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Wilsie I will pray for you. I hope all goes smoothly and your goal of eating food again is soon realized!
Hugs and love Ginger
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Wilse.. Sending thoughts and prayers for you for tomorrow .!!
Kathy.. Glad you are on the mend after the flu.. Sounds as if lots of ladies on these threads have had a bad dose of it..
Chrissy.. Wow.. You certainly do have lots of exciting things happening in your life this year.!! So..Your daughter's a hypnothetapist ?? Does she ever "practise " putting you under? I bet her job is very interesting..
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This morning I just felt like a walk to breath in the Pacific Ocean air.
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Where oh where is the like button???!!!!! Gorgeous pic Lisa!! I can hear those waves crashing from here!!!
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Thanks for the prayers and good wishes. No complications during surgery, other that they were not able to do it laproscopily. Two full days, I have been sitting in chair some. old bodies take longer to heal, but I will be patient. I have eaten very little, but am building up to it. Thanks again for your prayers and well wishes. Wilsie
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Wilsie so glad that all went well and Boo on it not being able to be done Laproscopically........just take it easy, do as you are told (yeah, I needed to say that as we all tend to ignore good advice) and let the healing begin. Here's hoping the way back to real food won't be a long one.
Love n hugs girlfriend!
I'm just being a slug and sitting around watching the tennis and playing on my puter so nothing nothing much happening here. It is Australia Day tomorrow so there will be a BBQ over in the park beside the creek so the peace and quiet will be broken and I will more than likely be over there breaking the peace and quiet too......lol.
I have finally been able to get back to knitting the silk lace shawl for my eldest DD. I got it two thirds done and then all the hooha of the other DD's wedding took over. It had been so long, I had forgotten where I was up to in the pattern so had to unpick stitch by stitch for a couple of rows to get back to where I could recognise what was happening........that too me ages as each row is 400 stitches! Won't be forgetting again in a hurry I can tell you.....lol. I think at this point I will be sticking to it and getting 'er done!
Take care all you lovelies dealing with snow and all you lovelies dealing with sunshine!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
needed to edit for spelling mistakes....lol......madam perfectionist that I am!
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You are much more patient than I, Chrissy
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Just jumping in to say hello, and that ocean photo makes me want to move closer to you,SoCalLisa! Not that Ventura isn't that bad, the nearest beach to me.
Wilsie, really do hope your recuperation is short, but thorough.
ChrissyB, I was kathec, and you talked me down from the ledge several times on the "if you are not stage 4 but have questions" category, late at night here in the states anyway. I did see that shawl you are working on somewhere, white isn't it, and airy as a web?
I just realised, I am not THAT old, but at least I am getting older! But, sad to say, not sure if I qualify as to having any sense!! Heya, Lucy55.
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Oh Kath, yes now I remember......lol. I knew you had changed your name but I couldn't for the life of me remember what from.......thanks for refreshing my memory! Yes, that shawl is the one I am doing and as 'light as a web' is a really good way of describing it. Kath no matter your age, you are welcome to hang here anytime you want!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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beautiful photo, lisa.
I've got to figure out somewhere warm to go for a bit. It is getting to be too much to get on the boots and hats and gloves every time I leave the house.
I am still in the midst of making decisions about the house. It is getting sorted out, but looking at cabinets and appliances for the kitchen.
Here is a pic from my DD's house. We finally got the railing and the shelf for the microwave in today. The guy who is making the brackets got picked to get a reality tv show made about him. He makes huge swords (based on video games) so he got very busy with the show and our project got put on hold. It really makes the place look so much more finished.
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here's the stair way
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wilsie, glad you made it through the surgery. Try to listen to your body and heal. We're all rooting for you!
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The house is looking beautiful, macatacmv.
Wilsie, I hope your healing continues with no unpleasant surprises.
PET/CT tomorrow. My TMs have been rising A LOT so I don't expect good news from the scans. I'll let you know.
Leah
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Nancy that little house is looking amazing! I love the railing for the stairway and above.........it's shame that it took so long but cudos to the guy who made them for getting recognition for his work with the swords.
