Calling all triple negative breast cancer patients in the UK
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Hello Mary and Hanieh,
Thank you for your most interesting posts. I always learn such a lot from them. I have not had time to replly to them today,but I shall make it a priority tomorrow.
Thinking of you both.
Love,
Sylvia xxx.
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Hello Mary,
I agree with you about Chris Woollams' articles. Once you read the email and start clicking on the links, there is no end to it. I clicked on the underlined headings, but then gave up pursuing more links, as I thought I was suffering already from information overload!! There is no way you can retain all that information. I tend to simplify it in my own mind by remembering what I need to eat in order to keep my body as healthy as possible.
Like you, I was interested in the article entitled 'The many benefits of ginger with cancer'. It is already an important part of my diet. I regularly buy fresh ginger root and I slice it like a vegetable and cook it with carrots and sweet potatoes. I also regularly drink Pukka three ginger tea. I used fresh ginger during my cancer treatment and never had any problems with nausea or sickness. It does say in the article that chewing a slice of raw ginger can reduce chemotherapy induced nausea and that it also reduces plasma glucose levels. It sounds as though diabetics might be better off eating fresh ginger rather than taking nasty drugs. Of course, it is important too in that it can reduce chronic inflammation. I was interested to know that research shows that it is forty times more effective than NSAID arthritis drugs. I bet the nasty pharmaceuticals would like all this to be hidden! I was very interested to read about ginger having a strong effect against asthma and allergies.
I do hope readers of this thread will take the time to read this article about the benefits of ginger. There is so much to learn including the fact that it has been found to activate the T cells in the immune system, not to mention stimulating the circulation, being a natural blood thinner and lowering blood cholesterol. I read all of this article, which includes general benefits, radiotherapy and ginger, and anti-cancer activity and research with ginger. It says, among other things, that ginger is effective against breast cancer and cancer stem cells.
We all know that cancer STEM CELLS are the troublesome cells at the heart of cancers that re-grow after tumours are knocked back by chemotherapy. We also know that as of 2016 there are no drugs currently that kill cancer stem cells.
Like you, I do wonder just how much deep harm the taxane drugs may have caused us, but all we can say is that we are still alive! I was astonished to read the following sentence. "Ginger 10,000 time more effective than breast cancer drug Taxol". I suppose that includes Taxotere as well.
How do you get the ginger you put on your tongue?
As for probiotics, there is indeed endless information about this and the great importance of having a healthy gut. What I do in this respect is to regularly buy jars of Biona sauerkraut and have Sojade organic plain live culture, sugarless, soy yoghurt most days and on others Provamel plain sugarless live culture coconut yoghurt.
It is true that we have a medical system that is based on identifying symptoms and providing a pill to deal with them. I cannot understand people who are taking a cocktail of drugs. I do enjoy the Junk Science sections in Chris Woollams' article. I cannot understand, either, why patients swallow the pills and expect to have pills when they see the doctor.
I cannot understand anyone in their right mind taking statins to lower cholesterol. Most of our cholesterol is made in the body and only a small amount from what we eat. From what I have read, these pills are messing up the natural process of cholesterol-making in the liver. How can this be of any use? The latest news was that the powers that be have decided that HDL (the so called GOOD cholesterol) needs investigating. I do not know all the details but, of course, the emphasis will be on producing yet another pill!
I think it is scandalous the way antidepressants medication is dished out.
Tomorrow we have the Budget being presented in Parliament. Again, it will be a big conjuring trick! Now we give, now we take it away!! At least it will give us a break from the referendum, which is getting nastier and nastier. Even the Queen has been dragged into it with headlines about the Queen being in favour of Brexit (Getting out). Of course she would be, just in case the bureaucrats in Brussels legislate away the Monarchy. Apparently, it is well known in the upper circles that the Queen is a Eurosceptic. We even have Obama about to come over here to tell the people that we have to vote to stay in Europe.
That is all for now.
Fond thoughts.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello Hanieh,
I do hope you will find a way that works for you, that helps you to relax and stop worrying. Here in the UK complementary therapies, such as aromatherapy, massage and reflexology are often offered through charities to help patients and their families when going through cancer treatment. Raymond had an Indian head massage and reflexology when I was going through treatment. We are very logical, rational people and would not normally touch any of these, but Raymond tried it for the experience and he said he found it relaxing at the time. I declined all offers of such treatment, but found just resting and being very quiet was all I needed.
