Im bitchy, I moan, I groan.....anyway.
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shhhh-------that pic is from november!!!!!! LOL
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ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Those last posts were like a stand-up comedy routine. dreamwriter and saint, thank you!
deamwriter, how OLD is that grandson? I'm not above clocking someone for a yam and pecan dessert. No, I am not. (What do we say at the table? Ah. "Do that again and you're gonna pull back a nub...") Well, I could just lock him in the bathroom after telling him to go wash his hands... hee hee hee. I threatened to put the dessert in my purse one year and take it home. They THOUGHT I was kidding. I just happened to need that purse too much to sacrifice it... oh, baked treats with pecans, walnuts, almonds, and sugar... add the fruit... add the fruit! Play the dessert card - play it... I said play it!
To cook for yourself, you must have been taught to cook, have patience, and have the gut to eat leftovers at least three times a week. To cook for yourself, you must use the food you buy before it spoils. You must give up much of the temptation to eat out or grab fast food and a soda. You must brave the grocery store. You must push the pizza menu away from a convenient location next to the phone. You must appreciate your own hard work, accomplishment, and NOT hate dirty dishes. To cook for yourself, you must not be broiling before you start. The secret ingredient has always been love. Make it like it's for someone you love - isn't it, though?
sessna1
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Hi friends. Just a drive by to let you know I'm going to my daughters for the week. I'll be back on monday.
A great big THAT SUCKS to lost friends, weight gain (Jane I'm right there with you), bone pain, stubbly hair, tumbly tummys, husbands that don't cook (I thought they all did), and just plain feeling crappy.
Love ya bunches.
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I LOVE this thread when we're all a little punchy!!
Saint! Darlin! I'm sorry you have the steroid & flatulence blues!! Dare I say, "what a bummer"?? The one thing I can say about steroids is that short term, they make me pathologically happy & I'm great at cleaning the house.
Jane, great new avatar pic. Totally relate on the weight gain. 'Course, if I hadn't had to sleep 12 hours a day for six months after having rads, maybe I'd be a bit more svelt...
sessna....Stop! Stop! You're making me pee my pants laughing! I'm also post-menopausal, so I'm incontinent now anyway, so I guess it's not totally your fault.
Bonnie & Shirley, you need to start a 12-step program for Mafia Wars addicts. It would be the most popular 12-step group on Facebook. Nancy, Mafia Wars is a game on Facebook, where all my friends spend their time there instead of actually communicating with their friends in regular sentences. Instead, they invite me to join their gang so they can fight someone else's gang! LOL
Sherloc, have fun at your DD's.
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I forgot turnip!
I haven't played mafia wars yet on facebook -- addicted to word twist and chain rxn. Now I'll have to look at m wars and get another addiction!
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OK--strange story, but gonna share this one:
Some of you may remember when I met the 80 yr old bc survivor at the gas station cuz she saw my skydiving bumper sticker & she had been too.....we did a Burcket List presentation together at the college last month--it was a hoot! Well this AM I went to a local discount store (Not Wal-Mart--don't even let me get that soap box out!) Maybe it was cuz I had been up since 4, but I was there b4 the store even opened---as I was heading back to my car there was little old Esther! So we went to the hospital for coffee. This is one of those things that makes me believe in prayers & mystical magical type stuff--why did we BOTH show up so early at the same store?---we had been thinking of each other & had to catch up! First--we both have new Issues--me: rads/her: LE--suc big time! But we each have a Bucket List item to cross off--me that RV trip & she was just given a 6 week trip to Europe by her son--one of her items was to take a trip somewhere without a plan--son is doing it all! How's that for a SOI story of the day!!!! IT is one of those "angels with skin" stories that no one can really explain---but she & I believe we are connected on some other plane------it is awesome!
