Illinois ladies facing bc
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Hi Girls!
There is no way for me to catch up on posting at this point. I think I am behind about 30 pages. Ugh... Sorry I have been missing in action. It has been a busy, busy summer. I haven't seen much of Rita since all the St. Jude action started. Tonight I presented the check to St. Jude on TV for $95,000. Looking back, I complained a lot but it was worth it. Our journey sucks. I can't imagine going through all of this as a child.
On another note, tomorrow will be the first time I have played golf three days in a row! I played in the first round of our club championship today. I'm holding my own in second place in my flight. A huge surprise. Even if there are only 6 of us in that flight. Simple things make me smile. As I get further out I am feeling stronger. There is a light at the end of the tunnel!
I hope everyone is hanging in there. Great picture by the way!
Wendy, I'm still waiting to hear back from my onco on the Herceptin end date. My husband is ready to fight with him. As far as I am concerned, I will be finished on the 17th. Unless there is overwhelming evidence that another 12 weeks will have some benefit. According the physican's assistant...she hasn't seen anything either.
Ginny, I heard through the grape vine that you are leaving Illinois. We still need to get together and go to the boat! Do you have time? Do you need help packing, let me know.
Jackie, I really need a car wash! Maybe I will fit that into Monday's "to do list". Friday I washed the golf cart...priorities.
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HI GIRLS! Today was lots of fun! I missed each and every one of you that was unable to join us. I can't wait for an opportunity to meet you ALL.
JanC was the hostess with mostest! Her home is lovely...the girls brought WONDERFUL dishes, healthy ones and not so healthy ones... DESSERTS! Yum!
AND we had a guest of honour! Our very own:
WHOOPSIEDOODLES
It was wonderful to meet her... she is really nice! And such a dedicated Mommy! Daniel is a lucky boy!
I had to post this... it includes our Illinois Girls SIGN:
Me and whoopsiedoodles
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Jan and all the ladies-it was so nice to see everyone. Wish I could have stayed longer. Thank you for doing the get together Jan, you have a beautiful home.
Went over to the hospital and am told my aunt has a blood infection. She is on an antibiotic and should know more tomorrow.
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Oh, I love you ladies. I missed all who could not come. We are so blessed to have each other. Breast cancer, like any life and death disease, is a terrible thing, but we have each other. Thank you, Jan Clare, for inviting us into your wonderful home to enjoy such fellowship! Thank you, Rita, for acting on your inspiration to bring women with worry together. Today was so good for me!
Susan
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Jan.. You certainly are the hostess with the mostess!!!What a beuatiful spread of food.. especially the DESSERT;s.. ( LOVE THAT PART), and home and deck!!!! I live in Crete, which is about two hourse for that drive and Schuamburbg about 1 1/2 hr drive...Maybe one time we could meet in the loop as it could be ok for Buddy too. Just a thought!!! IF not, i will hopefully have a full day open for the next outing?!
Wendy....Lacy is well!!! Her emotions intact..lolol!!! Daisy has had her issue with intestinal distress this week as she had a bunnie run in and that is now rectified as we have this bunnie nest all protected with gates, fence and screen!!! Been a challenging week with my girls!!! Liberty has been looking at all of this and for once she is not in any trouble!!!YOU sound like you have your hands full with your babies and know the fun it can be!!!!!
I was outside dancing, bald head and all. as a new nieigbhor had a large partyand with wonderful dancing music and old Motown. i was outside dancing behind the trees of course and then Liberty decides she wants to dance with MOM and knocks me down...lolol!!! So much for the fun!
Jennifer...Congrad;s on your new pup!!!Know the feeling of loosing one and it is a good thing now for your DD.. it helps a bit and yet you still miss the one gone and always will. Soiunds like a sweet pup too!!
JO.. So happy it is almost over for you!!! know where you are at in all of this and you are goin to get thru this and hope to now meet you at one of the outings!!! My brows are gone and happened after chemo.. very weird. Hair is growing.. fast but no length yet , but it is goin in the right direction. Yours will too!!!
Enjoy the day.. sun and all!!!Good thoughts to all who are in TX and goin thru tests and Dr appts.
