Starting Chemo May 2008

angelsaboveus

Linda, 19 miles is amazing !  Way to go !!!!

JulieC

Linda, I'm glad I was running with you at the race because that would be the ONLY way I would get any miles in.  I'm so proud of you.  Nineteen miles is amazing - just like you!

lewing

Thank you all!  I posted a handful of photos over on FB.  I also figured out that if you count the distance I ran past the 19 mile mark, and the doubling back to the medical tent (not to mention the slog to the subway), I put in at least 20 miles: one for each of us.

 Linda

sueper13

Linda, you are amazing.  Wonderful, strong, well.

Thanks for taking me with you!

Sue

otter

Linda, you may think you stopped at Mile 19, but I think we must have WILLED you all the way to the finish line! I found the NYC Marathon Athlete Tracker website and checked your split times... and then I looked at their real-time map and there you were!  The thing is, your little symbol kept moving -- each time I checked it, it was farther along the route.  I sat there, trying to imagine what you were seeing and feeling at each point.  (Having never been to NYC, that was kind of difficult for me.)

Anyway, the last time I checked the map, your little symbol was at the finish point... so I think all of us collectively must have put it there.  Maybe it was our group spirit or something.  I don't know.  All I know is, even if your foot failed you, your heart and spirit and strength did not.

otter 

ewesterman

Linda,

WOO WOO! Mazel tov to you. You made it 19 prime miles as 19 is a prime number and it is one more than 18 which, as you may recall, symbolizes LIFE so you did life PLUS one. Sorry about your foot but it was telling you that there are other times to go 20 or 21 or 25 or 26. We are so proud of you.

kerry_lamb

Farks sakes!!!   !Linda!!   You came first by a country mile!! I reiterate (again!) what Rock said: YOU HAD CANCER LAST YEAR.  Man, I am SO impressed. (Yes...I...who am home in bed with a cold today..sook,sook,sook). Dolly-Lama???!!! That is actually classic Jewish humor to mehilarious..THANK-YOU Eddie for raising interesting and funny kids XXXX

ewesterman

Feel better dear Kerry. He did win first prize for funniest. My dad told me I spelled Dalai Lama incorrectly. Photos on facebook. Love you all. Linda, are you sore today?

Jeano77

Linda - You are amazing and inspiring!  Thanks for taking us all along!

Coffee with Jen on Friday!!!

Jeano

sueper13

No fair!  I want coffee too--with the two of youse!!  Pictures, please.

otter

My heart is thumping and I'm thinking all sorts of happy-thoughts about Jean and Jen meeting for coffee.  I wish I could be there with you!

Kerry, pamper yourself.  Warm, snuggly comforter, hot lemon tea, ... oh, that's right -- it is Spring/Summer where you live!  Maybe cradle yourself in a hammock in the sunshine and make some Vitamin D.

Dolly-Llama?  Oh, I get it!!!  So funny!

otter 

KristyAnn

Otter,

I iwll volunteer to come clean your wooden blinds HOWEVER I am a slow worker and it might take a month!

Kristy

otter

Hah hah...  Thanks for the offer, Kristy.  I wish I could invite all of you here, to help me clean these blinds.  Wouldn't that be fun?  BTW, it's an absolutely gorgeous day here-- temp in the low 70's, bright sunny sky.  Who couldn't like this weather?

otter 

drcrisc

Linda - Okay, I'm a bit slow but you're not!! 19!!!  Wooooo hoooooo!!!!

Eddie - Told some friends about the "Dolly" Llama costume - they loved it!!

My body has not been enjoying the time change.  And just when I thought D.A.T. was a thing of the past...NOT.

Feel better, Kerry, feel better.

KristyAnn

Hi Everyone,

I spent the day (literally all day) at the Cancer center- started out as a check since Im on the trial and ended up with an IV infusion of potassium and fluids due to the wonderful diarrhea that goes with this drug! Going back for a recheck in the morning and hopefully all will be well- taking potassium pills for 3 days too! And I thought I was going to work from home today after my check up!!!!

Kristy

drcrisc

Kristy - Yuck.  Hope tomorrow is a better day. 

BrendaSharon

drcrisc

I had to pop over and visit and see how you sisters are. April was when I actually first thought I had a problem with my left breast. By Aug. 13th it was confirmed. Now, my Journey has begun as the Nightmare on Chemo Street is so very real for me.

SomeDay,SomeWay - A-C-CURE

Thanks for all the encouraging words you gave to us November Girls as we are and proud to be, 

"The Warrior Whimps"

This site has been a blessing each and every day for me. Just to have the experiences of each of the others in front of us as well helping those who fall behind. The knowledge we share is so much more rewarding and beneficial than anything else I have found. My DH, seems to think I'm obsessed with it at times, but it helps me so much. My tears have finally lessened to once a day instead of a constant flow. I'm very grateful for this site and all we learn from it.

Again, Thanks for the visit  (((((WARM HUGS))))) to each of you!!!!

otter

Warm hugs back, Brenda Sharon.

otter 

ewesterman

rain rain rain rain rain rain thunder rain rain rain hail rain rain wind rain rain rain rain, November in Seattle, dark, rain rain, rain I love life rain rain rain, sorry about being in the cancer center and the iv rain rain rain rain, busted my kid for hosting a party at someone else's house....oops the parents were out of town...rain rain rain rain rain, rain, love life. rain rain love you all rain rain you inspired me branda sharon, rain rain rain rain sometimes I forget I have a missing breast rain rain rain rain.

kerry_lamb

Eddie..I love you. You are what we in Australia call a UNIT!! XXXXX

drcrisc

BrendaSharon - You are quite welcome.  Feel free to visit us any time!

ewesterman

It's November and we are entering a season of thanks.