I was glad to know you have a husband who helps you with the Spring cleaning and that he is a helpful husband.
I shall be thinking of you tonight as you celebrate the end of the year. Here in the UK on New Year's Eve, which is December 31st, there are fireworks and family celebrations as well. I do not like fireworks either. I think of all that money going up in smoke and how it is polluting the atmosphere.
Enjoy your evening and make the New Year one in which you will stop worrying and enjoy each day as it comes.
Am I right in thinking that you cannot receive Chris Woollams' email? Can you log onto his website?
That is all for now.
Fond thoughts.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hi, Sylvia and all,
I am very sorry that you will have our President preaching to you, I have tuned him out; when he talks I turn the channel. He seems to think he is an expert on everything. So it looks like he and the Royals look at this issue differently.
Yesterday I voted in our Primary election. Then I had my hair cut; the lady who cut my hair said she would not bother to go because she was told her vote wouldn't really count anyway. And she was told this by an election worker! As far as I am concerned, whether it does any good or not, I will vote. It is the only voice we have. As of right now my state has not declared a winner between Trump and Cruz. It is very close, less than 2000 votes difference last time I heard. I guess they are making sure they get it right. The same is true for Clinton and Sanders, no winner declared yet. The others running were far behind.
I take the ginger on my tongue in the form of ginger oil. It is not a pleasant taste, but I am getting used to it. I ordered it, probably from Vitamin Shoppe. I really like the taste of fresh ginger when it is sauted with garlic and cooked in an Asian-style dish.
I looked at the article on "Sleeping and Diabetes Risk". I personally think that is very true. I have noticed that if I do not get enough sleep, the next day I want to eat everything under the sun including sweets. It's as if my body is trying to make up the lack of sleep with a sugar craving. I do not have high blood sugar, or diabetes; but I can see how, if one was habitually short of sleep it would not be good. I know also that weight gain goes along with lack of sleep.
The articles on Dementia and Alzheimer's seem to have a message to encourage the use of B Complex and Omega-3's. I did find a B Complex without the "cyanide". It is proving to be not as smelly as my last one, and doesn't upset my stomach. I was already taking fish oil supplement. And some wonderful friends gave me fresh Alaskan salmon that the husband brought home from his fishing trip.
I was interested to see that Chris brought up the subject of Johnson and Johnson Talcum Powder, I remember you brought that up at one time. The air around us and the products we use on a daily basis seem to be the most difficult part of the toxin-avoiding equation to me. Dish soap, laundry soap, shampoo, hand cream, nail polish, face cream, makeup, toothpaste. The list is endless if you really think about everything you come in contact with every day.
Yes, between the newsletters of Chris Woollams and Ty Bollinger I feel inundated with advice. I would rather have it than not, but I do reach a saturation point after a while. I do think they have good motives; if they make a bit of money from it, good for them! And I do learn a lot, too bad I didn't know all this a couple of years ago!
Speaking of stem cells, I am thinking of having stem cell therapy on my torn rotator cuff. I saw the doctor last week and it sounds promising; she is confident that her treatment can repair my shoulder. It is very interesting, they take platelets from your blood, and some fat cells from the body. If the shoulder has arthritis as well, they will take bone marrow stem cells also. I am supposed to give them my x-rays from last fall so they can check for arthritis. On the other hand, if I have the orthodox orthopedic surgery, I will be in a sling for 6 weeks, and unable to move my right arm. A therapist will be allowed to move it after 2 weeks. After the 6 weeks I will be in physical therapy for several months at least, to regain the movement of my arm. With this stem cell therapy, there is no sling and no inactivity of the arm. Apparently the most unpleasant part of the whole thing is the pain that occurs for 3-5 days after the injections of stem cells. It causes inflammation in the first stage, and that causes the pain. The patient is not allowed to take anti-inflammatory pills (Advil, Motrin) because it is part of the process to be inflamed. After that the cells are supposed to start their proliferation. It takes about 12 months for the complete repair process to occur, but you have the use of your arm for all that time. What do you think?? Insurance does not pay, but if there is no arthritis in my shoulder it will only cost me $800. If arthritis is there, it will be $2000. I am sure if I had the usual orthopedic surgery it would be at least $10,000, probably more.
Hanieh, I am so glad you are having some relief from your pain. I don't know if we can ever get over the bit of fear that came with the cancer, we do have to learn how to live with it. I haven't got that figured out yet, either :-)
Hope everyone is well today,
Mary
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Hi Sylvia , Mary and everyone
We have only four days to the end the year and my being completely busy has let me forget all about my pains. Maybe the excitement of being rejuvenated by the coming of the spring has been my great healer.