Donna
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oops meant for Jackie to read on my dog misc and Wendy now will read this and say What???? Can i still blame chemo brain??
Teach VBS at a local church this week as a favor for a freind so will not be on as often in the AM!
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Morning girls....What a lovely time we had at Jan's. In spite of the rain drops we still got to sit on that wonderful deck and have drinks before the down pour came. Inside we had lots of fun and laughter great food and met new friends. Thank you Jan for opening up your home to the lunch bunch...
Well I have been so busy these last few weeks that I am really behind in reading post. I hope all are doing well who are in tx. Hugs to all in tx and remember there is light at the end. Hang in there.
Wendy is back Yeah !!!!! and dh is going back to school. How sad that school is right around the corner for me too. Oh were is my summer. I think I need my beach chair.
Rita...I am getting pretty good at my golfing. How long did it take you to learn. I think it is a learning process for years to come. lol
Laura...I love your new dress..as always you are too cute.
Whoppsie..It was so nice to meet you. I hope all goes well with the new boob.
Mich...thanks so much for the lovely charm. I wish I was that crafty..but not. Can't wait for that craft class.
Zap...Happy retirement . You are a busy girl...have fun and enjoy life.
Irene...you look marvelous as always. Staying healthy is hard work. Hope all goes well with your ck ups.
Smerf...glad you could join us..we miss you. Do you need a lunch date after your big family reunion. Just call lol
I hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday. I am off to make breakfast for my ds who stayed over last night. We had soo much fun. Pizza, wine, chatting and movies all night. It was one big jammie party. lol I think I need to sleep in tomorrow...not going to Iowa with dd for the final move in. I think I need a vacation...lol
Have a great day..remember to be healthy ..be happy...enjoy life. You deserve it!!.
BJ
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"Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vintage point."
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blackjack - I am hoping your back feels better soon. I miss the ol' bubbly BJ! Thoughts are with you...
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If any of you need or just want a good laugh:
A few weeks ago while getting my nails done, my funny little Viatnamese tech, looked at my eyebrows and with her broken English accent, said "too much hair by your eyebrows! - lots of hair - no good!"
I laughed and said "oooooooookay...you can wax them while my nails dry".
Then last week I went back to have my nails done again. She was staring at my lip area. I said... "oh NO - now what?"
She said "too much hair by your mouth! - lots of hair - no good - mustache on girl - no good!"
OMG - I just about lost it... good thing I didn't have a mouthful of coffee... that would not have been good! lol lol lol
Once again, I laughed and said "ooooooooookay...you can wax my mustach while my nails dry".
Needless to say... I'm a little apprehensive to go to my next appointment!
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Laura.. oh no.. too much hair on your head.. ...lololol..0
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laura... you better watch out for the brazilian next! lol
jo
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Hi ladies, just a quick note....I had the most wonderful time meeting you all! Thanks for allowing me (a former Illinois member, now NW Indiana resident, ALWAYS an Illinois woman at heart!!!) to join you!
Jan, you have an amazing home. I wanna live with you!
Laura, thank you for helping this work out! I will talk about this for years and years!
Much love (time for bed!), Deb
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A big THANK YOU to Jan Clare for being an incredible hostess, and opening her gorgeous home to all of us.
It was fun to see everyone again, and to meet some new faces. The good food and tasty Sangria is just gravy on top of that.
Laura - Your waxing story made me lol! If anyone mentions "landing strip" RUN!
Take care everyone. *hugs*
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Morning! 65 and cloudy on the deck, with a stiff breeze...I see 90 by the weekend!
The pics are great and you all look wonderful, as usual. Jan Clare, your house is sooo pretty! DH wasn't feeling well so we waited to go to the reunion until 4 and by then I didn't even want to go. He heard thru his grapevine of friends that most of the people that he knew wouldn't be going until after 8 as it was only $10. instead of the $30. we had pre-paid so....I sent him off alone around 6:30 and I curled up with a new book and just read. So...I missed the lunch bunch for no reason! Oh well....DH had a great time but wasn't thinking on the way home and drove thru the iPass lane...with his iPass sitting at home. Was a scramble yesterday to look up the transponder info only to find out that he never did register his Jeep last fall anyway......so, we sent a check. Hopefully this will all work out. Husbands!!!!!
