Have any of you found love after your diagnosis and treatment?
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Congratulations!!!! I'm so happy for you!! That is so exciting!
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Congrats, Denise! I bet you're swooning! You give the rest of us hope.
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DETAILS Densie!!
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It wasn't especially romantic. We picked out a ring, about 1 1/2 carat round on a band with small diamonds. I have tiny hands so it's beautiful without looking too gaudy. If I knew how to post a picture I would.
He makes me happy, just talking to him on the phone or sitting next to him. Looking at his picture on Facebook in a tuxedo does make me swoon!
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And Tuesday of next week I get my Foobs version 2.1
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Denise -- the ring sounds beautiful and all the best for next week too -- good things ahead !!!
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Denise The ring sounds beautiful! I am so happy that this dating stuff all worked out for you. Best wishes with the upcoming surgery on Tuesday.
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Yes - we will all be thinking of you next week on Tuesday and hoping all goes wonderfully!!
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DEnise - can you update us on the back story? how did you meet, how long did you date? Did you say 1 1/2 Carat - thats huge and I'm sure it sparkles
KAryn
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Denise, So very happy for you ! Best Wishes, Kiley
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We met March 14th on Christian Mingle. Didn't particularly care much for him on our first date but he grew on me. We are planning a long engagement since we still have a lot to get to know about each other.
I'm in no rush - we're both a little gun shy about getting married.
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Denise, I missed most of the story since I rarely check in here. How exciting, do you have family in the area? I bet they are thrilled
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Hi Guys, it's been along time for me to be on here as well. Denise2730, so happy for you and I know what you mean about gun shy. I am still single, though dating a second someone that I dated back in 1966. We dated 2x (I was 15 and he was 18), when the Vietnam War broke out and they were drafting our young men. Mine joined the Navy in his senior year and I ran down, collected pop bottles and sold them to add to my little money toward a chain bracelet for him. I engraved his name on the outside and mine on the inside. Off he went and I didn't see or hear from him for the next sixty four years, until now Oct 12, 2011. Two marriages later (we both had) and after my chemo treatments that was left with a broken heart whom my exminister\co worker boyfriend left me with and whom I thought was Godsent, Thomas and I found each other again. He said he fell in love with me the FIRST time he seen me as he drove up into my driveway and I stood out in the yard to greet him. He is the sweetest, most gentle man that I have ever had and LOVE was hard for me to get into, after all the hurt, but he made it into my heart. He asked me to marry him, I said yes. Though upon the relationship getting in the comfort zone, he has been gun shy at times. I have had to reel him in again a few times to wake him up that he got what he wanted, now what is he going to do with it. It is called adjusting to that it is real! Now we have to work toward the reality of our and each of our dreams, if we are going to be together in the future. He has a home 37 miles near a lake and has a Dodge Ram that is sucking up the gas, he is to turn 65 in July and it went into shock, realizing he doesn't have to spend the rest of his life by hisself. We both have a lot to work on, but I know it is real LOVE. When we are together, we love breathing each other's breath, I can kiss his sweat on his face and I love it, we love each other all over...it's wonderful. I will keep you all informed when and how. When I look at him, he is 18 and I am 15 again. But the fact is he has a stint in his heart, he carries his 290 weight really well (tall and stocky) and he was exposed to Agent Orange over seas. In other words he is scared...but it is true love!
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I am very happy for you Float. You have waited a long time.
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Wow what a romantic story ...
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Denise -- CONGRATS!
The word at 50-plus is "prenup" even if you fully expect this to last for the rest of your lives, because it's a way to ensure you're both on the same (financial) page about what your kids are going to get ... and making it clear to the kids as well. (Although we handed notarized copies of the prenup to our daughters (age 25 and 31) and they seemed supremely uninterested.)
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Denise Hope you are doing well tonight after your surgery today. Take care girl.
Mybee I remember you said that you are getting surgery this month. When is it scheduled for again?
Hi Ladies Hope you all are also doing well.
Went to a POF dance on Sunday. Danced with a guy. He was very easy to talk to. He called me yesterday and we talked on the phone. Only thing is he lives 1 1/2 hours away from me.
Also, went to Moffitt Cancer center this morning for a CT scan of my head. The Chemo Brain seems to be getting worse and my last chemo dose was in Feb. 2011. Wont know results until July when I see the doctor. Maybe it is stress.
Take care
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denise- yes- hope all went smoothly for surgery and recovery!
Painted lady- hope all is well with your scan as well! Please let us know.
I agree very romantic and lovely story Hope- love hearing such stories
So...... opened the flood gates I'm afraid with my ex and he wants to meet - more just to discuss what when wrong.. Very nervous as he can be very charming and there is such a connection between us... so nervous! Trying to meet somewhere totally neutral.
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Denise -- please let us know how things went.
Paintedlady --- keep us posted regarding your scan.
Stanzie -- please be careful -- don't allow yourself to be charmed -- be strong !!!!
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Stanzie - All I remember is how very much he hurt you and how very much he sounded like my ex BF. I wonder about his motivations!
Paintedlady - Please do let us know. Hope all is well.
Denise - Rest, Rest and take care. Blessings!
lauri - finances do get quite complicated in mid-life. There are children, houses/properties/ investments, etc. Very touchy. Makes men a little gun shy; women too, I would think.
