Illinois ladies facing bc
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AH Ha I made it back!!!! LOL
Sido a late HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!, I just read your bio.....you spend your day standing in the dark talking to dead people?!?!?! Let me guess, you teach high school !?!? LOL OK so what does that really refer to?? I love the idea of purple boots to chemo! A purple boa would really top the look! Try to have fun with your chemo days. My DH brought games for us to play. But I liked to make up my own rules!
RitaYou lost weight?? Why?? The pics of you look FAB!!
BlackjackYour back working full time, what happened to the job share? Wish I could job share & have more time off! Then I could take more trips to IL!!
Wendy You've got to be kidding me!! Is the Christmas Lunch Bunch really in Dec or did you just schedule it?!?! Where is it going to be held? And what time?? I'm so excited!!!!
But if you don't quit mentioning the NASTY 4 letter word I may have to rent a dog sled instead of a car! You remember last year when I made it to lunch.....that nasty word closed the airport!!JackieLove your avatar!! Are they your "babies"? Hope your DH got the furnace fixed since WENDYhas been talking the nasty word. IT's only October!!! It's to early for snow!! ( forgive me for the nasty language!!) LOL
Laura I'm sorry to hear you DH was laid off. Is it a situation where they will call him back to work in the near future?
Better get busy.....Work work work.....
Everyone have a great day!!
Friday is coming!
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Oh man, it is wet here. I took myself to the Art Institute and walked the round trip of four miles from the train to the museum in the cold and rain because I am way too cheap to get a cab. The museum was wonderful and I would encourage art lovers to visit while in Chicago. I went to see the new modern galleries. I met up with such a nice lady from South Carolina. I was complaining over tea (we had to share a table) that the place did not provide enough seating for weary visitors. She told me how lucky I was to live in a town with such wonderful art and that this was her treat for the year...to visit Chicago just to see the art. So that put me in my place and I truly am grateful for the opportunity to see such wonderful pieces.
Laura, you sound like you are concerned but in control. I think the whole "unknown" is frightening now. You will be together during the days and I am certain that will be hard on both of you. I wish you and your Dh great success in the new job-hunting experience.
Dh and I are doing our getaway trip to Spring Green, Wisconsin tomorrow. We are going to a play and will do some antiquing. Mostly, I hope to enjoy the change of the leaves up there. It is on the Wisconsin River.
Ladies, I took my cooking with olive oil class and had so much fun It was at the Botanic Gardens. If you like Italian, are looking for appetizers, let me know and I will send you the recipes. Next class is cooking Italian for the holidays. I sure hope they mean XMAS and not Thanksgiving as I cannot even begin to plan for an Italian Thanksgiving. Actually, he had some Jewish Italian dishes!. Apparently there is a Jewish neighborhood in Rome (near the Coliseum) and eateries there offer unique Italian foods with a Jewish flavor (heavy on artichokes). So it was fun and we ate too. Rita, so proud you are giving up sugars. I shopped for cereal as I love ceral in the am. I read the ingredients and could not find a cereal WITHOUT sugar. Any suggetsions?
Take care!
Susan
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Zap It sounds like fun. I love cooking with olive oil. I cant blame you for not getting a cab , after seeing teh cabbys fighting on the news yesterday. Ha Ha just kiding. I caved in and put the furnace on.. I couldnt stand teh dampness anymore.
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I think Uncle Sam is an excellent cereal as are a lot of the Kashi cereals....many may have some sugar, but they tone it down pretty good and the fiber is high which is something you would want....especially some of us ahem' slightly older ladies...that makes it heart healthy and good for wt. loss as well. I also ( when I'm in cold cereals mode ) try to keep some fruit to put into it...just gives it a bit of a lift ..... and one of your fruit servings for the day taken care.
Karin...rats, none of the pups in the avatar are mine are much like mine. I just thought it was a sweet picture and I'm not saying I'm a dog...but I thought they looked nicer than MY picture which I had there before.
Dh is calling -- he had the day off you know so I have to run. Hope you all have a lovely day in spite of the yucky rain.
Hugs, Jackie
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for fun:
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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Buddy- I was burned in a couple spots with the regular rads, (underarm and under breast), and with the boosts an open sore over my incision. Within a week the biafine had healed it over with a layer of new skin. Even tho it was expensive it worked well and they recommended still using it until my 6 week checkup as the radiation is still working inside. Hope you are healing .
My husband does 6 kinds of bagels and 13 kinds of bread. The weather sounds like it will be cold for the market this weekend.
Annette
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"Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was."
Richard Evans
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Ginny...so good to hear from you. I am sorry that you had to skip the chemo this time, but it sounds like they have good control of it all, and before you know it you will be right back getting it.