Laura.....next time you get your nails done I would wear a hat, long pants, shoes and long-sleeved shirt.....buttoned up!
Blackjack....Laura mentioned your back! What now? You poor girl! These last few years you have seen too many docs for too many different (and strange) problems....you need a break, and a beach chair!
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OH LAURA TOO FUUNY. ETTER KEEP YOUR ARMS DOWN NEXT TRIP.
DONNA YOUR DOGS SOUND LIKE SO MUCH FUN. SINCE YOU FINISHED CHEMO BEFORE ME. I FORGET EXACTLY HOW MUCH? ARE YOUR EYEBROWS OR HAIR GROWING BACK YET? MY EYELASHES BEING GONE REALLY BOTHERS ME. MY EYES STAY WATERY AND IRRITATED.
I AM SO EXCITED..I AM ENTERING THE WORLD OF THE BLACBERRY.....IT SHOULD COME TODAY. I WISH I WOULD HAVE HAD IT DURING MY CHEMO DAYS. IT SURE WOULD HAVE PASSED A LOT OF TIME. I HOPE I LIKE IT. I KNOW I DONT LIKE TEH MONTHLY BILL THAT COMES WITH IT. OUCH! I FEEL LIKE A KID WAITING FOR THIS PACKAGE.
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All of you ladies look wonderful and have such vibrant smiles! I'm so glad you had the chance to get together.
WendyTY...wow! $95,000! That's a truckload of money for St. Jude. Super! Now it's time for you to relax and do things you really want to do!
Loved your eyebrow story, Laura! I agree, beware next time! LOL
Blackjack, I am STILL learning to play golf. I took a lesson a week ago on my irons. I don't know what caused your back pain but I have it, too in the lower back. I think I caused it by playing too much golf and then by hitting extra balls to practice what the pro told me to do. I spent the weekend alternating between cold packs and the hot pad. I'm still tottering around. I have two big golf outings this week so I'm hoping I can at least ride along with the gals and chip and put! If you've been hitting lots of balls or playinig more than usual, the golf might be causing or irritating that area.
Susan, just think! If you weren't retired, you would be getting your room all ready for another year instead of enjoying this great weather. By the time I see you in September for the Chicago Walk, you'll have no doubts about retirement and will be wondering when you ever had time to work! :-)
Hugs to all of you. I need to make a salad for tomorrow for guest day. I think I'm making the strawberry pretzel salad so I need to get moving and get it done. Today is Dave's birthday and I'm treating him to dinner out tonight! We both win on that one. He gets to pick the place and I don't have to cook the evening meal.
Rita
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BJ: I did not even know your back was bothering you. I hope it is better.
Laura and JanClare, I found a walking buddy and so we are starting today. She is a teacher and goes back in a few weeks so I will go solo or find another buddy. Tomorrow is a big get together with all my teacher friends who are bemoaning the end of summer. I am feeling happy I do not have the end of the summer grieving. I have my writing conference around August 12ish and that may be enough school for me. I wish I was bringing more to the conference. I was suppose to be building a portfolio and mine is very skinny. Whenever is was time to be writing, my inner child was whispering, "Go out and play." And I guess I did.
Wendy, what school did DH go to in the city?
WendytY, you rock! I am having trouble wrapping my head around what you did. That is so much money and for such a wonderful cause. I hope you are as proud of yourself as we are of you.
Well off, to walking. It is like Fall here...cool and breezy. I would much prefer a pancake and sausage breakfast to a brisk walk. Speaking of sausage, we went to a party last night and my friend served sausage SHE MADE HERSELF! I just cannot imagine grinding up all that stuff with those seasonings and then stuffing it into casings (spell?). Gross. They were good, however, to eat.
Have a great week!
