.
Susie .. Hope all went well chopping that hedge. Our weedwacker is too big for me to operate, so I'm at Tim's mercy as to when it will ever get done.
Mary .. I had a bird like that last year. The crazy thing was relentless about flying into the same window over and over. I think it was a red cardinal.
Time for a shower and late lunch.
hugs,
Bren
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Mar 31, 2012 04:26 PM kira1234 wrote:
We had a pair of Cardinal's that thought our school was where they wanted to be. It was so funny they kept pecking at the window in the first grade pod for about a week. The kids really got a laugh out of them! Can't understand what would be so appealing about a school filled with noisy kids!
Diagnosis: 6/1/2010, ILC, <1cm, Stage Ia, Grade 1, 0/1 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
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Mar 31, 2012 05:52 PM BarbaraA wrote:
Bren congrats on 5 years!!! How wonderful! Thanx for the thought Athena. Hoping all my pals are doing well.
Missing Blue.
Sometimes you're the bug and sometimes you're the windshield.
Diagnosis: 4/30/2010, IDC, 1cm, Stage Ib, Grade 2, 1/4 nodes, ER+/PR-, HER2-
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Mar 31, 2012 06:18 PM rosemary-b wrote:
Congrats Bren.
I got the good letter about my mammogram yesterday. It was only two days after the annual smashing. I think they fast track those with a history of bc.
My son took us to some of his old haunts in Grand Rapids. After walking ten blocks we got to the pastry shop, which had closed an hour earlier. Then on the way back to the car he suggested we stop at two other cute little shops both of which were also closed for the day. DH was muttering dark things. I did get some artisanal pasta from a cute little shop. We will have parsley and sweet onion ones tonight and spinach and artichoke ones another night.
Daisy is adorable.
Diagnosis: 2/25/2007, IDC, Stage I, 0/2 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2+
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Mar 31, 2012 06:25 PM suzieq60 wrote:
Came home form the markets with a loaded bag - got some great bananas really cheap. The fish was disappointing but he says he'll have a truck in another suburb on Good Friday so hopefully I'll be able to stock up. I did get some barramundi so I can make that beurre noisette and mash again. I did find some NZ fish at another stall - we can have that tonight. Stocked up on fudge - yumm.
I chopped the top of the hedge and then felt pooped so I'm resting - still need to tidy up the front of it - there's still room in our green bin, so after the current affair shows I'll head back out there. I might get my hedge trimmer out for the front bit as it's lighter foliage. I haven't planted the new gardenia magnifica I bought last week. We had a lovely one at the side of the house and it went all black and died - not sure if I should put the new one in the same place. It's just so nice to be able to go out in the garden - I was SO sick of the heat.
2nd diagnosis October 2010 - IDC 5.8mm node negative - missed on mammogram in October 2009
Diagnosis: 10/13/2009, ILC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 3, 0/5 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2+
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Mar 31, 2012 08:25 PM Wabbit wrote:
Happy dance for Rosemary's 'good' letter!
Went and looked closer at our damaged tree and another big limb is split and will probably go down the next time we get a good wind storm. It's going to have to be cut down. Drat ... it is really a pretty tree.
Diagnosis: 3/2006, IDC, 3cm, Stage II, Grade 2, 0/4 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
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Mar 31, 2012 09:04 PM rosemary-b wrote:
WR
Darn it.
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Mar 31, 2012 09:20 PM 1Athena1 wrote:
Spring in DC is truly beautiful, yucky as the summer is. I marvelled at the revolution of color in the gorgeous courtyard of my building today. Every day a different color will emerge, then disappear, only to be replaced by something even more stunning.
Filed taxes - yey! (In a manner of speaking) I bet the Wabbit and Barbara --early birds that you both are-- filed theirs ages ago! I'm happy to have done it before April.
Diagnosis: 3/2009, IDC, 3cm, Stage IIb, Grade 3, 3/8 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
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Mar 31, 2012 10:04 PM suzieq60 wrote:
Good girl Athena - Steve hasn't done our from 2010/2011 yet - he's allowed to be late cos he's a tax agent.
Hedge all chopped - got my trimmer out and make a great racket :) Also chopped another bush at the front of the house - bin nearly full. I might have said it's a bit cooler here, but not in the middle of the day - I must be mad. Now sitting with a fan on me and a towel to wipe the dripping sweat - the joys of a sub tropical climate - sigh.
2nd diagnosis October 2010 - IDC 5.8mm node negative - missed on mammogram in October 2009
Diagnosis: 10/13/2009, ILC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 3, 0/5 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2+