Illinois ladies facing bc

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  • corpor
    corpor Member Posts: 19
    edited January 2014

    Termite-

    I live in Hinckley (west of Sugar Grove) and LOVE my BS- Dr. Whereatt at the Dreyer in Aurora.  I truly believe she saved my life by continuing to dig into what was going on with me.  The first surgeon I interviewed never would have found the invasive cancer- she would have just taken out the ADH (pre-cancerous cells) and it would have been a year before my next mammogram and that's when I would have  found out about the invasive cancer.  Dr. Wheratt took a biopsy for a suspicious area while doing my 1st surgery, and that showed DCIS.  When she knew I had 2 areas that had cellular changes, she ordered the MRI to make sure there wasn't anything else going on, and that showed the invasive cancer. 

    All Dr. Wheratt does is breast surgery, and I'm one of about 5 women I know that credit her with our lives. 

    Good luck!

    Cory


  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,835
    edited January 2014

    So sorry I'm so late today:

    Strength is a capacity for endurance.  One of the dividends of suffering is the
    universal discovery the we possess a strength within us we never knew we had. 
    Navigating through a difficult episode not only shows us that inner strength is
    there but convinces us it will always be there to serve us in the future. 
    Overcoming gives us an assurance of personal confidence and value that far
    exceeds what we thought we possessed before our struggles
    began.
    Dennis
    Wholey

  • ritajean
    ritajean Member Posts: 4,042
    edited January 2014

    Love the quote, Jackie!

  • kjiberty
    kjiberty Member Posts: 687
    edited January 2014

    Love it!

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited January 2014

    Jackie  ThumbsUp

  • BoatinGirl
    BoatinGirl Member Posts: 49
    edited January 2014

    Thank you so much Adey for coming back and sharing.  I don't get back to this board near as much as I would like to, but am always in absolute awe of the generosity of spirit.  Prayers and good thoughts your way.

    Thank you all for the ScarAway recommendation.  Giving it a go as we speak :0)

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,835
    edited January 2014

    "Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness
    the best relationship." 

    -- Buddha 

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,835
    edited January 2014

    "Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that
    person, a beautiful thing."
    Mother
    Teresa

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,835
    edited January 2014

    (((Adey)))

    The true Light is a gentle love which,
    rising in you,
    causes you to look on the world with understanding
    and
    compassion and respect. When you respect the
    souls of your brother and
    sister, you respect their lives
    in every way.  This gentle spirit, this
    respect one for
    another, must come. For this is the generation of
    the one
    true Light, and this true light is that of love.           White Eagle

  • ritajean
    ritajean Member Posts: 4,042
    edited January 2014

    Keep those great quotes coming, Jackie!  Even though I don't comment on every single one, I do read them everyday and often find inspiration in them.

    It's a rainy day on Cape Coral so we're heading over to the large citrus fruit market in Fort Myers to send some fruit home and then going to some friends' house for dinner and cards.

    Everyone enjoy your day!

  • fgm
    fgm Member Posts: 448
    edited January 2014

    My daughter emailed today to congratulate me on one year since my last treatment. Yah!!

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,835
    edited January 2014

    "Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy,
    happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to
    continue to make mistakes and choices -- today I choose to feel life, not to
    deny my humanity but embrace it." 

    -- Kevyn Aucoin 

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,835
    edited January 2014

    fgm......yay from my part of southern Illinois.  Isn't it a great feeling and a wonderful accomplishment.  Now just keep those great years coming.

    Blessings

    Jackie

  • ritajean
    ritajean Member Posts: 4,042
    edited February 2014

    Congrats fgm!  One down and many more to follow!  Hugs!

  • tdbear
    tdbear Member Posts: 286
    edited February 2014

    YEA!!!

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,835
    edited February 2014

    Sometimes some answers are so simple we can almost miss them:


    “One thing we do know: Life will give you
    whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How
    do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you
    are having at this moment.”

    Eckhart Tolle

  • zap
    zap Member Posts: 1,850
    edited February 2014

    I know Jackie is |our lady of the quotes but my daugter sent this to me and I cannot resist sharing:

    Daily message: when your uncertain about what the future holds and you don’t even know what you want, that’s ok even if it feels a little scary and discombobulating. Just breathe. That’s almost always the best thing to do....breathe. Clarity, discernment and direction will come. Trust the in between times. 


