Illinois ladies facing bc
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Oh what a pretty morning outside. Saw 6 or 7 deer going through the ravine earlier. I always know as the house dogs make a bit of noise wanting out. They find great sport in chasing those beautiful animals, but if one ever gets close enough to land a kick.....a good cure might follow for this bad habit.
I deleted my first post. I'm sure now why you can't post two from the source I have been using....you get those dreaded marks. Very unpleasant to wander through to read a quote.
I do actually look for things to laugh at...and I have been told that even a somewhat 'forced' laugh will still produce good things inside. I do feel any time you can laugh, you can produce your own sun....no matter what it looks like outside.
Hope you are all going to have a great Saturday and week-end.
Peace and love,
Jackie
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Sunshine! YEA! Everyone enjoy this lovely day. I'm off to visit the library...one of my favorite places...and then wash my car. Tonight we're heading to Alexander's Steak House in Peoria to help one of our dear friends celebrate her 60th birthday! Life is good!
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Rita. Yum! I love Alexander's. enjoy. That salad bar alone is worth it. My boys thrive on the garlic toast!!!! :-)
I finished rads yesterday and am feeling quite fried. Starting off the day with cream and ibuprofen. Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!0 -
Yay Timbek2!
Jackie do we live in the same state? I saw snow coming down earlier. We did have about 10 minutes of sunshine now it's cold and windy again. Feels like March. I may need to wear gloves today. I don't mind the rain. It is April and we need it but these temperatures are unexceptable. I'ts almost 11:30 and we haven't even hit 40 in my hood.
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LOL! I had that same thoughts! Yes, that was snow!
I'll tell you something though. When i was first diagnosed I listened to everyone complain about the weather and I promised myself that if I lived I would never complain again. My friends were talking about snow and cold as though they were torture. And all I could think of was "I hope I live to see and feel snow and cold for many years." So, i'm trying to keep my promise and be philosophical about this crazy weather, At least I'm here to see it. And after the last year and a half, I know of much worse tortures than snow. But heck yeah, when will this let up??? I'd like to take a walk now that I'm off of the aromasin and can walk again!
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HI Ladies,
Thanks for the welcome. This seems like a great place to meet other women from Illinois.
I hope everyone is doing well. It is cold and windy here today. Snow flurries this morning. I can not wait for warmer weather.
Sissy, you have come to a great group of ladies. What you are feeling is normal for most of us. It will get better once you have the doctors that you are comfortable with and the plan for this journey is together. I was terrified after I was told I have cancer but my thoughts and fears were calmed down by a great onc. dr. and surgeon. My thoughts are with you during this time.
Gracembrac- thanks for the welcome. I had all my lumpectomey, radiation treatments at Rush Copley hospital in Aurora. I interviewed 2 onc. drs. before I chose one. He was from the hospital. But during the last year our insurance changed so I had to find another dr. that was with our plan. My breast surgeon and radiation dr. are from the Dreyer Clinic and I love them. My surgeon gave me the names of onc. dr. that is how I chose the first doctor. She also had given me a dr. name at the clinic. My DH and I went to see him and liked him also so all my doctors are now at the same clinic.
Please let me know when you all get together for a luncheon. I would love to join you.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
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Wow....wish I could send some of this weather up North. It does likely seem odd. We are due for about four days of rain this coming week, but it won't drop our temps too seriously.....like snow or anything like that. We have on rare occasion had a freak snowstorm this time of year. It is usually the really wet ones with the huge flakes and they start melting the next day.
Saying hi to Termite.....nice to see you here.
Peace and love,
Jackie
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These quotes and the subject are so provoking and sometimes profound that I couldn't decide so have included them all:
"We hear voices in solitude we never hear
in the hurry and turmoil of
life;
we receive counsels and comforts we get under no other
condition."
Amelia Barr
"Inside myself is a place where I
live all alone and
that is where I renew my springs that never dry
up."
Pearl S. Buck
"I live in that solitude which is
painful in youth,
but delicious in the years of maturity."
Albert Einstein
"There are voices which we hear in solitude,
but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"By all means use sometimes to be alone.
Salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear."
George
Herbert
"The more powerful and original a mind,
the more it
will incline towards the religion of solitude."
Aldous
Huxley
"There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find
peace.
You will find that deep place of silence in your room,
your
garden, or even your bathtub."
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
"Only when one is connected to one's inner core
is one connected to
others. And, for me, the core,
the inner spring, can best be re-found
through solitude."
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
"Solitude is as
needful to the imagination
as society is wholesome for the
character."
