how about drinking?

Yay! Laurajane that is really good news!  Hope you enjoy that bottle of wine........did you get some nice cheeses to go with it?......YUM!!!!

Love n hugs.  Chrissy

Laurajane - I was so sorry to read that your rat bastard came back, but so glad to read good news today and I'll definately join you for a toast. Please let us know what your onc says, hope you get a good game plan in place quickly and knock that sucker back.

Claire - weather sounds excellent...I'm so mad at the big banks, have moved to a local credit union...sure hope the job works out quickly.

Stanzie - I'm hoping the best for your BIL...also hope your son's ear is okay, bet you will be so glad to see your kids!

Karen - gosh that does sound so hot, it got to 84 here and we were melting. Stay cool.

Goldie - Ouch, so sorry for your DH, I once had a kidney stone and truly thought I was dying, had to take an ambulance for the first time and was rushed to the hospital. It was so excruciatingly painful that I turned all green and white. It was easy to diagnose and they had me fixed in no time. I caught the stone on exit and it was high in calcium. So have worried about all the calcium I'm posta take now, but dr says it's needed to prevent bone loss. I so sympathize with your DH and hope he feels better quickly. Sure missed you while you were away, I was hoping all was okay with you. Glad you posted a happy birthday for Kymn too.

NM - loved your post this am. Just great, the kitty and the ML fountain is perfect. So glad your work weekend was good and sure hope you enjoy the storms from your porch. Thanks for the funnies and the prayers for a miracle.

chrissy - I'd love to have a dog beer with you!

where is RW & DorK-did you hafta go back to work today?

Hoping and praying for a miracle...

Thanks, NM - he is 14 and hardly ever is sick so I'm sure he is not knowing how to deal with this. My ex gave him some pain reliever - probably...... oh what is the one ibuprophen I think! But I didn't know about Benedryl - sounds good to at least get him through the night..... Thanks as always!

Laurajane - so thrilled for you that it hasn't spread. I know you will be glad to have a plan of action with your onc.

Goldie, thanks for delivering the sad news about our Junie.  She will be missed greatly by all here  and by many more at home.  No more pain, no more discomfort she is free........................

Heaven will never be quite the same now that the HTL has arrived!!!  I am sure that Junie has already secured a spot next to Hunk and is sipping a Miller Lite.

I will miss you Junie, and the lessons you had on living life to the fullest.  I am glad, though, that you are in a better place.  I suspect too, that you waited until the very end to go for help.  As usual, a very wise decision.

Lori.....thanks for telling us.  Hugs and prayers to all here who knew Junie well.  Time though to do as Junie would do and keep the PAR-TAY in full swing. - Claire

Lori - thanks for sharing the sad news about our dear Junie. Still can't believe it.  I hope there are slot machines and ML in heaven.....if there aren't, there will be now. 

Love and miss you already Junie.

Donna

Girls, I just called Bob, since I was not totally awake when I got the call from him. I told him we are all thinking of him and their families, and missing Junie so much. As Lori mentioned, anyone that wants his address can send a PM to either Lori or myself. In lieu of flowers, if anyone wants to do anything, they would prefer donations made in her name, to the American Cancer Society. We can give you her last name in a PM, also, I just hate to post personal information on a public forum. I don't know if it would be better for anyone that wants to, to go in collectively, or we can do it individually. They will have a memorial in a very special church in Kansas City, MO, in a few weeks. WHen I asked Bob if that is where they got married, he laughed and said "No, it was in an Elvis chapel in Vegas!". That cracked me up, esp when he said for $50 more, they could have had Elvis. I figured it was Junie's idea, and he said all of it was! I can just picture her arranging all of that, with a glint in her eye.

Kathy, Junie is probably drinking with Elvis now! Thanks for the heartfelt chuckle...

NM, God is probably going to hide when you arrive - I love your prayers.

Love to all....

Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!    ***********(

I am SO DAMN tired of this damn disease taking so many damn good women!!!

I guess the universe had other plans for our Junies' spirit.......

We shall all see her again in our lifetimes in one way or another.....

Love to your spirit, Junie. Janis & Avery

I was so sorry to hear the sad news about Junie. When I saw it was Casinogirl on the phone, my heart sunk. My prayers are with Bob and her family. I haven't spoken to her in a long time, but now she knows my heart has been with her and what an inspiration she was to me after my treatment.

I have some great group shots of us and others in Vegas and on another bco trip to Eureka Springs. I know Junie was kinda private, but I am thinking about posting them here in celebration of her, having a great time, as usual. I need to get a feel from others here, if they should be shared.

Lori - Darn! So sorry about your DH's kidneys. That was sweet of you to take over for Kathy. Thank you for letting us know about Junie. I watched the video last night with DH (his first viewing) and I cried when I pointed out Junie. He had been laughing up to that point. I explained that we "talk" to each other every day and in some ways we are closer than family and friends that we see in person because we share so much and understand each other. He offered me another glass of wine.