Susan
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The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
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Bj....I did not know you were having back problems either. MMnnnn, do you think we are getting to that spot where we are not too old for things....just maybe a few parts of them. I was thinking about what Rita said and I do know that I have made some adjustments to how I do things.....and get help with so many I once could easily do by myself. Sure hope you get some relief soon.
WendyTY.......that was a fantastic thing you did. I had ( they are both deceased now ) some friends and the only charities they gave too were Jerry's kids, ( Muscular Distrophy ) and Danny Thomas ( St. Jude's ). They would have the t.v. channel on these telethons for the whole time they were running except for an hr. of local news each day. I'm so glad you did so well.
Buddy...hope you get that Blackberry working well. I still struggle with my standard Verizon cell phone. It is for emergencies etc.more than anything else. It is set up that if it rings all I have to do is life the top up and start talking so now you all know.....that whole series of "Books for Dummies"....I am the one they are writing them for. Sigh !!!!! I think I am here on this earth to obviously not conquer electronic devices....maybe love animals. Speaking of which --- and we do not see this too often, hubby and I were on the way back from Salem Wal-Mart...and taking the scenic country route....and out in front of a house we spied a little red fox so intent on something that he jumped up ans spun around as we went past. He was young as he was only the size of a cat......the color and huge tail is what gave him away.
Many of the books I have read ( really I have little idea why I think anyone would be interested, but here goes ) go hand in hand with the quote today. I guess I feel a resonance with this info. We do I think cause stresses to ourselves by not accepting today and each new minute in it. The trouble we all have to some extent is the past is a barometer for so much of what we are doing now. Still the bottom line is that anything before is really the past and is finished. We have already lived that time so we have to live now as if even the same sort of event is totally brand new. Same for the future.....we can lightly plan.....but we don't know what is going to happen so our planning is best if it is only a calendar type planning. In my imagination most of you have this down pat....I still struggle with it. We really do have to live moment to moment with few expectations. My real hang-up is that I once was doing that....I can look back to that time and see it with some clarity......and life was fairly smooth. I had the same problems I have now in one form or other---but I was never "bothered" and just moved from one thing to the next. I really do know that a little pot of what if's and need to plan or watch out for now occupies some space in me somewhere and it makes it difficult once in a while to just be living in THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW. I had absolute freedom then.....and again, it did not stop things from happening, but I never obsessed as I sometimes do now. I'm trying to get that freedom back. Now....about that quote.
Hopefully, if anybody knows what I'm saying....they will help me out. If not, how many men in white coats do I have to look out for. Hope you all have a fantastic day.
Hugs,
Jackie
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Okay, I am at RIC waiting for Daniel to get out of his 9-12 therapy, so I have more time to write a decent THANK YOU!
Jan-your home is amazing, and you are amazing. I was truly struck by what an excellent host you were, especially since I wasn't even expected to be there! Thank you so much for allowing me into your amazing and incredible home. I seriously can't stop talking about both your home and Laura's home. AMAZING!
To the rest of the Illinois lunch bunch ladies-it was just fantastic meeting you guys! It is just the coolest thing to put a name to a face to a real and live human being! I had a great time getting to know you all!
Lisamed-what was the name of that pizza place? I wanted to look it up and of course, chemo brain took over. I was lucky I remembered it was pizza........
Love and prayers, Deb
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Wendy.. $95K WHOAAAAA!!!Awesome~~!!!Hard to wrap my brain around that also!!!!
Rita.. awwwww..Happy birthday to your DH!!!!Have a great meal.. both of you..lol!
Budder... lost most of my lashes during chemo and had irritation too... now it is the brows!!! Iuse a good eye drop for the lash irritation!!!
DID teach 1/2 day of vacation bibile school as a favor for a friend at her church/. Just three hours and am BEAT.. do not know if i can go back for a full day as a part time teacher for elementary???It is goin on two months from last chemo, Did anyone have a slow time getting back to a full work schedule??
Jackie..You are a right about acceptance and stayin in the moment. Last week i realized i was stressing myself out and there is no stress around me!!Getting things done, trying to be perfect in my routine.. all of this is so wrong and i realize this!!!Need to stay in the moment and stay there.Planning for work and all ahead, is really senseless until i get there and appreciate your sharing!!