Are you girls having an extra cold winter? I ask as we are having an extremely cool summer, it's more like spring and we are sleeping under blankets! Really weird as at this time of year we normally have the air con going full blast and sleeping under just a sheet as it's too hot to do anything else.
Leah I am keeping my fingers crossed that your scans are not as bad as you think. Do let us know when you find out........it's never nice to know that there is a possibility of progression.
Wilsie I'm hoping that each day that passes you are improving and are beginning to be able to eat solid food again.
I had to stop being a slug today and travel over to Port Pirie for the monthly meeting of the area BC group. Seeing as how I needed also to do some food shopping I decided to do it there. What a great idea as Pirie is a fairly large town and so the supermarkets are really good with the range of products so once again my fridge,freezer and pantry are full. Must admit that right now I am having difficulty keeping my eyes open so I will say good night all!
Love n hugs to all. Chrissy
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well chrissy, it certainly is cold today. But overall been a kinda normal winter. I know what you mean about getting to the "big" grocery store to get stocked up. My DD and I joined the hordes yesterday cleaning out our local grocery store in preparation of the "historic" storm.
We've got a blizzard going today. Snowing about an inch an hour and the wind is a howling. The dog doesn't even want to go outside.
The power was out overnight but came back this morning. My home phone and internet aren't working yet. So I got out my verizon jetpack and kindle fire. It's nice not having all the tv noise blaring away. I have a new jig saw puzzle to get started on, so I am snug.
Leah, I'm with chrissy hoping the scans aren't too horrible.
Well I was trying to upload a photo but it's tricky on this little tablet.
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Keep safe every one in the blizzard
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here we are at the dog park today. Cinder couldn't figure out why I wouldn't throw the ball for her.
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OMG!!! I know you girls get sick of snow but those sort of pics are just gorgeous to someone who never sees it. I have seen some video on youtube with dogs playing in the snow and I laugh so hard I almost pee myself........they are having so much fun!!!
Nancy, I'm sure if you had thrown the ball your Cinder would have found it snow or no snow......lol. Thanks for posting the pic!
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another pic for you!
it covers up all the messy stuff!
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home from hospital, had 48 hours of non stop throwing up. I thought they were going to have to take me back, have never been so sick. It let up today, thank God, now back to the healing of the colostomy. It's been an ordeal.
Anyway, the snow pictures are beautiful. I will check in more, now that I am getting back on my feet. Blessed DD has cared for me, what would I do
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Oh, Wilsie, how horrible for you. I'm so glad you're home now and doing better. Kisses from me to your wonderful DD.
You know how people say "Dress for Success"? Well, yesterday I "Dressed for the Test". I had my PET/CT. So.... they don't ask you to wear a gown, they just say "no metal". So I wore the only skirt I have without a zipper. And no turtleneck (I wear them all winter) since my port was being accessed. And, instead of regular warm tight (another thing I wear all winter) I wore footless tights and socks in case they refused to use my port for the scan (arms are off limits). I used to be a Girl Scout so I know all about "Be Prepared"! So I got to the hospital, went to the Onco Day Center to have my port accessed and blood tests (not for scan), Then downstairs to PET/CT dept. "Oh, we don't use ports!" Um, they were used for the last 2 scans I had there but I knew there might be an argument. I said, "Arms are off limits, has to be my foot. And I have hand-foot syndrome from Xeloda". They looked at my foot while I said, it hurts to walk, needle in the foot is painful, whine whine whine. Tech played "not my decision" and called the doc. Careful lady, checked the length of the tube, checked that Onco knew they had to remove needle (well, yeah) and then said OK. And then she wrote in my file in PET/CT dept that my port is to be used! So no arguments in the future. The funny thing with the HFS for me is that my right foot is far more affected by it than the left. So of course while they were deciding if they should use my foot I showed them the right foot. My mama didn't raise any stupid children.
Results next week. I'm pretending not to be worried. It's not working.
Leah
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Oh Wilsie! You poor girl! Thank goodness for your DD and she deserves a hug or three from me for standing with you. I do so hope that you can truly start the good healing process now..........and you know how we feel about you popping in more, we love it!!!
