Illinois ladies facing bc
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HAPPY 4TH OF JULY.....just a quick hello to everyone as I have a very busy day. Jan thanks for the cake recipe. I made it and it sure looks yummy. I am serving it today at my BBQ. The sun is out up north so I am off for a quick boat ride this am. The water is so calm today and it looks like it will be a warm one. Hope it stays nice for my big BBQ today. My son the chef is helping me cook today before he goes to work. It is so nice to have him cook for me as it frees me up to do my decorating.
Laura...any baby news yet..pics???
Wendy...are you grilling today or driving around
Susan..enjoy your time off and yes you will always be a teacher at heart like Rita.
Jackie...hope you have a nice day ..rest and enjoy the holiday.
Connie...hope your kids enjoy the holiday..food, fireworks and fun
Annette....hope you are doing well
Donna... hope your dog is ok with the fire works.. Our lab is ok with them.
Buddy...any news on the path report.
Well I gotta run...To everyone else I missed I hope you all have a wonderful, safe and fun day.
Remember to be healthy...be happy..and enjoy life!!!!!
BJ
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Oh what a beautiful morning. Finished my siding Wednesday ( office is closed today for the holiday ) so I am able to do whatever I choose. Going to a friends for 4th. of July bbq and going to make my semi-famous baked beans: Beryl & Jackie's Baked Beans
2 ( 16 oz ) cans pork & beans ( drained well )
3/4 cup Masterpiece barbecue sauce
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 med. tart green apple peeled, cored and chopped
1/2 onion, chopped well
3 tbsp golden raisins
3 strips bacon cut in half
1/3 cup or a bit more Dr. Pepper soda ( not diet )
Preheat oven to 350. In 1 1/2 qt casserole combine well drained beans, bbq sauce, br. sugar, apple, onions and raisins. Gently stir in Dr. Pepper. Arrange bacon strips over top. Bake un-covered for about an hr. to hr and 15 mins.
This is a special occasion recipe so I don't use Splenda brown sugar. I just go for the calories and work it off later. It has a fairly traditional flavor but with added zip and spice. Hard to describe....people come back for more though.
Hmmm....Heidi is in a nursing home at present. She could not go home and had been in a hospital almost a full month. She is not co-operating too well. Does not want to do anything. In a couple of weeks she will be taken back over to Barnes and they will do the leg by-pass on her....at least the one leg -- not sure about the other. Then ?????? I can't recall knowing or meeting anyone with such reluctance about doing what it takes to get and be better. Totally mystifies me and leaves me at a loss for words. I worked for two years after my stroke to overcome the effects and Rita and Mary Jane ( who both came to Marion for a visit while I was doing rads ) can tell you.....unless I say it most people would not even notice. I have some limitations I guess but I usually only find it out when I'm in the middle of trying to do something....because until it's not working out so well I don't even consider the possibility that I won't be able to do something. Guess it was the way I was raised ---- things have to be done and it is you who has to do them....period. Quitting or not doing was never an option. I'm sure there must be a number of people who choose not to participate in lots of things, but this instance with my SIL is the first time that I've witnessed it.
Interesting that we learn and grow always and we learn sometimes by what DOES not happen as well as the things that do. I am not better than my SIL and would never think that......rather I think I am like the majority of people who want to reach as close to their full capacity as it possible. Just amazing that anyone would be content with less when more surely is possible.
Susan....I do think everyone is right. You will always be a teacher as will Rita. Just not in a formalized way. I have always felt teachers were very special people and that they see a lot that others of us might miss --- just because they look for what will capture the essence of what will inspire their pupils to continue to thirst for knowledge --- so to me they always see what is special and unique --- even in things I would consider ordinary.
Donna...you have such good insights about things. It is a slow process after chemo is done and I'm glad you have the first month behind you. If I recall ( ah yes, at some point you will use those words ) it was tedious waiting for what was coming. The hair seems to take forever -- probably because it is the thing that really made it so evident to the world what was going on with us and what we most wanted to have back. Energy issues will linger for awhile too.....but all in all most of the other things can be taken in stride. Once we get to where food --- almost all of it, tastes good again...it's the darn hair.
I think my dogs take the fireworks in stride for the most part. Molly, our foster dog is the only one I don't know about....but hopefully she will take cues from the others. She did not do bad in the lightning and thunder so I hope she will be ok.
