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  • rockwell_girl
    rockwell_girl Member Posts: 517
    edited February 2009

    Deb you are having trouble with pix aren't you lol

  • whippetmom
    whippetmom Member Posts: 6,028
    edited February 2009

    Oh POOO!  Let me try again!

  • whippetmom
    whippetmom Member Posts: 6,028
    edited February 2009

    Okay - you will have to click on the link to see what I might look like!!

    http://www.angelfire.com/empire/barbiedoll/page2.html

  • dietcokemom
    dietcokemom Member Posts: 6
    edited February 2009

    Hi

    First I want to thank everyone for their honesty and sense of humor!  I have been reading since diagnosis in November!  I had BM on January 21 with TE.  Exchange date is April 20th!  I just wanted to introduce myself and at the same time THANK all of you for sharing.  I cannot imagine having survived the past 3 months without these posts.  Soft and gentle hugs to everyone!

  • rockwell_girl
    rockwell_girl Member Posts: 517
    edited February 2009

    dietcokemom thanks for joining us : )

    Deb good job now I can go to sleep, I hope I don't miss to much...

  • rockwell_girl
    rockwell_girl Member Posts: 517
    edited February 2009

    Deb lol the pix is now working up above : )

  • Linda54
    Linda54 Member Posts: 509
    edited February 2009

    Welcome dietcokemom, you came to the right place even though we are a squirrely bunch....We do get very serious about taking care of each other.....

    whippetmom, now that is what I call PROJECTION......

  • Estepp
    Estepp Member Posts: 2,966
    edited February 2009

    Welcome Diet Coke!!! Gotta get through it... might as well laugh when we can...

    Deb... I was the original " material girl"... I am almost offended by the Maddona boobs....

    When dh met me.. I had the Madonna gloves on and the pink bow in my hair... I was all about......." Like.. oh my goud...".. and he thought I was all that sista...

    I am not sure I dig your Madonna boob silly... I just might be all about those boobs...

    " n a material world".....

    ROFLOL.. I am almost embarrassed for myself.....

  • whippetmom
    whippetmom Member Posts: 6,028
    edited February 2009
    dietcokemom:  Welcome....glad you are here!  You waited so LONG to post!!!  Well, now you will have to make up for lost time!  Ha!  I am going to send your exchange date on to Jean and she will add it soon!
  • Ladyredlocks
    Ladyredlocks Member Posts: 24
    edited February 2009

    Welcome DietCokeMom!  The folks here are truly amazing!  I have spent some pretty dark hours quietly reading one thread after another crying through expander pain I never imagined only to be comforted by the arms of all these other women who have gone before us and are willing to bare themselves and share their experiences so it might be easier for us.   Humbling!  Thank you all!!

  • fairy49
    fairy49 Member Posts: 536
    edited February 2009

    dietcokemom! welcome, sorry you had to join the club :(  you have come to the right place! Everyone here keeps me sane during this whole flippin nightmare! Big gentle hugs to you!!

    Deb! love the pic, thanks!! oh Lord I hope my foobs don't end up looking like that!

    Lorraine ox

  • whippetmom
    whippetmom Member Posts: 6,028
    edited February 2009

    Laura:  Any photos you could round up of you in that era?  We would love to see them!  Too bad our avatars don't have slideshow capabilities.....we could REALLY have some fun then!!!

  • fairy49
    fairy49 Member Posts: 536
    edited February 2009

    oh ladies, I wanted to ask you all a favour, there is a chap on the alternative boards, he posted today that its his wifes 45th birthday, she isn't doing well, I am going to spare you all the details, but they have 3 little girls and have run out of money, he is desperate for a cure for her, my favour is that we send prayers their way, my heart broke when I read his post, I haven't been able to think of anything else all day - I know that here we have the power of prayer, we have seen it, so I am hoping that we can lift them up.

    thanks, Lorraine ox

  • whippetmom
    whippetmom Member Posts: 6,028
    edited February 2009

    Yeah Sandy, what's up with that?  Suddenly the picture is linked.  Whatever.  You guys get the picture.

  • Estepp
    Estepp Member Posts: 2,966
    edited February 2009

    You know.. I am not embarrassed to make fun of myself. I will look for those pics and just might post them here tomorrow just to keep smiles coming... I think laughter is the best med... so I will seriously look Deb... I was a nut... LOL... I went to Private School.. so on the weekends.. I dressed up.. had fun with it too...lol...

    We'll see what I can find.. I encourage anyone here to post their 80's look... as they were the strangest imo... I looked cute in the 70's and 90's... just plain WEIRD in the 80's... but had so much fun!!!....LOL

  • Estepp
    Estepp Member Posts: 2,966
    edited February 2009

    Lorriane... How hard... I will pray for them. I know what you mean about it not being able to leave your mind....

    What are their names?

  • fairy49
    fairy49 Member Posts: 536
    edited February 2009

    Laura, I so knew you would be the first, bless your heart!! I think I love you lady!! the chaps name is Don, he hasn't said what his wife's name is as yet.

    L

    ox

  • whippetmom
    whippetmom Member Posts: 6,028
    edited February 2009

    Oh Lorraine, absolutely I will pray.  I will go to the Alternatives board and read about them.  Bless you for mentioning them to us....

  • fairy49
    fairy49 Member Posts: 536
    edited February 2009

    whippetmom, thanks! its under:

    Can someone share their story with me

    so sad!  It makes me soooo mad this friggin disease! Why can't some of the damn research money go to families like this who have nothing left and don't know what to do!!

