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Chrissy, you are busy busy, i hope as well your daughter goes well in surgery and that the problem gets fixed and she will be on the mend soon. Which one is getting married, some body is that you are making all the roses for etc. is this the one having the surgery.?
Jenn, hope things have improved for you.
well must go and get some more jobs done, like the dishes. my bedroom looks like a bomb has it.
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Annette, yes the one having surgery is the one getting married.
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Tomorrow is the Mother's Day Classic and I will wearing a tribute card in support of "Australian Sisters" and me!
My hip is still sore so it will be a 4km run/walk combo but I couldn't let my sponsors down so I am participating anyway.
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Tammy, good luck doing the classic! Hope your hip holds up!
Love n hugs. Chrissy0 -
so the induction is on monday morning where i have to sign all the forms like tax forms and others. might have to get some new black pants as i cant fit into the ones i used to wear before. the boss asked what size shirt i wear so i assume they wont be providing pants to go with their shirt. I start on the 16th which is a thursday.
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Melp27, good luck for next week!
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Melp I'm sure you will do well with the new job! Good luck!!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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These are some of the hearts for the dream catchers for DD's wedding.
Thought I'd keep you updated.
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Thanks everyone! Any tips on surviving the first day? I've been told it can be a fast paced type of job.
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Melp one of the secrets is make sure you have a high protein breakfast with some complex carbs for energy. That should give you some sustained energy with a top up or two through the day. Hoping it all goes well for you as I'm sure it will.
Love n hugs. Chrissy0 -
Chrissy, those hearts are Beautiful, you are clever. are you spending time in the city this week with Daughter. is it this week she has operation. Hope it all goes well. Please keep us up dated with how she is doing and also your handy work.
Melp, good luck girl, you will be a great success and enjoy. exciting. Whoo hoo.
Happy Mummy's day everybody. am thinking of Angela's children in light of her passing, makes me sad in that sense, but glad she not suffering anymore, sad for her kids tho. have a good day. xxxx
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Ok thanks Chrissy like what would you suggest? I usually have a cereal with some fruit in it and it's supposed to be high in antioxidants with milk and a glass of juice.
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Melp make yourself a bacon and tomato omelet. I use the castelmaine bacon pieces as they cook quickly, cut a small or medium tomato into pieces and cook along with the bacon and then spread over the base of you pan and pour over two lightly beaten eggs. Salt and pepper to taste and let cook gently until cooked through. It's tasty, easy and keeps you full. Add a slice of toast and you'll be good to go. I do mine in a non stick pan if you have one. For your high energy snacks some almonds, seeds and dry fruit. For lunch, a salad with either salmon or tuna and eat as much as you like. You can use a small amount of dressing if you like.
Sorry if I got a bit caried away.....lol. Oh, you can eat the fruit, seed and nut mixture as you need.
I'm so excited for you!
Annette, I'll be in the city with DD all week and I will definitely keep you up to date with what's happening as I'll have my iPad with me.
Well, off to the restaurant with hubby for Mother's Day lunch.........it was meant to be all the kids as well but they are all down with the lurgy and unwell so I told them to stay home as I would be seeing them ina couple of days anyway. I would much prefer they rest and recuperate than push themselves and get sicker.
Have a great day all!
Love n hugs. Chrissy0 -
Happy Mother's Day!!
Chrissy, the hearts are beautiful...the finished dream catchers will be awesome!
My hip held up for the Classic 4km run and I completed it in a respectable 28 min 10 sec with just a few walks in the uphill sections. Not bad considering that I only started running for the first time in my life when my rads finished in late Feb this year and I've been trying to get over my hip problem. Best of all I raised $300 for breast cancer research.
The event encouraged participants to pin a tribute on their back to indicate why they were running. Mine said I was running for " Australian Sisters & me". It felt strange wearing a sign announcing that I had been diagnosed with breast cancer but it also gave me a strong sense of belonging. It was great when people yelled out encouragement for "Australian Sisters & me" as they did along the way. It also made me think of Angela and how research is vital to change outcomes.
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Tammy, you are very inspirational doing that, Good on you and glad your hip held out for you. yes must be a good feeling when you are running for a charity, esp that which is close to home and so much where we have been on our seperate journeys thru BC. not bad? I think you are wondeful doing that and i take much pleasure in saying that. You hold your head up high girl and i thanks the Lord for you. warm hugs.
Chrissy, that omlet idea sounds very desirable, yum, Melp you have a very yummy breakfast coming up if you choose to do that, yummy i would. Chrissy your mum was diabetic and your brother, can you remember if they spoke of a strange taste in their mouth and also having to pea at night alot, gosh it drives me mad, and the other night half a sleep i tripped corner of bedspread and hit my head on door, hence a few swear words came to light, but it hurt, that seemed to lessen the blow, i will probably have a bruise around my eye, but never mind. but do you remember them mentioning frequent urination esp at night, its cold too, so hard having to get out of bed. Hope you enjoyed your lunch for mothers day.
