2013 Survivors!!!
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So 4 of us in the 60's club so far~~I am 64 and hope to celebrate my 65th having more fun than I did this year. Scottiee, I like the wine idea but will hold off for now. I did eat a lot of nanaimo bar frozen yogurt this past week~~I did not look at the ingredient list until the end and it was so bad I will hold back from buying any more. Just back from a walk in a nearby wildfowl sanctuary and so sunny and warm~~what a good change.
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Shari- so glad you are home. Keep your pain meds on time. I always took my pain meds at hour 3 instead of hour 4. That way you never go without your pain meds. Thinking positive thoughts about your path report. Get lots of rest and drink lots of fluids.
I am 35 and will be 36 in May. Tazzy everytime i see your profile pic i think you are late 30's or early 40's, i don't see you as being in your 50's.
I decided i was going to have a beer tonight to relieve my stress from the week. Well i'm not even 1/4 of the way into it and i'm already freaking buzzed! How much of a dork am I? I can't freaking hold my booze anymore. Next friday my hubby and i are going to Galveston overnight and meeting up with a girlfriend of mine. She tells me we can have a few drinks and i'm thinking drinks hell i do good to get a sip! ha
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Just came in from having Fajitas on the grill and actually ate on the deck. What a beautiful afternoon it turned out to be. Have to say the Samuel Adams tasted pretty good while sitting out there. We did go for a long walk after dinner to wear off the beers.
I turned 47 just before getting my Dx last fall. It is amazing the wide range of ages we have on here.
Shari, glad you are home. Hope you are able to rest up and you will be feeling better before you know it.0 -
I turned the big 5-0 ten days after my BC diagnosis in November. (Funny, I still feel 29! Lol!) Thankfully we planned to see Loverboy, Pat Benatar, and Journey in Milwaukee on my birthday or it would have been the worst day ever!! Had my lumpectomy 13 days later. I was never more happy to say goodbye to a year! As fucked up as things are sometimes, I still get a sense of renewal every Spring, every Easter.
My DH of almost 27 years has MS. (Talk about depressing....try the waiting room in the Neurology Dept. at Mayo clinic!) two daughters 18 &16 and two dogs, a Shih-Tzu and a Flat Coated Retriever we adopted in 09. Maybe I can get my 18yo to show me how to add a picture on here now that up you know my life history!
BTW, saw Identity Thief today. Hilarious! Felt so good to laugh. Now I'm having a glass of wine ..or two. ((Hugs to all))0 -
Shari, glad you are one ... Keep us posted and take it easy ..
I am 54, will be 55 in May.0 -
I love it, lol. Normally we would never admit our ages but everyone seemed so eager!!! I guess we have lived a lot of life and we are proud of every birthday we celebrate. I know I am!!!
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Shari, so glad you posted, and that you are home. Don't try to be brave, just take the pain medication as prescribed. Within a few days you will feel much better. Hugs to you!
Websister, would have loved some wine, but it often makes me sick, so I just avoid it. DH and the friends who came for breakfast enjoyed some champagne, and I drank OJ. Had a good time, and the last ones left at three this afternoon.
Marian, it was a lovely sunny day here too, 17 degrees. Glorious! Spring has sprung!
Swgee, yes, 2012 is a year I don't want to remember either. Just can't believe it's almost April 2013. Time has wings these days.
Chrisrenee, at least you can drink some beer, unlike me who can't drink anything. It seems you will have to practise this week to drink more - LOL! Just make sure Scottiee is far away.
Shianne, you're right, we're proud to celebrate another birthday. Denying your age is like trying to stop the sun from rising. It marches on regardless. There's no escape, right? Just have to make the best of this moment.
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I'm 49. When I turn 50 later this year it will not be with a feeling of dread as may have been the case in my pre-BC life, but rather thankfulness to still be around. Yes, this journey has been pretty horrible, but some good things have come out of it.
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Shianne.....I was thinking about what you said and for me, I used to dread birthdays coming up, but now I will celebrate them with great joy. I just want to die of old age and not from this F....ing cancer. I don't want to speak for anybody else, but I suspect we all
feel this way now. So in June I will be 66....so bring it on with many more to come for all of us...💃0 -
Scottiee, I'm soooo with you here. Age is just a number after all, and not a reflection of how we act or feel. When I look at your stats, your chance to die of old age is excellent indeed. Who cares about wrinkles and everything sagging south? We just care about living life to the fullest in the moment. I think that's how we were meant to live in the first place, but I had to get bc to fully understand and implement this. Here's to old age!!!! Cheers!!!!
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Cheers Liefie.....🍻
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Ditto! Cheers!
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What a difference a year makes! On this day last year I was sitting in the chair gettting my first chemo, this year I am sitting on the couch hanging with my family planning a trip to Vegas.
Shari-may you heal quickly and easily.
Happy Easter to all who celebrate!
