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Thank you everyone for your prayers.
I am very happy to let you know that I got the pathology back from my lumpectomy and I got a complete response from neoadjuvant chemo! There were no cells evident in the tissue that was removed and the sentinel nodes were all clear.
I am so grateful for that gift.
Happy St. Patrick's Day, all. And then the feast of my dear, dear St. Joseph on Monday.
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WOnderful News! God be praised! Go celebrate dear Agatha
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Agatha!
That's awesome news. Happy St. Patrick's Day to all! I'm Polish, so St. Joseph's Day was always big at my Polish-Catholic parish growing up. Now, I belong to a parish named St. Joseph's.
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I'm so happy for you Agatha! Praise the Lord!
Lent is almost half way passed and I am not ready yet... not fasted enough, not pray enough, no armsgiving enough.... oh God dear Lord help me
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Bit of penance making it on foot to the 10 a.m. mass in Wicklow this morning. Snow AND gales.
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feelingfeline,
Looks like you've had a long winter! Hope it warms up soon. It was dark when DD and I made it to Mass, too. She wanted to go to 7:00 am, not 8:30 am....
Hairiry,
I'm not ready either, sigh. Well, today will be a fasting day whether I want it to be or not. I'm doing a colonoscopy tomorrow.....
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Just came back from the penitential service. Peace.
Sending my hugs to you ElaineT, and pray that the procedure will be an uneventful one.
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Best wishes Elaine.
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Hi, Elaine - I pray the procedure is painless and the results are the best possible.
FeelingFeline - where in Ireland is Wicklow? Your church is beautiful. I'm of Irish ancestry and it's frustrating for me that I don't know where in Ireland most of my family is from. The only 2 places I do know are Co. Longford and Clonmel.
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Colonoscopy was fine. The doctor found two small polyps, but that was it. Still trying to figure out what to eat, but I'm good. Thanks for your prayers and good thoughts!
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FeelingFeline,
Thanks for sharing your photos! That's a beautiful, old church in Wicklow! My dad's ancestors emigrated from Ireland and came to Canada during the potato famine settling in P.E.I. (Canada). I spent many an enjoyable summer in Portage, P.E.I. listening to an old uncle playing fiddle music and enjoying their great storytelling. I thank my dad for the gift of faith and his ability to work hard. They were joyful, robust, faithful souls! I have two beautiful large, litho paintings (Holy Mother and Sacred Heart) left to me by my Irish grandmother that originated in Ireland. I treasure them as they used to hang in my grandmother's sitting room above her old gramophone.
ElaineTherese, that's good news about your colonoscopy results!
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Agatha, Wicklow Town is in County Wicklow and located on the East Coast of Ireland, south of Dublin. We are a seaside town but unfortunately no sandy beach, just stony. Have to drive further south of here to reach sandy beaches.
Clonmel is a beautiful old town in Tipperary. Tonnes of history.
I always say once you get out into the countryside in Ireland you cant throw a rock without hitting a ruined abbey, castle or ancient neolthic monument.
Clonmel has fine examples of all of these
The reason for the prevalance of runined abbeys and churches goes back to Henry VIII who broke with the Catholic church, declared himself head of a new state church and promptly seized all Catholic lands and houses to enrich himself and reward his sycophants. (spoiler alert: he was not a nice monarch). Ireland and the UK are full of ruined abbeys as a result, though in the UK some of the buildings were saved by being turned into private homes by Henry's dukes, earls and barons. Hence "Downton Abbey" though that one's fictional of course.
XX
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Elaine Therese - great news. Thanks be to God. XX
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Happy Palm Sunday, ladies!
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My family was fortunate to see a Passion Play performed last night in Camross, Co Wexford. This is a small rural parish that in 1999 decided to stage a full length Passion Play in Holy Week 2000 and every 6 years in Holy Week thereafter. This is their 4th time, and my first time to hear about it ast which news I rushed off to book tickets. I was sobbing through the crucifixion, but was not the only one. It was inspiring, not just as a Passion Play should be, but also as a demonstration of what a group of 100% volunteer people can come together and make happen. There was a choir and small orchestra also.
(I didn't take the photos, they were taken at dress rehearsal and posted on their facebook page.)