Sylvia, unfortunately I couldn't register to receive Chris Woollams emails.
Mary, it's really depressing to see how you should deal with such problems. I hope you get well very soon.
Tomorrow we're going to take a week vacation to Istanbul, Turkey.
Love
Hanieh
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Hello Mary,
Thank you for your post.
It will be interesting to see whether Donald Trump ends up winning the nomination.
I was interested in your comments on some of the articles from Chris Woollams. I do think that the worst illness anyone can have is any form of dementia, because you are not in control of yourself at all.
I agree with you that the most difficult task for us is to try to control all the toxins around us, in the environment, in the home and in toiletries.
I agree with you as well about being over-informed rather than not being informed at all. There is so much ignorance everywhere.
I was interested to know that you are thinking of having stem cell therapy on your rotator cuff. Let us know what you decide.
Thank goodness the spring equinox is on Sunday March 20th. It will be so nice to watch everything coming back into bloom and to have a bit of warmth.
That is all for now.
Fond thoughts.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello Hanieh,
I hope your week is going a bit better for you and that you are feeling better.
It is a pity you cannot register for the Chris Woollams' emails. Can you look at his website?
I do hope you have a good vacation in Istanbul in Turkey. I do hope there is no trouble while you are there.
That is all for now.
Fond thoughts.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello everyone,
I am posting some of the latest information that I have seen in the newspapers about cancer treatment, so that you can see that slowly progress appears to be happening.
In the Independent on Tuesday March 15th, there was an article on page 8 under News, entitled "Nanoparticles deliver 'astounding' cancer results". Under this heading the sub-heading says "Scientists say new process could reat metastatic tumours in liver and lungs". The article is by Science Editor Steve Connor.
The researchers apparently developed a method of delivering anti-cancer drugs to the liver and lungs using a "nanoparticle generator" that can bypass a tumour cell's ability to develop drug resistance.
To quote the article it said "Tests on mice with incurable breast cancer that has spread to the lungs showed that half of them were effectively cured after eight months of follow-up – the equivalent of twenty-four years of long-term in humans".
It says that this would be a new milestone in cancer therapy and has come just weeks after breakthroughs in cancer IMMUNOLOGY where the body's own immune defences were shown to be capable of launching an attack on spreading tumours.
If you are interested in this please have a look at the article because there is an easy to understand explanation of how this nanoparticle treatment is carried out, and there is also a diagram to explain how the technology works. The link on line is:
There was a short article in the Independent on Thursday March 17th under Health, entitled "Tablet can 'light up' cancerous tumours".
Researchers have developed a tablet that lights up cancerous tumours in the breast tissue of a mouse under near-infrared light. It says that screening often identify lumps but cannot always pinpoint cancer. Researchers from the University of Michigan created a pill that contains an imaging agent.
This was a very short article and I cannot find a link on line.
Finally, I was interested to find an article in the Daily Express on Tuesday March 15th under Your Health, entitled "Why I'll wear my cancer tattoos with pride". This is all about a special radiotherapy, state of the art, called TomoTherapy that two celebrities are having for prostate cancer.
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/652658/William-Hartston-cancer-tattoos-pride
I want to say thank you to Mary, Hanieh, adagio and Amanda for their great contribution to this thread. Without them it would not continue and I would have no motivation to post more information. So many people have had their treatment and left.
Wishing all of you a good weekend.
Fond thoughts.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello everyone,
I have just discovered there is a link online about the cancer imaging pill to the Daily Mirror, where this article was also printed.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/new-pill-lights-up-cancerous-7563990
Best wishes
Sylvia
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Hi Sylvia
I found all your information promising. I'm so happy for future cancer patients who may experience hardships of cancer less and less.
Right now I'm in Istanbul and despite all the terrorist threats to attack everything seems to be calm and quiet. I enjoy being here as it's the connecting point of the East and the West. Here all people, whether citizens or tourists, with all cultures and all religions live in harmony with each other. No one seems to look down on some one else because of their differences. I love freedom and am desperate that we don't have it in our country. I never like the idea of living elsewhere, yet I am tired of all the limitations and pressures. Unfortunately, as I have the chance of living only once, I should try to accept where I stand and try to find pleasure in it such as my family and friends.
