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Just stop in before I do prayers on prayline seeing
a very caring and loving family, God bless You and
give You peace and comfort through this year. Is it
ok if I stop in sometimes, if not please let me know,
I have no other line with people and prayer, just prayer
footprintsangel
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The Feast of the Epiphany will be forever the day I was diagnosed with cancer. Jan 6, 2012. This year it happened to fall on Sunday. One year ago I got a real epiphany alright. My life was going so badly and then this whammo right on top of it all. But here I am one year later, I quit my job, sold my house, moved 1000 miles away to no job (although no working), small apartment (my cats and I all want a house SOON, lol), no friends or family...but I'm happier than I have been in a long time. I had to get out of Phoenix for psychological reasons, and cancer was just an unreal wake up call to do so. As I said - an epiphany. God does indeed have a sense of humor at least in my case. After getting the diagnosis a year ago, I was on my knees that night after the main shock wore off and after I realized the man who should have gone through this with me would not be there....and said, "OK.....I asked for a kick in the butt, and you gave it to me." It was the catalyst I needed to get the hell out of dodge and evaluate what all was wrong in my life. A LOT. Still is, but it's going on the right direction. Now if I can just keep cancer from coming back, I'll be thrilled. I'm still scared so much that when I go for my next ultrasound and 3D mammo it will show something. I don't know if we ever get past that feeling or not. I hope so.
God bless you all - and my prayers for all of you.
Cheri
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Cheri, last night while my husband went to mass I stayed home and watched Joel Osteen - someone I've never watched until about three weeks ago when I was flipping through stations on another night when I missed mass.
It's amazing to ready your post so soon after watching his program last night because it's as if everything he said is echoed in your post!
He said we need to not put God in our little box and allow him to do what he has planned and then he elaborated on that in myriad ways. It sounds like that's exactly what you've done this past year!
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Wow Cheri what an inspiration you are!!! Lots of food for thought. God bless you on your journey. I'm two years from surgery and frozen in time.
I'm afraid of not having health insurance if I leave my job. "Afraid" can be translated to mean maybe I don't have enough trust in God?
Mnmom - prayers for you and your family.
Please keep SIL Travis in your prayers. DD took him to the ER last night. He is passing kidney stones as we speak. They also found a cyst on one of his kidneys which they will follow up with once he recovers from his stones. It's always something.0 -
Hi sistas,
I have been gone fr awhile I know. I had been going back and forth to Florida to help and be with my mom. She had been in hospice. She passed away this past Sunday. I am glad her suffering is over but I miss her terribly.
You all remain in my prayers even when I do not post I am always praying
Much love
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Maria Please accept my deepest condolences on the loss of your beloved mother. As you have said her suffering is over and whilst I'm sure you are happy about that aspect nevertheless I'm sure you miss her terribly. This will sound strange, but try not to mourne her passing but rather give thanks for the love that existed between you and your beloved mum. I will say a prayer for you that the pain of your loss will be eased by the thought that your mum is now enjoying the happiness of a place in Heaven.
Sisters all being well I'm away off tomorrow (Friday) to Teneriffe. It's one of the Canary Islands off the North West coast of Africa. Going for a week till Saturday 19th. We usually go to the Canary Islands for a week at this time of year for a bit of heat and sunshine but as you know I went through 26 weeks of chemo, which was not easy at times to say the least, in 2012 finishing in November. So I said that if I came out of the chemo in "one piece" and got any sort of good result we would definitely go this January and treat ourselves to a stay in 5 * hotel. So looking forward to some pampering, good food and rest and relaxation.
Frank
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Maria, sincere condolences on the lost of your mother. May she rest in peace.
Frank, it's good to hear from you. Have a fabulous time in Teneriffe!
God bless you all.
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Just popping in and
Maria I was so sorry to read about u'r mom--this is always a very sad time, but the comfort u have knowing she's happy and watching over u is calming.
And Frank good for u. I'm glad to hear that u'r up for this. Enjoy
Hope everyone is doing well and prayers for all.
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Maria, condolences on the loss of your mother.
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Frank, have a wonderful (and warm) time in the sun!
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So sorry for your loss, Maria. Frank, so glad to hear from you - have a great time!
I see the interventional radiologist after an MRI on February 6th, to see what the ablated area in my liver looks like. In the meantime, I have to get bloodwork to make sure my liver is functioning ok.
The oncologist is going to try to get approval from NJDirect for me to get perjeta, which could take that long anyhow.
At this point, I don't know what to pray/hope for. The last time I fought hard for something (tykerb), the drug almost killed me. So I guess I'll just keep praying for guidance from the Lord for me, my family, and my medical team.