    Have a great day and BREATHE!

    Susan

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,835
    edited February 2014

    Susan that is wonderful.  Concentrating on breathing would shift the focus away from disconcerting things and give us some "space" so that we don't draw negative aspects from the un-known, scary, or seemingly complicated and maybe upsetting things.  Trust -- its a wonderful, wonderful thing.  Next time you see your daughter, please give her a hug from me.  I think she has a great vantage point and viewpoint.

    Blessings,

    Jackie

  • aviva5675
    aviva5675 Member Posts: 836
    edited February 2014

    discomboobulating

  • termite
    termite Member Posts: 238
    edited February 2014

    Morning Ladies,

    Corpo, Lago, and Cami...Dr. Whereatt is my breast surgeon. She went back into my old mammogram records and she thought it was nothing to worry about but would keep checking in case there was a change.  I am due for another mammogram next month so hopefully there will be no change.

    Corpo... I live in Oswego,  you are not that far from me. Maybe we could meet up some day.

    Weather today is warmer but it snowed from Friday till yesterday evening. So ready for Spring!

    Jackie, your quotes are great. I love reading them.

    FGM.. congratulations on your 1 year

    Ritajean... enjoy your stay in warmer weather. My mil lives in Naples and a friend lives in Fort Meyers

    Enjoy the Superbowl game!!

    Have a great week

     

     

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,835
    edited February 2014

    A wonderful realization will be the day you realize that you are unique in all the world. There is nothing that is an accident. You are a special combination for a purpose-and don't let them tell you otherwise, even if they tell you that purpose is an illusion. (Live an illusion if you have to.)  You are that combination so that you can do what is essential for you to do. Don't ever believe that you have nothing to contribute. The world is an incredible unfulfilled tapestry. And only you can fulfill that tiny space that is yours.

    Leo Buscaglia

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,835
    edited February 2014

    Morning.  Sure hate to complain but we had such a good day yesterday.  It did rain a time or two and quite cloudy but loved the much warmer ( 41 degrees ) air.  Of course, nightfall and it is much cooler.  Woke up to frozen everything.  Windshield and  wipers, all the car doors....a glaze of ice covering all.  There is a powder amt. of snow on the ground which just sort of heavily stuck to the moisture/ice on the ground.  This just has not at all been a good one.  I'd be hoping for a great Spring and Summer but I worry when we have such a wild winter....that it will just crop up in the other seasons too.  Well, I'll have to start praying early to the weather Gods I think.

    Hope you all have a fantastic Sunday.  No Super Bowl for me.  Though rare, I will work for a while this afternoon but we don't do anything  ( never generally watch sports here ) on game days anyway...no matter what.

    Blessings,

    Jackie

  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 11,653
    edited February 2014

    Happy Chinese New Year. This was our surprise at lunch yesterday: linky

  • fgm
    fgm Member Posts: 448
    edited February 2014

    Thank you for your kind words and wishing everyone many years of health and positive thinking.  Thank you Jackie for your quotes.  I really enjoy them!

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,835
    edited February 2014

    "The struggle you're in today is developing the strength you need for
    tomorrow. Don't give up." 

    -- Robert Tew 

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited February 2014

    Jackie ThumbsUp

  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 11,653
    edited February 2014

    CorinneM1 and I celebrate the same birthday. We have been celebrating together for the past 2 years during our birthday week. We are doing it again this year this Saturday at 12:30pm in Chicago up northwest side. If interested PM me and I can give you details. (No gifts)

    Birthdays are always special for us BC gals. We all want to grow old with more birthdays.

  • kjiberty
    kjiberty Member Posts: 687
    edited February 2014

    Lago:  I would loved to to help you celebrate you and Corinne's b-day, but as you know I will be in FL w/21 other survivors from BCO celebrating life.  Two more days!  Can't wait!  Happy Birthday Lago and CorinneM1!  XOXO

  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 11,653
    edited February 2014

    You enjoy your trip kjiberety! Thanks

  • 2ns_Jenn
    2ns_Jenn Member Posts: 95
    edited February 2014

    Lago - I can't join you in the celebration but would like to wish you & Corrine a very happy birthday!!