So...whats for dinner?
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Please say who everyone is in the photos again?
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left to right- Michelle, Joyce, Deb, Pat aka Lacey, I am in the front next to Michelle.
I suggest we all volunteer a favorite story or memory of Michelle.
Today I thought of when she shared her Sarah Palin photo of herself! She was so funny! Also, the time she had her grandchildren over and tripped holding yugurt and talked about how well it flew across the room!0 -
Excellent! And in the other pics?
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I love, love, love that pic of Michelle wearing Deb's fascinator......gorgeous! A great way to remember her! Thanks Laurie....and Deb!0 -
Nance, in the second pic from the top, on the far left is Bedo, then Hauntie (Lynda), Deb, Michelle, and me. I am not sure who two of the yet to be identified ladies in the sports bar photo are along with Joyce, Michelle, Deb and Hauntie (Lynda). Hope that helps a bit.0 -
I'm so sorry I missed that last trip to Pickety Place. I love the picture of her wearing the fascinator. The first time we went to Pickety, I drove up with Joyce and Michelle. As soon as we got into the car Michelle said something like "well that's enough of that" and whipped off her wig. The second time we went, Joyce couldn't make it, so it was just Michelle and I driving together. I met her at her little house on the lake. What a lovely spot that was. We talked the whole way. I know some of it was about cancer, but don't remember the specifics of the rest of our conversation. She was just so easy to talk to and someone you felt you'd known your whole life, even though you just met.0 -
Thank you Lacey, I really appreciate knowing the faces of the names.
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Laurie,
Here's Michelle's photo from her '5 Questions Thread'... She set the stage for Sarah Palin 10 years before Sarah Palin was a blip on anyone's radar.... Too funny! Although, as she said, politically they were worlds apart!
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Seaside- Thats awesome!0 -
So loving the Pickety Place photos!! Laurie, that one with Michelle wearing Deb's fascinator... well that reduced me to tears... It really captured the essence of Michelle's personality!0 -
Yes, it is awesome.0 -
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I would like to point out I am 5' 6''- and seem like an amazon next to these tiny ladies!0 -
Here is another group of BCO gals from the Boston thread, we met at Lat43 in Gloucester
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I'm so jealous, I want to meet you all!
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I'm only 4'11, I lost 23 pounds since then.0 -
Here are Michelle and I after our lunch in Tampa.
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Here is a picture of my Lobsta Stew and Lobsta Salad.0 -
These stats are hysterical! Seriously Laurie...I am now 5'6" in my old shrunken age...but since I stood in the back, I look a bit shorter!
And just for the record, I am fifteen lbs lighter than in these pix. Where is photo shop when you need it! LOL
Seriously, love seeing all these pix!
Deb, do you know the gals' names in the Gloucester pic? Thank you for these postings!0 -
I'm now 90 lbs lighter!!!
Today is my 19th surviversary. For the last several years, I've posted something on Facebook to commemorate my years since diagnosis. This year's post has a bit of a different mood. I'm just so sick and tired of this f***ing disease. Here's my post.
I promise, this is my last rant about breast cancer for a while. Today I celebrate 19 years as a breast cancer survivor. I'm so grateful for these last 19 years. With the size and aggressiveness of my tumor I realize how blessed I am to still be here, so many years from my original diagnosis, with no recurrence, no metastases, no evidence of disease (NED). Unfortunately I know many others who have not been so lucky. So many women I know have been lost. So many are living with metastatic disease. So many family and friends have been diagnosed. Living so many years NED usually has the thought of breast cancer pushed back to the far recesses of my mind. But, breast cancer has been in the forefront of my thoughts recently. For more personal reasons then the yearly onslaught of breast cancer awareness during "pinktober". Yesterday I lost another friend to this awful disease. In spite of the courage and determination with which she faced it and fought it, it was not enough - because there is no cure. As much as she was willing to keep trying to beat it, there were no more options for her. A dear friend has just been diagnosed and it's breaking my heart to watch her go through the fear, the loss of control, the total turning upside down of your life that the diagnosis of breast cancer brings. Once diagnosed your life changes forever and there is no going back to the way it was before breast cancer. The monster has lost most of its control over my life. My scars remind me daily that I am a survivor and have done all I can to prevent it from coming back. Every ache and pain no longer fills me with fear of a recurrence. But, it is frightening, in spite of all that I have done to keep it at bay, to be told by my breast surgeon that I can never say never again. 19 years and I still can't be sure it won't come back. In the breast cancer community we say you can consider yourself cured when you die of something else. So many have done everything they're "supposed" to do by following the ever changing list of breast cancer prevention tips, yet still wind up with the disease. So many have followed the breast cancer awareness suggestions for early detection - regular self exam, annual mammograms - only to be diagnosed with large tumors, aggressive tumors, or advanced disease. We need more then the mutilation, radiation, and poison that are the weapons we've used for generations, and still use today, to fight this beast. We need to find a way to prevent it. For those with metastatic disease, we need A CURE. We want nothing more. We will accept nothing less.
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Lynda, your words are profound to say the least. You spoke of the Monster and how it has lost most of it's control on you. And that's exactly what it is. It controls me and I don't know how to get away from its clutches. I think of my MBC daily and wonder often how much time I have left with my family. It's something my family won't discuss with me. I am so thankful to have found this site where we can express our feelings, knowing that everyone here understands and that no subject is off limits. I don't post often, but I'm here almost every day. I have a special love for each and every one of the members on this site. Thank you all~
P.S. Already missing Michelle, thanks all for posting the pictures.0 -
I am so saddened by the news of Michelle's passing...but yes she is in a great place now and I know that she is in heaven meeting and entertaining everyone she knows there as well as the ones she doesn't know. I hope when I get there she is sitting in her pink bunny suit holding a place at the bar for me.
Thanks for all the great pics and great memories
It was such a crazy weekend for me in seeing people that have been affected by this stupid disease, A GF from high school whose husband passed at age 52 just last month (I had no idea he was ill) and another friend that discovered he has prostate cancer that has spread to his bones..he is 53. Makes me wonder what do we need to do to find the cause of this crap and save our future generation.0 -
Very eloquent Lynda.
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Great accomplishment for you on both counts, Lynda. Wow! And your words are so rich with meaning for all of us. Thank you for expressing those thoughts so well.
Special, I remember that photo of when you and Michelle met for lunch. Adorable!0 -
lacey - it seems like yesterday, but when I looked at the photo I realized how much my hair has grown, it is now well past my shoulders and I have cut it several times. I mentioned in an earlier post that I was just at that same restaurant on Friday and had the same soup as I did with Michelle - a little toast to our lovely meeting.0 -
This was posted on Michelle's Facebook page by her family. FYI to the local people.0 -
augh- stupid thing won't post. Her daughter was informing her facebook friends of her passing and there is a memorial service in Manchester NH at The Yard Restaurant on Mammoth Road from 11-2.0 -
boy I am doing well huh? The date is November 17th.0 -
Hugs to everyone and for sharing such personal stories and all of us supporting each other.
Hauntie- Congrats on 19 years!! Also, you are so right-once diagnosed we are never the same. I know I am not.
So we had a busy weekend. We took the boys to their first semi professional hockey game Saturday night. They had a blast and were so excited to be out late at night! ( We had them take a late day nap so they could do it.) Sunday DS1 had the end of his outdoor soccer with a three hour jamboree in the freezing cold! So worth it though as he got his first trophy. The kid could not take his eyes off it, it was the sweetest this to watch.
Last nights dinner was chicken and stuffing- the same version Carol makes and tonight is tacos.0