I'll be checking back later.
Hugs to all and add my well wishes and prayers for a safe happy holiday to everyone.
Jackie
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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. -Thomas Aquinas
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Happy 4th of July early!!!!!! I had my port put in on Wednsday. It went well. Slept most of the day.
Yesterday, I had chemo. What a difference in doing the port vs iv in the vein. It went really well. I also saw the radiologist about getting a shot in my bones to attack the cancer in there. I think it is still to early to get that done. I want to wait til after a few more chemos to see if that is working. With getting the iv radiation shot it can destroy bone borrow and cause alot of other problems. So right now it is a right and see game. Otherwise I am feeling pretty good. Slept til 9:30 this morning.
Talk to you all later...
Ginny
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Hi Girls! Sorry it took so long to post! I have been busy!
Sydney and baby AriAnna Nicole are doing great! It was surreal at the hospital...AriAnna is adorable, healthy and happy. She is 6 lbs 9 ozs - 18" long... looks more like the father at this point. She is already quite popular - she had lots of visitors! Here she is:
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Happy 4th July to Illinios Ladies~!
Laura- AriAnna is GORGEOUS~! I am glad baby and mother is doing well~! congrats~!
Donna- I know you can't wait to get your hair back.. It seems take forever to come back.. My hair started grow one month after the chemo and now about inch long.. Its been a 4 and half month since I am done with my chemo, however, now, I got more hair than before, omg, I got sideburns.. dang... never had them before now I have to trim it..
Ginny- glad your chemo went well and port is working good too.. port is so much easier than iv..
keep resting~! whenever you can..
Susan- It must be hard for you to leave what you've been doing for so long.. I can only imagine.. now it's time for you~! do something for yourself because you deserve it~!
Buddy- hope you are doing well..
Well, I had ct done on my head this morning... I've been having this wired pain around my head since last year and my bs wanna know what's going on and just to be make sure.. last year I post about my head pain and nobody was having like what I have.. I told my onco doc but she didn't concern about is at that time she said it will go away once my hair grow back but nope.. it still there and it hurts.. sore and won't go away even though with the pain pills.. so I mentioned to my bs on past wed. and he said, we wanted to be on safe side.. However, when I had my yearly eye exam last december, they found the freckle on my right eye and recommend me to see a specialist but I had no time with my chemo treatment.. For the first time, I am sacred.. bc is a lot to deal with it already and I don't need anything else to make me even more depressed.. I am praying and hoping its nothing.. gosh... too much already...
Thanks for listening...
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Oh Laura! What a lovely baby! Congrats to everyone! It is your job now to spoil her! LOL
Elfsong, my thoughts and prayers will be with you as you wait for the results. Hugs! You are so right! Breast cancer is traumatic enough but it always seems to lurk in the back of our brain and our mind always seems to go there when we have different symptoms or aches and pains that don't go away immediately. Hang in there and keep us informed.
Ginny, glad that the port is in and that the chemo was much easier with it. Try to enjoy the holiday and keep us informed!
It's time for me to find my recliner! Be safe over the holiday and enjoy the celebration!
Rita
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to my IL bc sisters ... fyi... ...The Aerosmith concert was cancelled on Wednesday and did not happen... just when we were pulling out of the driveway.. ugh!!. All we know at this point is what has been posted on the venue website and fan website.. postponed due to "artist injury" ... they say a reschedule date will be announced. We all hope that no one is seriously injured but they also postponed their concert in Hershey PA tonight.. (?)
As you can imagine, it was a huge disappointment...... (we sat there stunned and teary eyed)... but instead of moping, the three of us got in the car and went to an amusement park (Kings Island) ..because when life gives you lemons... I guess you go eat funnel cakes! lol. It turned out to be an excellent idea because we had fun and laughed alot....Anyway, we all have our fingers crossed that they can reschedule and Max ....
P.S. Wendy.. the avatar was taken on a beach in FL (Indian Rocks Beach)
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Holtbolt....sorry to hear what happened as I know it must have seemed such a blow to Max.....but quick thinking on your part saved the day/evening. Got my fingers crossed big time for a new date soon.
Laura....very beautiful. Pretty name as well. Much love to Auntie and Mom, Dad, and family.
Ginny....great news. Perhaps a good niche will open up and stay for your txs.
Elfsong....thinking of you and hoping that you get answers and lots of relief.
