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Rosemarie!!!! LOL!!!! I hope you have your hair put out by now.
Debbie - you are going to be a great Cheerleading coach! We want pictures of your cheerleaders!
Laura - sorry you are feeling crummy. I hope it goes away soon.
Mary - glad to hear that your head is OK. he he he he he... I know that there are problems with mine--lots of air in there! :-)
I guess two dates would be OK, but I really want to meet all of you..... I would try to make them both!
We are expecting snow here tonight/tomorrow and freezing temps. That is not usual weather for Seattle (we hardly ever get snow and cold temps) so everyone FREAKS out! (Cathy beware - snow here is not like it is where you are from!). I am hoping that it doesn't happen. Usually when it is forcasted for days in advance and everyone is talking about it, it doesn't happen......
I also am feeling the fatigue. It seems like I never get enough sleep. I sleep and sleep and sleep. I am fine and feel pretty good once I drag my lazy butt out of bed, but by afternoon, I am tired and I have trouble staying up past 8pm. I have an appt with my Onc on 2/14 (Happy Valentines Day to me) and I plan to talk with him about it....
Amy - GOOD NEWS!!! We would be so excited to be having a Rocktober Baby!!! :-)
Well, off to work with me....
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Debbie, I love your cheerleader avatar!! It's so cute and so YOU. Mark's pic with the priest is great. You must be very proud of your children, they are cute as well as generous souls.
Dev, I like your new photo as well. Glad things have settled down over at your house....but sometimes it's hard to get back to normal.
Mary, whew! Thankfully, it's not the C word again or anything else that has a real scary name. Wonder how Motrin and Tylenol work differently, haven't been able to figure that out. Hope things are improving on the home front.
Rosemarie, if I lived near you, I'd be buying some GS cookies. I love those shortbread ones. Teryn is not a fan of GS cookies, though, she likes the traditional chocolate chip cookie or Oreos. Funny Girl.
Teryn has a cheer .........
"You got our ball. (shake pom poms)
We want it back.
You got out ball. (shake pom poms)
We want it back."
Nothing new around here. Just patiently waiting until January 18th .... But that is coming faster than we know it! Can't wait to meet Brenda and Laura. So excited.
David and I went out last night (taking advantage of free babysitting Nana) and we had a nice talk. Things are progressing right along in a good way, not too fast and lots of communication. He invited me to go to Santa Barbara in February for the weekend before Valentine's Day. His company is paying for the partners in the firm and their wives/girlfriends to spend the weekend up there ... so that's exciting.
David's daughter is 8 and had a lot of nice clothes that don't fit anymore so his ex-wife has packed them all up for Teryn. I thought that was so nice and I was kinda shocked but like David said, I am not some floozy he is dating, I've met his kids and his ex knows that and it's not like I was the problem that ruined their marriage..... I am pretty happy that David and I don't have lots of drama in our relationship because I couldn't handle that AT ALL. I am very excited for Laura and Brenda to meet him.
Love you all and missing some of you!!!!! -
Oh Amy!! I forgot to tell you how happy that makes me that you are planning your life now instead of after treatment!! A surrogate is a wonderful idea!! If its a boy you should name him Rocky. If it's a girl you should name her Rocky!
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Rocky!!! I love it!!!! or Tober!
Kelly - I am so glad that you and Dave are getting along so nicely and isn't it nice not to have baggage? I am totally enjoying that too. Cathy is probably going to get to meet Dave when she is here in Seattle on Friday (unless we really do get a big snow/ice storm).... -
I am the sleep queen. Once the room is dark, I'm out like a light. I pace myself and nap anyday that I'm not at work. At 2pm I go to bed, draw the curtains and sleep until I'm finished. That was even before this thing. Before it was an option, now I need it!! Intermission before the second act begins!
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I need an intermission before the second act, too! But, when I do that, I feel MORE tired. So, I find myself busier during the afternoon stretch, find all kinds of things to do before it's actually time for bed and then I'm happy to go right to sleep..nice and early!