My other good news-----An old friend is having rads with me (she finished tx a year ago & has been dx'd with lung & liver mets) Since she had lung sx she can't drive so we have been carpooling to rads & then go to Starbucks after----it's fun! (yeah caffeine up the steroid high! LOL) Anyway, she is an art therapist & she & I are starting a community support group for anyone who wants to create wellness-- I am so excited--we have a place & our first class sponsor---I think I'm gonna go get my paint box out!
MY IOS-beside steroids?---rads: 6 down 6 to go & Diarrhea is raising it's ugly head! Yep, I know--TMI, but I'm sitting here riding a steroid bronc & just highjacked this thread!!!!! Yeehaaa y'all!
Be well & stay strong
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I have a huge SOI. My nephew is back safe and sound from a year in Iraq. We have some partying to do this weekend!
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Another SOI (suckiness otherwise inverted) - only 2 more Herceptin and I am done with it and can get the port out. July 16 for the last h and maybe the following week for port removal... Wooo Hooo.
THAT SUCKS for diarhea, steroids, sleeplessness, and other problems.
I have been a widow over 6 years and cooking for one just plain sucks. When at the store I see something that looks good at the moment, then get it home and go "pooh"...
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Hi everybody, sorry I've been scarce. (Is that spelled right? It doesn't look right.)
Just read 97 posts and can't remember jack (((((Patrice))))) except for Jane's rant.
Jane, You sound EXACTLY like I did. I was reading your post and thought it was me talking. ((((((hugs)))))) girl. It totally sucks. It all........totally..........sucks! Sorry you are going through it too. Mean it.
Hugs everybody!!
Traci
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Yeehaaaaa Saint!!! You must share new art work. Also, tell me about your Bucket List Presentation. I spoke at a womens group two weeks ago and have had two other invites to speak. I loved it. I would also like to speak at the local middle and high schools.
Has anyone else done any public speaking?
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I have done many presentations and trunk shows of my art....I have also been a key speaker at a convention. I LOVE public speaking. I LOVE hearing the laughter and watching the body language as the people relax...
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Hey Barbe,
I'm so exited to talk to you about this. What do you talk about?
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Saint - Have you ever done a vision board? Singapore Chris in the Chemo Sept 08 group showed me how to do one and it was really therapeutic.
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Whats a vision board?
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It has to do with laws of attraction. Take a look at this page from oprah's web site. You'll want to start from the beginning but it gives you a basic idea.
http://www.oprah.com/slideshow/oprahshow/slideshow1_ss_ss_20080206/7
I think about you often Dream.
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I think everyone should have an earth-angel like Esther. I've seen earth-angels. You just have to be aware of them. Make sure y'all ask for God to send you one in your prayers. Prayers for travelers, prayers for those fighting the war, prayers for a good night's sleep, prayers for peace.
Hey, a good place to shop for singles eaters is Bri$tol Farms. They have on staff cooking staff and usually a small cafe. Paying live people to cook fresh food ups the prices, but I think it is worth it for a treat. You don't have to chop up anything ... Just serve up what you want on your plate, leave the rest in the container, and have it two days from now. [Some silly people told them to put less icing on their cupcakes. What a party-poop. If the icing makes a second story on that cupcake, so be it. I can always scrape some off ... cut it in half ... and have it two days from now.] Also, good makings at Trader Joe's. I can't plug Whole Foods Market. I've never been in one. Try Minute Maid Blueberry Pomegranate juice. If you like fruit punch, you won't be disappointed. Watch out for POM - it is like high octane cranberry juice. Them pomegranates pack a wallop.
KAK, I hope I am not to blame. God's holding me accountable for enough mischief (smile).
Art therapy and bucket lists. Hmm.
