MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish
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Eli~ I SO would love to have a washable tatoo for the OR!! Lord knows they have all the others I have! PS has a great sense of humor too!!! NowYou have got my mind ticking away....hmmmm. And yea...hehmmmm..kinda fell aslepp during the darn game and missed BOTH hotties! I will look up the Go Daddy comercial
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I am a total train wreck today. I don't even know what to do with myself. My best friend was admitted to the hospital on Sunday for chest pains. They couldn't find anything wrong, but kept her for observation. They were supposed to do some tests yesterday for her heart, but the tech called out sick. Last night she had a major heart attack. They worked on her for over 30 minutes, but couldn't save her. She was the best. She went to all my chemo's, fills, therapy, etc.... She was the nicest person I knew. I am just so lost now. I loved her so much and never got to say goodbye. I just can't stop crying.
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Dinarose!!!! OMG!!!!! I am SO SORRY for your loss!! I will say a prayer for her soul, and for you! So so very sorry hun...xo
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Oh, Dianarose, omg, I am so, so sorry.....
I don't know what to say to comfort you....
Please know we care & that we are here for you.
Gentle hugs....
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Diana, that is terrible, I am so sorry.
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Dianarose, That is unreal! So very sorry for your loss of such a great friend. I know the medical centers are on the smaller side in Maine, but that is just tragic that the tests could not have been run yesterday. Maybe this was your friend's time, but I can't help thinking that with the tests they might have found that an emergency surgery was called for and she would have had a chance. I just don't know how you get over a shocker like this, but let your tears flow freely. Incredibly sad story.
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((((Dianarose)))) We are all in shock for you & of course putting ourselves in your shoes. I am so very very sorry for your loss.
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Thanks for all you kind words and prayers. My friend, Jane, did have an EKG awhile back that was not right. Her doctor said she didn't think it was too bad, really???? Jane did not have health insurance and my daughter believes that is why her doc didn't go any further. She had also said for quite sometime that her legs hurt. Earlier last night in the hospital she said for the first time her legs didn't hurt. Forty five minutes later she was gone. For the past 2 days not one doctor in that hospital checked her legs for clots. I am sad and angry at the same time. I always figured with all my issues I would be the 1st to go. Her husband was always after her for sneaking sweets. Now she can have all the dam bon bons and little Debbies she wants.
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Dianarose - I'm so sorry for your loss. Wish I was there to give you a great big ((HUG)) and a shoulder to cry on. Loving thoughts from here.
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Dianarose....Oy my, I'm so sorry for you. A loss so sudden is very hard to deal with. My prayers are with you.
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LorAll-Love the big girl panty picture.
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I'm so very sorry Dianarose! There's no words, I'm thinking of you now....Xoxoxoxo
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(((Dianarose)))) Words cannot console you, I know, but isn't it good to think she is where there is no more pain!
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Diana, I don't have anything that will help either, except to say that I believe all the prayers and good vibes we're sending up for you just have to make a difference. Maybe not immediately, but maybe they will dull that knife of pain tomorrow. We can't change the past, but we can sure influence our futures. I'm glad you had a friend like that in your life. Hugs sweetie.
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Diana - so very sorry for the loss of your dear friend. It is hard to move on when you didn't have a chance to say goodbye. Hold onto the memories.
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.((Dianarose))so/sorry for your loss.
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Oh, Dianarose, what a horrible situation! I am so sorry for your loss, and will be praying for you and your friend and her family.
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Diannarose, thinking of you and praying this morning.
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Dianarose - Praying for you today...
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Dianarose - I'm so very sorry. What a horrible thing to happen! I know how much it hurts when you suddenly lose someone. Praying for you and her family and the strength to get through this huge loss.
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It's official, I've got a date with a robot. It's Mar. 12. I do like the new guy doctor too. He is the only one in the group not to have done an uneccessary procedure to me, so that's a plus; and he didn't flinch when I basically asked him if he ever killed anyone doing this robotic surgery yet. (He said he didn't, but how would I know? I just went by the body language that implied he was telling the truth. It's kind of like how you watch for a reaction when you ask a pilot, "What time is happy hour again?" only without trying to simultaneously sniff his breath.)