James Russell Lowell
"The secret of a good
old age
is simply an honorable pact with solitude."
Gabriel
Garcia Marquez
"Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and
absorb."
Pythagoras (6th cent. B.C.)
"Solitude is the
salt of personhood.
It brings out the authentic flavor of every
experience."
May Sarton
"I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude."
Henry David Thoreau
"Language... has created the word 'loneliness'
to express the pain of
being alone.
And it has created the word 'solitude'
to express the
glory of being alone."
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Some wonderful quotes on solitude, Jackie. I particularly like the one by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Jenn - I'm sorry to hear about It rearing its ugly head again for you. I've had a few PS docs in the NW/W suburbs. I'll PM you.
Lynn - I'm a huge fan of not wearing bras anymore, unless absolutely necessary. I usually wear soft cami or tank undershirts. The nipple I do have, on my original MX side, was reconstructed with a skin graft from my groin for the areola, and the nipple was actually a half of my (then) remaining nipple. If it wasn't for the bad scarring issues that I have, they actually look fine, and the nipple protrudes only the slightest bit. If I do anything on my now nipple-less other side, I would only 3D tattoo. I can live with one faint "headlight" but two would make me feel the need to wear bras again.
It's funny, but I was never comfortable in bras. From the time I started wearing them, they came off as soon as I was in for the night. Now, my daughter, for some strange reason, LOVES bras. She even sleeps in them from time to time! Weird.
Susan - I lol'd at your idea of candy dot nipples. I think I remember that visual being brought up here before. Imagine, you could change the colors on a daily basis!
I do hope you report back anything interesting you learn about from the Lymphoma symposium. I work with a young woman (early 20's) who has battled Hodgkin's Lymphoma twice now. My heart just breaks everytime I think about her battling this at such an early time in her life. I continue to hold on to hope that someone will make THE breakthrough, one of these days, and DNA seems like an attack plan that makes sense in addressing ALL types of cancers. Fingers crossed, as always.
Joan and Spunky - I'd be up for a nip-trip to N.O. in the fall. I love that city.
Timbuktu - Glad you are feeling better off the Aromasin. I also had to quit that med after 9 months because of crippling pain in my hands and feet. After a couple week break, and a Medrol Pak (which was wooonderful), I started back up on Femara. I did get pains again, but not to the same extent, and they did become bearable. Finished my AI's 1/12. This is how it worked out for me, but I know for some, it's the opposite. I think it was Joan? who went from Femara to Aromasin. Hope you find one that works for you.
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Thanks Rene for giving me hope! I know I will have to try again with one of the AI's. Femara and Arrimidex hurt my hands more than my legs. I think I prefer that. I have to be able to walk! Good to hear that the second round wasn't as bad. In the meantime I'm trying to enjoy every day that I'm off of everything!
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Timbuktu~ I had disabling pain in my thumbs from both Anastrazole & Femara. I saw an orthopedist who gave me a cortisone shot in each thumb and poof! All better! Thank goodness!
Maybe something like that would help you too???It's so nice to see the sun shining today!! Though temps remain frigid, the sun is such a welcome warmth.
I'm happy to report that the surprise party last night was a complete success!!! We had so much fun and he had a house full of loving friends and family!!!
Enjoy your sunny Sunday ladies.., it's back to rain showers again tomorrow and throughout the week. Ugh! Enough already!!!
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Thanks c, I haven't seen an orthopedist yet. I wasn't sure where to go. So this Friday it's back to the onco to see what he has to say.
Yesterday I tried to snap my fingers and was surpised to discover that I couldnt! Even though the pain is gone and I've been off of everything for weeks, I couldn't snap. Oh well, a small sacrifice, right? lol I could possibly live the rest of my life never having to snap again. But it was a shock!
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Timbek and Lago-loving the news pics!
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Hey c-squared...glad your party was a success!
Hi termite! Glad to see you checking in here! :-)
Great quotes, Jackie....as always!
Timbek2....Alexander's was great! I, too, love their salad bar. I eat so much from there that I usually can't eat all my meal. Are you in the Peoria area? I don't know why but I thought you were from up north. Glad to hear that you're now a RAD GRAD! Yea! It will take a week or so to get rid of the fatigue. It just drains us!
It was a lovely day here today. We golfed 18 holes with some friends and enjoyed the warmer temps. I even weeded part of my iris garden before we went to golf. Guess I'm not as young as I once was because I'm a little stiff tonight from bending over and tugging out those weeds and grasses.
I checked out Joy Fielding's new book at the library yesterday and I can't wait to dig into it. That's where I'm headed now.
Wishing everyone a good week!
