Illinois ladies facing bc

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  • Calypso
    Calypso Member Posts: 132
    edited March 2008

    Connie - happy hair!  I agree with Blackjack, you will look cute with any style.

    Laura - sending good vibes to your feet - so sorry to hear about that.

    Blackjack - love the avatar.  Let's go there, wherever it is.

    NancyLa - how many rads have you had?  I'm going for #4 today.  I think I am imagining symptoms - a headache yesterday, very bitchy Tuesday afternoon, bad dream Monday night.  I wish I could stop being so paranoid about this, and I'm sure it would go better for me.  I'll buy some Biafine, too, and see how that goes. 

    Going to rads everyday is so.....so CANCER IN YOUR FACE, if you know what I mean.  Everybody there has it, some are clearly very ill, and the walls just scream CANCER CANCER!  I hate it.  Except for the one cute tech...

  • kater
    kater Member Posts: 447
    edited March 2008

    Off topic lasalle county

     

    Zap, I lived in Utica 17 years!

    I would have told you to try Value  City in Ottawa, near rte 80 and 23...

    Did you find that? It is like an outlet of the V.City stores around here....bras four dollars (the soft wonderful kind!)...i buy all my black pants there and many times they have naturalizers....sporadic though..my favorite after costco and sams club.

    comforters for 15 to 25 dollars even king size...i get them for dog and me couch! i must have around 12 sets around here! 

    Kater

  • Patelia
    Patelia Member Posts: 5
    edited March 2008

    Wendy and ladies:

    Your inspirational quotes are great. My sister should be joining soon. She had her MRI yesterday and won't get her results until Mon. My other 2 sisters and I have been keeping her extremely busy and out of the HOUSE to get her mind of it until we know all of the details - so she hasn't been around to get onto the computer. There has been a lot of wine drinking going on - and not a lot of sleeping. Just can't keep it off of your mind.

    I think our next step is to do some serious shopping like Zap - nothing better than shopping when you need to get something off of your mind. Zap b4 you know it you will be helping her pick out her wedding dress.

    I am very rusty on my computer lingo - What does dh mean? Only thing that comes to mind is damn husband, but I know that is not right.

    Crappy day out - where is the sun!!!!!!! Yesterday wasn't so bad - went for a walk. They are filming the John Dillinger movie 4 blocks from my house with Johnny Depp - I have some very close up pictures of him if everyone is interested. My teenage nieces keep parking at my house - they have all touched his hand. Of course, they are never going to wash it again. I call them the Depp Stalkers.

    Hope everyone has a great day - Be well!

  • Calypso
    Calypso Member Posts: 132
    edited March 2008

    Patelia:

    damn husband!  That's funny!  I'll be using "dh" in my posts from now on, if that's the meaning!

  • ritajean
    ritajean Member Posts: 4,042
    edited March 2008

    Break time!  I've been trying to clean and have part of the downstairs done.  I think I have attention deficit when it comes to cleaning.  It sure doesn't keep my attention for long and I have to have a break!

    Michele...you and hubby should take a couple of lgolf lessons together.  If you're still speaking to one another, then head for a golf course and see how it goes.  Golfing is much harder for me than bowling.  It seems like such an unnatural swing, especially if you've played any softball.  I'm really not very good at it yet, but it is so fun to get out on the course and enjoy the scenery and companionship.  I don't think you ever completely learn how to golf.  You just keep trying to perfect your game.  It's fun!  I think you should try the lessons and see what evolves.  :-)

    Smerf...so funny that you mentioned running into peope in the grocery store!  Before I moved to Bloomington, I lived in a small enough town where you ALWAYS ran into several people you knew in the grocery store.  You never went to the store looking really crappy because you knew you'd find somebody to chat with amongst the aisles.  Amazingly, that was the first thing I really missed when I moved to Bloomington.  I didn't know anyone and never ran into anyone in the grocery store.  I quickly realized that I didn't need to get too "spruced up" to shop here and I soon got to like that fact.  Now, I'm better acquainted and the grocery store is once again becoming a more social setting.  Back to combing the hair good and taking off those torn blue jeans!  LOL  Gosh it's hard to please me!!!!