Best wishes
Hanieh
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Hello Hanieh,
Thank you for your post and for expressing your appreciation of all the information about the latest cancer research news. I spend a lot of time going through articles, magazines etc. to keep us all up to date and often there is no response. I do appreciate your participation, as there can be no thread without interaction.
I was very surprised to read that you were in Istanbul, Turkey. I understand that you needed a break from all your fear and anxiety about your health, but Turkey is such a dangerous country now.
I was really concerned to get the news yesterday that there had been a suicide terrorist attack in Istanbul in a busy shopping area. I do hope that you and your family are alright. Please, if you can, write a line to let me know you are safe.
Turkey may be very cosmopolitan but there are a lot of dangers and there is the everlasting trouble between the Turks and the Kurds. I cannot understand why the Kurds cannot be given their own independent country, in order to try to bring about peace.
It is the first day of spring today, so let us look forward to the rebirth of nature.
Sending you fond thoughts.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello everyone,
I am just popping in to say that today, March 20th, spring equinox, I have marked ten years and nine months since diagnosis. I am looking forward to reaching that eleven year anniversary.
Best wishes.
Sylvia
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Hi, Sylvia
Thanks for your posts, it's very encouraging to see all the research that is coming out these days. The pills that pinpoint only cancerous cells would be a boon, especially for women with dense breasts. I know quite a few women like that, and mammograms are not very dependable. I myself had a biopsy some years ago and it turned out to be fibrocystic from dense breasts. An unnecessary biopsy as it turned out, that happens quite a lot.
The man who is bearing his radiation "tattoos" has a wonderful upbeat attitude, I admire such people.
And the nanotechnology seems like one of the best things coming down the pike. The idea of inserting tiny little workers into only the area of concern is just great; it would save so much misery from damaging areas that are not cancerous.
A man was telling me the other day about when his mother had breast cancer, he said "But now they have such better treatments." I don't think the treatment we in this group had was much different than years ago. Chemo, radiation, and then checkups. How is that different? I think some of the other cancers have benefited from upgrades on treatments. We do have better anti-nausea drugs now.
We were in spring here, but today it is very cold again, we even had some snow this morning. I guess spring will be back when it's ready!
Congratulations on your continuing good health!!
Talk soon, Mary
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10 years and 9 months is certainly to be celebrated, Sylvia - enjoy your health- your diet and supplements are paying off. I'll write more later this evening
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congratulations Sylvia, it is great to get good news on this forum
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Sylvia we are fine enjoying our trip
Love you
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Hello Mary,
Thank you for your post. I do agree that it is encouraging to get all this news about research that is coming out these days. We do need to make that great leap forward and try to find less harmful ways of treating cancer and indeed trying to prevent it. The frustrating thing is that research is so slow.
We need to keep an eye on the pill that will pinpoint only cancerous cells. That would be great progress providing that it is not harmful. It would be good if we could do away with mammograms because of the radiation and the harmful squeezing of breasts. Let us all look for more news on this pill and let us all be mindful of potential harm. Let us not forget that another pill, the birth control pill, is said to be a risk factor in the development of breast cancer. As you say, it would be good to get away from mammograms as they are not dependable with dense breasts. We also know that with mammograms we get false positives and negatives.
The new radiotherapy being used for prostate cancer is also good news.
As you say, nanotechnology seems to be another great step forward.
I was interested in what you said about the man who seemed to think that breast cancer treatment was much better now than when his mother had it. The fact would seem to be that surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy have been around for ever, especially surgery and radiotherapy. My grandmother had breast cancer and died of metastatic breast cancer back in 1955. I remember she had a mastectomy and radiotherapy. Someone else I know here had breast cancer, over thirty years ago, and is still alive today. She had a lumpectomy and radiotherapy. She was only about 29 at the time and from what she has said I think she probably had triple negative receptors, but of course there was no mention of it back then.
As for chemotherapy, I think drugs such as epirubicin, doxorubicin, cyclophosphomide, fluorouracil and methotrexate are considered old chemotherapy drugs and have been around for a long time, whereas paclitaxel and docetaxel (the taxanes) are more recent. Of course, we now have the platins and the drugs known as monoclonal antibodies. I think it would be good if we could get away from chemotherapy, as it has such a toll on our bodies, but at the moment it keeps us alive. I do sometimes wonder whether surgery and radiotherapy might suffice, but who of us will take that chance?