All the rest ..... have a wonderful tomorrow. I'm also making some Black Cherry Coca Cola Salad which is a big favorite of mine.
Hugs, Jackie
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Morning! Very cloudy here, temp 62....mucho rain coming our way! Oh well.....
Jackie....wait a minute! Black Cherry Cocacola Salad and NO recipe?????? The beans I would not make but that salad sounds very interesting! Heidi sounds a lot like my MIL - had hip replacement and then knee replacement and refused to do any rehab after surgery, or lose the 100 pounds....just sat down and let everyone do for her....for many years. She could have had such a different life. but what can you do? Some people are just like that.
Elfsong....fingers crossed that it is indeed nothing. BC sure makes us wonder about everything.
Ginny....glad the port went well. What type of chemo are you doing? How are you feeling this am?
Laura...AriAnna is soooo cute! Give her a cuddle for us! How is Syd liking the whole Mom thing?
Jan....dessert recipe sounds good and I printed it out. Lots of ways to cut down on the fat/cal too which I love!
Holtbolt....I am so sorry for Max! I sure hope the concert gets rescheduled soon. But...sounds like you had a good night anyway. Where is Indian Rocks Beach? I am guessing on the W coast????
Rita/WendyTY....good for you guys and your walking! It was nice to stay home yesterday am and just sip coffee on the deck. Very quiet. No gym for me Monday either as I have doc appt to get blood drawn to see how my pokey thyroid is doing these days! But....I guess I better get out and do some walking too! Too much good food yesterday, and probably today and tomorrow as well! I have to look good in my thong on the beach in Fl in a few weeks! (yes, I am kidding about the thong - oh good gosh...that would so not be a good look at my age!)
Time to get more java and read the paper...all about Gov Palin! Weird that she did that......
Have a good holiday and be careful driving....lots of accidents yesterday!
(PS to Blackjack....I guess all our invites to the big BBQ yesterday got lost in the mail?????)
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Black Cherry Coca-Cola Salad
1 lg. pkg cherry or Blackcherry Jello
1 ( 16-20 oz ) can crushed pineapple
1 can ( 16-20 oz ) pitted Bing cherries
2 cups cold coke
1 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped.
Heat together 1 cup cherry juice and 1 cup pineapple juice.
NOTE; If not enough juice can add water to make the one cup each. Dissolve Jello in heated juice. Cool slightly then add cherries, pineapple, 2 cups cold Coke and 1 cup nuts and then chill. NOTE; Best to chill overnight
you can also chop 1/4 or a bit more cup of celery in here if you so desire.
It's yummy and I used Diet-Rite cola sweetened with Splenda in this. I don't worry too much about potential calories on holidays too much. That is when I give myself a break away from better food. Have had some of these recipes for years and since I make them to share I don't generally bring home much if anything. I also use walnuts as they have a stronger flavor than the pecans and the other flavors are strong.
It's raining here....so sorry Wendy...maybe it's coming from us down in southern Illinois. Yesterday it sounded like rain only in the morning......now, we might have some later too. Well, Ann and Jim have a huge awning so we can still eat out of doors.....house is big too so if need be.....Glad I didn't wash my car yesterday. Did dust it off ( yes I keep a car duster in my car ) when I came home a couple of times so hoping not too much will show when the rain quits.
Now see what you did Bj. I was going to let Wendy's dh come here....as long as you sent your son along for the cooking. Oh well, it wouldn't be a nice tip in the rain.
Here's hoping for a nice day for all ---
Hugs, Jackie
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Happy Fourth:
That baby is gorgeous. It is all good. She will be full of spirit...a little firecracker!
I did make the baked beans with Dr. Pepper. I forgot to drain the beans, so mine are soupy but SOOOOOOOOOO good. I like the apple in it. I wasn't in charge of desserts so I did not make the cake. It is overcast, so I hope we can have the parade.
ElfSong, my thoughts are with you. Good to check things out. I am finally getting the damn hip checked out on Monday. It seems like bursitis, and I sure hope it is. My DH does not like the cat in the bedroom and so he put a board across and one night I just ran into it an fell pretty hard. So I hope that a fall caused bursitis. Funny what we wish for! I have ignored the pain long enough. It hurts at night when I find myself sleeping on my side which I never realized must be my favorite. I had no idea what bursitis was until I started googling a million searches for fear it was the big bad thing. I wish I could throw up my arms and just leave it all to up to God or fate....but I cannot and it seems to be some feeble effort at controlling I just may not be able to control.
