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Lord, when I am full of fear and worry help me to take my eyes off of myslef and to focus only on you. Amen
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Dear all,
I'm happy to announce that Sheila is out of surgery. The dr. removed the entire benign tumour and surgery went very well. I will update when I get more news. Praise the Lord!0 -
Thank you Diamondgirl for the update! I will be keepingher in my prayers!!! Amen
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Awesome news and awesome God!
Tinkertude - I don't recall what happened to your DD? chemo brain.....
The acts retreat I'm teaming on is April 19. I can't wait! Prayer, my guitar and singing....what a perfect weekend.
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Sisters,
I go in tomorrow morning for my follow up diagnostic mammogram and I am riddled with fear...may I ask you for a prayer, please?
Thank you....
Tori
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Following you from board to board Tor! Prayers are already coming your way.
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Gina...thank you...
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Tori prayers being sent your way!
Sagina... my DD had been suffering from a third relaspe of mono an inflamed thyroid and spleen. She is finally doing better. Thanks for asking!
Prayers for all!!0 -
So glad to catch up with my "regulars" bc sisters. Tude, I am so glad your daughter is feeling better. Tori, will pray for you tomorrow. SAS, how are you??? Gina, can you tell us about the retreat? Sounds cool
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Tinker, my daughter went to a clinic twice in three weeks up in her college town....they drew blood thinking it's mono AGAIN! How does this happen? I'm not with her to chat with doctors about it....so worried. She missed a good three weeks of class....not sure she can recover in her classes....
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Sisters...
Just to let you know that I got the "ALL CLEAR" on the mammogram this morning. Thank you for your prayers and good wishes sent my way.
I know Our Lord is letting his grace shine upon me and I am so thankful!
May He continue to bless us all abundantly...
Tori
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So glad Tori!!! xo
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You must all think I am a MIA.... but I am not.....
Sisters............ some of my friends........ have now died from their BC. Some are now stage 4. Most are healthy as I and you..........
I have tried to keep a very special FB up and going for BC support. Keeping many woman in a group... ( not that I have anything to do with why they come.... I am just a grounds keeper)
I have read all your posts here............. I try to read weekly........ but if I am dealing with a sister here ( where I live) in chemo.. or reconstructive surgery.......... I cannot be here.
I started this thread to let others know......... about St. Peregrine. OUR Patron Saint. I never , ever thought, it would have become an active thread. A thread where those... YOU... would come together and thrive....... share...........
I hope you all stay cancer free............ I HATE CANCER.............. and it is so great........ to read here............ that you are all doing so well.!
Gods Love to each of you!
I will always be here reading................ praying.............. remembering.
I did not get to read the deleted post above............. but it sounds like it was not right for this thread........... and Shelia took care of it like we all would have......... thank you!
Laura
heal sisters..................JMJ
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Laura love your tag line.....had.....
Take care of the others, that after all is what all religion should be about, take care of each other.
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all=Home, can't write much. Things are good BT B9. TX's for prayers L&H's sheila
Tori great news
Laura we were worried your were MIA.
Paula thanks for updating everyone
Special K came and stayed with me about 6 hrs over two day. Lovely person.
Tink can't think well enough to go over thoughts
Red wolf stay, understand you are a strong person for fightining for the church. Thanks for understanding that we aren't there at this stage. Holding on to each other is our need at the moment.
LMFSM- you sound a bit better-----is this so?
Loved Moffitt , best hospital I've been in.
Theresa Thanks, Sagina Kay anyone I missed.
Namaste Sheila
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Tori great news about your Mammo!!!! yah!!!
Sagina.. it is so frustrating. They just keep telling us to hang tight, but no anse=wers as to why it has happened 3 times now. Hope your DD is feeling better soon.
SaS glad you are home!!! rest up my friend! will keep you in my prayers!
All of you are in my prayers!!!
Namaste sisters
and Brother Frank
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This is one of the most wonderful threads on this board...so much love and compassion for each other...what a beautiful thing...
God bless...
Tori
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Greetings my Catholic sisters. Just dropping in to wish you a wonderful and holy Holy Week. Last year on Palm Sunday, my cantor cried during the psalm.. and she did again this year. and I somehow thought of you all.
"My God, my God, Why have you abandoned me?" It is indeed one of the saddest psalms.
Life moves on.. I now have have an awesome job working for a trio of country churches close together.. Every Sunday I play the organ at 2 out of the 3, rotating.. and then on Saturday at the old Italian parish in downtown KC. ...it's really fun.... been diagnosed with brain mets.. oh well.. i wouldn't notice and have completed radiation. i did lose a few brain cells I hope THE BAD ONES.
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Thanks for the blessings Apple, right back atcha sista! xo
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Hello sisters
haven't been on for a while but hope all is well with you all. I'm continuing with my 3 weekly infusion of Herceptin. I got my 3 monthly ECG on 20 March - SE of Herceptin is possible cardiac toxicity. The next day was my 3 weekly visit to clinicc to give bloods and see Onc. However the clinic's IT system was not working properly so Onc couldn't access the ECG results but as I got the usual phone call that night to say that I would be getting my 3 weekly infusion of H the next day I presume all is/was OK. My next meeting for bloods and to see Onc is 12 April so I will find out for definite then. Hope the ECG results are/were OK because I have booked a holiday in Spain from 15th to 22nd April.
