anyone starting chemo in Nov 2005

AnnaM

Closing is tomorrow and the move is scheduled for Tuesday (out) and Wednesday (in). I am beat!

Anonymous

Hello, sisters! 

We've been a bit quiet here, lately!  

I'm doing ok.   I'm waiting (eternally, it seems) for results of my TSH test, because it appears I have no thyroid function.  It sure explains the way I've been feeling for the past 6 months!  

I actually need to get going, I have to call and get an appointment for our AC.  It's not hot here yet, but it will be soon enough! 

We are going to Geneva in the end of May.  I'm excited for the little mini vacation! 

Love to you all....
Love and prayers, Deb

Odalys

Deb - any TSH results yet?



Sisters, I've been away for a while going through real tuff issues at work. All the stress from mom's illness, than her death and now work are taking a toll on me. I just want to hide under the covers but I don't think that would help. I just don't know how to handle it all. Sorry to be such a downer. I'm finding it very difficult to bounce back after mom's death.



Sending love and hugs to everyone.

Margerie

Oh poopers Odalys.  

It is too hard to slow down and grieve with a bunch of work crap.

I wil be thinking of you and hope you have joy again soon!

Anonymous

AAAARRRRHHH!!!!!!!!!!   

That is how I am feeling at the moment.  

Yes, I got results, and of course, my results aren't enough for docs to do anything and take action for my feeling crappy.  

I got bumped to a different doc today, and he took about 6 vials of blood. 

Although the b******* made me wait 12 days, the paper results I received in the mail said they had the results that same day.  

The docs have no explanation why I just keep gaining and gaining and gaining.  I told them I tried Jenny Craig, am working with a trainer, and am STILL GAINING.   He looked at me and goes, "Are you REALLY doing all that?" 

Jerk!  I feel crappy. 

Odalys-I'm sorry things are weighing heavily on your heart.  Funny, when I started typing the word, "heavily," I almost typed, "heavinly...."  Perhaps the Lord is trying to tell us something through my typo?  Maybe we both (and any of our other sisters having a lousy time) need to focus more on the Lord, and direct our troubles to Him for good.   

How's the rest of our sisters?!?!?  

Love and prayers, Deb

Odalys

Thank you sisters.  I love you both.

Deb - I hate when docs forget patients worry about test results.  It sounds like your doc has no bedside manners.  Those comments were so inappropriate.  What a jerk!  I sure hope you can get to the bottom it.

Love and hugs,

Mary-Lou

New pictures of Sebastian, drama is over...We all went to dinner Friday night.

My Son Cory

Mary-Lou

Odalys, I'm so sorry. And I understand fully, the loss of a parent is one of the hardest things ever. My brother and Mom are coming down for the birth of my new granddaughter.

I keep saying Momma and Daddy out of habit. Then I'm reminded that daddy is no longer here.

I'm trying to enjoy momma while I have her. She seems very frail now.

Mary-Lou

It's freaky being here alone....Where are you guys? 5 days gone......Hello

Mary-Lou

Crap, maybe I'm the only one without a life...Ummmmmm

Anonymous

ML-here I am!!!!   

Life is insane as usual.  I haven't been posting on our thread lately for that very reason-where the heck is everyone?!?!?! 

Where are we going on our girl's visit?!?! When?!?!?! Come on, ladies.  Let's get something set in stone!!!   

I'm frustrated with docs.  I haven't felt great lately, I gain weight just by thinking about it, and I'm really tired.  The last doc said, "are you sure about that?"  as though I were making this up. 

Whatever!  

ML-Sebastian is a cutie.  Love those pinchable legs, and I'm so glad drama is over.  Thank goodness! 

Love and prayers, Deb

Margerie

I am still here.  Trying to get as much work done before the monsters get out of school.  Our cabin is still up for grabs (nice weather all thru September) for summer- or do we want Nov still?  LOL we may need to draw or something to make up our minds.

Mary-Lou

I'm all for the cabin, I would just like to get my plane ticket in stone before the rates are more than SKY HIGH, but I need the info.

Checks are in the mail and on there way, I'm going to have to use this opportunity to take full advantage of this while I can. I see no other way this can happen with the price of gas going up every day or so.

Let's plant this in stone. I should be fine after July 14- that is 2 months post surgery.

Deb- Thanks for the comment. I'm glad the drama is over too.