Well, I better get off myself and back to the big issues at hand....feeding a crowd of people.
Susan
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Morning girls....I hope you all had a wonderful day yesterday. Just to let you know my door is always open for dinner. It has always been an open door policy and yes I did have my dd and her friends pop over yesterday....more the merrier... so let the party begin lol I had so much food that today I am dieting. lol We had some awesome firework display last night. So now today is a lazy day for me.
Auntie Laura...the baby is soooooo cute. Hope Syd is resting well. Give the baby a big hug from us here.
Wendy... you are always welcome and yes I will feed you too lol
Jackie....your coke recipe sounds yummy. Did you do BQ yesterday. How is you sil doing. I hope all goes well for her.
Rita....how long did it take you to learn golf. Do you recommend any good books. I can't seem to get the swing down yet. but I am trying. The only thing I can do is drive that golf cart well lol
Elfsong..wishing you good results on your test.
Holtbolt..sorry to hear that Max missed out on the concert. But glad to see that you had fun anyway. Sometimes the disappointments turn into the best outcomes. Glad you had some family fun.
Ginny..hope you are feeling better soon. Hugs to you.
Jan... your recipe was a big hit...no leftovers here lol thanks
I gotta run..hope you all have a great day today. Enjoy the day...have fun.. and love the ones you are with. Hugs to all
Remember to be healthy..be happy
BJ
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Hi Everyone,
Hope you all had the best 4th of July possible. We could see some very spectacular fireworks from our living room this year. No idea whose they were, but beautiful anyway.
Jackie, I saw your note about the format of this site, and I was seeing it that same way at the time. In fact, I thought it was because I was accessing my AOL through Explorer because my spouse had removed my AOL software. Our computer was constantly freezing, and he insisted AOL was causing it. The freezing caused me to mostly stay off the computer for a couple of weeks, but last night he fixed it! The cause was not AOL so he reinstalled it for me, and now I'm back to the old format which I like much better. All that wasted white space on the left was not useful that I could tell. Thanks for the recipes. Sounds delish!
Feeling down today, and need some prayers for a bc sister. She has been doing just great the last about two years after her tx, but recently was dx with chemo induced leukemia. She has no family for stem cell transplant, and so is in trouble. I did invite her to join our group when I met her, but she declined, and said one of me was enough. Hmmmm......should I have been offended? Just kidding, of course. She is a bit more reserved than most of us, and is a doctor's wife so we had that in common. Please keep her in your prayers, and I am trying to figure out if there is something I can do to be more helpful to this couple.
Thanks to all of you.
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Happy Independance Day everyone! Let's keep our Illinoisan fingers crossed for a wee bit more sunshine and a lot less rain out there today!
My mammo went smoothly, too smoothly actually. It was snap, snap... wait a few minutes, then they handed me a "check the box" form saying it was normal. But.. but... what about the calcifications this was supposed to follow-up on? The ones that I've been quietly panicking about for 6 months??? *sigh* I guess I'll just wait for the detailed report when I see my bs next week. I feel like I'm looking for trouble, but really, I'm just afraid to relax about any of this stuff.
My mast. side though.... there is a sm. thickening. Something else to talk to the bs about and maybe get a sono of .
I'm going through a very odd state of paranoia for some reason. Today in the shower, I saw some rashy looking red bumps on my abdomen. Right away, my brain whispers, "skin mets." My lower right rib has been "pinging" me lately - naturally, I think Bone or Liver mets. Gah! I am 5 years out, as of last month, and you'd think I'd have a better grip. Normally, I do, but the past few weeks have been unusually difficult.
Sorry for the holiday venting.
But I figure no one else really understands this craziness like you ladies do. Rita and Jan - Wow. I'm so sorry to read about how traumatic your mammos were. It's such a relief to get it OVER WITH already.
Buddy - I agree with everyone else, you really should be writing a scathing letter to the hospital admins, department head, and anyone else who might matter about the attitude you were given about getting a second opinion. That just screams of unprofessionalism, and he shouldn't be allowed to get away with causing any extra and unneccesary trauma to a patient.