    Susan, you were about an hour from me when you were in Peru.  Did you find any good and unusual antiques there?  Oh gosh, If you think Peru is in the country, you probably would think I live in "po dunk" land!  LOL  Hope you had fun on your excursion!

    Well, Dave got rained out on his job today so he is home to work on the bathroom and there's things I can do to help so I need to get busy.

    Is it dreary everywhere in Illinoins today?

    Rita

  • kater
    kater Member Posts: 447
    edited March 2008

    off topic, get togethers

    map answer

    rita, Looks like Starved Rock area might be good for an  outing...

    it''s one hour 15 from me, but probably more like 2 hours from Chicago..

  • smerf
    smerf Member Posts: 476
    edited March 2008

    It surely is dreary here! Rain since last afternoon, and now has turned to sleet and snow. I hope none of you is near any of the flood areas.

    Susan....Remember my recent quandary about wedding garb? I ended up wearing the black, and about 50% of the other guests were wearing the same. I also figure the coat is coming off at the door, so will not be noticed by many. Trench coats are so often perfect for our weather.

    Patelia...I think DH means dear husband, except when it does mean damn husband! LOl.

    Leesa...   Hope you are feeling better and better all the time, and looking forward to when you are up to posting.

    Blackjack...I am starting on closets first. My whole house needs a makeover. Or maybe a cleaning lady like Rita has. The bathroom demo will start in about a month, so timer is ticking!

    Calypso...I so agree with you. Rads every day is so cancer in your face! I was lucky I guess, and rarely saw anyone else when I went to my rads tx. I hated it more than chemo for some reason, and my poor husband was very worried I would refuse to go. Hang in there, and I'm thinking of you and Nancy, and sending hugs and good thoughts your way.

    Connie....I didn't mean to depress you, just reassure you that bangs will come! I stopped short of buying the scarf that had bangs attached to the front of it, and just waited for mine. It's worse that they are so curly, because it takes longer to cover the forehead, and mine is as big as the top of an aircraft carrier! Lol.

    Hope everyone is having the best possible day. Hugs to all.

    smerf

  • zap
    zap Member Posts: 1,850
    edited March 2008

    Patelia, , dh means dear husband or damned husband, or dumb husband or diligent husband depending on what just happened between you and the dh.

    Oh my, I did think Peru was like the country.  I did get some bargains.  I got a globe that is a lamp. The light is inside the globe and it is very cool.   It is from the fifties so of course all the countries are now renamed, but I love it. I collect silhouettes and I found one.  I also found a lovely lemonade pitcher with five glasses so I can only  have a party for five people.

    Morris was my favorite town.  It was so quiet.  I think I could adjust to country life quite quickly, although my husband says I am wrong about that.

    I also like Starved Rock.

    Susan 

  • tdbear
    tdbear Member Posts: 286
    edited March 2008

    Rita How IS the bathroom coming? Didn't you promise us some pics?

    I'll trade weather w/ anyone today!!! Yes my tulips ect are starting to bloom, but it's starting to snow!!!! Feel like I'm back in IL!!!

    ( DH = devoted husband or what ever you feel at the moment!)

    Blackjack Sorry if my instructions confused you, but YOU DID IT!!! And it looks great!

    Connie You'll have bangs before you know it! Or like me just don't miss them as much now that I have some.( not as long as I would like yet)

    Calypso & Nancyla hope your rads are going fine, yes it can be depressing w/ all those sick people....

    Pateliajust remember when ever your sis is ready this group will be here. They are a wealth of info and a LOT of fun!!

    Laura hope you foot is better. Maybe a nice foot massage would at least make it feel better!

    Leesa hope you are resting Get Well SOON!!

    I better get to work.....

  • conniehar
    conniehar Member Posts: 585
    edited March 2008

    Susan - I cracked up about your shopping spree!  That is hilarious!  I am about 15 minutes from Oswego so you were pretty close to me!

    Yes, Rita, I should not complain about my hair at all.  I AM so happy I have some.  Thanks for reminding me.

    Yes, dh means dear husband or darling husband, dd means dear daughter, etc.  I'm sure many of time some have really meant damn instead of dear.

