Illinois ladies facing bc
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We are all flowers in the Great Spirit's garden. We share a common root,
and the root is Mother Earth. The garden is beautiful
because it has different colors in it, and those colors
represent different traditions and cultural backgrounds.
Grandfather David Monongye (Hopi)0 -
Been in hospital for last 2 1/2 days re 1/2 root canal they said was okay to be done. Never been in such pain in my life. On antibiotics and pain killers in IV 24/7. Now what? Extraction and delayed chemo? I'm afraid to move!
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So sorry jmg 58. That sounds just horrible. Hang in there, things will get better.
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jmg...I'm so sorry to hear that. To me there is little worse than dental issues. Hopefully, soon this will be under control. Sending lots of healing vibes and soothing energies.
Blessings,
Jackie
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jmg, so sorry! Sometimes, although we think we anticipate every problem, something out of left field hits. This sounds like it. But thank God for antibiotics! You will be ok soon!
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jmg58 a dying tooth is the pain from hell. Right up there with shingles (have experienced both). I hope you get some relief soon.
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A woman once told me that she did not feel the need to reach out to those around her because she prayed every day. Surely, this was enough. But a prayer is about our relationship to God; a blessing is about our relationship to the spark of God in one another. God may not need our attention as badly as the person next to us on the bus or behind us in line in the supermarket. Everyone in the world matters, and so do their blessings. When we bless others, we offer them refuge from an indifferent world.
Rainer Maria Rilke
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Thanks very much, everyone. Waiting to see doctor to see if I get discharged today.
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jmg. This all sounds so disheartening! I have had a tooth ache and the pain was just awful! Is it a molar? I would have it out pronto as you should not stay on antibiotics for it. I would deal with the tooth issue and then start the chemo when this is behind you. That dentist may have made a human mistake, but what a big one for you to be facing right now. Keep us posted!
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on a much much lighter and perhaps unimportant note
Lago, have you gone to Papricka on Lawrence near Devon? Authentic Indian but not
crowded like Devon.
I saw it on check please and we will give it a try!
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BTW I just wanted to let you know that 2 of our gals ran and finished the Shamrock Shuffle today. Both oconnor2450 and blackjack!
Lets give them a big cheer!
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My favorite Indian restaurant is Himalyan on Golf Road near Milwaukee. Haven't found any other restaurant to compare.
jmg, I think zap is right. Get rid of that tooth and the pain and the infection before going on chemo.
I had cracked a tooth before starting chemo. It oozed pus throughout the six months and I worried about it a lot since
my white count was down and I was open to infection. It was too dangerous to have it pulled while on chemo so I just hoped for the best and I was lucky, it never turned into a full blown infection. But it had to be pulled anyway, as soon as chemo was over. I would think it would be a relief to get rid of it now!
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/ My son and DIL ran it too!0
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Many hugs and huge tremendous thank yous' for the runners. Karen, Michelle, and O'Conner and all of the families and others who support you, including I know everyone here. Some of us do not do much ( variety of good reasons ) but for those who are able to do more, the rest of us I'm sure are so very, very grateful and appreciate you all so much.
Much love and many blessings
Jackie
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Awesome kjiberty. I should have been out there cheering. I also had another friend (2x cancer survivor but not breast cancer) running too.
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Thank you to all the runners!!!!!!
I am going to see oral surgeon tomorrow......scared but it has to be done. It is the second molar from the back on top, oddly enough the "mammary tooth." I am now afraid of "dry socket." I just cannot seem to get a break. I also had another piece of bad luck today....I have been taking diligent care of my PICC line and two catheters. Every night I flush them with saline and heparin. Three days in the hospital....they've managed to jam one of the lines and it's clogged and won't move. Well, thanks a lot. So I came home and cried tonight. My second chemo's put off for at least a week, my boyfriend is out his plane fare, I need a major tooth pulled and the line is clogged. Now I have to be extra careful because I don't want the PICC line pulled. I also don't want to worry about infection with the tooth with that, either.I know there are many many that have it a lot worse, I am just finding it hard to cope right now because I'm alone. I was in the hospital for three days with nary a visitor...there's no one to visit...or it'd take a big effort, which apparently no one wanted to make. Okay, Pity Party done.......