I never thought of making a bucket list. I just figured that I'd let my future surprise me a bit. I just planned the "save up for it" stuff. I don't have a dream car. (Camry) No dream vacation. (The house IS the castle.) I like being low key. (Fly under the radar.) Having drama in your life like a soap opera character has never been attractive to me - mind you excitement and drama are not the same. I know that I have an arch-nemesis, evil-twin, and a doppleganger out there. Somwhere. I suppose my attitude is like the radio talk show host said, "It's 2007, where's my d*mn flying car?" Time and Newsweek promised too much in my 20's. They aren't foolin' me anymore. I'm a realist - one spoon full of sugar is not enough, Mary Poppins!
sessna1
... like any cupcake in my house is gonna last for two days! HA!
I do TOO have an evil twin, and I think she has a sister. We may be evil triplets!
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Vision Board - faith without works is a dead faith. You have to plan, visualize, commit, work towards a goal, and be diligent.
Why do people keep marketing what the Bible tells us as "new?"
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Regarding public speaking:
Okay, I'll go first. For starters being bald is a great attention getter and I, of course, told my story and opened the floor to any and all questions. While talking I passed around an orange. I used the orange to show how breast tissue can look if you had IBC. Although I don't have that I didn't want to do the same "how to find a lump" story. I through out several statistics and so one. They were women in their 50's to 90's and had never heard of it. They were shocked. I also read a story called "Secret Society of the Coffin Dodgers." I cried toward the end (only because I was feeling emotional) and so did they. That was totally unexpected. Anyway, I loved it AND three of the women scheduled their mamos the next day. Mission accomplished.
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I have also done a bunch of public speaking & love it. I've spoken about art, about creative writing, about making your own website and mostly, in my professional capacity, about women's health and rehab health. I participate each year as a speaker for a women's health day in October that the local hospital sponsors every year. I usually speak about osteoporosis treatment & prevention, but last year, I was in the middle of getting rads, so I threw in some info about breast cancer. I was wearing a rose pink jersey with a scoop neck & I whipped out my prosthesis in the middle of my talk to great laughter & applause. Wonderful crowd, & like Renee, so many women came up & hugged me, said they were scheduling a mamm asap or shared their own breast cancer experiences. It was great.
I'm so glad to read about so many SOI's!!!!
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You crack me up KAK........ Whipped out the foob.
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Renee, I have spoken about art, quilting, creativity, owning a quilt store, etc. I have been paid all the way fom $0 to $450 (for a 45 minute talk!). It is very validating if you enjoy it. If you find it scary it can be very high on the stress meter!
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Speaking of whipping out boobs Kathi . . . . . this may be an urban legend . . . . or not!
Lady I met, who had BC and supported me during my surgery etc., told me about the woman she knew who, while out driving one day, got 'entangled' rather violently with another car. As the action came to a stop, the young male driver of the other car rushed over to see how/if she had survived and, after sticking his head in the drivers window, promptly faded out of sight onto the road. Once revived, he was very worried about the lady because when he'd stuck his head in the window, he thought he had seen a boob sitting on the dash in front of the lady. Trying not to laugh, she explained that it was a prosthesis, and that it had shot out of her dress during the accident. Of course, by this time she had quickly/furtively put it back where it belonged.
I always make sure mine is firmly attached when I leave the house . . . just in case.
Although I nearly killed my cat with it once! As I bent over to put a bowl of milk where he was eagerly waiting for it, my boob dropped out from the underside of my (old) bra and hit him square on the head, pushing him face down into the dish. I guess you could say that he was thoroughly milked, one way or another!
Sheila.
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Ahhh, a 12-step program....sounds good except, then I'd have to quit!
Nancy, Mafia Wars is a video game sort of on Facebook. But, it's my kind of video game ...you have to think more than you have to shoot or dodge things. I only play a few times a week but I play for an hour or two...I also use facebook it to chat with my neice mostly. We've talked more online than we ever did on the phone. She's 15 so it's a great way to connect with her and some friends I had at my old job.