The good: I'm an ideal candidate for the robotic surgery.
The bad: Almost certain that I have to wear a temporary ileostomy bag. Eeek, double eeek!
The ugly: (Bet you thought the bag was the ugly!) A fifty-fifty chance that I might have more chemo coming my way after the surgery, and if I do have to have it the bag stays on til I am done.
Oh, woe is me. It' sounds terrible. I mean TERRIBLE. That would be the entire summer again. I already lost one summer to breast cancer just four years ago. When do I get my middle-aged me time? My middle age can't last forever. Tick, tick, tick.
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Eli, all my thoughts, prayers, energy, marbles and lucky charms will go toward you NOT needing more chemo after surgery. I hope you are able to enjoy the next few weeks doing relaxing and fun stuff. Hugs
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(((Dianarose))) I am so sorry for your loss...May you someday find peace and comfort in the memories of good times with your dear friend.... hugs....
Elimar, Wishing you the best with your surgery...I hope you get to enjoy the summer despite your treatment...0 -
E~~ The first thing I thought of (well, not the first thing) but, second, while reading your The Good, The Bad & The Ugly was I hope you don't hear that spagetti western song while you are going under for the surgery. IMHO, stupid western & equally stupid theme song.
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Eli, I was operated by the robot (hyster). When they were getting me ready, dh asked why they couldn't just do it with a local (he is scared of anesthesia), and the docs all sort of laughed and said they really didn't think the average patient would feel very comfortable with robot scissorhands coming at them.
It is a brilliant method, however, in my opinion. Keeping fingers crossed that you won't have to go back on chemo after.
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Val, LOL. Funny, I keep thinking about that "Mr. Roboto" song by Styx.
Momine, My RL friend got robotic hysterectomy 2 mos. ago, so I know about how my tummy scars will look. Your husband sounds as bad as me. I almost always ask if I can just have things done with local, prefering not to be out of it, but I already knew that wasn't even a possibility on this one.
Can only guess if your husband has a touch of the control freak in him, but I know that is at the root of me not wanting to be unconscious and, therefore, out of control. That is the epitome of no control. I have to state, for us control freaks everywhere, that these surgery situations are even more daunting because we have that nature of not wanting to turn the reins over to someone else. Heck, if only I could, I'd scrub in do my own surgery!
The doc did tell me I had a choice to have regular laparoscopic, if I preferred. I told him no way would I give up the opportunity to say a robot operated on me. It's cooler. It's funnier. Twenty-first century, baby!
Related to my other post, as you all probably know, I have to keep the port in until the whole chemo scenario gets determined. Well, I still don't like the port too much but finally, after two months, I hardly have any soreness anymore. In fact, if it were just slightly more prominent, it would make a great hook to hang my purse on.
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Eli glad you got the surgery date, but that sucks about the temp ileostomy. Was really hoping you would not have that route to go. Let's pray for no chemo after surgery. You need a middle age summer.
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remind me not to show up at your place unannounced with that attack dog loose!!!
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Well, I hope this does NOT drag into another one of your middle-aged summers, Elimar! I did chemo June - Sept and I still call it "The Lost Summer".
At least you got the robot, should be interesting and very Star Trekkie. Not so barbaric, as Bones would say.
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Elimar- your robot tech is a cutie.
I don't know anything about surgeries done with robots. (I live in Maine, hello). What is the benefit of this way verses a traditional surgery?We had my friends service today in the middle of this blizzard. It has been a tought day to say the least. I miss her so much. I almost picked up the phone to call her the other day. If things come in 3's I am all done. In the past 13 months I have lost my dad, my boobs, and my best friend. I want off this ride.
I hope everyone who is riding out the blizzard stays safe and warm. Lets pray for no power outage.
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