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  • RoseMarie
    RoseMarie Member Posts: 502
    edited August 2006

    Cathy - if you're in the Indianapolis area please pm me - maybe we can get together!!

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  • scottishlass
    scottishlass Member Posts: 58
    edited August 2006
    Hello Rocktober girls
    Well if Cathy and Victoria have massed the courage to post on your site then I must too. I started looking at the site back in October and have been with you every step of the way. It was lack of courage that made me not post anything way back. My feelings were so raw that I felt it was too frightening to put them down in print.(what a coward)

    Hopefully/obviously I am in a better mental place now and have been wanted to tell you that I have benefited so much from your site and tell people here how much you have informed and supported me over the last year – even though you did not know).

    I was diagnosed on 15th September and had a mastectomy by the end of September – some fast track that. I started my chemo late in October once I had recovered (or so they thought) from the operation. I then did chemo, radio and then chemo – that is how they do things up here. Have also got lymphodoema and have had treatment for that – I see now that quite a few of you are suffering from that. If I can help with some tips then please ask as I think I have if somewhat controlled.

    I am sorry Debbie(in particular) that you felt somewhat isolated being the only Brit and often thought of registering to say hello but somehow it became too late. I am from Edinburgh, Scotland – have two kids (girl 13 and boy 11)

    Anyway I feel a great relief telling you about myself and see this as facing things better. I hope this makes some sense to you and I thank you again for being there.
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  • debbie444
    debbie444 Member Posts: 847
    edited August 2006
    Tadah - it would be a nipplemobile! I wonder if anyone would dare comment!! Bronzed, hm, we could colour code them to your car!
    Rosemarie - that is so lovely, keep us up dated ( and a pic would be cute!)
    Ravdeb - is your sunday name deborah like mine? As for C and V - they know what they are getting into LOL!
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  • debbie444
    debbie444 Member Posts: 847
    edited August 2006

    How come some of you come up under'friends online' and some dont?

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  • TracySeattle
    TracySeattle Member Posts: 690
    edited August 2006
    ha, ha, ha, ha!!! TaDah! You just have to hang those nipples now!!!!

    Cathy & Victoria - WELCOME to the Rock-tober girls!!! Post and tell us a bit about yourselves. You will be able to catch up with us in no time, but you do have to be a little bit crazy to hang out here with us! LOL!!!

    I am worried about Laura too!!! Laura where are you????

    Mary - did Tipper come home yet?

    Debbie - LOVE the car!

    Paula - Glad you are having a good time, we miss you around here!

    laters!
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  • TracySeattle
    TracySeattle Member Posts: 690
    edited August 2006

    Scottishlass! Welcome to you too! The more the merrier in this little looney bin! :-)

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  • Graycie
    Graycie Member Posts: 839
    edited August 2006
    Scottishlass, you are welcome too....Sorry you didn't feel the courage to join in with us sooner. We really aren't that scary..........HA

    Laura, I am still worrying about you. That is why I am checking every few minutes but you are no where to be found. I hope everything is OK.

    Tadah, you still crack me up.......

    Graycie
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  • debbie444
    debbie444 Member Posts: 847
    edited August 2006
    Hi scottish lass ! HUrrah - someone on this side of the pond!! Let us know something about yourself when you are ready - you must know all about us!
    Kelly ( our voted in secratray gosh - i cant spell it ) looks like our birthday list needs updating!!
    Debbie


    Debbie
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  • TracyNY
    TracyNY Member Posts: 434
    edited August 2006
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    TaDah, is your ps at SloanKettering? Sometime in the next few months I’m supposed to have my implant surgery there. I’m putting it off because I don’t want to give up my port for a while.



    My PS is at Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn Heights. I go to Memorial Sloan Kettering for my lymphedema therapy which starts on Tuesday. Let me know when you go in, I'll come and say hi.

    The Crown Princess of Nippledom, TaDah! (ake is the Queen!)
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  • ake
    ake Member Posts: 684
    edited August 2006
    laura...i can't stop checking our group...where are you? give us anything!!!

    hi new ladies welcome to the crazy rocktober girls. i would be lost without these ladies. it's the coolest feeling in the world to be so close to women even though we've never met. i'm biased, but we're definitely the bestest group

    cathy...i don't know how i was the spark that helped you get past your fear of posting, but i'm glad i could do that for you. it made me a bit teary, i'll admit, that you viewed me like that i remember being so terrified when i got diagnosed and having the woman on these boards help me so much. i'm so glad i can return that. something good has to come out of having breast cancer and if it's the bond we all make with one another, i can live with that

    ok, i just got home from the gym and i stink. time to go shower. i've made the gym my treatment after treatment. my body had really pissed me off for so long after getting diagnosed, feeling like i couldn't trust it, gaining weight during chemo, etc. now, i go to the gym and i run and i lift or walk straight and proud and each time i feel stronger, i love my body more and more. i know that sounds cheezy, but it's taken me a long time to forgive my body for messing up and it's a great feeling

    laura????
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  • debbie444
    debbie444 Member Posts: 847
    edited August 2006
    I keep hovering looking for Laura - guess no news yet.
    And as Amy says - we are the bestest!
    Debbie
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  • scottishlass
    scottishlass Member Posts: 58
    edited August 2006
    Hi

    Thanks for the welcome. To tell you something about myself - where to start – well you are correct that I know more about you all. I suspect that I am not as accident prone as Debbie, and I have a lot less nipples than many of you girls !!!!!!