Can't stay long this a.m. I'll be late for work. Still raining but due to stop later on....thank goodness. Enough !!!!! Another breakfast thought ..... Cascadian Farms makes some organically grown cold cereals and those are pretty good. I always check the side to see how much fiber, sugar ( and in what form ) and salt is in them --- also any saturated fats. I am a label reader the past several years. Sure makes a lot of things go right back up on the grocery shelves....but I have been known....like the Pepper Jack Cheese-Its to not read....so I can indulge w/o guilt.
Hope you all have a wonderful day.
Jackie
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Good Morning from cold, wet, gray, drippy, nasty South Elgin. Yuck. But I do see that at least ch 9 has taken that nasty 4 letter word out of the forecast.
Karin...no, I am nopt kidding! About 6 weeks ago when our group met for dinner, we were talking about our Christmas Lunch and we settled on 12/5/09 as a good date and JanClare volunteered her house...much less expensive and we will bring dishes and decorations etc...so you see, this will be sooooo great! If it turns out you will need a ride, I will be available! I have 4-wheel drive and now so does DH so he won't be stealing mine and leaving me with a sports car like he did the last time you were in!
Susan....I just got up and checked...I eat Total Raisin Bran, which has 17g of sugar but I know that cuz of the raisins and the plain Total is pretty awful but I checked the plain Special K...that has only 4 g of sugar so that's not too bad!
Sido...so you sit in the dark and talk to dead people??? I too will have to read your profile.....
Ginny...glad you had such a good time in Myrtle Beach but gosh! I am so sorry about your hair! Who the heck wants to go thru this a 2nd time!!!!!! But you have the right attitude...time for a change!!! Redhead??? Platinum blonde????? And about your weather..OH JUST SHUT UP. (I said that with love, but still...just shut up)
Laura...am keeping mucho positive thoughts for you and DH! Hang in there!
Jackie...is your furnace fixed and do you have heat???? Just been thinking about poor you in the forest, huddled around your new stove for warmth!
It's the Scarecrow festival out here in St. Charles this weekend but I think today will be a total wash-out. Hopefully tomorrow and Sunday will be a bit better, weather-wise.
Stay warm and dry everyone!
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Ginny, I've been wondering about you. I have emailed but have gotten no response. Anyway, I'm glad you gave us an update. Hugs! I think of you so often and have been hoping and praying that you were tolerating the treatments well and that they are doing what they're supposed to do. If you need to talk, just call me on my home phone. I miss you!
YUCK! What crappy weather! My yard is mass of puddles! At least the creek isn't over its banks yet!
Annette...any chance you might be able to make the manicure and dinner this next Thursday? I'd love to see you!
How's it going, Sido?
Susan, enjoy your "getaway." I hope the weather is better there than it is here.
Well, I need to do some more things around here. My kids will be rolling in late this evening for the weekend and I'm so excited. It's been WAY too long since I've had my hands on those little grandsons! Unfortunately we have an outside wedding tomorrow afternoon. That could be LOTS of fun if this weather pattern doesn't break up.
Everyone try to enjoy this weekend.
Rita
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Jackie is our quote master here, but I came across this one I thought we could all relate to. Abraham Lincoln did not have the worries of BC on his mind, yet his quote works for me and my BC worries.
"If I am killed, I can die but once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again."
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, attributed
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Hi, sorry this took too long, but I wanted to say thanks for the warm welcome at the Lunch Bunch. I had a real nice time and can't wait to get to know you guys even more.
Jo
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Susan....I love that quote -- it does fit us to a tee. Here is something similar:
Cowards die many times before their deaths;The valiant never taste of death but once.
Author: William ShakespeareI really like the Lincoln one best - probably because he was one of our Presidents. I personally think everyone here is valiant -- we I think don't go through as much fear now, more to the point I believe its terrible and somewhat consuming apprehension. And then it melts away when we see all is well.
As an aside....thank goodness we do have heat now. Dh used the umbrella from our deck table to work in the rain yesterday and had it in about 5:30 p.m. It was nice this morning to climb out of bed and not reach immediately for my heavy robe. The rain has pretty much let up but by tonight it will be in the 40's. Another super reason why the furnace needed to be done.....and as a huge bonus Denny gets to live to see the sun come up again.
I'm hoping you all have a splendid day despite the weather. Valiant people should.
