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Re: Life does not end with a stage IV diagnosis (really!)
good for you ! I love it. Yes , that’s a long way to travel first. I’m only 2 countries away. I agree fully that everybody does their own Camino. However me and many others had to improvise a bit and even sleep on the floor in a school in Portomarin this year because those companies book everything way in advance. No blankets , no drinks …. The “reserved” seats in the Santiago cathedral is another painpoint. It’s definitely an exercise in “let it go” sometimes 😄 But us with cancer have mastered that skill 💪
Hoping to go back 🙏
forza
Re: My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
I found one of my frozen macaroni beef meals in the fridge, decided to have that instead of lentils and a bunch of other stuff and it tastes good.
Re: Zoom Meet-Up Bonded by Breast Cancer: Place to Keep Chatting
Mindy and Margaret in Florida
collijr
Re: Stage IV MBC Fitness
@chicagoan I hope you get to start playing pickleball again soon, it's so much fun and great exercise. Speedy recovery with your hip. 😊
bigred62
Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
Winter is back. The wind started blowing during the night. My wind chimes out on the patio woke me up with a jangling noise. Normally they make a mellow, lovely sound.
I went to exercise class today. It tired me out. Back home, I got out the 12 qt. stockpot to make turkey noodle soup with the turkey carcass from Christmas dinner. It was a huge turkey. My sister invariably overcooks a turkey. Then her dh butchers it. He doesn't have a clue about carving up a turkey. The platter of turkey meat is less than appetizing. LOL. I brought home some of the breast meat and managed to make a fairly tasty salad with it by adding ingredients with flavor.
Tomorrow I have an appointment to have an ultrasound of my carotid artery. Arteries? The cardiologist I saw recently asked if I'd had that testing done, and I said no. He scheduled it because of my age, I assume.
I'm glad Christmas is over. It will take me 15 or 20 minutes to undecorate. That includes taking down the lighted wreath and returning it to an outbuilding
Cindy, your boat trip sounds like fun.
I love my Christmas present to myself and dh. The 17 inch digital picture frame. I bought some more flash drives from Amazon. My next project will be putting photos from the Viking river cruise on one of the flash drives.
I hope everyone is doing well.
Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.
betrayal
Re: Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?
If you're lucky, I think you know what you want to do with your life. I think that's a greater gift that any of the gifts you might have when you do know, if you know what I mean. It must be awful to not know what to do.
betrayal
Re: Life does not end with a stage IV diagnosis (really!)
@forza - I agree ! We did not have a shuttle and we were in a smallish group . However, I did see large buses that took people from place to place . That was not how we wanted to walk our section . We came a fairly far distance (from Seattle WA) so I didn't want to have to plan all the hotels / inns . I my would have overwhelmed me to take on all of that and I think it's ok to modify the Camino to each persons ability. I could not have completed the 100 km if I had to carry my own belongings - but I can walk long distances, still - despite this cancer dx.
We enjoyed meeting people from all different parts of the world. Each person walks their own Camino and has their own journey , much like life .
Re: Stage IV MBC Fitness
@bigred62 I'm a pickle baller too! I haven't played since June due to hip problems and an eventual replacement but I'm looking forward to starting back in a few weeks. Hope you don't get HFS so that you can keep playing. It's such a mood elevator!
Re: Er+ Pr- her2- survivors?
Yunakagome, IMHO, your ER+/PR+ BC was caught early, you were treated aggressively, your recurrence risk is low. Believe the science, trust your doc (NOT Google), and try not to worry so much. May 2026 be the year of new modern technologies and medicines to prevent and treat this disease once and for all!
Peace and love to all!
murfy