I was saying to my hubby afterwards it is easy when you know the story and what transpired to see the sanhedrin as a set of cartoon baddies, but really if Jesus came back today would any of us recognise him?
Some of them undoubtedly were happy to send an innocent man (never mind the son of God) to his death, but plenty of others may have believed they were acting honorably.
As He said "Father forgive them, they know not what they do"
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Thanks for sharing feelingfeline, looks like a great show.
And blessed holy week everyone... I wish to have the strength to attend all liturgy especially holy triduum.
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Feelingfeline, thanks for posting the photos! This Lent for me has been lacking in sacrifice, but after reading the Gospel of the Passion on Palm Sunday made me realize I need to be more prayerful this Holy Week. Just seeing those photos put me in a prayerful mood. They also remind me of my youth, when our youth group & youth choir put on passion plays, some 20 years ago.
Hariry, I pray that you are well to attend the Triduum services. If you aren't able to attend Easter Vigil, I recommend watching EWTN's broadcast at the Vatican. It is so beautiful! Even though I participate at my church's liturgy, I try and watch the Vatican broadcast.
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Happy Easter! "In every cross, there is an invitation to new life in some way, and often in a mysterious way."
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Hello, ladies.
I just wanted to drop in and say hello and share something with you.
I finished the last of my treatments (radiation) on my patron's feast day, St. Dymphna, May 15th. It was supposed to be the day before but I was sick one day and couldn't have treatment so a day was tacked on to the end, placing me on her day.
I've appealed to her to pray for me for years for my anxiety and depression. I've needed her intercession so much over the last 8 months, and to join my prayers to those of everyone who have asked for her aid over the centuries.
It makes me feel especially protected and loved that my treatment ended on the day the Church celebrates "my" saint.
May the peace of Christ be with all of you wherever you are in your relationship with this awful disease. May you always feel His presence at your side.
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Congratulations on finishing treatment, Agatha! I'm glad that St. Dymphna has been with you all this time. Yes, peace to all.
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Agatha, that is so special! Thank you for sharing that with us! I don't know that much about St. Dymphna, but I think I should get to know her. My mastectomy was on the feast day of St. Nicholas. I tried to view having a mastectomy as a gift, but wasn't always successful in that endeavor. I pray that you have a good rest of the week! ~ Kim
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Agatha, I just realized your diagnosis was mixed: ILC/IDC. Mine too, but I never could figure how to select that when setting up my profile. Did you ever research having a mixed diagnosis vs. straight IDC or ILC? I've never thought much about it because I was told out of the gate that it would be treated like IDC, but am starting to learn more about ILC and wondering if that's the best course of action?
EDIT: Went to settings and figured out how to change diagnosis. :-)0 -
CONGRATULATIONS Agatha, may the prayers of St Dympna bring you healing and joy. XXXX
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Hello, ladies -- I am a newcomer to this forum, just diagnosed with ILC last week. Another unexpected journey to take, in the arms of our holy Mother! It's nice to find some companions here already on the Way. Thanks for sharing your faith.
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Welcome, Emgee! There are few benefits to breast cancer, but I will say that my diagnosis helped bring me closer to God. Prayers for you and your doctors as you figure out your treatment plan.
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Thank you, Elaine.
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Hi, Emgee. Welcome, but I am so sorry to hear about your diagnosis. For me those early weeks were the most stressful. Prayer and meditation were the only way I got through it. I promise it gets better as you start out on your treatment. I'm glad you found these forums. You'll be in my prayers.
Thanks Elaine, Feline and RS for the congrats. Kinda can't believe I'm done with treatment!
RS: My first biopsy showed that the tumor was ILC, but also triple negative, which was unusual. When I first went to Sloan Kettering and met with my MO she wanted to rebiopsy the tumor. That showed the mix of IDC and ILC which made more sense to her. She advised me not to get overly hung up on the ILC vs. IDC distinctions, and only think of it as invasive triple negative breast cancer. We decided to be aggressive up front with chemo which I suppose falls on favoring the IDC side. That was a good thing since the ILC cells also were killed off by the chemo (supposedly they are more chemo resistant) because there was no evidence of any cancer left when i had my surgery. My advice would be to discuss it with your MO again and ask him or her to walk you through the thought process of treating like IDC. The piece of mind will be worth it.
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thank you, AgathaNYC
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