I am thankful for you. I am thankful we have hair. I am thankful for our families and friends and loved ones and crushes. I am thankful we can pull out our shovels when people are unkind or clueless. I am thankful we have one another. I am thankful for my life and for the autumn and for Kerry in Australia. I am thankful for Rock in South Africa and Heather in Canada. I am thankful for Otter and her brains and Jeano and Linda and Robin and Noelle and hoping her business is great for the season. I am thankful for Cris and for Kristy who got us going ... and to Julie and to Dana of course who still is suffering in the worst way. I am thankful for my herceptin sister, Jenn, and to Adrienne who is beautiful (oh, wait...you are all beautiful). I am thankful for Jackie and for Karin who is the best para bar none in NJ and the rest of the world. I am thankful for Mary who has been missing lately....Mary, is all okay? I am thankful for Sue and I am thankful to see the Cipperly Kids on Facebook. I am rambling and thankful I can do that here. Ciao.

ewesterman

If I left you out....I am thankful you won't take it personally.

sueper13

I am thankful for eddie and her discourse and diatribe (love the rain post).  I am thankful for Karin and Noelle who have the guts to go on TV.  I am thankful for wise Otter and steady Rock. I am thankful for Eyes because you are OTex and we will meet soon (are you back from Hawaii?).  I am thankful for JulieC and RobinK and Jen and Dr. Cris C ( ; O X ), and Heather and RanD and Adrienne and Mary because you are so real and loyal and help me be joyous. I am thankful to Linda and Jeano because you run! I am thankful that Gracie Jackie is still here and for lots of other stuff. I am thankful that Kristy is here because she is wonderful and she makes lovely fudge.

I am thankful for a husband who loves me and makes me laugh.  I am thankful that both of our sons have found their soulmates.  I am thankful for my dogs and cats.

I am thankful that we are helping the November group just by being here (Hugs to BrendaSharon).  I am thankful for all of you and the part you have played so far in my life.  I can't wait to see what happens next.

Love you.

Sue

P.S. Did I mention we sold the house? I am (you guessed it) thankful.

angelsaboveus

I am thankful that out of something so nasty as cancer that 19 wonderfully beautiful, insightful, funny, caring, wise, incredibly remarkable  sisters can emerge and become a part of my life.

I'm thankful for the grey hairs on my head, the wrinkles on my face and my extra insulation on my stomach, and thankful that i am here to enjoy my wonderful family and friends who will take me just the way i am !

I thankful I got to borrow your time for thanks as mine has already passed! (We do like to be different up north you know !)

ewesterman

I am thankful for Canada and their gun control laws and wish we could learn by example.

Sable

I'm thankful for some many things, I can't name them all :OD.And I am VERY thankful to God for the friendships that I have made thru this site.

I posted meeting with jean pic in the fb group. It was an awesome visit! I could spot that chick's smile 10 miles away, it is so gorgeous. We chatted for about 3 hours I think, and could possibly have gone longer if we both didn't have to skidattle to somewhere else. It made me look forward to the porch visit even more.

Gracie~ anytime you want to hit newport just give me a holler and we'll set it up!

rock

I am grateful for our warmth, humour, creativity, acceptance of anger, impatience and foibles, and all the different ways we live our lives. I am grateful for our willingness to celebrate each others happiness (the house is sold! Allelujah!) and support each other in our fears and hurt moments.

I am grateful that some of us are more outspoken and some of us are better listeners. 

And, I am grateful for this being the only place in the world where I can admit something like this: 

My crush (who is a bit of a hypochondriac, and perhaps not without reason) said on Saturday, "Hey, are you getting a cold sore?" and I responded by BURSTING INTO TEARS.  I regained my composure rather swiftly, but not before such mature offerings like, "Well, I am quite happy to sleep on the couch" and "I think it is best that we never have sex again, and, for that matter, maybe we should never see each other again." Then, when he tried to reassure me, I responded by saying thoughtful things like "Drop it. Please drop it." and "Why the hell aren't you dropping it already?" Can you say "just a wee bit of an overreaction"?  

In the light of the morning, we concluded that I have been so braced for rejection that sometimes I don't deal with acceptance very well.

Heading to FB to check out the photos.  

drcrisc

I am thankful for Eddie, who is a leader by example and for Rock, who wears her heart on her sleeve (in a good way!) and for Otter, who is our very own Otter-pedia.  I am thankful for Sue and her shovels and her new house (yay!).  I am thankful for Jean and Gracie and Jen and her :O

I'm thankful for Kristy, who started this thread and for Karin and her love of pigs!  I'm thankful for Julie and Robin and Angels and her beautiful pictures.  I'm thankful for Noelle, who ie ever-present on FB and Kerry, whose accent I can't wait to hear!  I'm thankful for Mary and Linda and Dana, Tawanda!  I'm thankful for Adrienne and Linda and thankful that I will always remember Randie. 

I'm thankful for my children, who are healthy and smart and joyful.  I am thankful my sister is safely back on this coast.  I'm thankful tha no matter how long it is between check-in's here, I always feel like I have never been gone.

I love you all...

Sable

Well I have my plastic surgeon appt on dec 3rd. My mind is all set up for disappointment. But we shall see what happens.