I have been spending my time exercising ---determined to lose this damn chemo/steriod weight, and getting ready for a wedding Kelly and I are going to in Chesapeak, Va. later this week. I am also trying to figure out what to do about this dang menopause...I PROMISE you, when I say every joint in my body hurts...it does, and it's not all exercise either because even my wrists hurt! And my mood just sucks...most people know by now that when I respond with an "ok" it means...don't press me for more because you are not going to like the comment I had in my head. I don't get it...what is it about menopause and lack of estrogen that makes me cranky and makes my joints hurt? And please, someone, tell me what I can do about it!!!
Kudos to the public speakers...I haven't really done anything outside of trainings and briefings but I certaintly don't have the phobia that some people do when it comes to speaking in front of others...
Traci - good to see you! You too Renee! I haven't seen you in a while either...of course with my fly-bys I could have just missed you
Sessna and Kathi...thank you thank you thank you for the laugh...I needed it
Here's one my boss sent me - I figured if it made me laugh, maybe it will make you laugh too;
A man gets on a bus with his pockets full of golf balls and sat down next to a beautiful (you guessed it) blonde. The puzzled blonde kept looking at him and his bulging pockets. Finally, after many such glances from the blonde, the man said "it's golf balls".
After several minutes, not being able to contain her curiosity any longer, she finally asked,
"does it hurt as much as tennis elbow?"
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HAHAHAHAHHAHA
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Good one, Bonnie. Have fun at the wedding. I have spoken at church (president of women's group), school (president of parent's group), school board meetings, senior citizens centers. At first I was terrified, but now I can get up in front of most any group. So far I have not given any BC talks, but I did "show" my lump scar at the mammo waiting room last month to 3 ladies I struck up a conversation with ( I know - poor grammar, sentence structure )...
Maybe you can call me one of the "anonymous" faces on the Look Good, Feel Better website. I am the 3rd one down on the left side, bald before, then make over and wig after. No words needed. I do give "mini speeches" to those who ask for details of BC tests and try to "educate" those who have a genuine interest.
Hugs and Blessings for (((((((( all )))))))))))), Nancy
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I am a talker--always have been. Add to that that I am pragmatic in the extreme & nothing is a secret for me! Being raised in the late 60's & early 70's means encounter groups! LOL & I will talk to anyone about anything! So I have done presentations about living with cancer to many groups in this area. I used to do presentations for groups at church & school. I find it much easier to talk from my own knowledge & NOT have to do tons of research first on a subject I'm not familiar with (that is what I hated-but I sure learned a lot about many things)-I know my story! I used to work in the school system & talked to teens about EVERYTHING.....I shoulda been some kinda counselor-cuz of course I have the best advise!
OK--so now I think I need to go start a new thread----it amazes me that no one has done a bucket list! Look for it in stage IV!
Be well & stay strong
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Good point about talking about what you know saint. I never thought about it that way, but maybe that's what makes the difference from being okay, to people enjoying the talk!
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Navy- LOVE it golf balls and tennis elbow
Barbe you continue to amaze me with your talents
Saint what a wonderful idea to do art therapy, love the Esther story
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I went for all my tests today - echocardiogram, pulmonary function test, dexa and thyroid ultrasound. For once, the techs actually gave me a little info. The guy who did the echo didn't say much, just that the cardiologist would read it and give a report to my doctor. Thryoid looks like swiss cheese - but no nodules. Dexa shows osteopenia in back. Pulmonary Function test was not good, but tech not sure if it was permanent or just inflammation from the radiation. The WORST part was giving my history to every one of them and when I said that my cancer was stage 3, they all got this pitying look on their face. A couple of them went as far as saying how good it was that because of better testing most women find it in its early stages....thanks for sharing.
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I'm here Navy. I have figured out how to position my laptop on my treadmill so I can walk and read at the same time. Unfortunately, by the time I get finished reading I've forgotten to add my pearls of wisdom to the topics. I'm recovering from an Oopha so I have more time to chat. By the way, recovery time is great with an Oopha. Two days max but I could still get around okay when I got home the day of.
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