CRAZY TOWN WAITING ROOM - TESTS coming up? All Stages Welcome.
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and an update on our dear Beppy. She is aware of all of your good wishes and isfeeling all of you in her pocket. She is experiencing a lot of pain. Let's all please continue to keep our light shining on her. She reluctant to rely too much on pain meds due to serious complications in the past. She's trying to find a balance but needs our thoughts and prayers.
Sending love and light to you Beppy!
💫💫💫💫💗💗💫💫🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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Katy, that image of a bunch of middle-aged women hopping into a pocket made me laugh! Would have to be mighty strong fabric to withstand all that hopping...
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katy, you are so right about the future, we need all to focus on the positive and remember the dark days will pass
Realizing this week that one of my long time pals a couple of years ago just got hugely negative when a pal passed of lung cancer. Realizing that although she talks a good game about her support for her church, we'll she really is not believing in god if she throws in the towel and walks away from a pal who gets the dang c junk
Just my thought here
Rainny, today is to be one of the top 10 days of the year weatherwise
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Yes it is a funny image! Yet at the same time I can envision that our spirit-selves, unhindered by our earthly bodies which have recorded and reflect the damage from our physical lives, lives and bodies beat up by cancer and other illnesses, sadness and loss in our lives. We are sprightly and lithe, able to spring into those pockets!
It's the one time I don't look at my damaged, scarred, unfit, un-beautiful body. I see my spirit and yours, and all of ours, bringing genuine love and caring to the banquet, lightness and giggles. I look around me and see the beauty in all of you. It fills up our pockets when we need it, but weighs nothing!
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It is a beautiful day here as well, though it is supposed to get hot...summer is on the way. Hubby is already in the garden early....
Poppy, the teenager thing: it does get better. but it doesn't seem like it is going to, until it does. Been there. Sending you a PM in just a minute.
Beppy, surrounding you with love and light. Hope you are feeling it and feeling better this morning.
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Thanks so much for the welcome. It's beautiful here in NC. True spring. Plan to do a little gardening and even cooking. I still can't really taste much but I enjoy it watching others eat what I cook
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Katy, you are right, and our spirit-selves or inner selves or whatever you want to call them are strong and lithe and unafraid. I had a conversation yesterday with the 4-year-old who lives upstairs (and his dad), and that inner self is completely on the outside with him: that beautiful combination of fearlessness and vunerability. He can do anything! Except when scary.
Poppy, with you on the teenager thing. Like having a rollercoaster in the house.
I have cleaned the bathtub. Sitting down now, while my aching joints recover.
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Rainy,.....glad. I'm not the only one who folds, and sits...then, mops and sits......shops then come home after putting away and sits.......changes the bed, then sits............
I was 63 when I retired from my 15 year. Pharm job, and took care of my grandson so my daughter could remain at the same company working as an executive assistant.....I loved my new job and did it for 15 years in addition to welcoming a little girl to the fold along with my 2 year old grandson and took care of both of them.......
Now where I am going with this!!!!!............my grandson at birth weighed 11lb 12 ounces, and ws 23 inches long........my grandaughter 2 years later weighed in at 11lbs 13 oz. and was 22 1/2 inches long........I back then was 5 feet tall, and 135lbs.......now remember I said 63 years old........picked them up and carried them like it was nothing..........took them up and down flights of stairs 2 at a time...........in and out of the car, strollers, high chairs......play pens.......had a heart attack in 2007 (mild) and a week later was back on the job.......and continued doing it through cancer in 2011..............finally my grandson at 16 said "Mom I think I can do this myself now".........my daughter started working from home 5 days a week for the company, so I was "fired".......LOL.....
The point I am making is 63 isn't that you'ng.....but I did it....even after a heart attack, but I can tell you....this cancer has beat the shit out of me......even after surgery, before and during Rads I was great doing everything for the next 6 weeks after Rads....then I started Femara..............the friggin Devil Pill changed my life.......maybe it was giving me "more years"........but it took away so much of my life while on it......and even when you stop.........your reminded everyday that you were on it.....
So I amglad to hear I am not the only one who "does 'and sits".........I know I 'm 80, but guess what.........I see women 90 walking a hell of a lot faster then I am, able to do a hell of a lot more then I can.......but don't misunderstand ..........I still do, and keep insisting "I can do this"......but it has gotten so much harder.............but shit happens doesn't it........
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Val, welcome to the sorority nobody wants to rush, but whose sisters have ditched the whole “pledge" nonsense and instead treat everyone in it equally. You're in the home stretch of chemo--and because you had it neoadjuvantly, there will be far fewer cells (if any) remaining to be zapped after surgery. (And no anti-hormonals for you, so when you're done with rads, you're done with treatment). Here's hoping for an easy recovery from both that last chemo session and surgery, and smooth sailing through rads. I know one week post-op will probably be too soon to make the short jaunt from Charlotte to Hickory next month (5/22) for the Healing Touch benefit concert, but there will be other opportunities for you to meet fellow BCO sisters in person.