Kathy - I'm sure you captured Junie's sentiments. I'm sure she is prepping the bar for us...they do have bars in heaven don't they? And she will be looking down on us here at the lounge and keeping our secrets. Such a loss... makes me want to just slap mean people! There is far too much meanness and Junie was a good person! Junie had more passion for life than most people and it would seem that should have bought her more time. Disease and disaster take so many lives, I just can't understand how anyone can choose not to respect life.

Laurajean - God bless you and have yourself an amazing, beautiful day!

Cheers and love and hugs to all my true sisters.

Oh shoot, Laurajean....I meant to respond to you, I am so sorry! Please stay and party with us, we all will get throught this, and perhaps your timing is perfect? We would love to get to know you and you us. We really are a fun group! Me thinks we shall call you LJ. Or somthing else may come along, who knows. We sometimes call Stanzie "Mitch". Dorothy is called DorK, Beanius is called Beans (amongst many other things, but always fun) Kathy is RRW-Raquel Risque Wisque. With wisque being whiskey. So you just never know what you could end up with.

And thank you to everyone who mentioned my DH. He is feeling a bit better, but the oxycodone has him rather loopy! And Beans you are so right about the pain. It will take you to the floor. I have never had kidney stones, but I have had kidney infections.

Thanks Lori and Kathy for keeping us all posted about Junie.  It breaks my heart that this has happened.  How unfair to survive breast cancer and then be taken by something else.  I am so glad that I got to know each of you during the last couple years that I've been on this forum.  This thread was the first one where I felt at home at BCO.  Junie and all you other gals made me feel welcome during my long journey with breast cancer.  It was so refreshing to meet a bunch of upbeat fun girls.  You all offered me so much support. I will miss Junie and her funny posts.  RIP our dear friend!!!

Lori, I am so glad that your DH is okay.  going to the ER is not fun.  I hope he's feeling better each day.  I know all about the oxy making one loopy.  I went out to dinner with some friends and my DH on Saturday night for my friend's birthday.  Had a couple glasses of wine and even played a whole dollar on video blackjack.  LOL.  Yesterday we ran some errands.  Well, I woke up at 4 am this morning and couldn't get comfortable and sleep.  So, I thought taking a half of an oxy would make the pain subside and let me fall asleep.  OMG!  I was out and woke up late this am all loopy!  Maybe next time I'll just have a shot of Jack! 

Laurajane (LJ), I am so thrilled to hear your good news.  I followed your story from the triple negative thread.  I remember you were going through chemo the same time as me last year.  I hope they find a treatment that will blast that FC into oblivion and never come back!!!

Cheers to our friend Junie and her wonderful life!  We will miss you!!!

Your prayers, poems, pictures and tributes to Junie have been wonderful and so helpful in dealing with her loss. I loved reading her posts on this thread, and they always made me giggle. Her pmails made me laugh out loud - good old belly laughs. We often wondered why the advice to yell at the full moon didn't result in any sudden wealth for us. If I disappear you'll know I've been carted off after standing on my deck, looking at the full moon, holding up my purse and yelling "Fill er up, Junie".

I'm going to do as Junie often did and make a donation in her memory to BC.Org. One time she posted a donation in someone's memory on the "I've Donated" thread. I asked her about it and her reply was she was just "putting my money where my mouth is". Of course, she added that she should have donated more because her mouth was so big!

Thank you all for helping the rest of us who also loved her.

Hi Allison, Nice to meet you. Thank you so much for the cute story.

I also enjoyed the post of Junie's usual opening lines, I think it was Beans who posted that? This is all helpful with healing.

If you gals want to do a group donation to wherever you see fit I am in. I would love to donate to either the American Cancer Society or Breast Cancer.org in her memory. 

So the good news is that I got three of the new windows installed today. The bad news is that one is not yet installed as when my contractor took the old window out, the sill and entire wall are rotted away or have been destroyed by termites. My constracter suggested that I contact my home owners insurance company so I guess I will do that tomorrow. Oh surprise. The new windows are beautiful and I can't wait until the job is done. The original time line was two weeks but now is delayed due to this issue. My God, my contracter was shaking around the window frame and the whole side of my house moves. I hope insurance covers it. It has just been one thing after another here. 

Who is joining me for a special Pau Hana in honor of Junie? I am ready to celebrate her life with my favorite ladies! I still can't get over all the love, my heart is filled and I thank Junie for bringing that feeling. 

Here is a wrist band for each of you to wear in celebration of Junie's lives and our lives that remain. We just never know what each day will bring.  Here is to living life to the fullest. CHeERZ!