    Patti - I hope your sister is doing ok.  The beginning is soooo hard.  Assure her it does get easier to deal with.  We look forward to meeting her.  I will take some Johnny Depp photos!  He is yummy!  Please post them.

    I love Starved Rock - we used to go there as kids for a fun away from home picnic.

  • leesa
    leesa Member Posts: 57
    edited March 2008

    I am home, feel ok, hard to type, love you all.  also love morphine.

  • tdbear
    tdbear Member Posts: 286
    edited March 2008
    YEA Leesa!!! Get plenty of rest but remember to up the fiber ( or what ever it takes) while on pain meds!
  • sparker38
    sparker38 Member Posts: 47
    edited March 2008

    Hey, ladies hope all is well.  Been tired lately and gave myself a break from computer.  I check in regularly and read the post but just at a lost from words sometime.  Having some good days and bad.  Another young lady on the AA community ex. just passed away the other day from this horrible disease sort of got me down.  Not been getting much sleep.  So much on my mind.  Didn't want to come in and be down.  This just isn't me. 

     Love the daily inspirations.  I have been reposting them on my families web site. 

    Well I don't want to ramble on just wanted to touch base and say hello to ALL of you. 

    Rita- I did email Irina but she hasn't contacted me back.

    Take care everyone,

    Sabrina

  • NancyLa
    NancyLa Member Posts: 81
    edited March 2008
    Calypso, you hit the nail on the head........Cancer in your face everyday.  I find that the most difficult part of going every day. Yell I was just telling my dh this exact thing yesterday.  I have had 18 treatments and have 15 more to go...Believe it or not it has gone pretty quickly.  I use 100% Aloe Vera gel and so far no burning.  Smile
    I am starting to get really tired, and I have been crabby since about the 4th or 5th treatment.  Some days I even have a pity party for myself as I bounce between sadness and anger.  I have talked to a social worker and she says this is all normal.  I asked her how could I be normal now, when I never was before?
  • kater
    kater Member Posts: 447
    edited March 2008

    Off topic DH

    DH is short for "Dear Husband", usually found on Internet forums along with DW, "Dear Wife"  according to wikipedia.

    Yeah, right, a hubby calling us dear. NOT

    I hate the acronym, we have lived with designated hitter all our lives and now Desperate Housewives, so it's a STUPID abbreviation and puzzling to poor chemo brained people.

    I'd ban it here if I could. How hard is it to type hubby, how many times is he dear?

    THERE and i thought i was in a good mood today! ha!

    Kater

  • tdbear
    tdbear Member Posts: 286
    edited March 2008

    DH is better than dumbs**t hubby esp when he's looking over my shoulder !! LOL

  • zap
    zap Member Posts: 1,850
    edited March 2008

    Nancy, I still have to register my family for the walk.  My youngest daughter is a runner and I need to see if she wants to to run or walk.  She left for Europe today, or at least with this snow, I hope she got off.  

    I too had a harder time with rads than chemo.  I think I was spunkier with chemo, ready for the fight, mad at the disease, fists up and ready;  while rads was enough already.  We are all going to be okay.

    Leesa, thanks for stopping by.  I am sure it took all your energy to do that.

    Hope to meet you at the walk in May. 

    Yes, cancer is in your face all the time and I can hear sadness in Sabrina's post.  Sabrina, it is okay to be sad on this thread.  Many of us "older posters" lost one of our very own right here on this thread. Remember, Pat, girls?  I still think about her a lot even though I never actually met her in person.   It is scary and heartbreaking, but a part of the bigger bc picture.I saw that Ferne died.  There is a picture of her and she looks so darn normal.  You keep thinking BC is for other people, not normal people like us.

    Nice evening to you.

    Susan 

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,770
    edited March 2008

    Evening ladies,

    Home from work and pooped but happy.  Wore my new wig and everyone just loved it and loved the look.  Both my male and female boss.....as well as the 4 Realtors there today. 

    Kater--on your first post....I want to come shopping with you at Value City.  That sounds like a place even I could afford.

