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Hell my lovely sisters in Faith!
Well I had a very intense yet productive visit @ UCLA. The wonderful Dr. has really been pushing for me to be in this study. She is concerned that I should do RADS since bc is localized but w/my type and recurrence but I KNOW this is the best tx for me. It's amazing how the Lord puts certain people in place for you. (Like all of you
So I filled out the consent, am scheduling a biopsy on my rt. axilla gland and coordinator is UPSng my CT scan to New Jersey for review. So much huh?? I should find out by Tues. if they accept me. Please continue to pray I get in! There's also the 50/50 chance I won't get the new drug at first but I know God will provide! Yes all we must stay strong & faithful in HIM! I keep reciting Proverbs too 3M, even though we see things one way, God sees them another! & I'm counting on him.Angel: Your story about your family's health history is incredible and admirable. You're so right. Our faith is the link to serve the Lord and continue on.
Jan: Sorry you're snowed in. I hope your in better spirits today. Yes our suffering is nothing to compare to our precious Saviors ultimate sacrifice.
St. Peregrine: Please continue the intecessory prayers for all of us suffering from bc. In Christ's name AMEN.
Remember all, we serve an awesome God & nothing is impossible with him.
Have a wonderful day all!
Jeannine
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I pray to St. Perergine, St. Agatha, and St. Lucy to intercede for our special intentions with Our Heavenly Father. Please grant Barbara, Saint, Jeannine, Apple's brother, and CathyS. peace, comfort, and hopefully a miracle. Amen.
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My dear breast cancer sisters I do pray for all of you every day! There are so many wonderful ladies here that have such eloquent prayers, while mine are simple, they are sincere. May all of you know His Love and Peace every day. Amen!
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Thank you Hood. Your prayers are beautiful and very much appreciated!!! Please know that you are in mine as well.
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Awe Joyce.... You're a doll! Simple prayers...wonderful..
It reminds me of a promise He gave us.... " believe like a child.. pray like the child..".. I have always felt so simple. My prayers are simple too... and I ramble like a child a lot..
.. I wonder if the Lord will ask me to stop rambling someday... hehe....God Bless you ladies... May our God Bless you abundantly.
In Jesus Name...
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Estepp
you are marvelous
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Awe Apple... that was so nice of you to say.... ty... made me feel... nice!
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Good Morning Sisters! I pray that we all may find comfort in the Lord today!
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I pray to St. Perergine, St. Agatha, and St. Lucy to intercede for our special intentions with Our Heavenly Father. Please grant my sister Barbara, Saint, Jeannine, Apple's brother, and CathyS. peace, comfort, and hopefully a miracle. Amen.
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Spent the morning on the phone with Saint. We didn't read posts, we just talked.
Of the various ups and downs. Of our unlikely, wonderful friendship -- of what the other means thru all of the hills and valleys. We talked at length of where she is now. Of the impact of the continual pain upon her outlook...... and of what 'good' she could do with so many limitations.
It was a heart-rending conversation and we took turns crying. I can't remember what made us laugh, but I know that we did.
She has yet to 'experience' any positive blip from this treatment, but we are both praying that the cumulative effect will bring some relief/progress/noticeable improvement.
Her time with Mo was just what the doctor ordered. Her sister Bert will be arriving in 3 weeks to see Cinderella on stage and so she is already looking forward to that visit.
Pray for her strength. Pray for her courage.
These are very hard days. We speak heart-to-heart at every opportunity & she is so grateful for your continued support.
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Strength and courage.
Strength and courage.
Strength and courage.
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may God hold Saint close and give her the strength and courage she so freely shares with others.
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Thank you Joyce for the beautiful prayers!
St. Peregrine: Please continue the intecessory prayers for all our dear sisters & brothers suffering now. Please comfort Saint and grant her strength and peace.
In Jesus we pray. Amen
Jeannine
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I was popping in to ask for some prayers for me this weekend but after reading the most recent posts from nancy, apple and others......
Lord Jesus, I come before you just as I am. I give you my entire self. Please heal those needing healing above....strengthen them in body, soul and spirit. Mary, my mother, Queen of Peace, St. Peregrine, the cancer saint, all you Angels and Saints. please help Nancy's sister and Apple's brother, Saint and others needing your assistance. Please help them. Amen.
Jacqueline
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Amen...
Jacqueline,
I pray for YOUR specail intention.
Saint.... you are loved....
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I pray to St. Perergine, St. Agatha, and St. Lucy to intercede for our special intentions with Our Heavenly Father. Please grant my sister Barbara, Saint, Jeannine, Apple's brother, and CathyS. peace, comfort, and hopefully a miracle. Amen.
And I pray for Jacqueline's special intention.
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i pray for miracles for my sisters
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Our Father is the Great ...I Am.
