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  • iammags
    iammags Member Posts: 105
    edited February 2016

    Thanks so the nice thoughts, girls. This latte is tasty, I might have another :) I'll let you know when I get the test results. Thanks for being in my pocket.

    Meanwhile Tomboy, great poem! I really loved it.

  • JAN69
    JAN69 Member Posts: 731
    edited February 2016

    I'm so far behind...

    Beppy, holding you close in my heart. I'm so sorry your stress, worry, and uncertainty will continue thru the weekend.

    Katy, Thanks for Beppy's report

    Octo, Sounds like you had a wonderful birthday. Sorry I missed sending timely wishes.

    Tomboy, Thanks for your beautiful poem. I'm very touched.

    Rain, I haven't read your baseball essay yet, but will soon.

    Long distance hugs and love. I've been sick for 7 days day with flu from hell. Still sick and not sure if I feel better each day. Jan


  • cubbie2015
    cubbie2015 Member Posts: 773
    edited February 2016

    Oh Mags, that just can't be. Please let us know as soon as you find out.

  • Italychick
    Italychick Member Posts: 527
    edited February 2016

    mags, in your pocket. Fuck cancer and all the associated bullshit

  • PMR53
    PMR53 Member Posts: 185
    edited February 2016

    Mags- I was thinking and saying to myself. Stupid Fucking BC. And then Octo and Tomboy used the F word first. Dammit it's not fucking fair. We are here for you. Don't completely freak yet. I am sorry you have to worry all weekend. 

    Rainny - I have a teenager and this past year has been a shit show. She has not been supportive and has gotten away with a lot. Too weak to fight any battles with her. 

    Bright sky - glad you can cross that off your worry list.!

    I get to keep my 2 drains another week. What Joy. My abdomen and sides are one big itchy sore bruise from Lipo. For all the fat grafting done. Why would anyone want to willingly have this done? It is Fricking painful. 

    This morning my cat projectile vomited all over the couch. Right where my husband likes to sit and drink coffee and read the paper. I was shocked. Lol. 

    Penny- my Armidex is sitting in my bathroom cabinet. I am not starting it until I heal from this last surgery.  I already feel like I got dragged behind a truck. 

    I am going to watch Fuller House on Netflix. I loved the original in the 80s!

    Night and Hugs. 

    Patty

  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited February 2016

    imageimageJust wanted to say ladies......It's over, I said Goodbye to my shore home today............imageimage

  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 1,617
    edited February 2016

    so very sorry, Ducky. Many hugs.

  • octogirl
    octogirl Member Posts: 2,434
    edited February 2016

    (((Ducky)))....thanks for the photos and hold those memories close...

    Octogirl

  • cubbie2015
    cubbie2015 Member Posts: 773
    edited February 2016

    ((Ducky)) Thanks for showing us the photos. I love the pool picture, I can see your family had a lot of good times there.

  • Molly50
    Molly50 Member Posts: 3,008
    edited February 2016

    (((Ducky))) I am sad for you. Mags, I am praying for you all weekend that your doctor is wrong, wrong, wrong. Tomboy, ahhh such truth and beauty in your words. A lovely way to picture heaven. Pmr, ugh don't you hate all that reconstruction means?? Pennysgal, hugs and Jan prayers for healing from the flu. Anyone I missed hugs and hugs. I had 3 hours sleep last night. My Wyatt can be challenging God bless him. At least I am done with jury duty.

  • Lucy55
    Lucy55 Member Posts: 2,703
    edited February 2016

    (( Mags)) .. Sorry you have to go through all the stress and worry over this now.. Ugh.. F/U cancer !

    GMA.. Beautiful photo :-)

    Ducky.. Thinking of you.. Wonderful photos ! Wonderful memories. Xx

    Tomboy.. An amazing poem.. Thank you for sharing..

    (( Slow.. ))

  • PoppyK
    PoppyK Member Posts: 1,275
    edited February 2016
    Hugs, Ducky.

    Tomboy, Love your poem. Touching. You are a talented artist.

    Mags, I have three sons, two who were teenagers and one who was 11 when I went through treatment. Each of them reacted differently. I had a lx on the bad girl, with a lot of tissue removed. The other side was reduced do they would match. My PS doesn't like drains, do I didn't have those. Let me know if you have any questions that I might be able to answer. BC can cause swollen nodes and high white cell counts. Hope you try good news about the cause soon.

    I'm typing this on my Kindle, so I must keep it short. Hugs Everyone!
  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited February 2016

    I was wonderful.....I have so many pictures of my family down there having fun.....the youngest grandchild 15, and her mother was a teenager when we bought the hous.....now her Mom is 47, and the oldest grandaughters (twins) were 5, and they are now 33......

