TIME TO CIRCLE THE WAGONS GIRLS
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I'd love to join you two. Just got back from a little walk around the block. It's a beautiful, sunny day around 70 degrees, but it did tire me a bit. Sitting and watching the colorful leaves fall with good friends and cider sounds just right.
lini0 -
I'm here ladies...and I'm sorry. Ready to take your hands, go sit by the stream in the sunshine and watch the leaves fall, drink some cider as we listen to a story from Susan.
Just a rough day...hormone hell I think but I am not going to leave. I am going to stay in our wonderful loving circle (and the drinking thread)and avoid the conflicts that some people (very few people actually) try to create here.
You are all my strength and hope...I truly can say that I love you all, you brighten my days and my nights, you pick me up when I fall down, laugh with me, cry with me, pray for and with me. You are all the very best and the true definition of "friends".
Hanging out in the center for a couple of days to get my head back on straight if that's ok. Not ignoring anyone...thinking of all of you.
Going to go out to dinner now but will check on everyone later.
Love and hugs
Vickie0 -
Hello vickie,
Glad to see you decided to stick around the circle. We would miss you if you were gone but we also all understand how at times it is nice to step away if you need to. Hope you enjoyed your dinner out and Hormones can be hell as well all know.
got the cider hanging over the fire for when you return and there are a few bottles for medicinal purposes only sitting to the side if anybody happens to be interested.
Amy0 -
Just a quick hello...My friend goes back home tonight, so I'm kind of sad. There must be some melancholy in the air. Sometimes fall makes me a little moody I think it is the fading light and the bare branches I just need to work a little at adjusting my attitude.
I also wanted to let you know my friend Linda had her lumpectomy today and it went well. She was only in the hospital 6 hours!!! I am SO sick of drive-through surgery. She will have her path report by Monday. Please keep them all in your prayers.
Hugs to everyone who is feeling blue.
Deb C.0 -
Hello dear Circle Girls,
I am trying to catch up here, it looks like there has been some trouble? Vickie, I hope you stay right where you are.
I haven't been online because I had my scans and my dear friend died today. This has been a pretty hard week. She was a fighter just like us and she would have been great here- you would have loved her sassiness and her sense of humor and her drive to fight as hard as she could no matter what the doctors told her. Right up until Monday she was still insisting on getting chemo but they finally had to tell her that she had to face the facts that there was no more chemo and no more time.
I think that is when she finally decided to rest. She had been fighting so hard for so long that she said - OK- now it is my turn to rest.
It was very peaceful. She was home with her family and beloved Golden Retriever and friends and she literally just went to sleep and didn't wake up. I thank God for that. I am so grateful she didn't suffer.
Heaven has another Warrior Angel tonight and I can guarantee you- especially us ER negative girls- she will be raising a ruckus to make sure that we are taken care of here on earth. She hated this beast and she will be our Warrior Angel helping out the researchers and labs dropping hints in their testubes.
I am going to miss my friend and my sister. But I am glad she is not suffering anymore.
I will be back tomorrow, I promise.
Love,g
PS- She hated pink too!0 -
omg NS........makes my petty problems with mike seem irrelevant.........i am so, so very sorry.
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NS,
Your friend sounded like a wonderful woman. I'm sure that we would have loved her. Maybe she'll do something about all that pink stuff up in Heaven now that she is free.
Hoping for only the best results on your scans.
Prayers to you,
lini0 -
I am so sorry to hear this nosurrender!!!
that brought tears to my eyes!!!
you were a great friend to your friend and I can only hope that i have friends like you!
take care
tracey0 -
Oh G, it breaks my heart...there are no words that will make it better. Thank you for sharing a bit of your friend with us. You do her memory honor with your love.
Peace be with you my friend
Deb C.0 -
I haven't posted on the circle in a long time..I think in the beginning. Now I know why. The stories have made me cry. No, really, I appreciate the stories and NS I am so sorry to hear about you friend.
