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  • mimi1964
    mimi1964 Member Posts: 851
    edited March 2012

    Happy St. Patrick's Day ladies!  Hope you all have had a great day it has been beautiful here! Love this 84-88 weather... but is this not summer weather instead of spring?  LOL!!! what happened we never even had a winter here... Oh well summer here we come!!!

  • annettek
    annettek Member Posts: 1,160
    edited March 2012

    good morning everyone! for some ungodly (or perhaps godly) reason I am sitting here once again covered in mud from digging in my yard:) Sore, but proud of myself and oddly clean. Good for the soul and spirit I guess.

    SHEILA....HOw are you buddy?>?:::::????

  • tinat
    tinat Member Posts: 2,235
    edited March 2012
    annettek - Yep, digging in the dirt always feels good.  When you're through there, I could use a hand in my yard Laughing !
  • hawk
    hawk Member Posts: 255
    edited March 2012

    Good for you Judy67!!! Keep walking!



    I can FINALLY wear a bra since rads!!!!!! Never thought I would be excited to wear a bra. The best part, I can start to run again. Yay!!



    Have a wonderful week. Hugs and prayers to you all.

  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 5,858
    edited March 2012

    Calling all stage 1 sistas...missed you guys...

    I went to my Great GDs birthday.She turned 1 yrs old. on St.Pattys day....

    Hope everyone is doin good.Walkin,planting and finishing tx.

    This weather is scary!!!!!!

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited March 2012

    Oh, a first birthday, how special!

    Here in sunny California it hailed on us today.  Enjoy your warm weather, I think it came from us.

  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 9,611
    edited March 2012

    Hi....My Sisters.....♥

    Enjoying the warm and sunny weather.

  • mimi1964
    mimi1964 Member Posts: 851
    edited March 2012

    Hi Sheila, granny, Meece and so many more! The temps today will be 86 today here... WOW!!! in March what can I say and a friend of mine that lives in Arizona got snow yesterday!! Unbelievable Surprised!!!! This weather situation has just been too strange to say the least.  Hope everyone has a great Monday.

  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 2,101
    edited March 2012

    Weather here in Florida has been great...pretty nice for this time of year and not too hot yet.  This is why we spend the winters in Florida and the summers in NC..for the climate!

    Eye app't went well today.  The doc said my vision was slightly better in my left eye (I couldn't really tell) and the fluid had been reduced by about half, so that is good news after only one injection.  I have my next one after I get back from vacation in April.  Apparently I tolerate the drug well. 

    Everyone have a wonderful day! 

  • annettek
    annettek Member Posts: 1,160
    edited March 2012

    HI all...what a great evening...I went downtown and met up with BarbaraA tonight after work...what a delight ,, she is an absolute dollbaby. It was short but so wonderful. How cool is that? Next up...NYC.//.//SHEILA AND GRANNY DUKES....look out, Ima coming:)

  • seabeal
    seabeal Member Posts: 108
    edited March 2012

    I keep hearing all of you talking about digging in the dirt and playing in your gardens. Have to say I'm envious as the ground here is still frozen with more snow today on top of snow. Hopefully spring will be here in 1 to 2 or 3 months. Love the mountains but I do miss the longer growing season.

  • annettek
    annettek Member Posts: 1,160
    edited March 2012

    aqqq seabal..you can come dig in my dirt anytime:)

  • Deb720
    Deb720 Member Posts: 28
    edited March 2012

    Seabeal, a fellow New Mexican!  Did you get a bunch of snow in this last snow storm?  I'm in Ruidoso and we got just a little bit of snow, but wayyyy too much wind and dirt flying around.  I'm ready for summer!  Today is the first day of spring, but it sure doesn't feel like it!

  • ptdreamers
    ptdreamers Member Posts: 639
    edited March 2012
    It may be the first day of spring, but you would never know it here. 36 degrees, blowing wind and rain. Leaving for Forida the end of the week and can hardly wait to see some sun.Laughing
  • Galsal
    Galsal Member Posts: 754
    edited March 2012

    Hope the weather is great for your trip here ptdreamers!

  • Judy67
    Judy67 Member Posts: 213
    edited March 2012

    seabeal, I love New Mexico, it is so beautiful!

