Illinois ladies facing bc

Evening everyone.....Lisa --- glad you got that taken care of, and I'm thinking like Spunky now.  Catch anything and everything early, handle it and move on  as soon as possible.  I'm so glad too that you found a group.  I tried one, but it was local and I did not have a thing done here -- nothing at all, so after going a couple of times I just felt that I did not and was not relating well and in my heart it didn't feel like it would come.....so I opted out and just stayed here.  This is home to me and has been since Dec. 2007. 

Susan....glad we are resonating and yes I have read a lot of Dyer....and Debbie Ford, and Deepak Chopra and Eckert Tolle, and well, just about anyone who explains different aspects of our spiritual natures in a way that is easily understood.  I had an interest in spirituality since I was young.....but life ( a lot of it  ) got in the way of delving into things very much.  Then, when my mother passed on......I realized that I had reached the point where I simply had to "know" or just explode from the intensiveness of the need. There is so much more to learn but I am comfortable now in ways I couldn't be before.  Hope this all makes sense.

Hope you all had a great or at least good day with the weather behaving.  I'm told that the air is too dry for any moisture to get this far down....oh my.....I thought we would be getting drenched right now.  All is not lost....overnight we could still get something, but it sounds like whatever it might be will be pretty mild anyway. 

I'll see you all in the morning.

Happy Hugs, Jackie

Mad ~ yep. I do have those moments but with time they are less often.

MadMom Yes! The first time was when I woke up the day after my bmx. I still have them but not as emotionally intense as that day. I'm still getting used to have the larger boobie prizes

We have been honkered down for so long that we decided to go to a play In Hyde Park tomorrow as I love that place.  We don't have any women that I know of on this thread from that area.  If anyone knows of a restaurant near the Court Theater, let me know.  We generally go to Valois, but that is more of a diner.

Yes, madismommy, I do have those thoughts but they lessen over time.  I think it is because it generally comes out of nowhere and followed with such intensity.....rather like a tornado roaring through town.

Robo, hope you are pleased with the photshot results.

Have a good day!

Just catching up a little, and will do more tomorrow. Kind of the month from hell around here, but now getting better.

Just quickly Zap, there is Piccolo Mondo 1642 E 56th St. Park 52 at 52 S Harper, and La Petite Folie in The Courtyard of Hyde Park. I like all three, though I haven't been there lately. Sometimes La Petite has a special for the theater. The number there is 773 493 1394. Parking is good for all three. Park 52 phone is 773 241 5200, and Piccolo Mondo is 773 643 1106. These are some faves from our time visiting our son in HP. He still owns an apartment there, after completing grad studies at UC. Have fun, and I like HP too!

Corinne....what a great sister you have.....and a fabulous surprise.  Your sister knows how to make live worth the living for sure.

Hugs, Jackie

Have not posted much lately. But I have been Lurking and thinking of you all. My BC friends are always in my prayers:). Best wishes to those still in treatment and recovering from recent procedures

Yesterday marked 2years since my lumpectomy. Finished rads in April 2010.

Does anyone else experience tingling toes and arms? I take meds for neuropothy.

Last night I was up for several hours. I just could not get my toes warm. Thus could not sleep. I take vitamin D. B 12 complex and gabetin (sp?). Anyway any other suggestions. I go to see onc in 2 weeks. Wishing everyone a great Day! Marsha

If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Do not hoard it. Do not dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke. -Brenda Francis

Marsh- i do have the tingling in my feet. They even considered lowering my final dose but i said no. Mines pretty acute, only notice it sometimes.. My friend suggested accupuncture! I will let you know if it works

Lago I have been addicted to Pinterest for some time now......I can't help you. We may need a support group or intervention! I will have to follow your boards. I am getting inspired to decorate my new house.....

Thanks, Smerf!  Perfect suggestions. I have been in Hyde Park many times but in a yellow bus with a bunch of kids as we would go to the DuSable Museum and then off to Valois. I Have you ever gone to the theater there?  Today with DH will be a lot less of a jumble.  I think it will me Italian!

Rita, I have a friend who is now on the third book in the trilogy. I hear a movie is coming out.  Hunger Games is not my normal sort of read either.  Have fun in Florida!  A month is a long time to be away. I missed my cat after a long weekend in Waterloo!  Paul is still working  and business is down, so we cannot take long trips.  DD (not the pregnant one) and I are talking about a trip to the Redwoods about an hour and a half  out of San Francisco.  We both love nature. 

Nana, I get tingling that is not bad and passes.  I hope you find relief.

Lemondrop, I hope you can feel okay about taking time you need to stay healthy.  I too  hated to give up my routines through treatments and took a total of three days off school during chemo and rads.....but I truly was exhausted.  I wish I could have trusted others to do my jobs for me, but I was just ticked off at the situation that I decided to forge ahead with very little reflection on my part.  Busy in balance is probably a good way go. Good luck to you finding the compromises that work for your physical and mental health.  I did not have kids at home, so that must truly be a challenge for you.

Tomorrow daughter gets monitored again while I care for the kids. They are just watching to see that the heart rate doesn't get into immediate care  mode.  I am feeling more and more positive about that whole scene.  Baby is got herself headdown.

Take care!

Susan

Oh Lemondrop...I am exhausted reading your weekend and I am not having chemo right now.  Take it one day at a time.  Do you have anyone else that can help with anything?  I know it is hard to ask for help, but maybe a few things? 

Lisa - Enjoy your time off!  I have been organzing like a freak!  My pantry is now a dream pantry...labelled all with cute baskets of everything.  My son's playroom is next...it is a "disaster zone" since we moved in.  It needs an overhaul!  I hope you get some relaxation and "me" time in here and there.   It is well deserved.  It was so nice meeting you last week!

Zap - we are all waiting for more baby updates.  Keeping prayers going.  You better learn how to post photos here...we all want to see her when she is born!  Does she have any idea how many people are staying tuned and waiting for her birthday????  You will have to tell her one day!

Nana - I just hit 1 year NED.  Good for you!  Two years...can't wait to read that it has been 20 years!!!

I hope you are all having a relaxing Sunday. I am baking and being lazy.  My DH just left to fly to San Fran for work (boo!  I hate when he's gone).  Tomorrow I am off to NW for a med onc appointment.  Joy

I have a confession! I am also ADDICTED to Words With Friends! My house has never been dustier! LOL And I swear my butt has widened from sitting at my computer playing that darned game! LOL

Hope you're all doing okay.

WendyTY - Hugs and prayers to you - today and everyday.

Zap - Best wishes to your daughter. Everything's crossed.

BE WELL GIRLS! 

Rit a - I am a hopeless "word with friends" addict. You can invite me to play, I am cats2dog1

ATeamNana - I have neuropathey from chemo in my feet. Have been on gebapentin for ten months and finally quit because I was VERY depressed and was at times very forgetful and disoriented. Am thinking of trying acapuncture.