He delivers so many miracles. He has given me a miracle and I want to give Him all credit for this to others. My business is growing again and the stylists are feeling good again... baby steps.. but all the GLORY to God for this. In this economy... to have a growth.. that is a miracle.
Thank you Father!
I pray tomorrow at Mass for a miracle in healing for my BC sisters. ALL who need it.
Nancy.. if you have any time, I would love to hear about your surgery... how you feel.
God Bless you all and I pray you LOVE Mass tomorrow... LOVE IT!
Laura
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Laura, I have had several surgeries in my life, but this was definitely the hardest recovery.. Even harder than the broken foot I had fifteen years ago. It was long - over 12 hours. I was totally out of it the day after. I remember my sister coming in to see me and feeling badly because she had made the hour drive (and paid NYC parking rates) only for me to shoo her away after 15 mintues. And I remember seriously thinking, "What have I done?" that day.
Big improvement by the next day, but had no appetite (partly due to the awful food). By day 3 there was another big improvement. I went home day 5, feeling like I was back in the human race and not some doped up creature that could hardly move. Sorry, folks, morphine doesn't cut the pain for me. But it makes my head fuzzy. The nurses kept saying, "You're not hitting the pump button!" But it didn't seem to help, so why use it?
Anyway, since I've been home I've become much more mobile, although I don't have a lot of stamina. It is getting better, but improvement has slowed to weekly progress instead of daily progress.
Side effects from two strong antibiotics had me feeling yucky, but I finished my course of treatment yesterday and can see the se's easing up.
I'm pretty happy with the new girls, although they are different than I thought they'd be when I envisioned reconstruction many months ago. Odd that they are totally numb. They're a beautiful shape, though.
The edges of my incisions are currently giving me the only pain. Tylenol takes it down a lot. My super tight tummy is still swollen, but the nerves there are still dead, so it just feels pulled. Very pulled.
My only real complaint is not being able to sleep on my stomach. I remember this from my pregnancies...made the last few months of those very hard. I just don't sleep well on my back. I'll probably just be getting used to it when I get the OK to turn over, lol.
The tip of my middle finger of my left hand is tingly/numb. A nerve must have been pinched during surgery. It has slowly improved...was down to the large knuckle inititally. Now it's just the tip and a bit on one side.
That's about it!
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St. Perergine, please intercede for all of us here with healing and hope.
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Ty Nancy.. I was not wanting to be nosy. I just wanted to hear how your journey was. ((HUG)) I pray you are happy.... and will be healed soon!!!! You are such a sweetheart here on BCO!
This whole journey for all of us is so rocky.... up and down... man oh man...
I think.. when we are ~up~ we should try and help eachother.. and when we are ~down~ we should try to listen... to fellow sisters of this sisterhood we are in. The ~Ta Ta Sisterhood~
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I pray to St. Perergine, St. Agatha, and St. Lucy to intercede for our special intentions with Our Heavenly Father. Please grant my sister Barbara, Saint, Jeannine, Apple's brother, and CathyS. peace, comfort, and hopefully a miracle. Amen.
And I pray for Jacqueline's special intention.
Laura, the thing that bothers me most is the lack of stamina. I got up this morning planning to go to 8:30 Mass, as usual, but after washing out the coffee pot and starting the coffee, I was wiped out. If I do things a little at a time, maybe I can make noon Mass, lol.
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Dearest Ladies-
I have spent the last hour getting caught up. I miss not coming on this particular thread as it is uplifting, heartfelt, and so real.
I want to let you know I spent the most wonderful weekend with my family not thinking about bc. We spent the weekend skiing and sledding in Flagstaff and it was glorious, beautiful weather and I felt God's presence all weekend just being with nature and watching my beautiful boys enjoy being in the snow and just living. It was such a mental relief not to think about bc and just live, I felt a real healing. The only thing I missed was this forum and the beautiful sentiments.
God bless all of you, will be heading to mass shortly and will pray for all of you.
Special intentions for Jacqueline and May our Blessed Mother watch over her and intercede for her intentions.
Prayers for healing for Nancy, Apple and your Brother, and Praise God for supporting Laura and her business. God does want the best for all of us, we just need to allow it and rest in his plan.
Jeannine I am sending prayers and lighting candles for you daily, I just know God is with you and can feel it in each of your posts.
Hood, thank you for your prayers we love having you here.
St. Agatha, Peregrine, Jude. Please intercede on behalf of our sisters here and their intentions, please be with Saint, Jeannine, Cathy S., Jacqueline, Apple's family and Nancy's sister.
AMEN!!!
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mmm5, thank you so much for sharing your joy in the blessings of every day life. Sounds wonderful, being with family is a miracle to me. Nance, take it easy girl. Give yourself time to heal! Esteep, Apple and ALL my sisters, thank you for providing this wonderful port in the storm. Praise be Jesus and MAry!! xo
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Dear sisters...I have been praying for each of you daily! Since going back to work last month....I have missed daily Mass, terribly...but this past week, I decided to play around with my schedule to allow me to make it more often, and am beginning to feel more normalized. It feels so good to have Eucharist during the week! My whole prayer life has been helter skelter with work..
