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lovingmyfamily~thank you. Sometimes at night sitting at my keyboard when the house is quiet and I listen, I close my eyes to pray and my fingers click on the keyboard. I'll keep sharing with you.
I kept a caringbridge through treatment, and many prayers poured out then, I'll post some for you as well. I forget that so many are in different phases of treatment and that what I prayed while in chemo might just help someone now.
Penny still praying for your miracle of healing.
Thank you all for your words, thoughts, prayers, and readings. See you all later.
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Amen. Thanks for sharing, Penny!
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Amen. Thanks for sharing, Penny!
Today, I had my last chemo treatment. It feels so good to be done!
Thank you Lord for giving me the strength to get through these treatments. I continue to pray that the chemo did its job. Please continue to send your healing powers to me. Amen0 -
I am in Philly, so not too far from you penny.
Just when I finished rads and thought I could relax, I got a call from my onc on my routine echo. My ejection fraction is down 20% and my heart is functioning between low normal and mild heart failure. Thank you herceptin. Every time I let up my guard, the other shoe drops. It is so discouraging.0 -
My liver biopsy is scheduled for this Monday morning, November 21st, 10am, U of Penn. Bring on the prayers! Thank you!
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Redwolf,
You will be in my prayers! I pray God will grant you peace from all fear and a clean liver biopsy! Prayer is indeed the most powerful weapon we have!
Hugs,
Sandy
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New to site, new to BC, but not new to prayer. The words "you have cancer"... that was indeed life changing. I look forward to being a part of this topic.... even if now it is just to read and pray with/for others.
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Penny, sending up lots of prayers on your behalf.
Fitzdc, welcome to our thread!
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Penny
Praying hard on your behalf!
Kay, sorry to hear about the SEs. Praying for strength for you.
Fitzdc, welcome to our thread, sorry you had to join the BC group but you are in good supportative company.
I return to work tomorrow after implant exchange surgery, a little nervous, a little scared a little dread if I have to be honest. While did not like having surgery, it was nice to be off from the daily grind for awhile.
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O Kay, I pray they find a solution to your treatment troubles.
Welcome Fitzgerald, prayers for your health.
Penny, u Penn is one of the best. Prayers that the knowledge of those docs will result in good treatments for you.
Liz, hope you adjust to work easily.
May God who is generous in all things, loving at all times, and forgiving of all sins bless my friends on this thread with health in mind and body. May we do all for Him to His glory. Amen0 -
hello sisters
back from a most enjoyable holiday. Spent a week in a glorious 5* hotel with marvelous weather (not too hot - remember we aren't used to hot weather here ) lots of fresh fruit, fresh veggies and lots of fresh fish. Well if you can't get fresh fish on an island in the Atlantic things are bad LOL. Had the occasional glass of wine and the occasional glass of brandy ! !
I was on the island of Tenerife which is one of the Canary Islands and which are owned by Spain hence the indiginous language is Spanish and the main industry is Tourism. Was at a most interesting mass on the Sunday. Priest said part of the mass in Spanish and part in Latin. The 1st reading was read twice by 2 different people, once in German and once in Spanish. The 2nd reading was again read by 2 different people once in Spanish and once in Italian. The final blessing was said twice once in English and I think the 2nd time was in Dutch. So he was trying to cater for everyone ! ! I'm sure his homily was great but it was in Spanish and as I have no Spanish I didn't understand a word of it LOL
I have caught up on all the pages since I was away and Thank you for the good wishes which you posted to me for an enjoyable and safe holiday.
kay1963 re you Ejection Fraction my understanding is that if it falls too low the remedy is a visit to a cardiologist who will perscribe tablets. Nothing too drastic. Please don't be discouraged. think of the alternative to not taking the Herceptin.
I had dose #16 of herceptin yesterday and everything went well. No SEs and back into the office today.
A local cancer outfit organises walks on 3 of the Saturday mornings in each month for cancer people. Tomorrow the walk is partly along the banks of the River Lagan which flows through Belfast and partly through a forest which is near the river. So it should be a pleasant walk.
Have a nice weekend all and take care.
Frank
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Thanks for the good wishes. Glad you had a good vacation Frank! It sounds lovely. And you are exactly right. That Is what happened. And I get to skip my next herceptin and then get rechecked on an echo and hopefully resume the herceptin with no further incidents. Funny, the cardiologist seemed more determined to finish the year of herceptin than the onc. But then the onc saw the taxol almost ruin my lungs too. She said three weeks ago that I was beyond the point in the herceptin txs that people usually have heart troubles, but you never know with me. She felt so bad when she called to tell me about the echo that I found myself comforting her. LOL. I told her I didn't want to survive cancer just to die from heart problems, and she said she was glad to hear me say that. I think she is beginning to be afraid to give me drugs. Even before this, I had a long list of drug allergies.
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"I shall not die but live and declare the deeds of the LORD" (Psalm 118:17) Just had a very encouraging phone call from the oncologist. She's still 95% sure the spot in my liver is cancer but she's also confident it can be aggressively treated while still giving me a decent quality of life. There are many options, so if one doesn't work, we can move on to another. Tumor markers are elevated, but could be much worse. Sorry, people, you may be stuck with me a little longer than you thought.