Hugs, Jackie
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Hi~ how's everyone doing with this cold weather (too soon)
Buddy- as matter a fact, I did ask my ps before the rads about the te because my onc wanted to make sure it's ok with the rads.. He told me it's not gonna melt but te will get harder, well he was right.. I was lucky I didn't get burn too much and my rad doc knew my te's gonna get harder when it's done.. after rads done, my ps told me 'they fried you up pretty good" and had to wait 'till November to get my exchange.. the longer rads you get, your gotta wait longer to get your te to implants he said.. It's been 5month since I am done with the rads and my te got softer than during the rads.. My skin still looks little bit brown but its going away.. I hope your pain will go away soon and your skin heals up fast too, so I can give you big hug when we meet w/o giving you more pain...
Navymom- How's your tx #3?? I hope you feel better than last time
I am thinking about you often, hang in there..Laura- I hope the good news is on your way..
Rita- congrats~! cutting sugar and losing weight.. no sugar is so hard.. all the good taste food has sugar in it and all the good food we suppose to eat has no taste to it..
Sido- I am with Wendy and Donna.. wear that PURPLE BOOTS to chemo...
Ginny- I hope you get better soon so you can get back on your chemo, hang in there~!
Susan- you are too funny~ too cheap to get a cab?? Well, I probably will walk too..
I went to see my onc. on Monday and MUGA scan showed right at the base line.. Of course, she wanted to restart the Herceptin but I told her I don't want it anymore becaue it just got back to normal and took me more than 8weeks.. Then she asked me if I wanted to wait until next visit, I told her NO, I want to stop the Herceptin period.. Of course, she tried to convince me to get the Herceptin treatment done since 3more left.. So, I told her, it's not worth it if your heart function is not normal, right? then she said, but more treatment you get better benefit.. I was getting MAD... she even brought the Herceptin description paper and started to calculate the percentage between how much it dropped and how much it has to be to restart the Herceptin, well.. she shouldn't done that because according to her calculation, I CANNOT get the Herceptin anymore by 1%... ah ha~ So, I am done with all the treatments.. NO MORE drugs in my body~!~! OMG, I was so happy I got tears and my chemo nurses were happy for me too... My onc told me to keep the port for 5years, just IN-CASE... oh, no she didn't.. I told her no way, there is no in-case on my future, are you kidding me? heck no... So, I called my bs yesterday and got an appt for taking out the port... I just wanted to be ME again.. Every time kids jumping on my chest, oh gosh it hurts and how many time I've got tears from that.. I got my recon surgery set with ps too.. I can't wait to get my girls back and I want bigger than what I was before, I deserve it~!
Well, that's all for now.. I am feeling pretty good and can't wait to get everything done.. You guys were right... 'there is a light the end of the tunnel' now I can feel it what it means... Thanks~
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Ginny...All the best in getting these treatments done!!Know how you feel with the hair los and getting a new look will defintiely pick you up!!! I am goin on 4 mos TODAY post chemo and already wigless. IF you hair grew fast before , i bet it will even moreso after your treamtents. Take it all one step at a time as it is definielty a process and each treatment takes a while to go thru yet , it goes ok when you emotionally prepare for it. We are here for you!!!
Now i forgot what was said here!!!Anyway, found a great supplement for joint pain and a supplement that you can get at the health food store.. Curamin... look it up and see if you want to try it if you have joint issues. It worked within minutes for me,!!!!It is a natural supplement and feel it is worth trying as i never had such joint pain until i had chemo, Elfsong.. you may want this for sure!!!!
Getting ready for goin back EAST to see DAD,.Leave tomorrow monring. WOW the cold temps is so felt.. my blood feels weak or it is not built up yet!!!
Susan..look at some Kashi cereals or go to a health food store as they have various kinds of gluten free products that have none or at leaat close to none in sugar. I have been trying to control sugar in my diet.
Trying to add some wieght training to build up my muscle as wow am i weak since chemo.Go to the firehouse, After NY i will be goin to a good friends house who is a personal trainer.
Will be with my laptop when in NY and hopefully will have some time to stay connected!! My dad is 90 and when we get there, have no idea what to expect!!!We are having a new fridge delviered on WED for him!!!Be well ALL!!
Donna
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I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for
that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy.
Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun.
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Good morning everyone. I am feeling good today in spite of having alot to do. The rain is gone for now ( quite chilly which we knew was coming ) and it won't be a struggle to be outside doing chores or looking for a long enough break in the rain to get the feral cats some food out.
How's it going Laura ???? I have always believed that things happen for a reason, which at times like this ( economy ) may be hard to contemplate -- was it Rowen and Martin who had the comedy skit and used that phrase -- the fickle finger of fate. You are a good organizer and I think there is something out there just tailor made -- and this is probably the only impetus that would have "made" you look.