  • psalmist
    psalmist Member Posts: 61
    edited February 2009

    Lorraine,

    That is so sad.  I will be praying for this family.  Lots of sadness out there - we just found out a 34 year old coworker had a brain tumor removed (very aggressive cancer) this past weekend, and she is in a coma.  They give her less than a year to live.  Her husband is a mess - doesn't know what to do.  Her name is Michelle.  It was a tough day at work. 

  • smmr
    smmr Member Posts: 34
    edited February 2009

    Add me to that list of people praying for this man and his family.  Not sure I know how to get to the alternatives board to read their story but I will try.  Breaks my heart to know how many people are hurt by this disease.  Someday there has to be a cure!

  • fairy49
    fairy49 Member Posts: 536
    edited February 2009

    Oh my goodness psalmist, I am so sorry......her poor husband and family, I am speechless today, my God we need a cure.......before my dx of course I knew cancer was awful, but now everyday it hits me head on, constantly, so frustrating...........I want to believe so much that we are "this" close to a cure, please God!!!

    smmr, go to the top of the page where it says jump to a forum and scroll down you will see, Alternative, complimentary treatment something like that, thanks!


    Lorraine ox

  • Linda54
    Linda54 Member Posts: 509
    edited February 2009

    Lorraine

    I will be also be praying for this family......

    Read his story at the "Alternative, Comp& Holistic Treatment"

    he is donjuang.....got to love him with that name

    God bless this family and bring them some answers before it is too late.

  • fairy49
    fairy49 Member Posts: 536
    edited February 2009

    Linda54, thank you for taking the time to go over there and read and to pray for them, he must be so desperate, I could feel it while reading his post, he is grasping at every straw......

  • Estepp
    Estepp Member Posts: 2,966
    edited February 2009

    I had nothing to add to his post.. as I do not know anything about their Dx.

    But I will pray for them tonight

  • looper
    looper Member Posts: 61
    edited February 2009

    Ladyredlocks~~It's great fun to exchange grandchild stories--I've requested mine for the day on Friday--she had a day off kindergarten, so hopefully we can spend the day together.  She'll probably get me to make her those jammies I've been promising her.  We need to choose pattern and fabric for her Easter dress too, and maybe a matching handbag--she's such a girly-girl!  We saw The Nutcracker on stage in December, and she loved it!

     I know everyone's hoping not to have tubes at their exchange, but I did have one, but just for three days.  After the mast I had two for weeks, and having them removed took my breath away, and not in a good way--I thought I might faint!  But this time, even having the tube removed was so easy I hardly noticed.

    Best wishes to our Wednesday and Thursday girls!  And Carol, thanks for sharing your problem after lifting luggage-fair warning to all of us, even after three months of healing, we must be careful!

    Suzie

  • smmr
    smmr Member Posts: 34
    edited February 2009

    Thanks for the help, ladies, in finding Don's site.  It's so sad to hear the desperation in his voice.  You know it just puts things into perspective, doesn't it?  After dealing with all of this, what we used to think of as a big problem, just isn't anymore!!

    Welcome DietCokeMom!!  I'm sort of a newbie here too and the support you'll find here is awesome!!

  • NVDiane
    NVDiane Member Posts: 151
    edited February 2009

    Ladyredlocks, I wore a button-front shirt, but my arm wasn't/isn't sore, so I could have worn something else. I have no drain, and I am so happy about that! Smile I am wearing a zip-front bra made out of the same material as the chest bandage I wore after the mastectomy, but it's not nearly as tight and uncomfortable, just snug.  I have to wear it 24/7 until I see my PS Monday. My prayers and best wishes go with you today.

    Diane

  • Mykidsmom
    Mykidsmom Member Posts: 448
    edited February 2009

    Boy, I can't leave you ladies for an evening w/o so many posts that I will probably forget some.

    Deborah - Your link was a hoot. That's what I feel like these days w/ 370 cc. I am going to a meeting today and plan to wear a tight sweater, tell me that I am nuts.

    Carol - I am so sorry about the lifting problem. I hope you are on the mend!

    Lorraine - You know that I am praying for Don and his family too. I agree, I am so touched these days by how many families are having to deal w/ much too much. Thanks for sharing.

    Dietcokemom - Gotta love your name. Deborah sent me the update, you will be added to our list soon. Quite a growing list!

    Diane - Thanks for the update.

    Pinkylee, Hood and Patty - Best wishes tomorrow.

    I think Ladyredlocks is pretty busy right now.

    Best wishes ladies!

  • Dejaboo
    Dejaboo Member Posts: 761
    edited February 2009

    Wow 81 posts since I logged in.

    I am trying not to log in as often as I had been...Need to take a little break.

    Laura- I sure hope your retention is easily explained... Prayers for you & your Scans next week

      psalmist- Im there with the depression...Cant seem to get out of this funk for the last 2 weeks.  My dd babysits on Thursdays...I do enjoy it when she brings her Little Girl Over to visit.   Maybe she will do that tomorrow...Although we are supposed to get 8" of snow...So maybe not.  

    Annie- That is Fantastic News!  

    Mary - I pm you- pm Are near the top right side. 

    Kathie- Great that you Have a Scheduled Exchange!  And less then a Month away!  

    Diane- Good to hear your Exchange went well!  

    Aunt Sandy- Congratulations!  

    Carol-Ouch!  Hope you continue to heal & feel good.

    Pam

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