For all, be well and healthy,healing thoughts to all.
Donna
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Morning! Wow!n Is it ever foggy out here!
Jackie....interesting thoughts from yesterday. We really don't have too much control over things that will happen to us. We can plan for things, but only so far. We try not to worry too much about things we cannot control but still try to control fate. And that never works. It's rather like BC, or any cancer for that matter. We can do nothing after surgery and be just fine. Or we can do everythng and anything and it comes back. So I guess what I am trying to say is...as much as we can, we put it behind us and look forward to a great future. If we don't learn to do this, we waste our time here on earth, waiting for something to happen that may never come. What a waste! I know we all struggle with this tho...once dx'd, just too hard to put it all behind us. So I guess...be vigilant, do the 2-week rule with any symptoms, do your monthly exams, see your docs and get your tests as indicated and then....LIVE!!!!!!!! I know I don't want to be at the end of my life, wishing I had done something fun.....
WendyTY....wow, girl! $95,000????? C'mon...someone must be in need of your services for fund-raising, esp. in this economy! I still think your Herceptin will come to an end tho...it's only being given for a year so I can't see that your ins. co. would pay for any more. You know how that goes....
Rita.....Happy Belated BD to Dave! He's a keeper for sure!
Susan....my Godparents made the most delicious, amazing Hungarian sausage! OMG...I can taste them now! They made scads of them, once a year and we helped and boy did we ration ours thru the year! Of course, the recipe was not passed on....so sad. I can almost smell/taste them now!
Donna...did love hearing about your dogs but I admit I was a bit confused! I am so not into animals, even tho I do understand your connection to them! Yes...attribute it to chemobrain...my onc told me that I can use this as an excuse for the rest of my life and I am going with that!!!!
Time to shower up and off to the gym...I didn't go yesterday as I stayed home and started cleaning at 6:45am and didn't stop with various tasks until 3pm and my back is soooooo not a happy camper this morning so I need the back machines. I hope everyone has a wonderful, happy day. Have fun.....this is not a dress rehearsal...this is your one and only life (unless one of you knows something that I don't??????)
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Wendy.... I am still using chemo brain as an excuse too!!!!!BUT some of it is still true as i am certain i still am healing!!!
Jackie and Wendy...I am still reflecting on the wisdom shared as i think it is the Living. and that is all we can do, as we do what we suppose to in Dr.s appts and such and that is that. SO many lately see me, knowing chemo is done for me and ASK..so are you cancer free.. will it come back.. etc.... Normal questions, but for some reason, it is ALL irritating me.. Another one asks so will you have a hysterectomy in case????? I feel residual anger or something powerful within that has be cranky cause I LOOK different, feel tired alot still and want ALL of this away and no questions to have to dwell on !!!!Hormones are whacked.. sleep is affected.. cannot find the right remedy for good sleep.. and that use to be everything for me~!!!!Guess i am frustrated at times like now and then i can be so grateful for it ALL and life is good. SO today, i accept it and tomorrow is another day!!!!But today i am goin to live it in spite of it all!!!
Hope the weather cooperates. some rain and then just go back to sunshine and not too humid today.Work with kids at VBS this morning and may need to hose then down if it is too hot!!!Trust me, i am crqazy enough to do it!!THE students that know me, are confused seeing the wig. and too young too explain why??? Interesting when i go back to teaching.
Hugs,
Donna
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Oh Donna.....in the not too far off future hopefully you will be able to ditch the wig. I remember the freedom from all my scarves and wig.....and then came the day I could not do anything with my hair....and I laughed at the mirror thinking well now it begins --- bad hair days and complaints when I had none such a short time ago.
I don't recall getting much for questions that annoyed me.....I think it was more some of the statements that were made. I still can nearly flinch when someone says " you are so strong ". I am and have always been, but when I was diagnosed, for quite some time a lot of the fight went out of me. I desperately neededto allow myself the turmoil, upset, and outright terror that I really was feeling.....and so many in my family did not want to allow it. I know they were trying in some ways to allay their own fears for me, but IT was not helping me a bit. You just can't get out of something that overpowers you that easy if you don't find your own inner acceptance. Until you can make something totally yours ( even highly negative things ) they will keep you totally off-balance, out of sorts, and unable to formulate what it will take to free yourself.