Ducky, I'm only 65 and there are days when I walk like the average nonagenarian. You are amazing.
Here's a little antidote for the crazy. Mother Nature finally has her shyte together. This is the view from my deck 30 min. ago:
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Welcome, Val!
Sending comfort and quick healing Beppy's way!
Hugs to everyone who is down in the rabbit hole. I am in and out of it, sometimes in the same day.
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Hang in there, Beppy--hope you feel the love & light we’re all sending your way!
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Welcome Val!! This is the perfect place to hang out and hide from the world. Congratulations on being nearly done with chemo. My love and prayers to you, Slow. I have been praying for you to have little to no pain. PoppyK, I think we talked about teens at brunch. I sympathize with you but they do come back at some point. Hugs all around.
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Oh ladies you make my day. Thanks for the welcomes. Yes ChiSandy I will make the trek next time. I'm always up that way (or use to, doing shopping for household stuff)
I'll keep you all posted. And love hanging out here.
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Chi..........such beautiful trees............so happy to see the warmer weather........hug
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Are we certain that the rabbit holes aren't really whack-a-mole holes
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Welcome to crazy town, Val.
Sometimes it does feel like whack a mole!
Thank you for your support and encouragement, I'm sticking my nose out of the rabbit hole to see if it safe to come out!
Seems that Ducky came for a swim in our pool.🙃
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Sort of working on some mini spa things today, nails today, facial tomorrow
I think the rabbit holes are often wacky amole, i think someone has been walking me latly!
Told the spine doc I do not feel need for shot this week so they said to hold and off till I felt the need
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Poppy.. HaHa.. :-) Hubby was getting worried because 2 mornings in a row this summer we woke to find a duck swimming merrily in the pool.. He was worried it was going to set up residence there.. but thankfully it didn't. They are very cute, but also very crap - happy 😱
PTS.. Nails and facial sound fun !
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The mercury says 70--so I’m logging off and going outside! Too warm and lovely to sit inside.
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I'm counting the lumps one two three four ...............
I think I'd be better off in California. Palm Springs. Mid Century Mod. Love it. You ladies remind me of where I would like to retire. I just have to plan this out. Then whack.
No more dreaming for me. It is so hard to perk up . But all of you help in big ways. You guys definitely have a resilience. This forum beams with energy. Love it.
Many hugs and thank yous.
I just realized that ibrance may make me lose my hair.
Bald again. Maybe.
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Mayor Beppy update! She was in some pain over the weekend, but doing better today. She was able to sit outside for a bit watching her DH water the plants. She sounded in good spirits. So relieved to hear this news.
Wishing all Crazies a good and calm and peaceful evening.
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Katy, Thank you! That's the news I've been waiting to hear.
Beppy, So good to hear you were able to get out and enjoy some fresh air and sunshine. Please take your time as you recover. We are all here cheering you on. I hope we aren't making too much of a ruckus. My best, Jan
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I thought I'd pop into this thread because I feel like I'm in crazy town right now! I'm having a biopsy done on some lumps on my upper chest. Radiologist said they looked most likely benign but felt we should biopsy because the new lumps look very similar on the imaging to my original tumors imaging. The radiologist told me on the way out that it would be a "highly unusual" place for a recurrence. But as ridiculous as it is, I'm obsessing over the "what ifs". I wish I could just shut my brain off for the week until I get the results
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Awesome best wishes.
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Beppy, hope you continue to mend and that your pending results mean treatment that is easier to tolerate.
To all our east and central TX sisters--especially in the Houston area: stay safe and as high & dry as possible! Turn around--don’t drown.
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A quick good evening to crazies. Here is some eye candy on the eve of the NY primary...just a shopkeeper trying to stay on the good side of all customers...
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bebby good to hear you are up and feeling better, make, sure your hub gets those plants in the right places
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kcat- waiting is the worst. Please pull up a comfy chair and hang out with us while you wait. Someone can bring you a nice cuppa tea, or better perhaps a latte with Ativan sprinkles? We get it. Hang in there.
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Oh, know all about birds and their crap..........every summer we had birds.......I had a wild life preserve about 1/4 of a block from my front door........plus a lake too that had geese and ducks in it...........they would fly by and dive bomb the pool.......and that "shit" is very hard to get rid of.......
I tried everything to get rid of them, but they left when they damn well pleased......we had an "OWL"........spinning wheels........fake snakes..........you name it I tried it.....but nothing scared those suckers........even my grandchildren chasing them with "pool noodles"........
I had shit in the water, on the deck..........wanted to strangle those little buggers.......but eventually they would leave.....but it was 2 weeks of hell........LOL0 -
Thanks Jackiebirdie, I'll take the latte with the Ativan sprinkles. When I took Ativan during chemo I called it my amnesia pill because I couldn't remember anything that happened when I was taking it. So that'd be great now!
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