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Seems I'm not the only one who was diagnosed around their birthday. This year I did not want to celebrate it because of that. I was waiting for biopsy results and got them 3 days after my birthday. So this year that's all I thought about. But my DH had other ideas and surprised me with a group outing! Now next year instead of saying "it was two years ago..." I will be saying "remember how much fun we had..."!
Shari - thinking of you and hope you are resting comfortably
Hugs to all who can use one (and who really doesn't like a hug)
I'm off to check out the boardwalk at point pleasant. Hopefully the boardwalk will be back to its glory!
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Just saying hi ladies
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Hi Shari...glad you are back home and doing OK
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A lot of effort to write right now.. But just checkin in and saying thanks for everyone thinking of me when I feel better I will write more.. Hugs to all
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Shari: glad you are home - rest plenty and eat protein.
Chrisrenee: I love you
in my 30's.. ha ha - must be a flattering pic.Age is but a number. I always say "our age tells us how many years we have been on this earth, NOT how old we are".
Funny I never really celebrated birthday's before BC - now I am going to relish and celebrate each and every one of them.
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Glad to hear you are doing well, Shari!
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Today is my birthday. I turned 35. It's been happy and sad. My husband and friends gave me a surprise birthday party. While it was wonderful to have everyone around it was the most gravest day. Though I hadn't planned anything extraordinary for turning 35 before my DX, I had wanted it to be special. Now everything has changed. While no one around me understands what I am going through only you guys know without me having to elaborate. Just wanted to unburden myself.
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Bhlri.....happy birthday......yeah, every birthday for us now takes on a new meaning.
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Happy birthday Bhiri. What Scottiee said above is true. And I get what you are saying as well.
Start thinking about your 40th...now that's a special one! It may seem a long way off, but it's true what you may have heard. The older you get, the faster time goes. For all of us here, getting older is a good thing. ((HUGS))0 -
SHARI - Congrats. on success. Take the pain meds. by the clock and use Mirilax 2 times daily in any beverage at all (it completely disappears and no thickening of liquid).. at bedtime also take Colace stool softener if you require the continued use of the pain meds. for several days. Hugs, Peace and Luv.
And to All a Happy Happy Easter and Restful Sunday.
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happy birthday bhlri - birthdays do definitely take on a new meaning nowadays.
So ladies.... has our get together fell by the wayside? Been pretty quiet on that front - I am still in if others are up for it.
Gosh - dont you just love these 4 day weekends... Sunday tomorrow and I still have Monday off. What heaven.
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Bhiri - sending hugs. I do understand. My birthday is on Tuesday. Everything is so different from last year's birthday.
I have been alone this weekend and I have needed this time to let down and to allow myself to feel sad and angry and everything else that I don't show my family. I went to see my mother today and, after spending the majority of the last year trying to make sure that I do live to be older and to look after her, she tells me 'don't get old'. I know she has no clue what I've been through this year or even that it is my birthday on Tuesday but it still hurt to hear that. There, rant over.
Shari - good to hear from you
Tazzy - sounds like you are feeling better. I'm still up for a get together.0 -
Oh websister... big heart hugs to you. that must hurt so much. (((hugs_)))
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bhlri: happy birthday.
Websister: (((HUGS)))
Shari; speedy recovery
Believe; did you have your procedure last week????
I turned 45 last month. Felt 35 before BC, now feel 100. It's crazy, I've started jogging (albeit in intervals with waking), which I never did before... Yet I'm fatter and unhappier then ever. I know that when I accept thus new body is when it will start living me back and responding to the care I'm giving it. Instead I bash it. I have yet to make it MY body. I'm just so tired of the physical disconnect I'm experiencing. My brain is exhausted from the crazy. I even considered stopping my tamoxifen so I could drop some weight; and then restart it. I mean, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES I'LL GET SICK AGAIN?!?! TOTALLY INSANE RIGHT?! WTF!!! FUCK THIS FUCKING DISEASE!!!!!!!!!! ARGH!!!!!!! I WANT MY BODY BACK!!!!!!!!0 -
Websister, big hugs to you! Sometimes we have to let our hair down, and allow ourselves to feel what we need to feel. Although we are strong and courageous, we are still human. Sending good vibes your way!
bhlri, hope you had a nice day today. Happy birthday!
Juneau, big hugs to you too. I have also considered stopping Tamoxifen to just drop a few pounds, but still slogging on. This is really hard.
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Websister.....your mother telling you not to get old brought back a lot of memories for me regarding my own mother. She suffered so much from rheumatoid arthritis in her latter years and she would say that to me also "don't get old" but I know what she meant....for her getting old was all about pain and she did 't want that for me....I guess she assumed
we all have to suffer pain in our old age.....perhaps that is really what your mother meant as well. Something to think about....❤0 -
Scottiee1.....I agree, my Mom always said it's hell getting old, but it's better than the alternative...I guess we live and enjoy everyday like it is our last....
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