Donna - Hang in there. Between chemo and all the surgeries, I know for a fact that when I was only 4 weeks out, I was still living part-time in La-La land. I have family members would probably say that 5 years later, I still am.
Laura - Omg, what a sweet baby. And such a different and pretty way of spelling that name. I know quite a few with that name, but no others who are spelled that way.
Susan - All my best to your friend.
Wendy - Will you be going to the fireworks in Bartlett tonight? We always do, but I'm worried they may be rained out tonight!
Ginny - I can't imagine having chemo without a port. It made things so much easier.
Elf_song - Crossing my fingers for you. I'm glad to hear that you got the CT to hopefully reassure yourself that all is well.
holtbolt - Aww... so disappointing about Aerosmith, but I would think that they might reschedule? Or at least do something to make up for it knowing that there was a contest winner involved. Btw, I notice that you are in Carmel, IN. We were just there last weekend for a wedding. One of my oldest and dearest friends lives there.
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Wendy.... Indian Rocks Beach is between Clearwater and St. Pete on the Gulf side... we go down there almost every summer.. love that area....
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Happy Independence Day!
Laura - the baby is adorable! Congrats!
Thanks for all the recipies. I will have to try them sometime.
We were going to go out on Rend Lake with some friends to cookout and watch fireworks. They have a pontoon boat - so fun. It looks like it has been rained out. Oh well, our garden needed the rain and I have another headache. I took some pain killers and I am going to lie down for awhile. Glad the CT scan didn't show anything the other day when I was in ER but the headaches still worry me. Maybe it is the change in the weather. Sometimes when low pressure comes in - it really affects how I feel. I know it sounds strange but I have heard other people have the same issue. Maybe we are walking barometers! HAHA Maybe when I get up later the headache and the rain will both be gone!!
Hope everyone has a safe fun 4th of July.
~ Jennifer
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Syd and Ari are still in the hospital... the Dr would not let them go home... Syd's blood work showed extreme Anemia... they want to draw more this afternoon and then decide if she can leave. She's impatient, but knows it's for her own good.
smerf - SO sorry! It's tough to deal with...my heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with you and her. Is there a way to get her some stem cell donors? I would be happy to help with this... my favorite saying: WE WILL EITHER FIND A WAY - OR MAKE ONE!
Irene - I/we totally know how you feel... it's difficult to know when we should be concerned and not. My thoughts are with you...don't apologize... this is why we are all here... to share our good stories and our fears. Hang in there, Irene!
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Girls - I have to share this with you... on Wednesday... I attended a market research group. It was me and 9 other cancer "survivors". They wanted our thoughts and stories regarding the time that we were diagnosed. They wanted to know if our experience was timely, compassionate, etc. It lasted for two hours... each of us told our story... when it came to me... I got all choked up. I didn't cry, but it was really difficult explaining the whole story of when I felt the lump and then all the things leading up to the biopsy, through the mast...etc. BUT... it was a great experience to be in a room with 9 others... some men... all different cancers... prostate, colon, lung... but... 4 of us there had bc... one of the girls there broke down and cried... I walked over to her and hugged her and gave her some kleenex... afterward... I invited her to join our group... she thanked me and gave me a hug. If you are interested in registering with this company... here's the info:
I was paid $125. - it was in Schaumburg... if any of you want to register... - it's Fieldwork Chicago - Schaumburg
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Jennifer, We stopped at Rend Lake on the way home from our vacation and played the golf course. What a lovely area! I hope your weather is better than ours. It is still raining. It looks like our cookout will have to be moved inside today.
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Morning! It's a whopping 55 on my deck, which of course is all wet - and very foggy. Yesterday was the coldest 4th that I can remember. Gave up around lunchtime and put on a sweatshirt.
Smerf....I am so very sorry about your friend. And we all understand about her not wanting to post here. Give her an extra hug for us. Re: AOL - when I got the new laptop last fall they accidentally took it off and I had to download it from their site. Well...with Vista...I found that aol just doesn't work like it used to. A lot of freezing up and spinning of that dreaded little circle! If for example I can't get here, I have to shut down aol, go to explorer and that works just fine.
Laura...how's Syd? When did the discover the anemia, or were her counts low to begin with? Glad you made it thru your "therapy"! Must have been very cathartic for everyone.
