The Hermit Club
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Hello Hermit friends!
I'm sorry I haven't posted lately. Radiation is going well and I am a third of the way through. With that, working full-time and our toddlers I am so tired by the night I conk out! I am in full hermit mode once I am home and am limiting social plans so I won't have to back out of them!
I see you all are doing well! Love the coffee post Lindzanne and am glad you are toughening it out.
LOVE the pic of hot air balloons Jazzygirl! Omgosh how breathtaking!
Hello alsoto Lookingforward,Teka, magiclight, Lilly, and May66, and Magdalene-I am so sorry to hear about your mets. Peace and comfort be with you.
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Georgiareds, it is amazing you have any energy left at night but I think you are awesome for posting here and letting us know that you are doing well with radiation. Where are you in that process? I think you get to count checking in with other hermits as a social activity and no backing out required if you are a no-show. Wishing you peaceful days ahead.
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Georgiareds I'm glad radiation is going well, that's nice to hear since I'm kind of dreading it, keep hearing horror stories about skin damage, etc.
Someone in my chemo forum posted this and I wanted to share it with you all, it just really speaks to the kind of support I've found here at BCO.
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Lindz, Love the circle of women image. Yes, Breathing it in makes me stronger right now.
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Georgiared glad to hear radiation is going well, our protocol in Canada is 20 days of radiation. Pretty soon you will be through it and looking back saying wow I'm done.
Lindz love the picture. I like to go into a new situation with an open mind. I had reconstruction surgery at the beginning of August and did not read any of the horror stories and still won't. My way of coping is telling myself I'm going to breeze through it and if there are problems I will deal with them as they come. I still have the drains and admit I will be very happy when they are out. Thinking positive thoughts for you
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Georgiareds- good to hear you are getting through rads, but also busy with taking care of a young family. Very hard to do, and think not making social plans is a good plan for now. All I could do was get through work, come home to rest, eat a bit and do it all over the next day for quite some time. You can just tell people you will see them down the line when you are better and stronger. I hope you don't have too much fatigue!
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Spent some time with a friend today whom is fostering four beautiful kittens. Three of them are siamese, one tiger and white that my friend is in love with and think he may have a forever home soon.
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A strange request but needing something to look forward to, not had a proper holiday since diagnosis .........Thinking of visiting Costa Rica early next year but will be on my own - anyone been there? Any recommendations for an animal lover?
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Lily- good to hear from you. I have been to CR, and loved it, about 11 years ago during a yoga retreat where we lived in the rainforest for a week, did yoga and a whole lot of other things. CR has some of the most amazing flora and fauna in central america. I hope to go back some day.
As an animal lover, consider finding an ecolodge there for your best animal experiences. We were at one way down south that has us in the middle of the rain forest living among the monkeys, parrots, tucans and the like. Also close to the ocean where therewas a dolphin preserve nearby. I am not sure the place is an ecolodge anymore, think i heard that from the yoga teacher. But know there are lotd others and they will have naturalists to take you on trips, etc. I think the pacific side has more rain forest and the gulf side may be more beachy?
Do you use TripAdvisor? It is a place where people post on reviews of places and also can review or ask questions. I use it a lot to research places when I travel and or post things from my trips. That is a great place to ask people about ecolodges and their experiences. It is an international site and might be a helpful place to find the best place to stay?
Glad to hear you are planning this trip, you will love it there!
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Crusin' through the hood this morning!
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Thanks for your comments and support Jazzygirl and Lookingforward!
Love those kittens!!
I had a migraine this week and missed work and radiation that day, but better than three weeks ago when it lasted for 6 days!
Costa Rica sounds amazing! Wow!
Hope everyone has a wonderful Labor Day weekend. Any special plans? The in-laws are coming to help us do stuff around the house and my husband and I have one more fantasy football draft. And, my daughter and I are going to get the Fall stuff out! Just love this time of year
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Good morning ladies- wishing all of you a great Labor Day weekend. I have been working long and hard through the month of August, and very much looking forward to getting away for this long weekend. Heading to Taos to resort-it for a few days.
Have a safe and enjoyable weekend with family and friends!