My last chemo treatment was November 21st. While I'm enjoying this nice break and how great I feel, and watching my eyebrows and eyelashes come back, you can imagine how "antsy" I'm feeling.0 -
Ladies, I pray for you in 2013~
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I just found out, that a neighbor and BCO sister is passing. Her screen name is APPLE. She is a Catholic. Please help me pray for her ....
THank you!
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Maria, my sincere condolences. I'm glad her struggle is over though.
Red Wolf, I understand, I'm not sure what I would pray for if I were in your situation. It sounds trite to say pray for God's will to be revealed, bc I still pray that daily and still don't know what is going on in my life.....but it is all we can do sometimes.
Frank, glad to hear from you and some good news for you FINALLY!!!! A trip for you sounds great, we except to hear all the adventures when you get back!
Cheri
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Oh, I am so sorry to hear about Apple. Stage 4 sisters have been wondering about her.
- Penny
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Maria I am so sorry to hear of your mother's passing. I know the sorrow. May her soul rest in peace and our Lord bring you comfort.
Penny - God be with you during this time of angst. As Fr Sam told me, if God is silent then he's asking you to be silent to hear him. Pax.
Oh dear Apple. I'm so sorry. Thanks for letting us know Laura.
Please keep Tom in your prayers and his wife Lyn. They called in hospice for him because the cancer went to his stomach and is now in the final stages of this earthly life too.
On a happier note. Frank safe travels!! Enjoy life while we have it left!
Everyone have a safe and blessed weekend!0 -
praying for all in need & those celebrating or just enjoying some r & r.
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Apple/Mary died today. Please pray for her soul. She was Catholic.
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On But Doctor I Hate Pink - coolbreeze's FB page she mentioned that a Kita had died too, not sure she was part of BCO - but... Eternal Rest Grant on to them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them, may their souls, through the mercy of God rest in peace. And may God help their families through this difficult time.
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So sad. I didn't know Mary/Apple but I read through all the tribute posts on the stage 4 thread, wow...she had a major impact on a LOT of peoples' lives. God bless her and Kita....I so hate this damn disease....
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Tink, my deepest condolences to the loss of your mom.
Frank, have a happy & safe trip.
Apple, may she rest in peace.
To the rest of the Catholics members, I am always praying for you all.
God Bless.
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Hi I thought St Agatha was our patron and I would much rather have a woman. I am an Australian and think St Mary Mackillop is pretty good with this sort of thing as well.
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St.Agatha is the Patron Saint of Breast cancer survivors, victims of rape, nurses and other illnesses that effect women.
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Toniba,
I wear medallions of both St peregrine and St agatha every day and pray to them both daily. I was in the middle of radiation treatment during St Agathas feast day last February so she is very special to me
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Cheri that is so beautiful. When my sister goes in for the full body scan she keeps her eyes closed and says the rosary, but without the beads or they'd think she'd have all kinds of lumps everywhere.
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Camillegal I said the rosary during my breast MRI before the lumpectomy. It got me through that scary process and then finding out I had cancer for sure. It really does help as I'm sure your sister can attest to :-) When I went in for my twice a day bracytherapy radiation, I took in picture cards of the two saints and held them with me through each cat scan and each radaiation treatment. The techs and doctors didn't blink once. They said lots of people bring in something, but I think having these saints and the rosary is the best thing to have. I had a huge sense of peace during my treatments -still was scared, but felt like I wasn't so alone.
And LOL on the lumps part, ha! That's like I told my surgeon, Doc, I'm so small breasted and all I have are lumps, if you take out the tumor, well heck that's the only thing keeping me at a 32A! Heh ;-)
Cheri
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Cheri that's exactly what happened to my cousin--she was a 32A with a couple of tumors and she said about the same thing hahaha.
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Camillegal how funny!!
And most people after I tell them I had breast cancer surgery go oh, you got a mastectomy. Nope, these are what I had to start with
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Cheri hahaha she had a dble mast. and no one noticed. We laugh all the time about it.
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Hi everyone, been a long time since I"ve been on the boards, how are you all? And FRANK WE WERE SO WORRIED ABOUT YOU, SO GLAD TO SEE YOU ON THE BOARDS!!! I've been teaming on retreats, and blessed to be asked to speak on one of them, so I spent a lot of time reading and reflecting. I also started going to a Bible study on Mondays, it was not what i expected, it was so much more. My music ministry is up a bit too, but boy, neuropothy from chemo is no fun!!! fingers and toes right now.
I've missed you all beautiful children of God. Feels like I'm coming home now being on this thread.
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Sagina, so glad to see you back!!!!! Sorry about the chemo induced neuropathy :-(
Cheri
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