    I am 42, have a husband who has struggled with much of what has gone on this last year but keeps much of this to himself. I have a 13 year old girl who has suddenly become very mature – whether that would have happened anyway there is no knowing. My 11 year old boy is still at the very cuddly stage – long may this last. My main support during all this was my sister who has had skin cancer. She could relate to what I was going through and she was my rock.

    I am an accountant who is absolutely rubbish at accountancy, so don’t hold that against me. I had a master plan where work was concerned prior to bc that I would do 9 month contracts starting in September and finishing in June. This would allow me to have the summer hols with the kids. It had started to work well with a contract finishing in June 05 and a new contact starting 12 Sept 05. Managed 4 days of this and had to give up due to diagnosis – my head was a mess as well as my body. Now I have not a clue what to do and still trying to work out what I have the energy to do.

    I would like to wish Laura all the best and hope that computer problems is the reason for her silence.
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  • ravdeb
    ravdeb Member Posts: 3,116
    edited August 2006
    Hey Scottishlass..it's never too late to join this group. The women in this group are just great..the bestest as Amy said. Some of us have even had the chance to meet in person as you may already know if you've been following.

    I can understand how things did not work out workwise once you were diagnosed. I quit teaching (had a private studio where I taught English) because my head was not there. Was supposed to start a new business and put that on hold. I am now working on that!!!!

    Rosemarie..I wish the best for your dh. Hope it's nothing but fatty something or other. Let us know!

    Mary..has the cat returned?

    Amy..that's great that you are happy with your body image and not mad at it anymore. Exercise does more than just help your figure...makes you feel good emotionally, too. Bet you knew that!

    Debbie..yes..I'm a Deborah...spell it that way too!!!!

    LAURA...getting worried. Please say hi!
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  • ravdeb
    ravdeb Member Posts: 3,116
    edited August 2006
    Victoria..I saw a pic of your beautiful home on the thread with the pictures. Really nice. Ladies who haven't seen it should take a trip to that thread and check it out.

    Sounds like you've had a rough time of it on this journey. But, in spite of that, you just keep doing what makes you happy, and that is so good!!!! That's quite inspirational..at least it is for ME!

    It's great having you on this thread! It feels so good that other women would like to join us here. love it!

    Hope your time in the city was good.
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  • debbie444
    debbie444 Member Posts: 847
    edited August 2006
    Victoria - i know you now - i saw your house too.
    I have been helping Roger with the soffit and fascias.( which included jacking ther roof back up - lucky we are in a bungalow!! I guess helping is a loose term - my sense of balance is worse than my sense of direction do i am not allowed a ladder, i am general gopher!

    Love to our every expanding group
    Debbie
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  • Graycie
    Graycie Member Posts: 839
    edited August 2006
    Oh, Victoria I think I saw your house too.........very nice.
    As you can see I can't stay away from here today....I don't feel like doing anything. It is one of those days.....

    Hi Debbie, Hi Ravdeb......

    Laura, still looking for you. I hope you check in soon....

    Graycie
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  • marymelodi
    marymelodi Member Posts: 515
    edited August 2006
    Just reading the last 24 hours of messages has made my heart burst with pride a being one of the Rock-tober girls!

    We are very glad to welcome those of you who want to join us. As far as I'm concerned, you were always with us in spirit, even if you were not ready to share. Nice to meet you Victoria, wildflowers, and scottishlass!!

    Thank you are for being concerned and encouraging about my little guy, Tipper (the cat). I thought you would be sympathetic. I walked all around my neighborhood last night calling for him. No luck! We'll be posting his picture on flyers and I'll be back hunting again tonight.

    Have to go. I'm at work. Someone has come to add more memory to my computer. I'll be back in a few minutes.

    Mary
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  • marymelodi
    marymelodi Member Posts: 515
    edited August 2006
    Oh, goodness, I made a mistake. Cathy, welcome to you. Victoria you are "wildflowers", correct? Well, welcome to you in both names. Sorry, sometimes there are alot of details and I did have a computer guy waiting to do the upgrade.

    Mary
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2006
    marymelodi's is 1/19
    sherryhaire's is 1/26
    debbie444 is 2/6
    paula is 2/11
    lauragto's is 3/5
    maryannecb's is 3/21
    tracyseattle 3/25
    kelly's is 4/3
    graycie's 5/21
    chumfry's is 6/15
    wildflowers is 6/29
    tadah's is 8/23
    adnerb 10/18
    rosemarie's 11/28
    ravdeb 12/1
    amy's 12/5
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  • ravdeb
    ravdeb Member Posts: 3,116
    edited August 2006
    Thanks Kelly for keeping the b-days in order!