    Loved your Dh comments too.  I think you can find a whole page of "computer lingo" somewhere---all cute little alphabet letters arranged together.  You could probably write a whole letter to someone in about a third of a page or less.  Sometimes I use the letters...sometime I just say Denny. 

    Gosh, you gave me lots to think about as well re:rads and cancer in your face.  I guess it does take a toll somewhat.  I know I am tired of being tired....even knowing it will pass---be it the chemo part or rads part.  I do yearn now and then to have the old get up and go as I do remember that part pretty easily---like all last summer making sure that my car was washed well at least once a week and making sure it was cleaned inside as well every other week.  Bet that don't happen this summer.  I'll have to save some extra quarters for the car wash. 

    Sabrina...a little trite, but you hang in there.  This is a miserable thing you have had to deal with and allow into your life with no choice.  If you feel a little miserable, blue, upset, I'm sure you have more than adequate reason so you just hang on til' you can just turn the tables and kick all the rotten stuff out of the door.  Than slam it and run like heck.

    Susan...you would like country life...pretty laid back and here we are without an hour and a half....sometimes more to much larger areas for shopping or entertainment, cultural events etc.  Definitely the best of both worlds. 

    Ok, I'm going to put another quote on the bottom of this note....just because I just now found it and I like it.  I also have 50 emails to read and have to get something to eat.

    Will talk to ya'll later.

    Jackie

    Motivational Quote of the Day

    "Tolerance implies a respect for another person, not because he is wrong or even because he is right, but because he is human."
  • Mich101
    Mich101 Member Posts: 489
    edited March 2008

    Wendy, Connie, Rita, Blackjack,... and everyone else, thanks for the hugs and good thoughts for tomorrow.

    Connie-I'm still waiting for my bangs too. The curls make it even harder to get those bangs on the forehead! I am enjoying the curls though.

    Rita-I saw your post to Michele and about taking the hubby for golf lessons, etc, Huh??  Then I went back to prior posts that I had missed and realized you were talking to the other Michele. Golf lessons with hubby may be a good idea for me tooSmile

    NancyLa and Calypso- do the techs have music playing for you during your treatment? I liked listening to loud music that I knew (FLeetwood Mac) so I could sing along in my head and not hear the awful noise that machine makes.

    Patelia-welcome to you and your sister. Hope the MRI results are good news.

    Sabrina- It's ok to not post if you're not up to it. Know we are all here for you, whether you're feeling up or down. We understand how you feel. I myself seem to read more than post. I really benefit from what the other ladies have to say, the jokes, inspirational quotes, pictures, etc. So thanks everyone!

    Kater-I've never been to Starved Rock-it's actually on my list of places to see!

    Leesa-glad you checked in-hope you're feeling good soon.

    Laura-How's your foot doing?

    I'm going to wish everyone a wonderful weekend, early, and hugs (and sunshine) to the IL Ladies,

  • wendyk13
    wendyk13 Member Posts: 1,458
    edited March 2008

    Hi again...

    Sabrina....this is the place where we want you to come, when you are down and depressed with this horrible disease.  Who better to understand what you are going thru then us?  Please don't think you ever have to go away and not post....we want to help if we can.  Sometimes for me, just typing the scary stuff makes me feel better.  There is not one of us who does not think of bc every day and what could happen to us (and yep....I think of Fitzpatti all the time) but we choose life and friendship and have reached out to others so we are not alone anymore.  So please Sweetie.....don't go away if you are down...that's the time to come here.  We're here, 24/7...or at least we'll be around soon.  I swear Kater NEVER sleeps.

    Ah....rads.  Cancer, cancer, cancer.  And I had 3 male techs.  I do remember....and I hated it.  But it did go fast, and actual time I spent in the building in total was about 12 minutes.  Hang in there Nancy and Calypso - it WILL be over sooner than you think.  And then you both will have done what you needed to do and that will bring you peace.  Keep your eye on the prize - a cancer-free future!

    Leesa, Leesa, Leesa -  I LOVED morphine when I had it for my herniated disc. Still hurt like he**, but I didn't care at all!  Glad you are home and resting.  Are your toes still the prettiest toes in town?