It looks as though the beginning of spring has brought in cold temperatures here. We have had just 6C today with a biting wind. I want milder temperatures in order to get more walking done.
Take care.
Fond thoughts.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello adagio,
Thank you for your post and your kind words. I see from your details that you are not far off four years. At least we know we are all making an effort.
What is life like in Canada these days? Is Justin Trudeau a good Prime Minister in your opinion? How is the empty nest life going?
Thinking of you.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello Numb,
Thank you so much for your kind words.
I saw from your details that you have only very recently been diagnosed with breast cancer with triple negative receptors. I just wanted to reassure you that you can get through this cancer journey and I hope my own survival will motivate you.
I do hope that all will go well with your chemotherapy treatment when you start it in April. If I can help you in any way please do not hesitate to post. Do you know which chemotherapy drugs you will be having?
Sending you my very best wishes.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello Hanieh,
I was so glad to see your post and to know that you are alright.
Thank you for the lovely photographs. The first one of you and your husband looks very romantic. Where was it taken?
The second photograph of all three of you is really lovely and you look like a very happy family. I do hope this holiday has done you a lot of good. I was very interested to see in the photograph the bridge across the Bosphorus. It is strange that the huge country that Turkey is has that bit of land across the bridge. It makes you wonder how that came about, but throughout history land has always changed around. How did it feel to be so close to Europe?
I do hope you will be able to tell us about your experiences when you get home. Was this your first visit to Turkey? What did your husband and daughter think about it all?
When do you return home and when do you have to resume teaching?
Here in the UK the country is gearing up for the Easter holidays. Easter Sunday is early this year so it is making holidays a bit complicated. This coming Friday is Good Friday and it is traditional to have hot cross buns. Sunday will be Easter Sunday and it is traditional for children to have chocolate Easter eggs. Monday is Easter Monday and is a bank holiday. All this is the next big holiday after Christmas. It is religious but like Christmas it is a time for families to get together.
That is all for now.
Once again I am glad to know that you and your family are fine and enjoying Turkey.
Fond thoughts.
Sylvia xxxx
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Hello Amanda and Joliel,
I hope you are both doing well.
Amanda, do you have travelling plans for Easter?
Fond thoughts.
Sylvia xxxx
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Sylvia - I just saw my oncologist this past Thursday - all is well. Mammogram is clear. I told her that my husband and I are going travelling (we are going to Australia) in September and expected her to say - come and see me before you leave, but she surprized me by asking me if I felt comfortable waiting until after Christmas and see her in early January - and I asked her if she was comfortable with that and she said "absolutely". So I guess that is good news, but it feels kind of weird in another sense. My husband is retiring in June and we are going to Australia and New Zealand for 3 months - it will be a long time to be away from home, but I am excited. And being reassured about my health is a big comfort. My oncologist said I should count from the date of my surgery which was September 25th, 2012 - so I am coming up to three and a half years this month. For me, that is unbelievable. The time has gone so quickly and when I think back it all seems like a nightmare. But each day I get out of bed and feel full of gratitude for LIFE. It is a gift, for sure, and I will never take my health for granted - I am committed to taking the best care possible of myself.
You asked about the osteoporosis. Well at the end of March it will be 3 years since I had a bone density done, so I have a requisition to get one done at the end of the month. It will be very interesting to see if all is the same or if the bones have become more porous. I have no sense at all of where my bones are at. I am simply taking Vit K2, Vit D3, and eating leafy greens and nuts most days. The most important thing I am doing for the osteoporosis is walking a lot and doing weights. I walk anywhere from 10,000 - 15,000 steps each day - it takes discipline, but because I believe in it, I make it a priority.
Justin Trudeau is a good leader just like his father was - although, I still think it is early days. He has a lot to deal with, but people like him and see him as being a Prime Minister for the people. Time will tell.
I have not been reading the articles in any depth - mostly skim reading - I am hoping that for future women, there will be big improvements and changes. I think this will be the case, but it will all take time of course.
The empty nest is divine! I love having the house to myself in the mornings particularly - although, once my husband retires that will all change again. My youngest daughter lives with her husband in the States, and she generally comes home for the summer months. 2 of the children live in Vancouver, so I see them regularly, then our eldest lives in Quebec and he comes a couple of times each year to bring the grandchildren to visit. I love them all, but am so ready for "me time" - I don't mean to sound selfish, but I have waited a long time for this and just want to enjoy every moment of it.