Blackjack....I know your door is always open, just yankin' your chain! Glad you had such a fun day and you did it on the nice day! Nice too that you are the "fun" Mom and your kids WANT to spend holidays with you! (Wanna adopt me? I'm well-trained, don't stay out after 10pm, come with my own 2 cars, clean up after myself and always hang up my clothes.....)
Rene....you poor thing! It's just the "new normal" of breast cancer. Every little ache, pain or "ping" is the beast coming back. Not just age, or arthritis, or that we slept wrong. I doubt that this every goes away...we just do the "2 week rule" and try and keep breathing.
Susan...glad you are getting that hip checked out but it does really sound like it came from that fall. OK..and Iknow it's none of my business (and when exactly did that ever stop me) BUT....a board across the bedroom door...in the dark???? What was your DH thinking???? Either one of you could have been seriously injured...like your DH after you had fallen and you picked up that board and went after him.....
Jackie....now...there's an intersting recipe and once again, a recipe that you can either make in full-calorie mode or really trim it down! It sounds absolutely yummy and I am going to try that this weeks. Thanks! How was the weather for your BBQ?
To everyone else...hope you are having a lovely holiday weekend. I need to spiff up a little bit before my walk....I am going to try and drag DH out of bed and it's much more fun to walk with someone. I don't like to "wear" music on my walks cuz if a good, peppy song comes on I keep pace with the music and who the heck wants to really exercise this early??????
Hugs everyone!
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Yes, Wendy, the board was a terrible idea!. Especially since the cat, unlike me, could just jump over it. It is gone.
Barometric drops and headaches.....I experience them. They are not bad headaches but uncomfortable. They make my head feel dopey. High mold content does the same.
Sorry, Smerf. I am hoping she can be treated. If she is among so many medical people as family and friends, she will get the best care. I wish her well..
Everyone raved about my baked beans, Jackie. We went to the parade and had a wonderful day. Poor Lila Grace (3 months) jumped with ever blast of the fire engine and roar of the shotgun. Steady drips of rain probably didn't help. She smiled between them all!
My friend was happy and laughing! She has surgery on Thursday so I am sticking around the house and will miss the dinner. She appears very easy, though, so thanks to all for the prayers.
We are going to Rockford today to pick up a table we saw when we were there. They don't deliver and such a deal!!!!
Ginny, thoughts with you each and every day. It sounds like you are moving ahead. Are you in pain? I so hope not.
Have fun!
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Morning.....it is dampish ( ?? ) here. The rain quit in the late afternoon....about time for me to go out and feed all the feral cats --- then rushed back home to make my baked beans, take a shower, get some clothes ready....feed Baby Boss and get him outside after.....then food in the car and over to Ann and Jim's. The coca-cola salad is good and I used Diet-rite cola in it. I think Splenda gives it the sweeter taste that is is supposed to have....and I also use Splenda brown sugar in the beans. I can eat sugar ( regular ) but whatever I make usually has mainly Splenda or once in awhile Whey Low which is another "diabetic type" sugar. I'm not diabetic....but I liked the fact that Whey Low even has powdered sugar. Anyone with a sugar problem....WheyLow has a web-site --- possibly in larger areas health food stores may even carry it. A little more expensive than Splenda. I don't use Aspartame because I'm allergic to it.....have never had a problem with Splenda.
Hard to believe the Chicago/S. Elgin weather....in July. We are cool here but nothing like that. It's cloudy here and got up too late for the weather---don't know how the rest of the day will go. Hope we do not get more rain. Got two inches yesterday....enough already or I'll be cleaning more mold off my house next spring.
Susan, glad you liked the beans. They are yummy. I almost always put extra raisins and apple in mine because I liked it so well. In fact, I'm so fond of those two fruits that I also put them in chicken and tuna salads and it works fine. I eat those things in spurts which I guess keeps me from being an over achiever in the iron department ( raisins ).
Rita --- Rend Lake College is where I had classes for my real estate license. It is nice there....it is in a little town called Ina.....as in the female name. My BIL pronounced it IN - A and I am still laughing about that as he "knows all" and is not too shy about letting you know that. Many in my married family are "brilliant" which is why I know so little I guess. I just know that I am happy and have **nothing** to prove and that takes all the pressure off. If at the end of the day I have done as much good as I could while not hurting anything or anyone then my day has been what it should have been.
Hope you all have a marvelous ( if cool ) Sunday.