I think I mentioned before here the day I lost it. Denny ( only thinking it would help me ) said once too often about my strength and I let him have it. He took it for every other person in my family who had said something similar. At the top of my lungs ( wish I would have had a recorder going ) I yelled about I'm strong and I know that but you and all the rest just don't get it. I need to be the total shivering coward which is how I feel right now and you are all holding me down because you are trying to deny what I feel....and if you tell me one more time that I am strong I will pick up the nearest lamp and break it over your head. I'm sure we were both a bit pale and shaken after that......but that was the beginning of my climb out of the pit.
I think I am fortunate that people don't bug me with weird questions. I think my reactions at some point would get the better of me and I'd probably say something -- and just as likely something that I would feel great about for five seconds and then be mad at myself for thereafter. People just don't realize.....no one really knows about cancer and we are on the job trainees ( quite un-willing ) so to speak. They just muddy the water most of the time with the in-sensitive questions.
Yes....I may make a major fool of myself but living in the moment. Some of the times I easily recall living in the moment were one day when I was with my sister and a friend and we were laying on a blanket just looking at the sky. There were all sorts of thick billowy clouds and my mind went blank and I was in the cloud floating with it......much like the way I could ride on dust motes. The interesting thing to me is that when you are really in the moment....there is no thought -- you just become a part of the entirety of what is going on NOW, because now is really the only time there ever is....the past is finished, and the future has not yet arrived. Living right now is total freedom. Something everyone I think would want, but oh how hard it seems to get there now and then. That is what makes meditation such a great thing. It helps release you from the past and keeps you out of your future. Of course, it's on my list. I took up meditation many years ago and have not done it for a long time.....but it is going to make a return to my life.
Well, I think I'm going to go get breakfast made. I'll be checking back later. Thinking about all of you.
Hugs.
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Honor the past
Live in the present.
Create the future.
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Hi ladies - I am back from vacation in NM. It was awesome and too short. The beautiful mountain scenery just does not get old. The kids made several friends and had a great time.
Laura - sooo sorry about your DH. You will be in my thoughts and prayers. I will check my calendar for the walk. Hope I can make it this year.
Buddy - I got my port out 2 weeks after my last chemo. My surgeon said he wanted to have a positive attitude and I liked that! I started Tamox at the same time as rads. I have heard it is done both ways, but I'm not really sure why. Have fun with the Blackberry. I got one a couple years ago for work and really like it.
Donna - glad you had a good time on vacay. Do you always go to South Haven? Our place is in Coloma - so only about 20 minutes away. We always hit the SH beach at least once a summer - the kids like the beach and pier.
Lunch bunch - awesome picture - you guys look great. Glad you found Whoopsie!
Wendy - glad you had a great time on vacay - we missed you!
WendyTY - Wow - great job fundraising. You should be proud!
Ginny - Congrats on the house sale and good luck with your move. We will miss you but I'm sure you will check in often. You are in my thoughts often and I'm glad you are doing well.
Irina - prayers to you - hope you are doing ok.
Mich - sorry about the heart concerns. I'm betting that you will be fine.
BJ - sorry about the back - hope you feel better soon.
Hope everyone else is doing well. I know I haven't addressed everyone - I tried to skim all of the million posts from one week.
Tonight I am heading to MI. Tomorrow I am going to a new casino (Firekeepers) that is opening in Battle Creek. They are installing our check cashing product and I am going to help out. Should be interesting and fun. Then I will work from our lake home on Thurs/Fri. Darn!
There was some chatter about diets and salads. I recently joined Weight Watchers. I have been slightly depressed recently about weight gain. I lost 10-15 lbs on chemo and gained it all back and then some last summer. My summer shorts were very tight at the beginning of this summer. My employer is paying half for WW at work. They come to our office once a week for meetings. So, I don't even have to go anywhere. So, I have lost about 7 lbs in the last 3 weeks! All bets were off last week on vacation, but I did a lot of strenuous hiking which combatted the bad food I ate so I am back on track this week. I like their program as it really makes you aware of how bad some of the thing you eat are. The good part is that you are allowed to eat the things you like - just not every day! Hopefully, I can stick with this for a bit.