    I think I need to go shopping like you guys.  Was looking at outdoor stuff, but why buy anything?  Maybe another shovel or two.....

    Patelia...I agree with the other ladies.  This will be the hardest part of your sister's journey - the BEGINNING.  All the tests, all the waiting,waiting, waiting.  Once she gets going and has all her ducks in a row, she will find her new "normal" and things really do get better.  Gals here told me that 15 months ago and I though they were all crazy.  Once the surgery was over and I knew I had to do chemo and Herceptin and rads I was OK...just wanted to get started, lose my hair, get my hair back...and then get my life back.  It gets better, really it does.  And you laugh again.  REALLY!!!!

    Connie...you go right ahead and b*tch about your hair.  That's NORMAL.  And isn't it nice to be NORMAL again?  We wouldn't be women if we didn't complain about our hair (or our thighs!!!)

    Rita....it's snowing again.  I'm thinking about crawling in my fort with a bottle of wine and not coming out until it is at least 60 out.  Wait...maybe I better make that a case of wine.

    Jackie...thanks for the quotes!  How have you been feeling?  I think you are doing better...at least you sound like you are.

    Karin....sorry you are having snow, but then why should we have all the fun?

    Time to empty the dishwasher....everyone...sleep tight.  You too Kater.

  • ritajean
    ritajean Member Posts: 4,042
    edited March 2008

    Kater...you may have hit the spot for a spring or summer get-together or lunch....Starved Rock.  What a beautiful place!  That's certainly something to consider.

    Sabrina, yes, we've all faced the loss of a bc sister.  We lost Pat, one of our Illinois ladies and I lost a CMF chemo friend.  I also lost the one gal who reached out to me when I was first diagnosed.  It all seems so unfair and it's so sad when it happens.  We do need that cure!  It's quite all right to post when you're sad.  We've all done it and the gals on here always help lift your spirits.  I guess we're here for each other during both the good and the bad.  Maybe that's why we've become so attached to each other.

    Michele...still sending those good thoughts for tomorrow.  And yes, maybe you should get your hubby out for some golf lessons, too.  It's a great game that's fun to share with a loved one!  Sorry I messed up your thinking.  Usually I refer to the other Michele as Blackjack to avoid confusion.  Don't know why I switched on you this time.

    So sorry that you're getting snow again, Wendy.  That just doesn't seem fair.  It's the end of March, by golly and this just isn't right!  

    Hey maybe we need a shopping trip once spring really arrives!!!!  :-)

    Karin...the bathroom is not yet ready for pictures.  It's progressing very slowly.  We started to lay tile this afternoon.  There is no place upstairs to do all the cutting because it makes such a powderly mess so it has to be cut downstairs and hauled up.  I'm learning to be patient.  I WILL send pictures when it's done, I promise!

    Nancy from Quincy...I chatted with Mazy last night on chat.  She is in remission and doing well.  She asked about you and was glad to hear that you are doing well, too.  Please check in more often!

    Well, my step-dad has made me a glass-shelved oak china cupboard and he's delivering it tomorrow.  My mother had a cup and saucer collection that my grandmother had started and I needed a place to display them.  I need to get the designated "corner" ready for him tomorrow so I'm off to rearrange things in the A-frame.

    Catch you tomorrow.  Check in as soon as you're able Michele.

    Rita

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,770
    edited March 2008

    Wendy and all.........I am doing pretty good right now.  Only had to use two Tylenol for my little bone pains that showed up late I thought.  I can tell you all now, I was a little paranoid after the first  ( oops I forgot what I'm getting ) tx, and ending up overnight in the hospital.....and I probably will feel a moment during my last two, but other than crappy mouth for a bit I am fairly good  and think I did find the first fairly easy tx. I was looking for.  Oh....taxotere is that what I'm getting.....anyway, this has been my easiest yet I think.  I will never like the crappy mouth for a few days thing....but I will make the best of it for only two chemo's left.

    We are due for a big thunderstorm tonight.....it specified Marion County......my county first so becha by golly we don't get passed over....not going to like it though....we got 2 1/2 inches rain in the one last night.....nuff' already, please. 