Elfsong....Isn't it a wonderful thing -- to feel the normalcy coming back and know that even a new normal is at least a "normal" that takes us into a pattern that isn't holding us in some strange limbo. It truly is a wonderful awakening to know you are about to step on the next plateau and it's a good one.
Donna...glad to see you too like the Kashi cereals. I think if all we ever ate were the recommended amounts on packages we might do all right....but I don't know anyone who actually measures out portions from that. I use very little table sugar and even less salt....and buy things with low sodium when I can.....also, always read labels almost every time I go to the store as they "change" things on you now and then. It is hard to eat well....and like Elfsong said.....if it doesn't have much flavor it is probably really good for you....and vice versa, the better it tastes, the worse it is. Sometimes I think...just skip go and be a vegetarian but there isn't one answer that is the solution.....but I do know that more fruit and veggies need to be in MY plan for eating. Dh and I have decided ( we love to walk out of doors around here ) that we are going to have to go to the local Rec Center and buy the monthly walking passes.....that will get us restarted again with walking.....one of the best exercises you can do.
Well, I have babbled enuf' for one morning. Hope you all will be a having a good if chilly Saturday. Hi to all, Rita, Mary Jane, Karin, Wendy, Connie,Susan, Annette, Buddy, Tanyar, and everyone who isn't posting much at this time. I'm always thinking about you and wishing you well....hoping things are on an even keel and life is not being too stressful for you. I'll be checking in later.
Hugs, Jackie
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Hi ladies,
I haven't been on here for a while, but just wanted to let you know about a fundraiser held by the Young Survival Coalition Chicago Affiliate in Palatine, IL on Saturday, October 17. More info below, or you can PM me. Thanks!
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Invites You to Our First Annual Fundraising EventIn Living Pink
Saturday, October 17, 2009, 6-9PM
Durty Nellies West Irish Pub
180 N. Smith Street, Palatine, IL
(across from Palatine Metra station)
Phone: 847.358.9150Cover Charge: Minimum donation of $25. Includes appetizers, one drink ticket, Chris Karabas and the Craigslist Ramblers, silent auction, raffles, and more!
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Thank you to the following businesses that have provided sponsorship or product donations to make In Living Pink possible:
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Chicago Bulls
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Faaj Hair Salon and Spa
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Hello Ladies,
Actually I stand in the dark talking ABOUT dead people (must fix my profile)...I'm an art historian. Though given some of my students, the other version is not far off!
I wore my purple boots shopping today in Chicago (Armitage today, Southport tomorrow!) and I'll definitely be wearing them to chemo on Friday. DH and I had the "chemo class" yesterday and while I feel I know a bit more, I don't feel like she helped me prepare beyond giving me my scrips for a steroid and two anit-nausea meds. I keep looking at the lists on the chemo threads, but all the possible SE contingencies freak me out too much to wade through and find what I might need.
But, that is for another day. Tomorrow we'll be looking for Halloween toys and pretty clothes and cancer can wait until I get home Monday.
Have a glorious weekend1
Sido
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I am putting in a small list of quotes this a.m. all from a favorite lady:
Do whatever comes your way as well as you can. Think as
little as possible about yourself and as much as possible
about other people and other things that are interesting. Put
a good deal of thought into happiness that you are able to give.
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an
individual; you have an obligation to be one.
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough
to make them all yourself.
I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won
the last war, and no one will win the next war.
I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered.
But I was not pleased to read the description in the
catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
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Sido....I must have a terrible , slightly vicious mind. I immediately thought of the second version when I read your profile. It suits.
It is hard to read about se's from your chemo. Just as no one can really predict who will get this dreadful disease, no one can foresee what se's may come. I read where many, many people just breeze through chemo and keep working and having life just as it always had been. Of course, I had every high fallutin' expectation that I would positively be one of "those". That all came to a screeching halt when I went to work a couple of days after my first chemo.....encountered a co-worker with a noticeable amt. of after shave......and made it for an hour and a half before I quite noisily tossed my cookies quite un-ceremonisily in the bathroom and went home to wait for my stomach to right itself. I was not smart enough to take the nausea meds right away -- for one thing I didn't even think I'd have any, anyway.
I don't say this to scare or upset you -- just only to say that there really is no way to predict and the Gods may be good and you will sail right through ( for no discernible reason other than it was meant to be ) and be fine with nothing more than a slight twinge now and then. There are several ladies here who were able to pretty much do this.
In truth...the anticipation seems to be far worse than the reality. My first chemo infusion was so anti-climatic ( and believe you me -- beforehand I had mental pictures of everything going wrong ) as to nearly be boring, although it was interesting in seeing how it all really happens. I got all my chemo by I.V. -- I was never offered a port, but I got my txs from the V.A. and maybe that was why. I didn't mind -- and when txs were done, they were really done...no extra appt. to get the port removed.
