thread for middle age to older Christian women.
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Nancy, I'm glad your MRI went well. Sorry for the indefinite results. I pray the doctors are given wisdom to know the best way to treat this.
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Val now has a new baby sister and we have another great granddaughter. Got to see her briefly on my daughter's porch as we had to be safe.
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Jean, thanks for posting the new blessing pic. ALL babies are a gift from God, and we thank Him for this one and congratulate you and our family in it. (I have an adult grandson who was born on Christmas day! And he is the only one of the four siblings who is so far, saved. Still praying for the other 3.)
Chris I am sorry to hear of yet another lockdown in CA. How we pray this will soon be over! I pray your son gets to be with you for Christmas.
Oh Nancy! Those mice! We had so many to deal with in our old farmhouse in Ohio. One night we caught FIVE in our kitchen! Two (a male and a female) were caught in one trap together - on their backs!!! I guess it was nice they could go together.
) When we built our new house on the other half of the property the mouse issue ended - but we also adopted a couple of cats! At the farmhouse at night we could hear the critters (who knows WHAT!) rolling around acorns from our big oak tree, above our heads in the ceiling! Talking about wanting to scream!!! Nancy I had cysts in my uterus for a long time, as big as walnuts they said - but no one was concerned until one grew to tennis ball size and pulled an ovary down to the lower abdomen - then the uterus had to come out, but it was vaginally and not really too bad. I had a third of my cervix removed because of an unknown growth that they never told me what it was. (It was such an anomaly that they took PICTURES of it - how embarrassing! But promised not to show my face). So probably unless those cysts start acting up you will be fine and they'll keep an eye on them. I know we who have had or HAVE cancer always gravitate to the "what if"..but I pray the Lord will keep you in perfect peace as you stay your eyes upon Him. Thank you for sharing your concerns and fears so we can lift them up to the Lord in prayer. When that anxiety begins just defeat the enemy by singing a praise song to the Lord. He inhabits our praises and the fears melt away.
I finished the Christmas shopping today - all online! YAY!
Love to, and prayers for - all of you.
Ade
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Jean, congratulations on the birth of your new great grandbaby. God continues to send blessings.
Ade, mailed my presents yesterday and online shopping is complete too. Just have a few to still wrap. I wanted everything finished in case of more lockdown, which is happening, and in case I have another setback and run out of energy. Now to relax and trust God, and enjoy the blessings of Christmas.
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Jean, your new great granddaughter is precious. What does Val think of her new baby sister? Val is really growing up into a very beautiful young girl.
Ade, please tell me these mice aren't the second cousins from Ohio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I do have a cyst but that is not in the uterus and is not the problem. This is a fibroid which has died and calcified and they don't know if it is cancerous. If I had family here in the area having surgery would not be a big deal but because I don't that is a big part of my concern. Also because they were not able to perform one of the procedures with me then I can't imagine how they are going to determine anything since all of these diagostic tests have only confirmed that they don't know what it is for sure. If the radiologist had not said what he did I feel very certain my doctor would have none nothing but because he did say can't rule out malignancy that has changed the whole thing and doctors do not want to do or not do anything that would open themselves up to a lawsuit.
I am glad you all are getting your Christmas shopping done. My Mom and I exchanged gifts and that was about it so this year I am wondering if we will not be getting together because of the virus for this holiday too. I am feeling pressure regarding the house we have to sell. Even though we have not discussed this yet I think we both know that the sooner the better because we are still paying out for the utilities.
We might get some snow this weekend which will make it seem more like Christmas.
Enjoy your weekend dear sisters.
Love,
Nancy
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What a wonderful surprise from the Lord this morning!!! We can go YEARS without snow here - and have been without a significant rainfall since September.
What a blessing!!!
Hope you're all warm and cozy,
Ade
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Beautiful Ade. We have not had any snow to shovel yet. I love your gate with the cross in the middle. Hopefully this will help your lack of rainfall.
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One of my friends sent me a few pics for a laugh. It worked and I am sharing on with all of you in case you need a laugh too.
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Nancy - LOVE IT!!!
Ade
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And then there was this. . . .Thank You Lord!
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I walked at the lake right before sunset and we had a pretty one but not like that one Ade. Beautiful !!!!!!!
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Beautiful, Ade! Your sunsets are amazing with the clouds.