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In pain, but not like when I had the BMX but definitely more than with the 1st exchange. The PS had a lot more to do this time including Alloderm, lipo, stitches where he did the lipo, etc. For some reason the BC side hurts the worst.
Hopefully the results will be worth it.
PaintedLady keep us informed.
Hurts to lift my arm to type so I'm making this brief.
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glad to hear from you denise -- get lots of rest and do NOT overdo things -- get yourself well and strong.
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Denise Good to see your post. Every day the pain will lessen. Take care of yourself.
Keep us posted on your progress. I bet when you look at that sparkling diamond that takes your mind off of things.
All of you Sisters have a good evening
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I don't know if anyone noticed this, but I said my guy had been traveling around and unseen or unheard for sixty four years. Correction fourty six years.
Stanzie, neutral is great....mine at sixty five yrs of age is wonderfully old fashion, cowboy look...boots, etc, old classic country music and yearns to know the Lord. His touch is so gentle and he cries at tear jerking movies, so sweet. Since he has been driving nationally for so many years, it was hard for him to be a father, husband or even a christian man. Now he can live a normal life, retiring and only working pt, with me. Of course when "with me", is an unknown time...that is what we are working on.
Paintedlady, I just read your story abt your great escape and I admire what you did! You are a smart lady, hang in there, he will come. I truly will say if for some reason mine quits driivng an hour to an hour and a half to see me, that will be a bump in the relationship. Hopefully it won't happen. I am 61 and he is 65 this year, but if it doesn't work out, I won't be shopping for anyone else, I will rent to another christian lady and just make plans to be single the rest of my life. I don't want to be a RED HAT LADY and just hang around old women, dressing up for just women, isn't my thing.
God bless our hearts to have the wisdom of God and not be deceived by ANYONE! Hope we all find the right one, whom treats us as we well deserve.
Fearless, thanks for not deleting this entire post, it has comforted many!
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Hope - I love the way you write. You paint such a pretty picture and do write well and sensibly. It sounds like things are going very well for you. There is however, nothing wrong with the single life, should it some day come to that. It is beginning to fit nicely for me. It has taken some months. I am enjoying my own interests and company. Of course, I do have the kids. Altho' they are home only in bits and pieces, they are still company. So I am blessed.
kward - I believe we overlooked you. You and the firefighter sound like a good match. I am happy for you.
PL- How is it going?
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I dont have a doctor's appointment until July 18 th for the followuo to the brain CT scan.
Hopefully, it is stress.
Tomorrow I am meeting a guy for lunch. Monday I am going to meet this guy I met Sunday at a POF dance. We aregoing to the sponge docks in Rarpon Springs. It is a tourist area by the gulf of Mexico. Tuesday, I am meeting anothe guy for lunch.
It seems for me that I find it easier to meet someone at a dance or some activity rather than on a dating site. I seem to be more relaxed with the guy that I met at the POF dance.
Denise How are you doing?
Going to bed now Ladies
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Met the guy for lunch then we went by Gulf of Mexico and sat on bench and talked for a while. He seemed very nice. He is 64 (this is true), but he looks like he is in his late 60's maybe even 70.
He said that he was attracted to me: I think I hurt his feelings, but I did not answer him. I did not feel attracted or repulsed. I just came away with a "I am not sure feeling"
He was looking for instant attraction. I said nothing because I wasnt going to lie to him.
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I think I'm not sure is a sensible reaction to someone you have just met. It's too bad he is looking for instant attraction, but most guys are.
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mybee333, thank you for the compliments. In reading back on your profile, you are a giver, not a taker, that means you are very special to many. Again, I haven't been on the site for sometime, but this is such a stress relief, kind of enjoying it. You'll see I write, like I talk, many say anyway.
paintedlady, so your 64 wanted to be attactive to you. There is a way to do this....there was a Dallas series on TV, where Joan Collins admitted that with her co-stars she would find ONE attractive feature on that particular person and she would stay focused on IT. She said it worked everytime. Now, my 64 year old (whom will be 65 in July), did the same thing. He tried to break away from me (after I revealed to him that I knew what he was doing). He said, "You told me if you didn't know me (from our teenage years), that you would of just walked on by me, because you aren't attracted to me!" My turn, "Now Thomas, that was just a moment. I got to know your heart and I have become attacted to you, etc." Later I told him I liked his side profile, his dimples when he smiled (dentures and all, ha ha), his thick hair (in back, there isn't much on top). If he wasn't 290 lbs, his physic is awesome...so I see what I see and focus on that. Well, in other words paintedlady, look for the good features, God made something attractive in there somewhere.
It was really hard for me to expose my breasts, I would cover them up with this or that each time. He'd tell me I was so beautiful. I would think, "I want my own aerola's, these aren't real", I would look straight down at both of them and see that there weren't any nipples, just round breasts. He made me overcome my shyness and he kept showering me with love for ME...inside and out. It's wonderful to finally feel like a woman again and wanted!
Okay girls, I took my laptop to work and it is best that I get off of here. I work Saturday nights by myself and there is a lot of distraction while I am trying to write to you all.
As paintedlady was saying, she has children at home periodically...it helps so much. I have one daughter whom lives sixty miles away and I may see her and the kids once every six months..it gets really lonesome. Take care for now.
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