I'm stretching it right now..it's about 9:15 pm, I watched the earlier news and my dh had a phone call during that so he switched to the 9 pm news. Had enough bad news!
Debbie..I forgot to mention how CUTE Mark looks with the priest in the photo! You must be soooooo proud of him!
How very cool that there will be a Rock-tober meeting this weekend!
Things here as far as dates may be changing. My son's army date that is scheduled for July or Aug may get moved to November. This would mean that my dream of celebrating Thanksgiving with my parents would be cancelled! But, it would mean that I could get to the States in Aug/Sept. I wish I knew for sure, though!
Wish me luck..after having to change meeting days twice with my new "caring" committee, we WILL be meeting this Thurs evening. I called them each up and told them how important it was to get started. One of them tried to manipulate the hour, but I told her WE would be starting as planned and she could show up whenever she wanted. She is our trouble-maker so she will always find something wrong with whatever we do....sigh.
Kelly..Teryn has a cute cheer..she and Cathy can put the cheers together for Debbie's squad!
Tracy in Seattle.. of course you don't get any sleep. You are too busy being in love! Besides..Sleepless in Seattle...
Two dates for a Rock-tober Fest would not allow us to all meet! Even though I've met 3 of you, I'd like to see you all again!
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Hi, had a busy day. Having trouble with internet connection past three days but called tech support and voila it is fixed. Yeah.
My skin biopsy came back and it is a superficial basal cell carcinoma. Yup, skin cancer. It is on my back so I have to go see a surgeon to have it removed. This is my second skin cancer, the first when I was 32--geesh. I have fair skin and lots of freckles so it is not unusual just freaks me out that I have mutated yet again. I ahve been a nut about sunscreen too . But when I was a child there was no such thin just longsleeved shirts and sunhats...
Laura, hope you are feeling stronger. Remember you did just have surgery and that can make you feel pretty bad. Hope your tummy is more settled.
Mary, is your HA gone? Sinusitis with no other symptoms is pretty unusual...
Amy, so glad you have a plan for your future. I have delivered plenty of women over 35 , they do just fine. So finish your treatments then reassess. I agree with others, adoption can be very rewarding. And these days you get to find out so much about the parents. I also know two lovely girls who were adopted from China. The process takes about a year. Surrogacy...that is atoughy, I can not imagine carrying a baby for someone then giving it over after the pregnancy. I know it is done but to me it sounds like the toughest way to go. I keep trying to pull myself away from the boards too as I think it makes me think about cancer more...but I am enjoying the place it gives me to discuss my issues with others who can understand and sometimes offer a helpful different way of thinking. So I am limiting myself to once a day.
Cathy, your last treatment is this week. How are you feeling about that? Part of me was ecstatic and a small part terrified to finish. It is two weeks in to me and largely I am relieved to not have to sit in that chair again. The recent study in Lancet looks like Herceptin has improved our DFS even at the two year mark. Hope the trend continues and that we see this translate in to better OS rates too.
Rosemarie, I saw Charlotte's Web a couple of weeks ago. It was beautiful, bring Kleenex. Julia Roberts plays Charlotte. She has such a sonorous voice, perfect for the part.
Debbie your new Avatar is a riot. I have always loved your signature, the avatar compliments it now, I do miss your big smile though.
Ravdrb, planning an event at the distance you are talking about is so difficult. Good luck with your family dynamics. I have three brothers and three siaters. In the last 25 years we have all been in the same spot at the same time maybe three times. So do your best but pleasing everybody is likely not possible.
Cathy and Tracy, have a good chat and take pics!
Kelly, glad your Dave is so special . Have a nice WE. Non-chaperoned I take it .LOL.
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maryanne -
I'm so sorry about your results. I was really hoping it was benign. My dear friend Nancy, who's 77 years old has had skin cancer 4 times in the last 25 years. She has had no problems with it, other than mild pain when having each spot removed. Let us know when yours will be removed.
Kelly -
OMG - Teryn's cheer is adorable...so simple yet so creative.
