Illinois ladies facing bc
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Thanks for all the wonderful comments - it is always a truly uplifting experience!
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Next Lunch Bunch/Get-Together: Oct 8th - Schaumburg - 12:30 -
I will e-mail additional info to you girls.
For those of you who are NOT on our e-mail list: if you would like to be on it, please PM me for more info.
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The pictures look great. I am glad you all met up and were able to walk together, although it sounds like Lago did the walk on her own. I hope not, yet she sounds very independent in spirit and probably did just fine if she did.
DH and I spent a glorious day in Elkhorn with friends. BJ, I thought of you as Autumn hits Wisconsin before it comes to Illinois (or at least it seems so) It was was so beautiful in Wisconsin today. I am getting ready for Halloween as it is ONE of my favorite holidays. I am hosting a luncheon for the retirees from my school district, so I am having so much fun decorating.the yard and house. We rotate and I am so glad I got this season.
Daughter and her family move into their new home and I will be helping quite a bit. I am so happy for them
Wendy, i see the gastro guy on Wednesday. My whole self is so much better now that tests have ruled out major disease. I am committed to the meditation sessions as frankly it freaked me out how stressed I allowed myself to become with each new test. Wendy, ladies, is a wonder. I hate to burden her, but she is one cool lady if you need to connect with sanity, as I needed to for about 12 days! That would come across as funny if it had been funny. It was not ( well a wee bit, at times we got sorta funny with each other),
Have a great week!
Susan
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It was great day for walk and was nice to see our team NO SURRENDER again.. I didn't want to come back home.. I just wanted to spend rest of the day there... lol
Thanks to Laura to posting the pictures and I am trying to make it to 8th lunch...so far I got nothing on that day...
Susan, Rita- I missed you guys...
Lago- maybe we can meet on 8th lunch...
Determined- I just did nipple recon little over 2 weeks ago and still can't believe what I went through in past 2 years.. Every time I look at my breast in the mirror, I sigh... and say, 'oh well'... I know it's not the same as before and I know that it will never be the same but I am still here and I will take that any day... I used to love my breast and hair until two years ago and everything changed when I heard C word and I cried most of night since i've dx bc and going through chemo and radiation, I hated it and I hated it because of changes in my body and the way it looks.. I was depressed but I didn't show to anyone and I just kept it to myself and believe that it will get better and it did... It just takes time to realize that what you can hold on to in your life and what you have to let it go... One point, I realized I need to move on with my life and let it go and I am still trying to make best out of my life... I love my dh and kids and of course myself too.. lol Hang in there...
It's 7pm already?? ok, what's for dinner?? man, I wish I have a room service..lol
Have a good evening~!!! and live your life~!~!!!
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I talked to lago later Saturday afternoon. YES...she did meet some gals - so she wasn't alone! I don't know how she couldn't find us - WE STAND OUT IN THE CROWD! lol
Hopefully next year we can reel her in! lol
lago - NEXT YEAR! lol... or the upcoming lunch bunch.
Adey - How are you doing?
Annette - Glad the little one better!
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I won't be able to make the lunch. Have a BS appointment followed by a physical therapy appointment. My life is just appointments these days.
Guess you guys won't get to meet me before my hair is gone. :b
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elf - REQUEST PLEASE: can you wear your glittery/jazzy high heels if you join us on the 8th! lol0
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Write on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.
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Morning....glorious out there! Will be nice all week....yay! And we did wimp ou yesterday morning and flicked the thermostat from off to "heat". It was 66 on the first floor! Brrrrrr.....
First off......HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICH101 !!!!!! May your day be filled with love and laugher....
Elf....what you said to Determined is what I was trying to say but it didn't come ou right. You just reach a point in your treatment when you let go and move forward, saying "oh well.....". We all reach that point, just at different times. And yes....I really need for you to come to lunch on the 8th and you REALLY need to wear your sparkly shoes!
Susan...soooooo glad you are feeling better! See? I told you....why don't you girls ever listen to me? Mama Wendy knows best....
Lago....so sorry you missed Laura's team! Had to laugh at your email tho re: lunch....I was going HUH????? Oh....you meant "day" not "dad"!!!!!! Still laughing about that one!
Nana....Grace going home? Hope so!
Laura.....the pic of your Mom did not come thru either on my puter/iphone....could you repost or email to me? Would love to see the spitfire that gave birth to you!!!! And your nieces are gorgeous. And when exactly did Shelby turn 23?????!!!!! So grown-up....
Time to get the house cleaning started....yuck.
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OMG just reread my email. I just spit Dr. Pepper all over my screen. Yes my day "will be filled with my BS feeling up my foobs and the PT torturing me." Not my dad!
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I hope you have a truly wonderful birthday. Wonderful people really should you know. Hope it is great Michele.
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Oh, that dog is so cute, Jackie.
Happy Birthday Michele!
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@ MICHELE
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Michele...........Wishing a very happy birthday to a very wonderful gal! May your day be filled with happiness, celebration, and all the good "little things" in life! Hugs across the miles!!!!
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Happy Birthday Michelle - have a great day!
Take care!