    Graycie..I can't seem to stay away from here either. Still waiting for a sign from Laura. She is always on! Maybe she is just really busy with work. I hope her computer isn't down because she works on her computer!
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  • debbie444
    debbie444 Member Posts: 847
    edited August 2006
    I too am haunting the site - looking for Laura.

    I wasnt allowed a ladder but was allowed a stanley knife - now i have a plaster on my foot - dont ask!

    As for being accident prone - its in my genes. My brother rolled a transit down a hill with his neck stuck in the door, my sister got kicked in thje head by a race horse and my dad got his eyebrows permanently removed trying to make a hole through a wall with my mums dressmaking scissors and hitting a cable ( i could go on!)
    Do i stand a chance??

    Debbie
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  • Graycie
    Graycie Member Posts: 839
    edited August 2006
    Wow, That's pretty scary Debbie......I guess that means it is time for Good Luck....

    Kelly, we will have to make you are official secretary...HA

    Mary, Sorry you haven't found Tipper yet. Maybe she is just busy......hopefully she comes home soon.

    You can see I am still hanging around. I did get out for a while. When all else fail's go shopping...lol. I guess I better go do something before my dh get's home and wonder's what I did all day.

    Graycie
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  • Graycie
    Graycie Member Posts: 839
    edited August 2006

    I am thinking, Laura has to have computer trouble..She wouldn't leave us hanging like this....I really am going now......bye

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  • RoseMarie
    RoseMarie Member Posts: 502
    edited August 2006
    Ok Debbie, please translate...do you currently have a cast on your leg???? Holy smokes! Sorry, but I have to ask...what happened????

    Yup, I keep checking here for news from Lauratoo!!!!!!
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  • TracySeattle
    TracySeattle Member Posts: 690
    edited August 2006
    LAURA!!!!!! Where are you, girlfriend?????

    Debbie - you really are accident prone! We need to put you in a bubble so that you will be safe!

    Mary - I sure hope you find Tipper!

    I was just checking in to see if Laura had posted yet.... Talk to you all later!

    t
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  • RoseMarie
    RoseMarie Member Posts: 502
    edited August 2006

    Such good news Victoria! Yay!!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2006
    Girls - my beloved Rocktober Girls... I am so sorry I haven't posted. But I have been incredibly busy. Thank you so much for keeping me in your thoughts and your posts...

    Un-frickin'-believable! Tuesday an Onc Nurse called and again said they didn't get the results and promised they would call in the morning (morning meaning Wednesday). I bit my tongue, but said okay - no problem. I waited all day yesterday (Wednesday) and no call. So first thing this morning I called. The receptionist said the nurses were very busy but they would call me back as soon as they had a free minute. By 4:00 this afternoon - NO FRICKIN' CALL - I called the office again only to get their answering machine saying they close at 4:00! I thought they closed at 5:00. At that point - I swear steam was coming out of my ears and it threw me into an instant major hot flash/head sweat! So now, I will call again tomorrow morning and demand to speak with my Oncologist. Although right now, I'm really pissed off at him too! The only good thing is that my fear has turned to anger (well IF that's a good thing).

    I plan on telling my Onc that I really don't need stress added to my life by HIS office! Back when I was starting chemo all the brochures HE gave me regarding chemo and beyond read - try to avoid stress!

    So much has gone on in the past couple of days! I need to spend the rest of the evening reading through everything.

    Hopefully, I will post in the morning with good news. Again girls...thank you from the bottom of my heart.

    Laura
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2006
    One more thing...you all know last week my dh and I celebrated our 10th Wedding Anniversary. I have never posted a photo of he and I - he's my honey...and for the first time in all the 16 years we've known each other, our hair is the same length!


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  • cheryl58
    cheryl58 Member Posts: 182
    edited August 2006
    Wow Laura, what a great couple you make! You look absoultely wonderful! Great smile and I see a twinkle in your eye... Happy, happy 10th anniversary and many, many more to come. I hope you don't mind me barging in here, but I have been anxiously watching for your posts.
    Cheryl
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  • TracySeattle
    TracySeattle Member Posts: 690
    edited August 2006
    Laura - I am so sorry the Dr's office is giving such a run around, but lets look at it in a positive way, maybe the results are negative and it is not a critical call they need to make (I know it is very important to you whether it is good or bad). If the results were a problem, I would hope they would have been on the phone to you right away!

    Great pic of you and your sweetie!!!

    Cathy, Victoria and Scottishlass - do you have a song you would like on our Rock-tober Girls CD? If so, please PM me with your song choice and your address!!! Also we need your birthday's for our list! I have Victoria's as 6/29 and I think I may have missed one that has already been posted.....

    Love you all!
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