Cathy and Tracy -
I didn't know you two are going to meet! That is so great...can't wait to see the pics of your smiling faces...side by side! NO SNOW, NO SNOW, NO SNOW!
ravdeb -
Love, love, love...your new avatar! You look like a young hippie! And, btw, you and your dh look a lot alike. I read recently that couples that look alike have happier and more successful marriages. I think Tom Cruise and his new wife look a lot alike...I bet this one lasts.
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I am actually feeling a little better today. I'm still exhausted, but I went to my water color class (could barely keep my eyes open though). It was fun. Being off the antibiotic has taken away the naseau and the headache. The body aches are hanging on, but instead of feeling like I've been hit by a truck, it's more like being hit by a volkswagon! LOL Hey, I'll take any improvement at this point. The Mast. pain is still really bad. The burning feeling is very creepy. If that doesn't go away within the next week, I will make an appt. at the pain clinic and have the same injections that I had after the first Mast. That really helped then and I'm sure it would help now too.
Amy, if it's a girl...how about Rocks-Anne! LOL
Love you all.
Laura -
Graycie -
Forget to ask...how are you feeling? Have your flu-like aches gone away? Let me know.
Laura -
Ravdeb, August is about as perfect as it gets for me to visit the states - when will you know??
Maryanne - oh that sucks. My dad is forever having skin cancers removed, about 8 now. The last one was the topof his ear.
Laura - glad you are feeling better.
Spent all last evening at the PTA meeting. have talked them out of ferret racing due to cost, no we are having a quiz night - I have been left to sort tha quiz night music questions. Do you know in 1993, which 2 songs were most requested by US karaoke audiences????
Iam also now in charge of the School Travel Policy. Dont know what it is but i think its something to do with non existent bike sheds and walking crocodile buses. Time will tell.
OK. Have to go drive Cat to the school busstop - its STILL raining!!
Debbie -
Maryanne..my dad gets those basal cell skin cancers removed it seems, on a regular basis! He also has really fair skin and freckles and covers himself up good, puts cream on and wears a hat always (he's bald too, so he has to watch the top of his head..he's been bald since his twenties!). But he gets them on his face anyway. So did Ronald Reagan so the first time he got it, he compared himself to the president!!! My parents live in sunny Florida so it's hard to avoid the sun!
Still..very annoying. My daughter had a mole removed for biopsy that was on her back. I took her to ps and he did a great job...can't even see where he did it! She can still wear open shirts in the summers!
But..it stinks that you are "mutating" again! Wish the Iranians would wipe out cancer instead of trying to wipe out the world.
Debbie..I won't know for a while about the army stuff. That is the bad part. Flying in Aug is EXPENSIVE, especially when I can't order tickets in advance. But, that may not stop me! I just have to wait it out. My son wants to delay his army date. I want to talk him back into starting in the summer..better weather for basic training.
You are in charge of so many things, it seems, Debbie. I will never know how you do it all!
Laura...hope that pain lessens for you. Glad you got to your watercolor class, though. That must have been fun. I've thought of taking one since that's what I like to use when I paint. My dad taught me. I did take art classes but not in water color.
Glad you like my avatar. I look like a hippie? I used to be one! That's so funny! And yes..my dh and I have been told that we look alike. When we were younger, I once did a permanent on my hair and my hair was still more black than gray and we really did look alike!
And..we've been married for close to 25 years so there's a good chance we will stay together til death do us part!
Cathy..is today your last treatment or is it tomorrow??
Be well everybody. The sun is out so I'm outa here! -
Victoria! I'm so glad you're back. I missed you.. I'm glad you had a good "get away" though.
When is the Komen walk? I love that idea but our holidays are in Sept..when is the walk? I must be HERE for the holidays but I can come after the first two holidays..give me the date!
By the way, I had to go back and look at the picture I posted of my family. You are right..my older son has his hand on my younger son's shoulder.
I have to say that my sons were a handful when they were kids... both of them were into all kinds of nonsense. When I would travel with the three of them to the States when they were little, I was always alone and they were so difficult to travel with! One summer at my parents' in Chicago, I took a picture of them..they had had so many fights that they were each scratched up all over their faces!