    Rita...got to tell you...I'm sure it's terrible for you, but the Swan man has individual Angus patties that taste like meatloaf.  Having some tonight for dinner.  Was prepared to not like them----but I think I'm already addicted.  Yummy...

    See ya tomorrow.

    Jackie

  • zap
    zap Member Posts: 1,850
    edited March 2008

     Dear Wendy and Rita,

    Thanks for recalling Pat, among other sisters who have passed because of BC on this place.  It personally helped me to face some of my own fears of BC.  It also explains how in spite of those fears, I always come back here for hope and fellowship.

    Susan 

  • kater
    kater Member Posts: 447
    edited March 2008

    Value city off topic

    shopping online always good for us addicts! 

    my luck the time we pick to go that way, to starved rock....the store would have nothing to buy. But if you are in the mood, they have LOTS of clothes to look through...you have to be in the mood, though! Sometimes i just buy a bunch and try them on at home intending to take some back... smile..

    i really think i'm grumpy lately! it started out so nice today! I am at the end of the line with car dealers and now i'm wrestling with work deadlines and when to go do the transaction. I finally called a bunch of car dealers around mom's chemo hospital and after two said, there is no way we can match that price, call us back when you find out it's a mistake!

    well, either they have a network and saw me coming or.....i must have gotten to a "good deal" finally so it's almost over i hope!!

    i always sign kater but i guess it's down below anyway. ha!

  • kater
    kater Member Posts: 447
    edited March 2008

    oh kater is NOT below.

    well anyway...http://megatgum.com/coupon.shtml

    green tea gum is my latest find.

    1.00 off coupon on this web site,

    i like it..1.96 at walmart checkout.

    Even oncologist Bayer said to do green tea during chemo. 

  • wendyk13
    wendyk13 Member Posts: 1,458
    edited March 2008

      Morning!  Well...it's ALMOST the weekend!  Happy Friday anyway.....

    Susan.....re: Pat.  A few weeks ago when it was almost 50 and sunny I took the Z out to drive it around and I stopped halfway, turned on the heated seats and put the top down.  Was it crazy?  Yep.  Did I do it for Pat cuz I could and she couldn't?  Yep.  And I whoooohooooed for her and for all our bc sisters who have passed.  I guess it's funny as I never met her, really didn't talk to her much except for a half dozen or so PM's but things she told me made a lasting impression on me.  I'm not good with quotes like some of you but what Pat said to me reminds me of that song  "if you get the chance to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance!".  So for me, putting the top down and turning up the stereo and cruising along the Fox River....I was dancing that day for Pat.  I don't want to be at the end of my life saying "shoulda, woulda, coulda".  I want to be a dancin' fool.

    We need to get Kater off the Red Bull....maybe we should have an intervention LOL.

    Jackie...ah, metal mouth!  I remember that from Taxotere.  Lasted about 5-6 days for me then got back to normal.  Those angus patties from Swan's sound good!  Neighbor across the street gets delivery from them...maybe I should check them out.

    Laura...how's your foot?

    Leesa...how are you today?

    Mich101....today's the day!  We'll be there with you in spirit!  Post when you can....Hugs, honey!

    Connie....so, did your bangs grow yet?  I couldn't believe it...I flat-iron mine to straighten them out and yesterday in the rain/snow I walked past a mirror in Home Depot and I had teeny little curls all across my forehead.  Argggggggggghhhhhhh!  Someday....

    Rita....your shelf sounds so pretty.  Wish I had some woodworking talent in my family but no such luck.  Bathroom will be worth it but the process must be terrible, all that waiting.  You think we would have learned a little bit about patience thru bc, but not when we are waiting for a pretty, new bathroom.

    Blackjack...how did your Mom fare?  Is she back up to speed?

    Everybody else....have a good one.  Off to exercise, then Menards, then Lowe's then home to do sheets,laundry, etc.  Aren't you all just GREEN with envy?

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,770
    edited March 2008

    Morning allSmile We got nice and wet last night, but not so much thunder and lightning.  Slept like a charm so couldn't have been too

    bad.                                                                                             Today's Inspirational Quote:

    "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters
    compared to what lies within us."

