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Topic: Middle Aged Memories

Forum: "Middle Age" 40-60(ish) Years Old With Breast Cancer — Meet others in this age-range who share similar life issues.

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Posted on: Nov 9, 2009 04:18PM

Posted on: Nov 9, 2009 04:18PM

nativemainer wrote:

Let's see, so far we've reminisced about dittos, drive in theaters, lick-a-stick candy, five-and-dime stores, Donny Osmond, Dark Shadows, what have I missed? 

"I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival." Audre Lorde Dx 3/9/2007, IDC, 2cm, Stage IIA, Grade 2, 0/1 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- Surgery 3/15/2007 Lumpectomy; Lumpectomy (Right) Surgery 3/29/2007 Lumpectomy; Lumpectomy (Left) Radiation Therapy 4/10/2007 Breast Hormonal Therapy 10/5/2007 Hormonal Therapy 4/25/2008 Arimidex (anastrozole) Surgery 8/15/2008 Mastectomy; Mastectomy (Left) Surgery 6/21/2010 Prophylactic mastectomy; Prophylactic mastectomy (Right); Reconstruction (Left): DIEP flap; Reconstruction (Right): DIEP flap
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Nov 11, 2009 10:43AM smithlme wrote:

Remember door-to-door salesmen? My parents bought three sets of Encyclopedias and two cemetery plots that way! The Fuller Brush Man? Records and record players. I would spend hours listening to the same few over and over. I don't ever remember saying I was bored because my mom would find some chore for us to do. Life was much simpler back then and we had imaginations. Our dolls may have cried tears and wet their diapers, but now they walk, talk, dance and eat "food."

Dx 3/31/08, DCIS, ER+/PR- BRCA2+...I am NOT a survivor...I am a 2X breast cancer A$$ kicker! Dx 3/28/2007, IDC, Left, 2cm, Stage IIA, Grade 3, 0/9 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2-
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Nov 11, 2009 11:11AM sue-61 wrote:

Elimar....."burn victim barbie", I cannot stop laughing.

Smith, I remember playing my 45 records on 78 speed and finding it hilarious that by speeding up the record, it reminded me of Alvin and the Chipmunks. Oh, I loved my record player, Sue

"Always maintain a kind of summer even in the middle of winter"~~~~~ Henry David Thoreau
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Nov 11, 2009 11:24AM smithlme wrote:

I had a 45 of Alvin and The Chipmunks singing Christmas, Christmas time is here... I loved my record player! I'd put it on 33 and laugh as they sang it in slo-mo!

Dx 3/31/08, DCIS, ER+/PR- BRCA2+...I am NOT a survivor...I am a 2X breast cancer A$$ kicker! Dx 3/28/2007, IDC, Left, 2cm, Stage IIA, Grade 3, 0/9 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2-
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Nov 11, 2009 01:01PM Mazy1959 wrote:

Poor Barbie LOLOLOL

Bone marrow mets in 90% of bone marrow. Dx 3/6/2003, ILC, 3cm, Stage IIB, Grade 2, 2/9 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- Dx 12/19/2006, ILC, 4cm, Stage IV, Grade 2, 0/0 nodes, mets, ER+/PR-, HER2- Dx 4/25/2012, ILC, Stage IV, Grade 2, 0/0 nodes, mets, ER+/PR+, HER2- Dx 8/4/2012, ILC, Stage IV, Grade 2, 0/0 nodes, mets, ER+/PR+, HER2- Chemotherapy 8/9/2012 Abraxane (albumin-bound or nab-paclitaxel)
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Nov 11, 2009 01:02PM elimar wrote:

Had the Chipmonk's Christmas LP record.  Had a 45 rpm. of Snoopy vs.The Red Baron.  Snoopy was not the one singing, just a guy.

Dx 6/24/2009, IDC, <1cm, Stage IA, Grade 2, 0/2 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
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Nov 11, 2009 01:16PM lvtwoqlt wrote:

We had several 33 christmas albums and we would play them year around (I loved Snoopy's Christmas! and 'I'm getting nuttin for Christmas'). But we didn't have the Chipmunks Christmas. We also had a set of of 'golden songs' from the 40's and 50's. My brothers, sister and I would act out the songs as they were playing, our favorite one was 'Battle of New Orleans'. love the crackle of the needle on the record.

Sheila

Women are like tea bags, we don't know how strong we are until we were thrown into hot water. Eleanore Roosevelt Diagnosed ADH Feb 2005, ADH Sept 2006 Surgery 2/11/2005 Lumpectomy: Left Surgery 9/9/2006 Lumpectomy: Right Hormonal Therapy 10/11/2006 Dx 4/27/2007, DCIS, Stage 0, Grade 1, 0/7 nodes Surgery 5/31/2007 Mastectomy: Left, Right
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Nov 11, 2009 01:23PM desdemona222b wrote:

Anyone remember those aluminum Christmas trees?  LOL.

Dx 11/17/2001, DCIS, <1cm, Stage 0, Grade 3, 0/0 nodes, ER+/PR-, HER2-
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Nov 11, 2009 01:29PM smithlme wrote:

Yep, nothing like the smell of aluminum to remind you of Christmas! Our neighbors had a white fake tree with a color wheel. Now that was classy!

Dx 3/31/08, DCIS, ER+/PR- BRCA2+...I am NOT a survivor...I am a 2X breast cancer A$$ kicker! Dx 3/28/2007, IDC, Left, 2cm, Stage IIA, Grade 3, 0/9 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2-
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Nov 11, 2009 01:58PM desdemona222b wrote:

LOLOL!  Oh, Lord!  We had one of the earliest versions when I was about 6 - the aluminum on the branches was straight and we had pink bulbs on it.  I thought it was the most beautiful, modern thing I had ever seen.  Then, the next Christmas, we went to my aunt's, and she had a great big one with curved aluminum on the branches and the color wheel.  Made our little tree look pretty shabby.

Dx 11/17/2001, DCIS, <1cm, Stage 0, Grade 3, 0/0 nodes, ER+/PR-, HER2-
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Nov 11, 2009 03:19PM PatMom wrote:

We had an aluminum tree and color wheel for more than a decade, long, long after they were fashionable! 

Couldn't throw it out until it was absolutely falling apart because my parents who were teenagers during the Great Depression never threw anything out that was still "good".  I still have to check any food at my Dad's for expiration dates.  Beyond actual dates, in my book, anything (formerly) edible that my Mom bought (she's been dead for 10 years) goes.

Until the time when someone comes up with a definitive "cure", we each have to cobble together what we believe will be the most effective treatment that we can live with, not merely survive.

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