As you all know yesterday was Palm Sunday and I was reading the Readings, Psalm and the "Gospel Others". Those of you who receive Herceptin will know that another SE of H is a runny nose. Well it started yesterday with a vengance ! I had to stand all during the time I was reading with my hankie in my hand. God obviously thought to Himself - I think I will have a bit of fun with Frank today lol. But all went well.
Take care all.
Frank
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Well Frank, then He has a great time with me too, the choir area in the front of the church is super hot in the winter with the heater, and super hot in the summer (which I guess we have found already). I am having issues with the heat and have to keep drinking water to stay "afloat". I think the priest must be starting to think it's a flask!
Mary Magdalen I pray for your complete healing. My friend was just dx with brain mets too. She had a seizure or she wouldn't have known. She had brain surgery, and then gamma knife radiation. I don't know her prognosis, but her faith is so strong....funny how those without disease draw from her faith....God is working through her.
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Thank you all dear friends for your prayers. I feel so strong with them. It also makes me feel strong that I can keep you all in my mind. I'm sorry that you had to go through radiation Apple Cindy. So, far nothing in my plan. I do feel a GREAT weight lifted just knowing what the stupid thing was. If there is one thing that bothers me the worst it's the unknown. Saying The rosary with all you in mind gives me great comfort. Love you all.
Again Tori just great news on your Mammo ----------what a relief.
Sagina--thanks sweetie
Frank, I wonder how many thought that it was b/c of the emotionalism associated with Palm Sunday that caused you to need the hanky. It probably meant for allot of discussion around Sunday table lunches after church. Which is a good thing that came out of a negative thing.
Lmfsom------Praying hard for your peace to return
Theresa , may be repeating myself , but definitely learned drugs can interfere with concentration on the rosary . Had to work much harder keeping it all straight. It was a wild ride like experience. but for the most part, God and I won. Drugs lost.
Laura so happy you checked in and explained.
Bless you all
Seems like a few are MIA ---------Kay , mmm5, mnone, Sandy 105(on a trip)
Namaste and Pax
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I recently have been thinking allot about our dear friend Squid. She brought so many wonderful thoughts to us. I particularly am missing her wonderful Angel stories. I was wondering if there is a special way that we can do a Novena for her. Perhaps for all our sisters that have moved on too. But my sense of it, it she has a special need now. Perhaps it is b/c of my recent experience and I'm projecting my own feelings. But Dear Squid was so ready to support us each in times of trouble with Her kind words, that were always so soothing.
Dear Theresa any Ideas?
All my problems are good, Just trying not to do too much b/c I feel truly well. At this moment feel the best in years. Hard to follow doc orders under these circumstances LOL's. Again, I know it is because of HIM and all your prayers L&H&P's Namaste sheila
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So glad you are feeling better SAS! Is Squid ok?
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LFMFSM------Didn't mean to scare you about Squid. I've just been thinking allot about her. AND thought perhaps we could do something with thoughts of her especially.
I have to go and c&p something that happened this morning, it was so funny. If I don't do it now I will do it later, finally getting sleepy after my nightly early evening nap. Duh
Here it is----I thought it was funny or may be I just weird.
This morning at 6am my Schatzi alerted on something in the backyard-never had she been so intense. No tail wagging and her deepest bark came out. Suddenly, I found myself in the back yard. The person that's supposed to be keeping her head up right LOL's. There was some sort of animal in the bushes, that was definitely trying to make a retreat someplace. Schatzi is about 75 lbs. German wired haired pointer. I realized, I had to get back to the house without falling, yard has small unevennesses all over the place. Well made it back in one piece without a fall. Used my airplane arm move to steady, could imagine a neighbor seeing me at that time in the morning LOL's.------pretending I'm flying after a craniotomy. That would have been a good America's funniest Home video for sure. The things we do when on automatic response mode !
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Be Careful SAS!! LOL
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LMFSM_------Thank you, I will listen well !!!!!!!
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At what point did any of you move past the "why did you let this happen stage God" or "if you are so almighty why don't you cure me/everyone" phase? I feel God's presense sometimes, usually at night sometimes the only way I can fall asleep (even with Ambien) is to imagine holding Jesus' hand....hard! But still during the day I'm so overwhelmed by my mortality, shitty luck being diagnosed 21 yrs before the avg age of 61...numbers, averages, medicine, doctors...I question the Lord constantly. This is quite a struggle for me...I know human DNA is fragile...and I even feel more guilty using plastic trash bags, heck I was rinsing a paint brush off the other day thinking how could I be so bitter with God when here I am poisoning our water supply...why would even God want to help someone this stupid?
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I am here all!
Sheila you have been in my prayers! God Bless your healing!
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7of9,
Believe me, I understand how you feel! It is so hard to hold on, I like to imagine being held my JEsus and Mary. You are thinking about these things, and that is theHoly SPirit prompting you. I wish I could take my own advice and slow down and listen myself. xo Take care of yourself!!
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