    -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Work today is going to drag a bit.....I have a bad habit of "catching" up everything from starting point on Thursday....I don't want to 'miss' anything....and end up getting it all done in the morning Thursday and little to do after.  Sigh---some people like myself never learn. 

    That comes from having all my energy concentrated in the morning hours I think.  If there is something to do I will do it.....then twiddle my thumbs the rest of the day....not the brightest cookie in the jar there I guess.

    My head seems straighter today than yesterday or maybe it's cause its early yet and I haven't been up long enough to realize I'm confused. 

    ]I hope ya'll have a stunning day.  I'm rooting for you.

    Catch you later, after work.'

    Jackie
     

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,770
    edited March 2008
    At the urging of his doctor, John moved to Arizona.
     
    After settling in, he met a neighbor who was also an older man.
     
    "Say, my doctor recommended I move here for my health. Is this really a good place to live?"
    "It sure is," the man replied. "When I first arrived here I couldn't say one word. I had hardly any hair on my head. I didn't have the strength to walk across a room and I had to be lifted out of bed."
     
    "That's wonderful!" said John. "How long have you been here?"
     
    "Since birth."
  • zap
    zap Member Posts: 1,850
    edited March 2008

    The sun is out!  The snow is melting and I have a lake in my back yard!

    Wendy, love the convertible story. That's it.  This my last day of Spring (????) Break and I am going out to buy me a convertible. I am such a cautious person, that if I actually did that, Wendy, you would have to put me up in the fort for the next year.  Maybe, on second thought, I will just dance like crazy at the wedding tomorrow.

    Leesa, I am hoping you are feeling better.  You will be good to go by the time good weather fun comes your way.  Jackie, you are sounding well.  Laura, I am hoping that you are on the mend and that you did not take my suggestion of taking a pill and just wishing it all away.  In your case, I just know that would not have worked.  Me, being a bit of a hypochondriac now, it can work.  Let me know how you are doing.

    I am getting the Michele's mixed up and need some clarification.  The Michele I am thinking of was at the Long Grove dinner.  Help!  I kow one Michele is recuperating from some procedure.  Feel well both of yu.

    Julie, oh Julie, how are you?  We need to hear from Julie.

    Sabrina,  I have started praying a bit.  I have't quite got it down, but I am working at it.  It fits well into my nighttime routine which includes some insomnia around three in the morning.  Anyway, last night I prayed for you to feel well and at peace with life.  Tell me if it worked.  Be truthful and don't just try to make me feel better.  If you are down, tell me, and I will pray harder.

    Susan 

  • blackjack
    blackjack Member Posts: 771
    edited March 2008

    Morning Girls..

    Just to clarify, yes there are two Michele's on this thread. I am Blackjack and there is Mich101. I am the water beach girl with the gorgeous sunset avatar compliments of Karin. So when you feel down and out just look at this avatar and you will feel better.

    Zap..I hope this help you. 

    Mich101..sending you healing thoughts today and hope all goes well.

    Leesa and Laura..hope you both are doing better..remember to take your pain meds to feel better.

    Wendy..I love convertibles..drove one in Maui and loved it. Only thing it does mess up your hairdo. lol

    Sabrina..sending you healing thoughts today. Things will get better in time. It is ok to feel down..I know I did last summer during rads..The depression was so bad...angry that I couldn't go boating or wave running..bad side effects from rads...time heals all and I am doing really good now and so will you.

    Jackie..you sound very chipper these days. Are you feeling better?

    You are doing a great job on keeping us inspired with your daily quotes. I look forward to reading them everyday. Thanks.

    Rita...My dh signed us up for golf lessons this spring...I don't know a thing about golf but I do know what to wear. So I am going to buy a cute golf outfit..if I can't golf then I can least look good on the course. lol

    Ok ..I have a question is it normal to feel a bit nervous at the one year mark??? I feel really good...don't feel sick no pain..but felt something different...I think it is scar tissue..having mamo in 2 weeks. Any thoughts on this..I think I am going into over drive now.

     Gotta run will check back later...

    Be healthy ..be happy.. think spring

    Blackjack