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I do like the thought of longer nights when I can get all cozy by early evening and not feel like I should be outside doing stuff because it is still light. I'm just about ready, though not quite, to go from green to gold and will surely enjoy the temperatures dropping from triple to double digits.
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Good morning our temperatures have already dropped, but I do love fall.
Last drain came out a couple of days ago , after 4 weeks. Now we are off to the mountains for some hiking, or maybe I should say long walks.
This is one of the places we will be seeing
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Please keep the Fall pictures coming. They make me nostalgic for my childhood haunts. I so envy you who live where there are actual seasons.
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Lookingforward - take that walk slow and easy and savor the beauty of that lake, mnts, and blue sky
Teka: I have not seen monarchs yet this year but there is a beautiful bright yellow butterfly gracing my yard
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Teka- there are a lot of butterflies here. Love the monarches.
Back from Taos and good get away to have some me time. Stopped on the way home at one of the fruit stands that was loaded with goodies. I have a friend visiting this week and we are going to eat well I think! Who is hungry now?
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Hello Hermits . . .
I am not very social in the best of times, and I am even less so since my current bout with cancer. Usually I like solitude but It's not so great right now. I don't have a good support network of friends or family. Right now, it feels more like isolation than solitude.
My husband is doing a great job of taking care of me. I'm continuing to see my therapist. I like the medical staff I am working with and feel I can call on them anytime. But still . . . my days are too full of "Anxiety, Depression & Other Emotional Effects."
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Essie- welcome to the thread. It is sometimes hard to feel supported by well meaning friends and family who don't always understand what we go through. Many choose to move away vs. lean in towards us during our time of need.
That is why BCO is just a lifesaver to so many women. It was for me and continues to be a resource to talk about things in the post BC world.
Sorry to hear you had another occurrence, and we are here for you if you need to talk anytime. Lots of nice ladies here and a judgement free zone too.
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Teka lovely picture, I haven't seen any butterflies this year.
Jazzy great picture of fresh fruit and hope you had a relaxing time in Taos.
Essie welcome , a reoccurrence of cancer cannot be easy. Good to hear your husband is looking after you and that you have a good medical
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We came across a herd of elk , the bull elk was on the other side of the road calmly watching us. We should of had a picture of him he was huge.
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Lookingforward- wow, such a beautiful place you are in except all that snow! I hope that you are had a great visit. I would want hot coffee too!
I am back from Taos and enjoyed myself there. Going for a quick walk before work. We have remnants of a hurricane moving in the next few days.
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Lookingforward: I can almost smell the fresh air of Banff and makes me want to get in my car and head north - way north.
Jazz: More great food stand finds to enjoy this week with your company. May get some of that weather as well here is AZ as the nights cool down to lovely.
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Magiclight and Jazzy it is a little chilly, but that is not snow , just sunlight reflecting off the mountains. There is snow way up at the top that doesn't melt in summer.
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Blinkie welcome
Teka nice fall picture, looks like you are having a lovely day. Your word porn resonates with me, those are my favourite days.
I was out for a walk this morning, I didn't take my camera, but here is a picture from last year probably closer to the end of September.
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Blinkie welcome
Teka nice fall picture, looks like you are having a lovely day. Your word porn resonates with me, those are my favourite days.
I was out for a walk this morning, I didn't take my camera, but here is a picture from last year probably closer to the end of September.
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Teka- friend is on day #3 here and off visiting her brother and family who live in town. She LOVES the pears, we have also had the peaches in some fruit salad and today, some fresh tomatoes with our scrambled eggs this morning. The fresh treats are a great hit with her, and me too!
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Lookforward, Very brave of you to get between the bull elk and his ladies!
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Looks like Summer has finally decided to stop trying to linger here. Night time temps are getting cooler, much cooler
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Good morning friends- went to the state fair last weekend with a friend visiting and this was the winner of the best dessert, that included mini donuts with a sweet maple sauce, crumbled bacon and green chili. NM is known for it's chili and they put it on everything here. I had a bit of this from my friends fair food choice, and it was a nice sweet, hot and salty taste all in one bite!
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