We will all be with you on Friday --- going to be a full house at your chemo center and will be with you every step of the way. I am not very knowledgeable like many of the others, but I am here everyday and want nothing more than to be of some comfort in whatever way I can. This is not the easiest thing you will ever do....but you will probably have more help than you have ever had.
Hi to all the rest of you fantastic one in a million ladies.
Hugs, Jackie
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We had so much fun in Spring Green, Wisconsin. The play was over 3 hours....three hours watching a dysfunctional family! It was so well-performed, however, that I only became slightly squirrelly. We went to the Frank Lloyd Wright things. The trees were gorgeous. We also went to a mustard museum and everyone, and I mean everyone I know, is getting mustard for Christmas this year. I have a harmless amount of an obsessive compulsive disorder so being in a store with hundreds of kinds of mustards was great. Choosing which ones I wanted was hard on everyone!
Ginny, good luck with that next infusion. Sido, it will be just a damn relief to get it going! Boots are great mood lifters. Boots are just so cool! I treated myself to black ones from DSW and they make me so happy! Donna, thanks for the joint pain suggestion. I think I am going TODAY for it.
Have fun today!
Susan
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Good afternoon Ladies!!
I sure love the beautiful fall colors!! Some of the trees look like they are on fire! Just don't like the cold!
Had our Pink walk yesterday it was great! Will post pics as soon as grand daughter "gets around to it"! After DH took me to Chinese food....fortune cookie says "Stop waiting!! Buy that ticket take that special trip!" !!! DH says "guess you should get your ticket! Strange little cookie~! LOL
Sido just remember to take your meds even if you feel fine! I was one of the lucky ones. I worked 10 hours days all during my treatment. A lot of people didn't even know I was in treatment till afterwords, when I finally had enough hair to go "wig-less".
Got to get chores done and maybe even fine time to catch up on this thread!
Have a great afternoon!
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Hi ritajean I live inpeoria and was diagnosed with sage 1 iin ductcul i situ 8/7/09. I am taking it 1 day at a time.
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Hi Betty,
Sido is also from Peoria and she just recently "found" us. Glad you are here. This is something best taken one day at a time. Your diagnosis sounds like it is not too bad, but never-the-less it is just as upsetting and frightening and still makes you feel the rug has been pulled out from under you. Hope you will come back often and see us. This being Sunday things are often slow, but more people will pop in and notice you here and say hello as well.
If you have questions.....these ladies have answers and someone is always here for hand holding when and if you run into a small patch of overwhelm. This is a great group and they meet for lunch a lot.....dinners now and then as well.
See you later.
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Dear Jackie, Some of my favorite people have "terrible, viscious" minds. They are a great deal more fun to be around! My husband Todd will be with me during my tx and he's been so sweet, assuring me that we'll get me through it. I am so lucky to have so many wonderful people on my side.
Chicago has been wonderful! This weekend was just what we needed, though I'm looking forward to seeing my corgi Cooper's smile when we get home tomorrow.
Welcome Betty! I'm sorry you have to be here. There are a lot of resources for support in Peoria that you should avail yourself of. Especially check into the Cancer Center for Healthy Living's programs (free yoga classes, counseling, support groups) and a group that meets on the third wednesday of every month called Friends at Five at the Five Senses salon (Our next is Oct. 21). Feel free to send me a private message if you want to talk or want more info.
Be well, Sido
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Good Morning girls, October is sure starting out chilly. The kids are off school today.
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"Write it on your heart that everyday
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Good morning everyone,
Yesterday was such a nice day. We dressed warm and tore into my storage shed with loft. Got the bottom done and lots going to the auction center. I think we can get the loft this a.m. and probably have about three truck loads ready to go now. You'd think that would be all there was, but sadly it's not. I know there will be two or three more. Ah, wonderful to have things, but even more wonderful to get rid of them and have some money.
It was a pretty fall day outside....we were dressed warm enough to be quite cozy and did not notice any discomforts....maybe that was partly due to "discovering" all those things we barely recognized. We recognized a couple mice who took up residence as well.
I hope you are all going to have a nice Columbus Day. We will be working out again today, but need to get this done and move onto something else.
Jackie
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Hi All,
I probably haven't posted since the end of August. I went through a bad time with nausea and fatigue. I finished up my chemo 3 weeks ago and I start rads soon. I have to be back on my lupus meds for a month before I can start because if I have a flare they will have to stop the rads and I can't have any more treatments. Hi to all the new gals. I need to try to catch up on all the posts I missed lately. Have a great day. Christi
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