I know people may think I am crazy, but I so appreciate the time BC gave me to pray this past year! And to understand better those who suffer...a brief walk in their shoes has taught me so much about life and death...and I appreciate BOTH now more than ever!
So...I am extremely excited because tomorrow AM I am heading to Steubenville, Ohio with 5 other women in faith to attend adoration with Anne, A Lay Apostle, the woman who started the Lay Group I belong, too! She will be giving a talk and there is a good chance I will be able to meet her in person! I have spoken here before of the wonderful help her locutions offered me this past year and am feeling totally blessed to be able to go see her and pray with her in person! www.Directionforourtimes.com !
I am writing all your names down and will be taking them with me as I will be praying for your intentions! Our God is a merciful God....and He will answer all our prayers in the most beneficial way.. Please know that each of you are a gift to me! I am grateful to share my faith with you!
Happy Valentine's Day!
God Bless!
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I have heard of Anne,.
How very exciting Angel.. and to know that you will pray for us.
God bless you on YOUR journey.
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and a bit of Catholic recreation for you all.
The Vatican has this great art tour (with zoom) as well as others. This is soooooo fascinating.
http://www.vatican.va/various/basiliche/san_giovanni/vr_tour/index-en.html
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Hi ladies and happy Valentine's day!
Have been reading along, praying as well.
Nothing earth shattering to share. 12 inches of snow in TX was interesting! Very pretty, we're just not used to that!
I can hardly believe lent begins on Wednesday!
Nancy, I cannot remember how far out you are. I had DIEP, immediate....many of my sept mates said they could tell a difference and had more energy at 4 weeks. I don't think I turned the corner until 6 weeks. I hear what you're saying. Just felt as if I was dragging, needed those naps and couldn't make it past about 8 or 9pm. Don't forget your vitamins and cut yourself a break, this was a big deal....your body is not only recovering but your new breasts are building all sorts of blood supply, etc. Too bad for the cold weather. Walking is so good when the weather permits. I worked really hard to follow the recovery schedule in Kathy Steligo's Breast recon book...it outlined how much you should be doing for how long at how many weeks. Glad you are happy w/ your new breasts. It gets better!
Prayers for all, St Agatha and st. peregrine please intercede.
happy valentines! xoxo,
jennifer
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We do so much praying for ourselves and sometimes I think we should just praise our Lord. this hymn is for Saint..
from wikipedia
Thaxted is a hymn tune by the British composer Gustav Holst, based on the stately theme from the middle section of the Jupiter movement of his orchestral suite The Planets and named after the English village where he resided much of his life. He adapted the theme in 1921 to fit the patriotic poem I Vow to Thee, My Country by Cecil Spring-Rice. This setting was sung at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997.
(i'm glad other organists make mistakes like me (it's so darn hard to play without error)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1bEnGWY0Rw&feature=related
and here are the lyrics:
O God beyond all praising,
we worship you today
and sing the love amazing
that songs cannot repay;
for we can only wonder
at every gift you send,
at blessings without number
and mercies without end:
we lift our hearts before you
and wait upon your word,
we honor and adore you,
our great and mighty Lord.
Then hear, O gracious Savior,
accept the love we bring,
that we who know your favor
may serve you as our king;
and whether our tomorrows
be filled with good or ill,
we'II triumph through our sorrows
and rise to bless you still:
to marvel at your beauty
and glory in your ways,
and make a joyful duty
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Thank you Apple!
Angel I went through the website and was so intrigued, I hope you come back after the Adoration and can share some details...what a wonderful opportunity!
Prayers for all of you tonight!
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Apple... Love that song... TY!
Angel..... I do not think you are crazy. I have told my dh this about three times. No one else. Now you all. I thank God for the time He gave me. During Chemo. It was 6 months where I did not work. I did not have any responsibilities at all. Just me. I had six months with my parents who drove me to Chemo weekly with dh. I spent beautiful time with them. I can honestly say... that those six months of chemo were the most peaceful, restful and somehow wondrous time of my life. My dh does not understand this, as those months for him were horrific. He was dealing with the possible loss of his wife and seeing his wife get skinny and deal with the harsh chemo. But I, look back.. and see how GOD Himself just might have allowed the cancer to enter my body... to give me the peace and relaxation I so needed. It really was great. I wish I could find that kind of peace WITHOUT having to be doing chemo...lol.
So Angel.. I get it sister! Thank you for bringing it up!
Love you ladies... Take care of yourselves. It feels so good at Mass on Sundays, to bring you all up to the Alter. It makes me smile and.... hope.
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