But today...I feel like I did something right because they are very close and are right there for each other all the time (except when it comes to using the car! ). -
Victoria - glad your back home but glad your visit was nice. I love hearing you talk about your grown children and the huge "returns."
My 92 year old g-ma had a mild heart attack this past weekend and was back in the hospital last night because of out of control blood pressure and fainting spells. She is very healthy and completely "with it." She's always been the best grandmother and I have nothing but awesome memories - We call her "Cookie" as she has never wanted to be called anything that sounded like "grandmother." Her attitude about life has kept her young!!
Wow, it's getting late - gotta wake the kids!!! Have a great day ladies!! -
Ravdeb - my two boys can be a handful too! Can sooo relate! They just get bored and silly when we're out (usually when shopping) and then that turns into horseplay and then someone ends up crying!!! NO FUN - (for me, that is!) Wow, can't imagine traveling alone with all three!
AHH - it's now almost 8 and I'm still here!!!! BYE -
Rosemarie..
So sorry to hear about your grandmother. My grandmother was 91 when she had her first heart attack and it was the only time she had ever been ill. She was also young and "with it"! I hope "Cookie" is comfy and doing okay. -
This is why I tolerate the crap from that loony Lebanese man. Aren't they gorgeous?! -
I see the drunkard, loony Lebanese man showed up!! He must do all his drinking AFTER he works. Your table and chairs look beautiful!!!
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Fatigue: Tracy your description pretty much matches me. Wont we be a fun pair this weekend? But then like Debbie it seems if I have a lot of things I have to get done I dont notice the fatigue as much.
KellyTeryns cheer is priceless! I thought your meeting with Laura and Brenda was the same weekend as Tracy and mine is. But then last week I wrote the wrong weekend for my trip on the work calendar and I was reminded by my staff that I better not be gone the weekend of the 20th as our business is co-hosting the Chamber Awards Banquet that Saturday.
Mary-Anneso sorry to hear about your skin cancer diagnosis. Im sure you have it under control but then its just one more thing on top of everything else. You asked how Im feeling about my last treatment (tomorrow). I too, am ecstatic at this point. Thanks for the heads up on the latest info on the HERA study. I searched at the time of the San Antonio conference but couldnt find any news.
RoseMarieYour advice to anyone considering being a GS cookie mom is hilarious. I once clipped a Cathy cartoon strip out where she methodically ate the cookies from a box, row by row and then lamented that she had just eaten the only thing in her life that was organized. Last year I tried putting my boxes of GS cookies in the freezer to slow down my eating but discovered frozen cookies are really good. Hope your Cookie is doing better. She sounds like someone we can all learn from.
Debbieyou have to be really proud of your Mark and what a nice picture of him. And you continue to be really busy.
Victoriaglad youre back. I checked out Santuario d Chimayo and the description of the valley itself as a holy place even prior to its being a Catholic shrine intrigued me. I hope you continued to find the restoration there you were seeking. I would love to see your photos. Thanks for the prayers. I was once told that even more important than praying for others is letting them know you are doing so. What is NOLA? I really want to see more of your paintings too. Really love the ones I have seen. Prayers coming your way from here to ease you mind about the upcoming lab tests. Hate the dis-ease.
Debthat is a marvelous picture of your family and in-laws. You might share it with your brother and sister and just tell them that a similar picture is your wish for your moms 80th birthday. Love your new avatar.
Gail, did you get to see Dream Girls? Hope youre feeling better. I saw the discussion about The Family Stone and though it was sad, it was one of my favorite movies this past year. I know the woman who cast it but didnt realize that until I was watching it in a motel room. I guess I just liked the way the family worked out a lot of their dysfunctional differences and how that made the mother happy. So, is it snowing once again in Buffalo?
Amyunderstand your need for a break from C. I actually now come here just to see what all these crazy/wonderful people are up to and to give comfort when I can and get some when I still need it. Otherwise Im too busy to think about it.
TracyNYthat table and chairs were really worth the wait. What a great looking room.
Maryhope your headache is history.