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Frank, welcome home. Glad you had a great vacation.
Penny, glad to hear you'll be sticking around! I'll continue to pray for you.
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Frank, glad to hear of your trip! sounds restful. Nice to "see" you here again.
Penn, so sorry about the progression. My mom has liver mets. Taxol is bringing down the markers. I pray every day for new and better treatments. You are in my prayers, my friend from Egg Harbor. Keep the Faith.
Kay,glad the docs have a plan.
Gina, how re you doing? You and sas always inspire.
Michelle, sandy, love my family always nice to a see your lovely posts.
Dear Mother Mary, I beg your intercession to Our Lord, your Son, Jesus Christ to heal all here. You know, Mother, the heartache of suffering. You witnessed the suffering of your son. Be our connection to His divine mercy. Calm our anxieties with the knowledge that we have put our cares in your hands for presentation to Jesus. Amen
Good weekend all! Mary0 -
Girls and Gent!
Frank. welcome home and you deserve the amazing trip you got to take ! LOVELY !
Girls........... I feels so sad.... for you going through rough times....
Kay............. yes. a few pills and you will be back to the Herceptin CURE! Hang tight and you will be right back to CURING yourself.... !!!!!!!!
Penny............ it is time to fight...... you can do this............ 100%.......... you can do this!
Fitz................................. sweetheart......... I am very sorry you have joined the BC sisterhood....... but for most of us.... this is a TREATABLE disease........ God Bless you... and we are here for you !
I hope you all have a blessed weekend!
I know , when I get down...... I remember how thankful I am that St. Peregrine prayed for me.
Gods Love !
Laura
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This is from my journal, the day before my last chemo.....how far we all travel in just months on this cancer journey......that I may never forget to give it all up to God, to trust in Him completely, and know that I am never alone....
Sunday, February 13, 2011 5:03 PM, CST
Four months ago, today, I realized I really won't live forever. I realized that life has no guarantees, about anything. I learned that day that I had the fortitude to dig deep inside me to come to terms with anything. I found out how precious the people around me are, family and friends. I learned I could cry just to cry and that's okay. I learned to be scared, really scared, and fall into someone's arms for a hug, listen to the words "it'll be okay" and believe them. I realized sometimes a pity party for a day or so is absolutely ok, but then you have to put your big girl pants on and get to work.
Four months ago I thought I was going to die, soon, and surprising myself, I told myself, well then that's okay, I have time to say goodbye. At that moment, when I gave it all up to God, and there is no other way to say that, I was filled with a peace unexplainable, unimaginable, and I knew I would be okay no matter what, healed on earth or in heaven, I was going to be okay. That, my friend, is the very moment I started to live, really feeling alive, and praying with my eyes open.
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Amen Mary.
Laura, good to hear from you.
Gina, your journal entry is beautiful. It brought tears to my eyes and reminded me so much of how I felt when I was first diagnosed earlier this year.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone.
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Gina............. that was generous to share that with us! I bet....... if we look back at our journals, we have a post just like yours.!
The is a song......... that is a huge part of my BC support group.... called..." Never Alone" you all should listen to it...... Lady Antebellum ( sp) I believe.
Happy Weekend all!
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Happy weekend Laura!
Gina, I hope my mom has found the same peace as you have. You made me cry this morning.
Love to you all.
Mary
Ps. Moms markers went down another 200 this week praise God0 -
Again, thank you all for your support and prayers. So comforting to know y'all are there. My MX is scheduled for Dec 1; will let you know the outcome.
Teresa
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Mary so good to hear about your mom....and God is faithful to all His children. I bet He whispers to her that she will be okay.
Michelle, funny how at that moment in time we all feel SO ALONE. Then we find all these wonderful people just like us - we might be all snowflakes, never the same, but we are all in the same snow storm!
Teresa, prayers for you, I don't know where you are in treatment but I know you'll stay in my prayers.
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Gina
I love the snow flake analogy. We will all weather this storm together. Thanks for sharing your journal entry. Very moving.
Mary so happy for your mom. Continued prayers for both of you.
Fitzdc. Praying for a very uneventful surgery for you and as always continued healing
Laura always good to "hear" your voice
Frank vacation sounded wonderful. Hopefully you can kep the tranquility in my mind body and spirit that a holiday brings
Blessings to all
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Dear Lord, help me do one thing today that brings someone farther away from a problem and closer to a solution.0
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Thank you for sharing that prayer love my family. It is such an important daily goal. Mary
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Amen lovmyfamily!
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I would like to add Kimber USAFMOm to our intentions, she was recently dxed Stage V and needs prayers for proper guidance from her Physicians, Peace, Healing and effective treatment.
Thanks so much Michelle
Happy THanksgiving to al
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Praying for everyone. Just had a liver biopsy done. What a strange feeling. In recovery now, drinking coffee. Doc says I'm here 4 hours. Is he nuts? Results next week. :-)
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My husband just badgered the OR doc for his opinion. Still looks like cancer. Sigh.
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Penny praying for you, not sure what else I can say, but praying.....
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