I'm telling you, if it weren't for all this weird $*(@), this first chemo would've been sort of easy, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO>>>>>>I'm just real tired....this first three weeks has been such a huge effort---0 -
jmg....all of these things are new and scary and at the best of times can be difficult and as you know, taking up huge blocks of your time. Yes, there likely are many who are having worse things or will, but sometimes things are difficult and we don't know why. What we might sail right through at one point for some strange reason becomes a big, rather harsh stumbling block at another. You have had a roller-coaster going and you are not enjoying the ride. I don't think any of us would.
One day this is all going to be done and I hope you reach a point where you begin to have enormous appreciation for what you went through and got through. You will do it. As I have always said..."it's amazing what you can do when you have little or no choice".
I'm not only rooting for you....I'm betting on you.
Blessings,
Jackie
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Strange, that was the same tooth I had pulled. What a relief it will be when it comes out! I had no idea it was called the mammary tooth.
All bumps in the road and you won't even remember all of this when it's done. I had to feel around to see which tooth it was that was pulled. It's all so overwhelming when it happens and then, when your strength returns....it recedes.. We're all pulling for you!
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Love and prayers for you jmg, you will find the strength that you have to pull yourself through.
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jmg58 hang in there.
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I
think I now understand inner peace and the transformation that leads to inner
peace.
From my perspective it seems that it involves being willing to give up
life as we normally perceive it and view life only as a moment by moment
occurrence of opportunities to give love.
In the giving of love, there is also the receiving of love, and this
cycle grows endlessly and without bounds. Neal Sutherland0 -
We
all have such a marvelous opportunity in this life to evolve, grow, and move
more and more toward becoming all we can be.
At the end of our lives, who we are and what that has contributed to the
process of healing the planet will probably be much more important than anything
we have produced or done for money, fame, or power.
We are a piece of the puzzle of the universe.
Taking our place as the fullest piece we can be will probably be our most
precious contribution. Anne
Wilson Schaef0 -
Beautiful warm day here. I hope all are getting that early taste of Spring that comes with lots of loving sunshine. It will bring on the buds that will signal time to start planting a garden.
We will have storms, one quite large from the sound of it as warm air meets cold, but that is part of Spring too. Can't pick and choose.
Blessings
Jackie
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The
ego is nothing more than our belief in our own separateness.
We’re trained to think we have to be bigger than, smarter than, or make
more than others.
And you can’t die!
Death is a very embarrassing event for the ego.
The ego constantly reminds us of how important we are—that we’re right
and others are wrong.
When being guided by the ego, we feel separate. Wayne
Dyer0 -
If anyone is looking for work or has work/cancer related issues b(returning to work) you might find this interesting:
Midwest Conference on Work & Cancer
Friday, April 11 2014
Hotel Monaco
225 N Wabash
Chicago, IL
FreeClick link above to register
agenda0 -
Thanks!! This is really close to my office; if I feel okay by then, I may go to this!
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jmg PM me. I think I'm going to go myself. I lost my job 5 months prior to being diagnosed and have yet to find a permanent job. Maybe there is something I can learn from it.
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The
real troublemakers are anger, jealousy, impatience, and hatred.
With them problems cannot be solved.
Though we may have temporary success, ultimately our hatred or anger will
create further difficulties.
Anger makes for swift solutions.
Yet, when we face problems with compassion, sincerity, and good
motivation, our solutions may take longer, but ultimately they are
better. The Dalai
Lama0 -
The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower,
share a bit of
knowledge and it becomes another's,
smile at someone and receive a smile in
return,
are to me continual spiritual exercises.Leo F. Buscaglia
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