Leah, an old Girl Scout for sure......lol.......but don't you hate having to be that prepared! I understand the hooha when finding an entry point for PET/CT, as I have the same problem. Veins so fine they won't stand the pressure (and even the docs can't find a good one) and feet that are the same and no port! I now refuse the contrast and hope for the best. Still keeping everything crossed that you results are better than you think.
Still being a slug in front of the tele, thank goodness the tennis finishes on Sunday evening! Maybe come Monday I will be able to get a few things done......lol.
Love no hugs all! Chrissy
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oh wilsie, I hope your feeling better and better. Yes, your DD is wonderful for helping out. Let her continue to do for you, please.
Leah, we have a huge distraction over here. The "super bowl" or you could focus on the tennis. I know that trying not to worry feeling.
It is so cold here now. My brother's house had some pipes freeze. The power went out for a brief time and must have caused the furnace to turn off. So my DD heard an alarm the other night and we tried to get in but my key didn't work. So he tried to come down today, but the boats weren't running. So we got a friend to get in and a few pipes have burst and there is frozen water everywhere. I got my plumber to go over there and turn the water off. They will start working on it tomorrow. Getting the insurance company to give estimates and all. What a bummer! Looks like we'll have another house to work on.
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Nancy I never thought that the lovely snow and ice would and could cause so much damage! Just goes to show what a green horn I am when it comes to that sort of weather! I do hope the internal water damage is not too much and that your brother hasn't lost anything precious.
Thanks for posting that other (to me) beautiful pic of the snow.....love it!
Well to night is it for the tennis and I I think that is a good thing as I really need to start to move again.....lol. I have a few clothes to sew to get ready for my trip to the tropical climes of Cairns in March........time is marching on and I leave the sewing till later it will not, i am sure, get done in time.
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Love n hugs all! Chrissy
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the final matches are too early in the morning or late at night for us to see the tennis Chrissy. It was fine when it took place all day as we caught some of it live..
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Chrissy, how can you say you're not moving? When you watch tennis, you have to keep moving your head back and forth. Great neck exercise!
DH and I went to DD for our Sabbath (Fri eve to Sat eve). Let me tell you, her 5 little girls are a WONDERFUL distraction. Grandchildren are THE BEST.
Leah
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The tennis final is being played as I speak......what a match!!!! Andy is down a set and a break but boy is the tennis being played of the highest caliber!!!!
Leah I'm so glad you got to have the distraction of your grand babies........they do truly demand all of your attention.....lol......and five little girls all together? oh my goodness!!! Definitely a distraction!!!! Leah you are right about the head movement.....lol.....only problem is there is waaaaay more fat on the posterior than the neck and believe me, there is no exercise going on down there, it just keeps getting wider!!!......lol.
I need to get back to the tennis as Andy has just broken back and it's all even in the second set!! Woohoo!!!
Love n hugs all!!! Chrissy
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Nancy, snow is so beautiful but at times so destructive. Hope your brother doesn't have a great deal of damage. We usually get some snow but none yet. I love to watch it come down but nobody native to this area knows how to drive in it, as the Northerners who move here like to remind us! DH does okay since he went to graduate school in Alfred NY and later lived on Long Island, plus his vehicle is 4-wheel drive. I can't drive on it and don't try to.
We went to our usual Super Bowl party (always at the friends who have the biggest TV's house) with the usual scenario--men in living room watching the game and women in dining room watching the commercials.
Leah, I imagine those grandchildren are a much beloved distraction! How wonderful--5 little girls!
Wilsie, hope you're improving every day. Thinking of you, girl.
Kathy
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Hey Kathy, we've got way too much snow right now. Traffic in Boston ground to a stand still today. Roads are down to one lane and no one can see around the snow banks. I'm glad I didn't have to go into the city. Tomorrow they have the duck boat parade for the Patriots. But as I said to someone at the dog park today it is winter in New England. what do we expect! I have an all wheel drive Subaru which drives very well in the snow. But I have learned to stay put when the weather is terrible.
My brother does have quite a bit of damage, but the restoration company has been in there all ready and torn up the carpet and some of the ceilings and walls. It should be covered by insurance. He came down on Sunday and we got to spend some time together. So that was nice.
we share our dog park with an old runway. And the other evening a plane actually landed and then took off again.
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