I have about two weeks to get my spring cleaning done before Mom gets here, and just in time for my exchange.

Weight, don't even go there. Deb- you will feel so skinny beside me...LOL I'm the biggest and the shortest. OMG! And the oldest....little fat granma....Hope I can keep up with you all.

Anna will be the "HOT" granma.....She will make a great one.

Marg- I need to order a shirt for this trip too. I just keep forgetting. Can you post that link again  I didn't save it to favorites.

I like the idea of September, there is such beauty around us at that time of year. And Marg- I have always wanted to visit California......

Anna, & Odalys get in here and lets do it. Where is Lat??????

Anonymous

I want a shirt, too!  I keep forgetting, too!!!!!!  

Odalys

Hi sisters.  I'm here just dealing with a lot of stress at work, as if I didn't have enough on my plate already.  I'm not sure if I will be employed much longer.  I should know more in two weeks.  So for now, I really can't make any traveling plans.  Sorry to be so vague but since this is a public forum I can't get into details.  I'd love to meet y'all and the cabin sounds like a great idea. I'll let you know as soon as my situation stabilizes again.

ML - happy to see the drama is over. Sebastian is adorable, such a precious age.  Please give him a hug for me and enjoy him as much as you can. 

Margerie - "monsters"....LOL.  I bet it's not easy but so nice you can be home for them when they come in the door.  I miss that and a part of me wants to just stay home and take care of my family.  I hope I can find a way to do that. 

hugs,

  

Mary-Lou

That is fine Odalys, we have time. I have surgery in 13 more days. Please  keep me in your prayers.

Mary-Lou

 Just passing by.....

AnnaM

Well I've been silent bec. we didn't have a phone! I can't believe how long it took!

Odalys, I am sorry you are having such a hard time at work. There's something wrong with a country where so many people's jobs are so tenuous and where once you are out of a job there's no help really. My brother waited almost six months to get a job after his former company folded (the day before Christmas, he was told to clear out his desk with no notice at all) and now he has something temporary with no benefits. Truly, there's something wrong. I know you can't say anything about the particulars, just know I am thinking of you and hope something good comes of this.

Mary Lou, I am older than you, you silly thing. And I am not slim, believe me. 

Debbie, sorry you get to see the uncaring ways of some medics yet again. I just don't know why they go into medicine if they can't imagine how hard it is to wait for answers when one is hurting.

Speaking of hurting, maybe it was packing up a four-storey house on my own, but my leg (the one that got a new hip in Jan.) is giving me real grief. I am glad I have an appointmt with the ortho surgeon as soon as I get back mid-May. Then on to Boston for the birth. My daughter is being told this is a very large baby and it might have to come sooner than expected. They mentioned a Caeserean, how can they do that when she has been so totally committed to a natural birth all along? Why jump to cutting up a person? I am praying she gets to give birth her way, not theirs. She has a doula, a midwife, she's been doing prenatal yoga, etc. Pray, please.

The new house has some issues that were hidden from us during the entire sale process. Everything is fixable, but it's a huge pain in the neck. We're going to see a lawyer to find out about our rights and the responsabilities of the other parties (real estate agent, lawyer who oversaw the sale, inspector who did not alert us, seller who lied). Since we're in France, we probably have no rights, but we're going to look into things all the same.

Lots of love to you all. 

Anna 

Margerie

Hi everyone!  We were at Disneyland for the past 4 days.  It was really fun, but exhausting

Work, weight, family, pain, buying and selling can be a royal pain.  I hope everyone can bloom into spring and may the troubles wash away.

I will give you my blog link because all my stuff is linked from there.  So click on the Cancer Speaks link on the left for the shop.  I put up a new fairy design and all you beautiful ladies were my inspiration.  I hope you like it!

Anonymous

OMG, Margerie, you've been busy!  You have even more stuff now, don't you? 

I LOVE the cards!  Did you do all of those yourself, too?  I'm totally wanting everything you've got!!!!!  

I'm feeling like crap lately, and want to know why.  Of course, it freaks me out that I'm "sicker" than I'd like to be.....

Anna, good to "hear" from you! 

Odalys-how is everything, dear sister?  

ML-how is your friend doing now? 

Missing in action sisters (Nancy, LAT56), we still miss you!!!  

Love and prayers,Deb

AnnaM

How are all my sisters?