We are very dry here in San Diego too even with morning fog. Here is a sunset picture out our window but I got it above the clouds instead of below...notice the scaffolding! I will try a better one tomorrow. We sit on our balcony and watch it every night. The blue strip is the Pacific Ocean, the other water is Mission Bay.
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Beautiful Chris. What a special treat to watch the sunset every night right from your balcony.
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Ladies, I love all your pictures. The snow and beautiful sunset in Texas and the sunset again in San Diego. What a treat to be able to watch the sunset over the water every night. Nancy, thanks for the laugh. I’m sure we all needed it.
Have a good night everyone, love and prayers,
Faith
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Chris - what a BLESSING to see the ocean from your balcony! I LOVE the ocean, but next for are the mountains. We too sit on our porch early morning and evening with Maggie always beside us. During this cold spell we've missed it but here within days it is pleasant again. It brings such a peace. I have never been anywhere else that it is absolutely SILENT at times - no cars, no people, no birds, not even dogs barking. At first it was a bit unsettling, but now it is peaceful. When the stars pop out it is incredible, the air is so clear. So many times we have seen satellites overhead and falling stars (a couple of times we saw a slow moving blue/green fireball and then they exploded!). These quite times are a refreshing of the soul and a blessed gift from God. If one doesn't have a porch or balcony maybe there is a window in the sunshine where one can soak in the warmth and count one's blessings even for a few minutes. I pray every sister here can find a solitary spot to be still and know He is God.
Peace and love to you all and a blessed week ahead,
Ade
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Hi dear sisters,
I just got off the phone with my gynecologist. I have to have a hysterectomy soon. They are treating this as if it were cancer but they don't know until after the surgery once they get the lab results. I will be at Edward Hospital in Naperville and it will be a Da Vinci Robotic surgery with Dr. Weeks my gyny and assisted by ? I am waiting on his nurse to call me and give me a couple of names. This will probably happen pretty quickly as waiting is not advised. They will have to check the lymph nodes to determine if I would need chemo/radiation or whatever. I won't know any of that until I see the surgeon that I have to pick.
It will be part laparoscopic and then the uterus would be taken out vaginally. It would probably be outpatient and he said it would be good to have someone nearby for a couple of days.
Fibroids don't typically break up like this one did so that is the concern if it is even a fibroid. They cannot do a biopsy because there are too many things in the way.
I would appreciate your prayers for peace. This is certainly not the news I was hoping for but I am not really all that surprised either.
Have a good day dear sisters.
Love,
Nancy
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Nancy, that is certainly not what we had hoped for and I know the concerns you have. I wish I could help take care of you post op. Can your sister come down for a while? At least the vaginal and laparoscopic will be far better than abdominal (I have had all three) but you will still certainly need some TLC post-op. I pray the Lord will fill you with His peace, lead and direct your medical team and provide your every need.
Sending you hugs and lifting you up to the Lord,
Ade
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Nancy, Ade has said all the perfect words, so I will just echo her concerns, prayers, and suggestions. I add my prayers for peace for you. Know I felt a lot better after mine and pray God helps you in this way.
Isaiah 26:3-4
3 You will keep in perfect peace
those whose minds are steadfast,
because they trust in you.
4 Trust in the Lord forever,
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Nancy, I echo what the others have said, you know that I am praying also that all will be well and there won’t be any cancer to be found.
May the peace of Christ be with you.
Love, Faith
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Thank you all for your encouraging posts. Joanne, I had to smile at that banner. The girl looks like she is ready to jump in. LOL. (I am sure that was not your intent but you know me) When I was trying to get through to this cancer center yesterday and was on hold forever just to get disconnected I felt like jumping in!! God is working already. I got this great surgeon and he only comes to our hospital one half day per month as he is mainly at a great teaching hospital way out of town where I had my neck surgery in 2001. They put me in for Jan. 20 but I told the scheduler my doctor wanted this surgery within four weeks. She said she would call back today as she felt certain this surgeon would somehow fit me in and HE DID!!!!!!!!!! I see him here in town on Dec. 16. I am so grateful as I can see God working already. He would have been familiar with my case as he is the specialist my gyny conferred with prior to calling me yesterday. I have been quite calm. When I realize that all of these tests leading up to this have been going on since the beginning of Nov. the waiting and not knowing was so stressful. I think there is a calm resolve knowing what I am to face. Of course the possibility of it being cancer and not contained is a huge concern. My sister and my niece came for my neck surgery as I was in the hospital for that one. I really doubt that would happen again but nothing has been said. That surgery was extremely serious at the time and a different set of circumstances. I don't remember how they managed this but my niece went back home to Iowa after a couple of days and my sister stayed with me for a few days. Her DH may have come to pick her up. My sister would not feel comfortable driving up here by herself. The traffic is nothing like she is used to downstate. She is three hours away. I have several friends who are offering their help so I am grateful for that. In years past when my parents were not able to help me I had an elderly friend who would help but she is no longer driving or able to help. I know it will somehow come together. I would covet your prayers for continued peace. My house was not ready for any guests so you know what I will be doing these next few days. My goal to completely go over my house and get rid of stuff was going to be this winter. I guess I will now need to do those months of work in a few days. YIKES Because of Covid I literally have piles of goods I have bought online as I refuse to enter our Walmart now. I have no place to put all of this stuff.