I just wanted to ask everyone, if you didn't already know, to remember Cheryl50S (Cheryl in Northern California). Today would have been her 37th wedding anniversary. I saw where she posted this on another thread yesterday. She always speaks so highly of her husband. She always calls him her best friend and love of her life.
Shirley0 -
NS, thank you for sharing your friend with us and we all wish we had gotten to know her. Please let her family know that they are in our prayers. I am thankful too that she could just quietly slip away and not suffer.
Yes, it does put all of our aches and pains into perspective. Know also that everyone here has you in the inner circle and are hoping your test results will be good.
Gentle hugs, Brenda0 -
Hi NS, I'm sorry to hear about your friend. We miss them when they leave even though we know they are better off. Come and sit by the fire. We have a nice warm blanket ready for you. Glad the scans are done.
Cheryl50S come on over and pull up a rock and sit with us by the fire. We can roast marshmallows and you can tell us your favorite stories about your wonderful husband.
God Bless,
Susan0 -
oh boy, this is a hard night for me. I had a great visit with my best friend from MI this week. I just took her to the plane for her flight home. i'm sitting here crying so hard I almost can't type. Bonnie isn't just my sister in all but blood, she is my heart's twin. I miss her so much when she's not here. She gave me a hug goodbye and told me I "had this crap licked". Her mouth to God's ear...I want to be done with this SO badly. Feeling like this just sucks......
Deb C.0 -
Oh Deb, it DOES suck. You will be done soon. I wish NONE of us ever had to deal with this beast.
Are you still in the condo? If so, I hate that you are alone. {{{{HUGS, HUGS AND MORE HUGS}}}.
Shirley0 -
Hey Shirley-
Thanks for the hugs. I needed that
I'm still at the condo. I go home for the weekend tomorrow...I can't wait. I'll be OK. I just suck at goodbyes and they have gotten harder since DX. I go to all those stupid places in my mind....how many visits will I be arround for? How will I be feeling in May when we go to visit her? Will I be NED or fighting a reoccurance...all that stupid, useless, mind-numbing crapola....
I'll be better tomorrow. I just need some sleep, my zap tomorrow and a drive home.
Thanks for the hugs
Deb C0 -
Deb, I have the same fears and questions that go through your mind.
Glad you're going home for the weekend. You'll feel so much better there. There's no place like home. And didn't you say you had chickens? Just think, you can run around like a chicken with it's head cut off. Oh, I remember when my grandmother did something to those chickens and they did that....
Good nite.
Shirley0 -
Hard time reading and typing thru the tears. NS, I am so sorry about your friend, seems like by now, we all know in our lives what it is to lose someone you love. I also so happy that she is free of pain and finally better now. My true sadness is for you and her family. She will always be with you, in your heart and memories.
What you posted was beautiful.
(((((NS)))))
christinek0 -
Oh NS, I am so sorry about your friend. I will pray for you, her family and her soul...
I'm actually really sick which is why I haven't been here...hospital visit and all today...couldn't have my herceptin because my white counts are that low...
Love and peace to everyone. I've enjoyed catching up on the posts...and btw, root canals? I'm on my sixth since primary dx and tx in 99-2000...thousands of dollars I'm still paying off...
Sweet sleep to all CG's...Mena...xo0 -
Woke up late again!! What in the world has gotten into me? Dont even have time to read all the posts, but wanted to say hi! Will catch up on everything later because? TGIF!
Nicki0 -
NS, my prayers are with You and Your Sweet Sisters Family. So Sorry for You, hope and pray, Your scans are OK!!!! Mena, Praying that You get Stronger!!! Deb, hoping things in Your life, get better. and to Everyone i send ((((( LOVE ))))) debbyfive
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NS...I am so very sorry about your dear friend.
For you...
Gone From My Sight
by Henry Van Dyke
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone"
Gone where?
Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,hull and spar as she was when she let my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.
And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone," there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"
Were built to cruise for but a while
Upon this trackless sea
Until one day we sail away
Into infinity.
Sending you comfort.
Love
Vickie0 -
The above poem is actually for all of us...for those we have loved and lost.