Spring has arrived, and it is beautiful here in Vancouver. We have had a lot of rain, but I love rain, so no problem for me. Have a wonderful week.
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Mary - I find the process of repairing the rotator cuff with stem cells fascinating. How times are changing in terms of treatment of so many ailments. I am guessing that this is done on as an outpatient and that you don't need to stay in the hospital. The attractive part is being able to use your arm during the process. The part I don't like the sound of is the pain!! I did not have a rotator cuff injury, but I did have a shoulder injury which was followed by a frozen shoulder - both were exceedingly painful and lasted a long time. I know a woman who had the orthopedic repair of the rotator cuff and she did quite well afterwards. I don't know about you, but I find these decisions very difficult to make. Have you done much research into the effectiveness of the stem cell therapy? If it works, it sounds amazing - are there any side effects or possible negative outcomes? I know absolutely nothing about it. If it is something you feel absolutely comfortable with - then why not. As for myself, I would do a ton of reading about it before I made a decision. Good luck with that. And I do have an idea of the pain and discomfort of a shoulder problem - I still have difficulty sleeping on that side of my injury. I can now lift a 3 pound weight above my head - which I couldn't do for 2 years, it hurt so much. But now I have no pain, and my mobility is improving all the time.
I had a positive visit with my oncologist who does not want to see for 9 months - so that is a very good sign - of course, I can call her any time if I have a problem or a concern. It is a weird feeling not having to go for such a long time, but she is confident, so I guess I should be too!! You will read in my post to Sylvia, that my husband and I are travelling to Australia and New Zealand in the fall, so we have lots of planning to do. Have you ever been to Australia? It is a massive country just like the USA, so we know that we cannot see everywhere, but we aim to see a lot. But the number one priority will be that I do not get tired, so we will have relaxed times interspersed with more rigorous times. It will be an adventure for sure.
My youngest daughter lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan - we visited her last fall, and it is quite a charming town - have you been there? I loved the beautiful architecture of some of the University buildings. Which state do you live in? I love visiting America, and I want to see a lot more of it. In addition to Ann Arbor, I have been to Boston, Chicago, New York, Seattle, Portland and the Oregon Coast, San Francisco, San Diego, Savannah, Charleston. I find American history quite fascinating. In two weeks time I am accompanying my husband to a conference in Washington, DC.
Wishing you a good week ahead. In the Christian church this coming week is Holy Week. I sing in an Anglican (Episcopal) church choir, and we had our special Palm Sunday service today to mark the beginning of Holy Week.
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Hanieh - how lovely that you can get away to Istabul - that is a place I would love to visit, but like Sylvia, I feel it is a bit unsafe at the moment, so we will wait until things settle down a bit. I have heard Istanbul is a fine city. Did you celebrate Norouz there?
So happy that your scans came back negative - hopefully you can now relax a bit more and be less stressed about the cancer returning. We all get the feelings of the cancer returning, and it is a constant challenge to move beyond the negativity of wondering if every ache and pain is cancer. But I guess that is our new "normal", and we have to learn to live with it.
My daughter and her husband celebrated Norouz in New York City at a Persian Restaurant - since they do not have family there, they did not sit Haft Sin (don't know if this is correct) but where you sit with your family and friends into the early hours of the morning. Do you have this practice? Perhaps it is a particular group only, I just go on what my daughter tells me, and I don't understand it all,
Wishing you a good week ahead, and a safe return to Tehran.
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Hi Sylvia, adagio and all
Sylvia, Istanbul is really a great city where you enjoy the beauties of historical as well as natural places. The first picture was in Istanbul's big aquarium. I love travelling and seeing all the different cultures and people, so getting near to Europe is really an enjoyable experience. It's been my second time to Istanbul. Next time I'm planning on a trip to Dubai. Also, in the long run,I'm planning on visiting Europe and America. It's one of my wishes to go to an English speaking country. Today I met an American young man and we talked for some time. I asked him what he taught of Iranians and the general opinions of Americans about Iranians . He seemed positive.You know I have always dealt with my students and their imperfect English which has sometimes influenced my English as well. So it was a very good experience. You Americans and British have beautiful language with different beautiful accents. I love your speaking English with your native accents. If only we had the chance of more interactions!
adagio ,as I was not home, I couldn't sit haft sin. We have travelled with my mother in law and she with my daughter are in a separate room. The beginning moment of the year which was early in the morning they came to our room and we celebrated it together.
Love you all and wish you a great spring
Hanieh
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