Have a good day dear sisters and thank you again for your prayers and encouragement.
Love,
Nancy
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Nancy, I am praying for you as well as the GYN and surgeon. That scheduler is a gem getting an appointment for you so soon. Please don't stress about getting the house in complete order. Friends and family will understand.
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Hershey, I have to say I come by this naturally. I remember many years ago my Mom and I were in her basement and smoke started filling up down there. My Mom was rushing around before I called 911 picking up and tidying up the basement!!!!!!!!!! So to say I am a chip off the ole block is an understatement.
Thank you for your prayers. I am doing pretty well. I haven't got my walking in today and it is going to be dark soon. I need that for my stress release. I feel like I am juggling way too many balls in the air right now.
Hope you are doing well.
Love,
Nancy
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QUESTION - My yearly onc appointment is tomorrow. How many years out of treatment do they stop the yearly check ups - I seem to be cancer free HOPEFULLY? We have to travel 3+ hours to get there (I know - it's only once a year but my husband has many more trips than I do so it gets old fast). Just wondering.
Blessings,
Ade
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Ade, I don't have an answer to your question, but I think my friend went every year until she was cancer free for five years. Just ask your onc tomorrow. I was dxd Stage IV de novo so I will never be cancer free, but I understand your frustration on the visits issues. I go in every three weeks for labs, but I do have the advantage as our trip is only 20 minutes one way. Still, it gets old!
I will pray your visit shows another cancer free year!
Blessings, Chris
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Ade. I am six years out and my PA in oncology still wants to see me yearly. For how long I am not sure but I do know my breast surgeon told me I am stuck with him for life. I realize you don't need a breast exam so that makes a much different situation from mine. I wish I could be more help.
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Praying for peace and perfect results for You Nancy.
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THANK YOU ALL for your replies. I will ask him tomorrow. Last visit I did bring up my weight (since my treatment) and how this is causing depression but he had no reply. I also asked about a lump I have toward the middle where the scars nearly meet. It has not gone away. He didn't even look at it and said it was just a cyst.
( If it changes I will pursue further though.Chris, I am so sorry about your stage four diagnosis. That's the one we all fear. You are a brave woman of faith who we admire and who encourages us even though you are going through more than we are. (And the rest of you too with such diagnoses.) I fervently pray the Lord will miraculously bless and keep you all through all of it.
Thank you sisters, I truly love you all.
Ade
P.S. Joanne I still get reminders to get "my mammogram"! I just have to laugh! I want to say, "well GO for it!" :oD
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Ade, I'm late to the game and you are probably on your way to the doctor. My ONC has told me that after five years my care would be passed on to my PCP. While I like and trust my PCP, she is no spring chicken and I expect she will be retiring in the next few years. I do not have a GYN, so I may need to find one for annual exams. That will be a challenge. GYNs are few and far between in my neck of the woods.
Hoping all goes well at your appointment.
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Hershey - just about ready to leave. THANK YOU for your input. I am "empty" GYN-wise so haven't seen one in decades, so will continue with PCP I guess. Hope you can find the doctor you need. Thanks again!
Blessings upon your day,
Ade
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Thank you too Joanne! Will watch the lump for sure. Was having twinges in the area a couple of days ago but not real changes there. I am prone to cysts and take an ongoing antibiotic prescription when needed. Not alarmed at this point. I guess IF I continued with this onc then IF the lump changed I would have a fairly easy 'in' to see him for it as opposed to ending the check-ups?
Off I go -
Blessings on all of you today!
Ade
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