Carolyn
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Thank you so much for the kind birthday wishes. I took today off as a vacation day to have a nice long birthday weekend and ended up with a dentist appt because I broke my tooth. So I sat in the dentist chair for 1 1/2 hrs while he fitted me for a crown
in the middle of the day too!!! Arghhh!! Oh well, it's fixable and it could be worse. Still wondering if it's from the chemo.Jackie-that cake is adorable!
Just happens that we are thinking about adopting a golden (mix) at a shelter near Plainfield. We are still deciding, but someone else is going to look at him tonight too, so we may not get him. If it's meant to be, it will happen. We would love another golden, a young one but not a puppy, so we will see.
Thanks again everyone
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHELE. Sorry to hear about your tooth. I do hope you got to eat your birthday cake!! Wishing you health and happiness. Have a great Birthday!!!!!!!
BJ
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~•♦•♥•♦ HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHELE ♦•♥•♦•~0 -
Happy Birthday Michelle!! Hope it was a great one!!!
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Good Evening~~ Ladies~!!
~*~*~*~* Happy Happy Birthday to Michele~!!!! *~*~*~*~
Jackie- that cake is sooo cute and it does looks real, how anyone can eat it...lol
I told my dh 'I am going to lunch with my sisters on 8th' and of course, he said, that's great.. So, I am very excited even though I have to drive hour to get there and I will wear that purple sparkly shoes again to just show up..
I can't wait till 8th~~ All of my boys are in the bed and I am about to go too..
Good night everyone and sweet dreams..
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Life is a song - sing it.
Life is a game - play it.
Life is a challenge - meet it.
Life is a dream - realize it.
Life is a sacrifice - offer it.
Life is love - enjoy it.
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Hello all. I hope to make the lunch. I crawled out of the toxic and stinky fog of TAC yesterday. Yeesh.
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OMG I met with the port surgeon today. He too agreed I was tiny and skinny on top. He's going to place a juvenile port. Guess that matches the barely there training bra.
He also arranged for my chemo to start the day he places the port... this coming Tuesday!!! Yikes I was expecting at least another week. I think I'm mostly scared of those neulasta shot side effects more than anything else.
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When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Life your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
-- Cherokee Expression0 -
Michele - Not a good way to spend your B-D, sorry! I blame chemo for my (occasional) teeth problems.
Adey - Glad you're out of the fog!
lago - LOL - I was in the same boat...no excess skin on top! In fact, that's why I couldn't have reconstruction. I wish I would have gotten a pediatric port. Best wishes on Monday.
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Those who had Masts and recon in DuPage/Glen Ellyn area:
My friend lives in that area. She is considering prophyl - bi-lat Masts w/recon (originally had lump, but has tested positive for BRCA and had 2 nodes positive). Any great surgeons out that way? If so, please PM me with their names and I will share with her. THANKS!
Have a great day, girls!
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Laura thank goodness I'm going to get a kiddie port. I have to have this thing for a year because of Herceptin! The port would be sticking out so far I would look like I had Herman Munster thingy coming out of my collar bone. I'm sure it's still going to show. He said I don't have any fat either.
BTW I know your friend is looking for a local PS but I would say mine is worth the drive. He has offices in both Chicago (Michigan Ave) and Winnetka. So far every doctor who as examined me and my physical therapist had been blown away with how great my scars look. Even the residents in the hospital were impressed… and that wasn't even 24 hours after surgery!His name is in my profile. He has a website that lists his credentials as well.
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lago - Thanks for the info. I will give it to her. (But, I think she has to stay in network, so it will depend on that.) And...my port was as big as my frickin' tumor! It stuck out like a golf ball! lol I hated every minute of it. I kept wishing the fat below my waist would miraculously defy gravity and work it's way UP! lol Your port will be much more tolerable.
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Yes he is out of network but only his portion. He is at Rush which, at least for me is in-network. That means only the surgeon costs (which is really minimal compared to everything else) is out of network. My current insurance pays 70% of out of network.
I really didn't feel comfortable at all with the other PS my BS usually works with. I really wanted to go in-network. I tried to justify this PS but the more information I got the more I didn't want to use him. It might be worth her checking him out for a consult although that does cost too.0 -
Just catching up with you gals. Have been so darn busy at work and keeping doctor/dentist appointments, and sneaking in some golf on these beautiful days...Happy belated birthday, Michele. Hope that it was a good one. "Me too" with the dental problems on chemo. I fractured a tooth also, ended up with root canal and now in the middle of the crown thing.
Lago.. I have a darn port sticking out big time also. I think the kiddie port sounds like a good idea. Good luck starting chemo. Sounds like you have a good attitude so you will do fine.
I am now a month past my last chemo treatment and waiting impatiently to see some hair growth. I just had my rad planning session and get started with that next week. Since they have me set up for late afternoon appointments to start with, I am going to make the lunch on the 8th. Will be fun to put faces with these screen names!
Joan
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Joan - You should be seeing some "down"-like fuzzies, hopefully, any day now. I noticed mine almost a month - to the day - after chemo ended. Looking forward to meeting you on the 8th!
(Edited to add: "down-like" meaning - the feathers on a baby chick. Can't think of how else to expain it. lol)
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To the question of your life you are the answer, and to the problems of your life you are the solution. ~Joe Cordare
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