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FYI if anyone is interested in being part of the planning committee for the ACS Strides Against Breast Cancer Chicago walk the first meeting is this Wednesday 6:30pm. If you are interested PM me and I can give you the details. If you can't make it don't worry. There will be more. The meetings are once a month usually at the same day/time.
thanks spunkyboobster
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Give in to goodness now and then. I don't mean masochistic self-sacrifice.
I mean the deliberate performance of an act that has ethical value:
helping someone in need, righting a wrong, forgiving an enemy.
For best results, the act should be one that can't possibly benefit you. . . .
if we give in to goodness once in a while, we gain strength.
If we consistently refuse, we're at cross-purposes with everything,
including our deepest nature. People not only have the capacity
for ethical behavior, they have a built-in need for it.
If you give in to goodness reasonably often, you won't have
to seek self-renewal. It will come to you.
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Love that "Summer Breeze" Lago! Here is a question for you ladies. I met with RO last week and he gave me a 'choice' between 6 1/2 weeks of radiation or 4 weeks. He said the medical benefits are exactly the same, but they are finding the physical effects may vary. He said the only physical difference they are seeing (and not always) is that the radiated breast may "lift" a little after radiation and could be little firmer to touch than with the 6 1/2 week treatment. I was rather surprised and curious as to why anyone would choose the longer treatment. He said that sometimes people are upset that they are not quite totally symmetrical after the radiation treatment. Has anyone ever heard of this or does anyone have any concerns about this regiment? Any feedback is appreciated!
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My prayers go out to those affected by the explosions in Boston. What a terrible shame stuff like this happens. An understatement, I know..., but I am just speechless!!!
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Add my prayers to your C-sq. Unbelievable. What will we know when we know why this happened and who was responsible. I'm sick at heart right now.
Much love and prayers for Boston and all who were involved.
Peace and love,
Jackie
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Managed to text my friend before they cut off mobile service. She's OK. Was volunteering in a different area. So glad she wasn't running it this year.
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I just received a pm from Firstcall. He is an ob/gyn from Seattle and a fellow February Chemo 2012 community member. We were cheering on his progress today via his bib # on our thread and the running thread.
There were two other gals from our running thread running Boston too.
Prayers. Prayers for all the victims and their families.0 -
Life rushes us along and few people are strong enough to stop on their own. Most often, something unforeseen stops us and it is only then we have the time to take a seat at life’s kitchen table. To know our own story and tell it. To listen to other people’s stories. To remember that the real world is made up of just such stories. Until we stop ourselves or, more often, have been stopped, we hope to put certain of life’s events “behind us” and get on with our living. After we stop we see that certain of life’s issues will be with us for as long as we live. We will pass through them again and again, each time with a new story, each time with a greater understanding, until they become indistinguishable from our blessings and our wisdom. It’s the way life teaches us how to live. Rachel Naomi Remen
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DLTN, Lago, and everyone. Still praying for everyone in and around Boston, as well as those who were in the middle of it all. Still hard to wrap my head around it. Violence of any kind, anywhere is a painful reminder of how far we still have to go. Prayers and a huge hope that answers will come so that those who created this are held responsible.
Peace and love,
Jackie
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My heart is very heavy after the Boston explosions. What is this world coming to?
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Peki of course I have no idea about the radiation, but I would take the lesser time--anytime there's a choice of less radiation sounds good to me. We get so much.
Wel I've been watching the Boston Horror forever here, I try to take a break, it's just sad but I don't want to miss what's going on., If, who, when how too much to think about. And so many military Drs. there who have seen these things before--It must be that feeling like they never left the war zone, but they do know what to do immediately.
Miss Jackie it's 54 degrees her no sun and chilly as far as I can feel--I would like to know where u bought those rose colored glasses u seem to be wearing all the time???????????????
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Cam....I got them at the rose colored glasses store. Really today has not been too good. We had rain this morning and it felt so chilly.
This afternoon is better but the afternoon was just a lull period. Much more rain on the way. By the time the three days of rain are though I'll be climbing the walls. I do not do gray skies very well. I don't totally need the sun, but I do need lots of light which most of the time is the sun anyway.
Well, I'll get by somehow.....but thinking so many more leaves will be popping out big time when Old Man Sun returns to southern Illinois. Hurry guy....I need you.
Peace and love,
Jackie
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camille~ that's a heat wave.., it's only 44 up in the north burbs!!!
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Well it looks like another yucky day here today! Maybe I will get the top of my desk cleared off! I'm trying to think like Jackie and see the bright side of this dreary day! :-)
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And old favorite:
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
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