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Good Morning Circle Girls,
I signed on early this morning to actually bring bad news and as I started reading I found out that I wasnt the only one that had to experience a dear sister moving on yesterday. As I have mentioned before, a girl I went to school with has been suffering from ovarian cancer. She passed away yesterday at 5:30 p.m. She leaves behind 2 sad children, a girl that is 15 and a son that is 11. My heart aches for them. She has suffered long enough and the chemo seemed to only make the cancer grow faster. It was in her throat Wednesday and they knew the time was near. Hospice estimated 48 hours and they were right on it. She had everything planned from what she would wear, to what music to be played and had written letters to many to only be opened after she passed away. It is so sad but I do know that she is no longer suffering. Thanks for listening.
P.S. She liked pink and in fact requested to be buried in a pink suit she had bought. She was such a spunky gal so NS she may give your friend fits as they battle the pink war.
Amy0 -
Vicki, the poem is beautiful. Mena, sorry that you haven't been feeling well, I knew something wasn't OK with you as I hadn't seen you post a lot. Hope you are feeling better and can enjoy the weekend.
Deb, today you head home to visit family and I bet that is one hugging scene when you arrive. You are close now to the end of rads and I know how you are looking forward to that. We all get those feelings you have, no matter how healthy we are at the moment, just days that to seems to come cover us. I was in chemo this time last year and I know that sometimes I still have them. I have a friend like your friend from Michigan. She really helped me through this.
Shirley, being raised in the country, I remember the chicken thing too!!! Quite honestly, about the time I hit
9 there were a few years I just couldn't eat chicken.
Nicki, stay in bed this weekend and sleep late. Your body lets you know when it needs rest and you have really been sick.
Everyone, will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. There are many that I haven't mentioned by name - but I do hope that today is better for you. Stay in the inner circle and with all these caring women you will be in very good hands. I am not sure if I will be around for a few days as I have two very active grandsons for the weekend and then Monday I leave early for an oncology visit.
Gentle hugs to all who need them and blessings to everyone,
Brenda0 -
NS, I am so sorry about your friend. I echo everyone's sentiments in thanking you for sharing a bit of her with us. Newvickie, the poem you posted is amazing and so comforting to all of us.
Mena, I hope you feel better soon.
Deb, hang in there, you are almost there! We will stay with you so you are never really alone.
I am also feeling kind of sad and weepy the past couple of days. Maybe it is fall, maybe it is just everything catching up with me. But there are brighter days ahead, I am sure! If we can just keep going on, one minute at a time, we will get there.
My love to you all!
Kristin0 -
Amy-Another special friend watching over us from heaven. I bet that she's beautiful in all of her pink glory. Prayers to you and her family.
Mena-I hope that you're feeling better soon. You'll be in my prayers.
Vickie-The poem was lovely.
Brenda-Thanks for the leaf watching, it was beautiful.
Deb-Have a safe trip home.
Susan, Deb, Shel, Christine, NS, Tracey, Shirley, Kristin, and all of you other beautiful ladies - It's Friday!!! Have a wonderful weekend!!!
lini0 -
good morning ladies!!
mena i sure hope your feeling better and soon!!! plzz call me!!!
here i am another day at work......lol and a chilly morning it is!
my boss gave me some good news... he is going to pay for a hotel management course for me
I have never had such a good job in my life before and maybe i am just overwelmed....life does seem good to me right now but i cant stop thinking the bc thing... maybe your all right its just the time of the year!!!
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Nice chilly day at the fire today.
Mena, so sorry you're still under, but put on another quilt and take it easy.
Ns & Amy, sorry about your close friends. We hate when the beast takes another from us.
Look to the sky tonight and see their stars glowing bright in the sky watching over us with our other sisters that have passed. xoxo0 -
So sorry you aren't feeling well, Mena. If I lived closer I would make you some chicken soup. Of course, it would be Campbell's chicken noodle and it would be in the microwave, but its the thought that counts, right?! 0
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Jasmine, would the soup be in the pink can? LOL Chicken soup is good for what ales ya.
Shirley0
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