PaulaSundae made me drool. Have just started an 8 week fitness challenge our community sponsors every Jan-Feb. Were allowed one dessert a day but that one might be pushing it.
Laurahope by now the feelings of being hit by a truck, then a VW have been reduce to being touched by an angel and you are ready for your California get-together.
It feels like Friday today. Fargo tomorrow then Seattle. Cant wait.
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Hi girls -
Wanted to check in...I'm really tired though so I can't address each of you. I took 2 Hydrocodine tabs and 1 Gabapentin a few hours ago. I am very "woozy" and quite dizzy, but the burning fire pain is about 90% gone...so far this is the only thing that has worked. I hate taking more meds, but I can;'t deal with the pain anymore. I will definately not be able to drive while taking this, although I think when I took this combo after my first Mast. the dizzyness, etc. wore off after a while. I'll be back tomorrow, hopefully feeling more like myself. I have to ge better for California...
Good night. Sweet dreams to all of you. -
Hi ladies,
I missed you, so I couldn't stay away long.
So, today, I spoke to my doctor and she gave me the number for Dr. Oktay (he's a medical expert on these boards). He is THE fertility specialist regarding breast cancer...especially for us premenopausal women. I'm going to make an appt. to meet with him.
I started crying when my doctor gave me his number. Because I know someone who went to him and he harvested her eggs using Tamoxifen and helped her find a surrogate and now she has twin boys. I cried so much and it was the best cry ever...full of absolute hope. I then went to yoga tonight and during the meditation, I closed my eyes and pictured my husband and me holding a baby...one of our own. I think this could really happen. I really do. It's almost like we're trying. Sure, it may be an egg donor, it may be my eggs, who knows...it's going to be a lot of money for sure...but a baby can be possible and I'm esctatic. And if we can't have our own baby, there are options too. But, I know damn well that cancer is not going to keep me from becoming a mother anymore.
Thank you all for being so supportive of me all the time in regards to this issue. I love you all so much. -
Amy - we knew you couldnt stay away for too long!
Great news re your baby stuff! But please, do not become obsessed with it (although i do understand completely, as i am in a same boat you are, minus a husband!!). These kind of things sometimes work out best on their own. Perhaps, once you stop Tamoxifen, everything will happen naturally? I am on Zoladex injections + Tamox, and my surgeon and onc both told me that chances are, once i go off them, i should be able to fall pregnant. I surely hope so... but i dont let myself dwell on those things. Not yet.
Mary-Anne, i bet hearing the 'C' word again was not too pleasant for you.. but this one should be much easier to take care of.
TaDah, love pics of your place, but i think we need more pics of YOU! -
Hi Everyone!
We have snow and ice here in Seattle today! It was my Wednesday off, so I went to the mall with the sun shinning. When I came out it was snowing like crazy!! It took 2 hours to get home from the mall - when it usually takes 20 minutes. The freeways are a mess (the snow hit during rush hour traffic). It is supposed to be 19 degrees tonight, so tomorrow it is all going to be a skating rink!
TracyNY - your table and chairs is beautiful!
Victoria glad to see you back!
Laura - feel better, please?
Mary - how is your headache?
August & Sept are good times for me, I would prefer Sept - but want Ravdeb here for sure!!
Mary Anne, sorry about your diagnosis. My mom has had issues with skin cancer and I would not be at all surprised to have the same problem as I am fair skinned and used to love being a "Sun Goddess".
Well, it is about bedtime for me.... Talk to you all tomorrow! -
Mary-Anne...I just caught up on all the posts and I'm so sorry you're dealing with skin cancer. What do you have to do to treat it?
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Good Morning Ladies..
Must get going but took time to read all your posts.
Amy..that is very, very good news. You will have a Rock baby one day and you and your hubby will hold it close. Be patient.
TracyNY... I absolutely LOVE your new furniture. It's gorgeous! No wonder you wanted that drunkard to come right away! Enjoy it!
If we meet towards the beginnning of Sept I could do it. November would still the best for me IF my son goes into the army in July/Aug. We are working on this but he is working on Nov for his own reasons. So, I know the walk is in Sept..but when in Sept? I could do this and in the end..this could be the best IF it's not during our holidays!