  • ptdreamers
    ptdreamers Member Posts: 639
    edited March 2012

    Galsal, Me too. Can hardly wait to see some sunshine and warmth. Will be in NC and Forida for 9 days before getting on a cruise ship. First trip since diagnosis. Looking forward to it.

  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 2,101
    edited March 2012

    ptdreamers:  Hope you have fun!  Where are you catching the cruise ship?

  • truebff
    truebff Member Posts: 322
    edited March 2012
    Okay I am VERY excited because tonight on the nightly news, BIG NEWS: ASPIRIN could prevent cancer and recurrence! Does anyone know how much to take?
  • susan_CNY
    susan_CNY Member Posts: 64
    edited March 2012

    ask your doc about taking the aspirin and the dosage. I was told to take 1 regular strength everyday after my colon cancer dx,(breast cancer dx the next year) after doing that for 4 years my onco said I could stop as was not beneficial after all. He never suggested for bc but I sure hope that is true, I will start again if it is!

  • dogsandjogs
    dogsandjogs Member Posts: 677
    edited March 2012

    I can't take aspirin because I'm on Coumadin and aspirin thins the blood too. So it's not for everyone

  • dogsandjogs
    dogsandjogs Member Posts: 677
    edited March 2012

    Just discovered this thread. I found my first lump in 1982. In those days lumpectomies were just beginning to get popular - the doc didn't really trust them so advised me against it. I had a mastectomy with reconstruction.

    Then in November of 2011, on the VERY day that I had surgery in 1982, I discovered a lump in the other breast. Same size, same stage, same grade as the other one.

    The onc said it was a new primary, not a recurrence.  But I was still in shock - I had never worried about a NEW cancer; only about a recurrence. I skipped radiation due to my age, 76, and am thinking of quitting Aromasin due to very bad side effects. 

  • dogsandjogs
    dogsandjogs Member Posts: 677
    edited March 2012

    PS  In 1982 there was no sentinel node biopsy, so had 17 nodes removed. There were no hormonals either so the only follow-up I had was a yearly blood test to see if my embryonic cancer cells (which everyone has, according to the doc) were increasing in number.

    I quit doing the test after about 5 years.

  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 9,611
    edited March 2012

    My Sister-in-law Ann is an Angel.

    RIP my sweet sister Ann ♥♥♥♥♥

  • dogsandjogs
    dogsandjogs Member Posts: 677
    edited March 2012

    So sorry for your loss--

  • seabeal
    seabeal Member Posts: 108
    edited March 2012

    Annettek - Thanks. I may you up on that. After the snow goes then we have to wait for the mud to dry except for last spring which was so dry with a drier summer but I don't need to tell you Texans that. We are originally from Amarillo with kids and grandkids living there and DH worked in Austin after the fire working insurance claims. So sorry for all the destruction this horrible drought is bringing my fellow Texans.

    Deb720 - We're almost neighbors, I live between Taos and Angel Fire. Didn't get that much snow just some small flurries and a whole lot of wind. Small flurries and lots of wind leads to big drifts as you know. Went to Santa Fe today to meet with onco and it was cold this morning but warmed up with plenty of sunshine between here and there except at my house.

    Judy67 - Let me know if you ever need to visit, we have plenty of beds. I love New Mexico and agree it is beautiful here. I love Texas to, just hated Amarillo (not the people just the town)

  • tinat
    tinat Member Posts: 2,235
    edited March 2012
    sheila888 - My sincerest condolences to you and your family.  Sounds like your sister-in-law was as close as a "real" sister to you.  I'm so sorry...
  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited March 2012

    Sheila888......sincerest sympathy.........take care of yourself..........hugs

  • seabeal
    seabeal Member Posts: 108
    edited March 2012

    I need any information you ladies can offer or experiences regarding implants vs TRAM for reconstruction. Met with the onco for the first time today and he agreed that due to multiple tumor sites with primary 5cm and so far a benign mass in the other breast that BLMX would be a better option vs lumpectomy inregards to reoccurance. Now the big decision (meet with surgeon 4/5 so won't know until then if there will be a choice but want to be prepared) is whether to do implants or TRAM. I had never heard of this procedure until he suggested it but after researching it, it sounds great but would like to know about others experiences both good and bad.

  • susan_CNY
    susan_CNY Member Posts: 64
    edited March 2012

    Sheila, may your Ann rest in peace, so sorry for your loss

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