    I looked through all my pictures yeterday and smiled.................but I promise I on't bore you with more pictures............hugs appreciated thanks...........

  • octogirl
    octogirl Member Posts: 2,434
    edited February 2016

    ducky, unless my vision is even worse than I thought, it looks like you had duckies at the edge of the pool...totally what I would do, I love it! and your pics never bore me...

    xoxo

    Octogirl

  • PMR53
    PMR53 Member Posts: 185
    edited February 2016

    Ducky-

    Sorry you sold your home with your pool. I love floating and swimming.  My kids always wanted one in our back yard. I know you have great memories but it still hurts. Hugs to you. 

    Patty. 

  • Tomboy
    Tomboy Member Posts: 2,700
    edited February 2016

    I saw those ducky's too, Octo!

    (((Ducky)))

    ChiSandy! I saw your NYT's letter to the editor about proton pump inhibitors!

  • iammags
    iammags Member Posts: 105
    edited February 2016

    Thanks everyone for the wonderful thoughts! I appreciate them very much.

    Ducky- Nice pics! Selling a house is kind of like breaking up with someone. Once you thought you'd have it forever but in the end knew you'd have to break up. I hope that you're not too sad.

    Rainny- Teenagers are the worst. I love mine (14 and 12) but they drive me crazy. My daughter is so hormonal that at times I think some alien traded places with her. Oh, the drama!

    Patty- That's hysterical about your cat projectile vomiting! But it wasn't so funny when the dog did the same on my bedroom floor this morning. Ick.

    Poppy- Thanks. If you can get through with 3 teenagers I can do the same with two :). Also, I will remember to ask questions about the reduction. I will be having drains (ick) but my sil is taking care of me and she's an RN so I am lucky!



  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 4,671
    edited February 2016

    ducky, your shore place looks like it was home to many good times hold tight to the memories

    Gee, thread was missing for days, wonder what was screwy with the site, i need to reread all but glad to be back

  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited February 2016

    This was our lifeguard who at that time was Poppie to 8 of our 18 Grandchildren......many more came after he died..............image

  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited February 2016

    imageimage

  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited February 2016

    Now the youngest is 15........the oldest is twin girls 33 who are not in the picture they were working at Disneyworld that summer as interns............they were all young here.....some are married now with their own kids...one is Bobby's Mom............

  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited February 2016

    All my grandchildren........the big guy in the boat is my son.......Now 52......a couple of the kids in the raft are his......Phil (who you all know) is the Little blonde boy and his father is the handsome "Big Kid".....the raft bit the dust after that weekend ........LO

  • JAN69
    JAN69 Member Posts: 731
    edited February 2016

    Ducky, You gave your kids and grands lots of wonderful memories that will stay with them forever no matter how sad the ending. Jan

  • Italychick
    Italychick Member Posts: 527
    edited February 2016

    Ducky, my ex husband just died unexpectedly and we had remained very good friends. We had a cabin in the Midwest which he still had and our children are going through the torture of keeping it vs. selling it. I told them the memories are what made the place special, a place is just a place. So hold all the memories in your heart, they are much more important than the physical possession was. The memories will never go away. After all, we have pictures and experiences

  • cubbie2015
    cubbie2015 Member Posts: 773
    edited February 2016

    So it wasn't just me who saw duckies on the side of the pool!

  • rainnyc
    rainnyc Member Posts: 801
    edited February 2016

    Ducky, what Italy said. The house will never leave your heart. I love the pictures! I don't suppose there's a wedding picture around anywhere? You know, of the man who was Poppie to his grandchildren and the love of his life? (Hint, hint.)

    Mags, mine is 16, was 15 when I was diagnosed. It's good to have kids in the house--the best distraction, even when they're driving you nuts!


  • Molly50
    Molly50 Member Posts: 3,008
    edited February 2016

    Wonderful pictures, ducky. Obviously many great family memories were made at the shore house. What a beautiful family you have!!

  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 1,617
    edited February 2016

    indeed some beautiful people in those photos!

    I haven't seen that many six packs since Spring break in Daytona! Circa 1975, haha!

  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited February 2016

    Haha.........thanks ladies.

    Italy chick....your right, and to everyone who agreed with her, thanks also.......

    I'm managing well...........and looking forward to a new chapter in my life......same characters.......just a different address.........4 of my family have shore homes.......none have pools......but they are very close to the ocean....thanks ladies.........your amazing.............image

  • Jackbirdie
    Jackbirdie Member Posts: 1,617
    edited February 2016

    Ducky- you were....and are.... Breathtakingly beautiful.

    Thanks for sharing that lovely photo (and Rainny thanks for asking!)

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