Hugs, Jackie
Oh Smerf...I forgot to say your friend will have a lot of prayers and love from everyone here even if she does not post or read here. Everyone cannot gregariously share this very large and often demoralizing event in their lives and she has a lot of "medical" resourses and you. We all offer quiet caring support to her for how ever long it takes.
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"A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature." Ralph Walso Emerson0
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Good morning, gals! I hope that everyone had a good Fourth of July. It did clear enough here that they went ahead and had the fireworks but many of the parades were rescheduled for today. It's still unseasonably cool. One minute the sun is out and the next it is overcast. I'm not about to guess what the rest of the day will be like! LOL
Laura, I hope Syd and the baby are both doing well!
Hugs, Rene! The paranoia seems to pop up for all of us. I haven't discovered how to keep it away and never seem to know when it will appear. Like Wendy, I try to follow the two week rule. If the symptoms are still there in two weeks, I do see about them. Most of the time they have disappeared by then..........but my gosh.........the stress of it all is the worst.
Smerf, so sorry about your friend. I will say some prayers for her and for you, too. It hurts to be a friend when your friend is struggling. However, that's when they need us the most and she's lucky to have you as her friend. You are helping her and her hubby just by being there for them.
Wendy.....glad to hear that you are walking with DH! Don't you feel so much better when the walk is finished? It's strange how the exertion can actually energize you! I need to get out there and walk today, too!
Hugs to all of you........
Rita
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Hi everyone... Sorry I've been more of lurker than a participant lately. I've been keeping up, but not adding anything. Just knowing you guys are around and listening to your days stories have been giving me comfort.
Smerf... You're friend has been in my prayers.
Buddy... Keep going, don't let them stop you now. That man needs to be reprimanded for his attitude.
Zap... Don't know if I could do what your friend will be doing. I had to do everything in my power to not panic when the doc was stitching up my csection. But she seems to have it under control and she will be in my thoughts and prayers that day.
Donna... I love your new picture. And I'm sure that the hair will come back before you know it. My hope is that mine's back for my birthday/christmas in December. I'm going to sing "All I want for Christmas is my two front hairs." Cute, huh? I also think that I for my little ones bday in Aug, we're going to have a bowling party and I'll paint my head like a bowling ball. What do you think?
Laura... The baby is beautiful. Hope your neice is doing okay.
To everyone else... Hope you had a great holiday weekend.
Jo
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Does anyone have any feet and ankle swelling while on taxetere? I'm kinda wondering if that is what its from since its been 2 weeks since chemo. I am due again Tue and the swelling just started.
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Hi Girls - Hope you all had a nice Sunday!
Thanks for your wonderful welcome to AriAnna! They're both doing well.
Budder - I did not have swelling... I'm sure others will chime in. Hang in there.
Jo - Glad you checked in... you will HAVE TO take a photo of your bowling ball head! Too funny!
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Well - it's time to hit the hay!
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PJuliet - Good luck at the new job tomorrow! Hope your day goes well!
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Morning! 53 on the deck, with light clouds. Chilly!
Budders....I had R ankle swelling after my 6th and final taxotere...it lasted about 7-10 days. It popped up about a week after my last chemo. Not too bad. I just kept it elevated at night. No problems since. The swelling is VERY common.
Jackie .....how was your BBQ?
Rita....well I tried to get DH out walking but it was a "no-go" at that time I wanted to go out so I was alone! He does go out every day, most of these days...twice! But he walks fairly slow and I am a bouncer so it's probably just as well that we don't exercise together. Will not be going to the gym today either as I have a doc appt this am. But I will be back tomorrow!
Jo....a bowling ball head??? I love it! Def. take pics!
Susan...wishing your friend an easy time this week with all she has going on!
Not too much going on this week. DH and I went cruisin in the Z yesterday, but I didn't let him drive! Had a nice lunch out on the river in Geneva...the Mill Race Inn's Gazebo. Some of you I know live not too far from there and you should check it out. So cute esp., if you have little ones - lots of ducks to feed french fries to!
Have a great day everyone!
Christi....will be thinking of you as you get your first chemo...you will actually be somewhat relieved that all the waiting for it is over. If you need anything, just PM me! Or any of us!
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Thanks Wendy. It kinda scared me. I wasnt expecting it, I looked down and saw elephant feet. YIKES!!!!
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"Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words -- health, peace, and competence."
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