Take care everyone! I hope everyone that is going through treatment is doing ok!
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You know, I guess I just have a different slant on things. I never considered myself a strong person, but I was during BC and people told me I was. I appreciated being told by others that I was strong and continued to live up to that expectation. It felt good to me to be strong. Being called strong was not something I was used to hearing about myself, and I appreciated hearing it.I am sorry I got cancer, but frankly I am relieved to know that I can be strong when I need to be.
Donna, I do want to say something about the exhaustion of bible school and your concern about returning to a school routine. Again, this is my experience, so take it with a grain of salt. I found that once in a routine, I was fine. Bible school is a one shot thing and so do not judge how you will feel on that. I am not saying I wasn't tired after teaching ( I was tired even before BC treatments as teaching is hard work). I just got into a routine and the routine became such that tI was fine. I think routine also helps with sleep patterns. You lose a few nights sleep and then your body gets used to getting up and going even when you feel like hell and then soon you enter into that routine. If I taught Bible school for three hours right now, it would make me tired, because it is not somthing I do on a daily basis and it does require being on for three hours. So consider that job in the fall.
Concert at Botanic Gardens tonight! We are meeting up with friends and the eather looks lovely.
Wendy, hope the back is okay. Take care,
Susan
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Susan.. Great adivce and makes sense. As of yesterday, i even felt stronger with VBS and it is always about routine.. i am good at that and forget that once something is new takes time to get acclamated again!!!Thanks!!
Connie..We go to different parts in Michigan and South Haven was a one time stop for that weekend.. a RV resort. We also went to Silver Lake prior to that and stay in Sawyer as our main stay.
Hope all are doin well and those in treatments and appts of any sort. Thoughts always there and hugs to all.
Today my GOLDEN Liberty turns 12 years old!!!!We are having a party for her too!!!
Donna
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Good Morning girls.
Conniehar We love NM also. Its one of our favorite places. It sounds like you have a very good job, and do lots of fun traveling. Good for you. Dont work too hard at the casino or the Lake house. Ha Ha.
Donna I am still waiting for some trace of eyelashes or eyebrows. I am tired of looking surprised all of the time. Ha Ha . I am making your Turkey Meatloaf tonight. How do you make yours. I just use 3 egg whites and 1 1/2 pkg of crackers. I do like the ketchup brown sugar on top. But my kids dont. So i only put it on half.
I think I have been doing too much celebrating since I finished chemo. I have gained some more weight. I better stop now. Time to start walking.
Have a great day. Love Chunky Monkey Buddy
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I finished rad #7 yesterday. Everything is going fine with that. They gave me bafine yesterday to deal with any skin problems. I am supposed to use once or twice a day now and 3 times a day when pink starts showing. I saw the pulmonary doc yesterday about the nodule on my lung. He is going to do a more detailed CT scan with contrast next week. If they cannot tell from that they are going to wait 3 months and do another and see if it has changed. He does not seem too concerned about it. He said the only definite way to know would be a biopsy and it is not big enough for that. We will see what CT shows, Could even be scar tissue from injury as a child. I also worked in office of concrete plant which uses silica, which can cause lung damage. He is also going to have me do a pulmonary breathing test in Sept. when I go back to see him. I should have CT result within a few days of the test on the 12th. They said I could call on the 17th if I had not heard from them before that. I skipped my last herceptin to give my legs more time to heal and it seems to be working. The pain is less. The only thing hurting most mornings are my knees and that is not related to chemo. They are going to send me to orthopedics to see if they can't get me help for my right knee. Probably cordisone shot. The other knee hurts i think only because i have been favoring other leg because it hurt. If knees did not hurt I think the other pain would be tolerable. I see pain management again the day after I do my next herceptin and we will see how things are going then. Hugs to everyone. Annette
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