Laura...feel better! This mustn't go on..you have a trip coming up!!!!
Mary..how are you doing?
Brenda...how is the fatigue? I dragged myself out of bed and I have to get my house organized fast so I can take my son to school and then continue on to the beach.
Oh..last night we had drinks at our neighbors to honor him getting a new job and my dh buying his new truck. His wife asked me how come I don't have any wrinkles (I'm a few years older than she is and her face is wrinkly..it's genetic) and for some reason I blurted out it was because of the chemo! I have no idea why that came out. Maybe because she paid little attention to me when I was sick, maybe because I knew she was uncomfortable with my cancer and she talked about some guy who was not doing well and has cancer in his jaw and then I could see that she was not comfortable with that. Maybe because she talked about some other older woman who is close to 100 years old and was never sick in her life (and I'm hoping to make it to 60)....I don't know..but it came out. She just looked at me. I told her that a lot of women say chemo gives you good skin. Then we talked about the cakes I can't eat because of my cholesterol so she asked me if I go for blood tests. Yes, I told her. She said..and nothing else is wrong with you? No (but but I do have cancer and isn't having high cholesterol enough??) so she said that her hair is thinning rapidly and she needs to go for a blood test. I almost told her that losing your hair is not that big a deal..but then decided to hold my tongue.
As you can see..she is not one of my favorite people! She's actually not a bad person..I am just allergic to the people who live in my village.
By the way..when this neighbor built her house, she went through every interior design and exterior design magazine in the world, I believe. She picked out things that she liked and went for it. I decided that she must be a happy person because her house looks happy and liberated if that is possible. I would never design the house like that architecturally and I like ours better, but her colors and the enjoyment she must have had picking out the furniture...I love this. The corner where her kerosene stove is (popular here..)is painted a reddish color. She has these great old fashioned chairs (I know that one of them is worth a mint today because my sister has my parents' chairs and when she went to reupholster them, the guy told her this)and a striped sofa...
I thought it looked fun BUT...our sofas are good enough to sleep on and hers aren't. You can tell that ours were picked by my dh!!!!
Gotta run!!!
Have a good day everybody! -
Oh Amy - a rock baby - you will be having a PEBBLE!!
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Debbie - A PEBBLE!! LOL!!!
Amy - so happy for you!
TracyN-your furniture is gorgeous!
TracyS-hope you're staying warm and safe!
Mary- thinking about you!! Hope you're feeling well!
Laura - ditto! Hope you're feeling better today!! Rest up!!
MaryAnne - so sorry about your news. Such a downer, I know but you are such an overcomer!
Ok...I'm not going to wait till nearly 8 to wake my kids again!! So, I'm off...have a wonderful day everyone!!! -
OMG..a pebble baby! We should name her/him Pebbles!!!
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Bwaahhhh!! A pebble! That's funny. I'm glad you're coming around Amy. I don't know if you're religious or not but I tell people you can't pray and worry. Let God do His work if you turned it over to Him.
My grandmother died the other night. I'm going to Barbados on Wednesday for a week to attend the funeral.
Glad you're perking up Laura. That generic vicodin does the trick doesn't it? Did you make it to painting class? I envy people with creative talents. I can do magic with a makeup brush but canvases and pottery and stuff, nah. -
Just a quick check-in. I don't have enough time to read all the posts but I have been wanting to tell Mary I am so glad her tests game out good and Laura I hope you are feeling better. I am better but now my poor dh has it. How about Roy? Maryanne, sorry to hear about your diagnosis but atleast it is cureable so that is a good. My sister also had skin cancer and two other people I know and they aren't sun worshiper's so you really wonder. My husband used to yell at me because I used to go to tanning booths all the time. Not any more. Loreal self tanner works just fine. But then again you wonder about the chemicals in that. Victoria, no snow lately. How are you doing?
I will check back later...
Gail -
OMG Tracy, I just saw your post. I am so sorry about your grandmother. My thought's and prayers are with you. You have a safe trip.
Hug's
Gail
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