Mary-Lou

Just wanted to wish you all the best Mothers Day....I'm running on autopilot. I'm excited about the new little one. Then my surgery Wednesday.

Deb- Susan is some better, still a little down. She has gone to Fl to see her new grandson. She was depressed about the cost of gas.

Something has got to give.

Talking about jobs, Michael is not really sure about his at the time...He has been with the company 18 years and they keep laying off the older ones left and right.

We never know from day to day.

Lat and Nancy, we are thinking about you.

I also am thinking of Kim's children, no mom for Mothers Day.

I always dread Fathers day. All the stuff in the stores.

Margerie

That will be a hard one ML.  I hope her kids are doing well, and her DH too.

Happy Mother's Day to all of you! 

I just want one day of no whining, no crying and no complaining.  Geez!  Gotta love 'em, but they pass the whiny stick around between the three of them.  I do tell myself that pretty soon they won't even be here at home. Time sure does go fast. Wasn't I just a whiny kid myself? LOL

I am doing well, but somehow managed to gain some weight.  Argghhh.  I got more tattoo done.  Go a cutie pie kitten.  His name is Patrick. A good friend asked me to illustrate her book.  I am honored and excited!  Hope it gets published.  It is bc related, so I will let you all  know if it does.

Feeling the gas and food price pinch.  It may be a tough year for everyone!  Thank goodness DH is self-employed and people need their teeth.  It seems everything is so volatile right now-jobs, prices, real estate.  Hang on everyone and I hope we all have a good summer.

How is work Odalys?  Forget I asked if it still sucks. 

Anna- when are you coming home?  I bet it is beautiful in France. 

 And ML, will be thinking of you Wednesday.  I bet it all goes well and you will be so much more comfortable after those expanders are out and you new girls are in.  Take care, no time for stress for you now.

Deb- how are you?  Are you still having icky medical stuff?

Odalys

Happy Mother's day ladies.  It's going to be the first one without mom.  I promised Steven we will visit the cementary and take flowers for mom and my grandmother.  He is looking forward to it.  We are all hanging in there.  We've had a heat wave with our temps reaching 93 today.  Tomorrow will be even hotter (95) and very humid so we will spend the day in the pool.  BTW - the drama at work continues.  I've been on administrative leave for almost three weeks now.  Let's just say, in the process of doing my job, I may have uncovered a cover up involving my boss.  It's been extremely stressful and I still don't know what will happen with me but am requesting to return to my previous position.  Geeze....will the stressors ever end?

Have a great Mother's day.  Love and hugs,

AnnaM

Happy Mother's Day to all my sisters!

I am flying to VA on Saturday of next week, then a week of dr's appointments and then on to Boston to be with my birth-giving girl.

Good luck on Wednesday, Mary Lou. I will be thinking of you.

I hope things get better at work, Odalys. Today is a hard day for you, but you know your mom is feeling all your love and returning it to you a millionfold.

Yes, indeed, Margerie, one day they're there, pulling all your strings, and the next day they're gone, and you have forgotten all (well, most of) the stresses and you wish things were are straightforward as they were when your children were youngsters.

Love to you all,

Anna 

Odalys

mmmm

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Odalys

I just had the most awesome experience and want to share it with y'all.

The phone rang and I looked at the caller ID.....it was my mother's full maiden name!  I answered the phone and the lady at the other end wished me a happy mother's day.  What are the chances of that happening???  She had the wrong number....I told her she had my mother's same name and mom passed away in February.  She told me she had just come from the cementary after putting flowers for her mom who had also recently died.  We both started crying and blessed each other and wished us a happy mother's day.

DH reminded me Mami always got her way.  Even now she found a way to wish me a happy mother's day.  OMG, I can't stop the tears....

Mami, te quiero!

AnnaM

That is the most beautiful story, Odalys. Thank you for sharing it with us. Your mom's love must be very powerful. I will remember what you told us and think of you and your mom every Mother's Day. I believe all of us are one and the same spirit. It happens so rarely that we hear "tanglible" evidence of that fact. The beauty of it....

Margerie

That is a beautiful story of a mother's love!

Anonymous

Oh, Dear sister, what an amazing story.  I can hardly believe it, and actually gasped out loud when I read it!  


Miss you guys.  I'm just in misery-I have to go to the onc. on Monday to be sure I am not dealing with mets.  Pray for me, ok? 

Love and prayers, Deb