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Well done Tammy, and thanks :-)
Hope everyone having a good day. I'm healing ok. Have to go into the surgeons office tomorrow morning to have the big dressings taken off. Have had to cut them back a little already as the bandage had given me a couple of blisters (ouch). Can't wait to see how they look tomorrow. They feel just the right size now! I'm hoping I will be one of the women who comes out of this with breasts better than I had before. These are certainly now a bit lifted and more perky than my old 46yr old ones.
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Good luck for your first day Mel! Chrissy's idea for breakfast sounds like the right start. Make sure you drink lots of water during the day too, that will help keep you going.
Annette, I'd heard that one of the symptoms of diabetes was being thirsty a lot - if you drink more water you will pee a lot lol. Mind you I never get through the night without getting up to pee at least once, and I'm not diabetic.
Chrissy - the hearts are lovely - you are so clever. Hope you enjoyed your Mother's Day lunch.
Jenn - good to hear from you - hope you are happy with them tomorrow xoxo
Tammy - well done you! I'm impressed. I usually photograph the Mother's Day Classic here in Canberra, but didn't this year. Last year a friend of mine wore my name on her back which said "If Trish G... can do chemo I can run 5km!" She did well too.
I didn't photograph this year because of the move, my business partner and a couple of friends did it instead. My house doesn't look like my house any more :-( There are boxes everywhere. Pieces of furniture pulled apart and not in their normal places. All looks a bit sad actually. But - only 4 days to go and I'm going strong. No problems yet, but am pacing myself a bit. Of course it helps that a lot of stuff is going to the dump or to new homes. I'm having the biggest clean out we've had in decades lol.
Time to go sit in front of the fire and relax now I think.
Trish
xoxo
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Hi all
Hoping to have a quiet day. Yesterday had to go up to Whangarei to do a minister's review - I do this for the Presbyterian Church. We left at 5.30 and had a lovely breakfast by the harbour there. The minister was away which meant that I could chat with the congregation. Loved one elderly lady who told me she didn't know what to write but that the minister was just lovely and she wanted to take him home!! I also did the sermon at the two services but because I am not a theologian I did a talk on the history of mother's day and the images of mother's in the Bible. It was quite interesting to research.
Came home absolutely shattered. Will start looking at all the replies I have to my questioneer in the next couple of days. What fun. Wish I didn't have to write a report but do.
hopre you all had a restful day yesterday.
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hi everyone had my induction this morning. the lady was really nice. lots of paperwork and she gave me a uniform shirt. we went through the shopping centre and she generally explained what i would be doing which includes cleaning toilets. I will be shadowing her for the first two weeks as part of the probation period.
Will give you all an update after the first day and the first fortnight but probably not much after that unless anything exciting happens.
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WOW. Angelina Jolie - PBMX... So sad so many women are faced with this choice...
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Jenn, I'm not a celebrity follower but the news about Angelina Jolie came as a bit of a shock. I was just chatting to someone at work and they started with "did you hear......" and it stunned me for a while.
Yes, it is very sad that so many women have to face this choice and I hope for something better in the future....0 -
Tammy, congratulations on your run! Hi to Melp, Chrissy, Jenn, Trish and everyone else here :-).
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Hi Trisha-Anne I have just joined the forum had a similar diagnosis to you I live in Victoria
Dx 8/9/08 grade 3 two 10mm tumours 1 node involved. Coming up to 5 years in 4 months bi-lateral mastectomy 4 years on tamoxifen chemo 6 rounds 3 weeks apart0 -
In hindsight with what I have gone through I would have had a mastectomy if I knew I had the gene the bi-lateral mastectomy that I had when diagnosed was the easiest part of the treatment Delvzy
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Hi jennt28 I have just joined very exciting for me to read of so many long term survivors with a similar diagnosis to me. I don't have anyone that wants to talk about BC that lives near me I think the girls in my group just want to forget about it and party which is great but I need hope to get me through the dark days Delvzy
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Welcome Delvzy :-) Sorry you had to be here, but this is a great bunch of women and a great place to get advice and knowledge and support.
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Hi Delvzy and welcome! Glad you have found somewhere to express yourself where you can feel comfortable. This sure is a great place for friendship, knowledge and support.
Love n hugs. Chrissy0 -
Hi Delzey, welcome. A few of us Kiwis pop over and post here as well.
Chrissy, how is you daughter?
Must get moving as I plan to cut 469 10cm squares today for my DD's quilt.
Big hugs to all.
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Welcome Delzey, glad you have found us.
Wow Alyson, that is an incredible amount of squares. Please show us a pic. when you are through.
It is great to see the coverage for Angelina. As always though totally different spins from each of the Australian doctors on four different local stations. That is why this site has been so helpful, because I haven't been reliant on one doctors opinion; I have been able to ask questions of you all and examine different sides to every situation.
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Hey Delzey, I am like Alyson, across the ditch and pop over and join the Ausy sisters too. we are the Autralaisan forum. so just feel welcome to pop across to nz when you feel like it, we here, and lol its cheaper than flying lol, (sorry dry joke.) but hope you get lots of support you need. These girls over here are very helpful and the kiwi girls are too. take care, Annette
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