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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited July 2011

    write to my half-sister

    One of the braver things I've ever done is. . .

    (Thanks, Laurie :)

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  • MRDRN
    MRDRN Member Posts: 537
    edited July 2011

    Thanks Badger

    I feel like it is easy for so many ladies on this board to.... live after BC.  I mean, i was only stage 1 and now one year later, I thought it would be so easy for me.  I keep up with appts, and really like my new body but I feel like crap!  Honestly, I cannot do half of the things I used to do.  WHY?  menopause is the worse!  My hot flashes are more like three minutes of literally sweating that happen in the day and evening!  Doesn't help that I am "self cleaning" the oven for 4 hours in this hot day!  Other people seem to be a lot stronger than me and frankly have more to cry about, as I am so impressed when I read that folks have dealt with chemo, rads, and stage 4!!! Sometimes for YEARS!  GOSH I am inspired here, just sayin ...I tried to get through the day without pain meds and it was awful.  I am trying to just use them to sleep.  Pain is subjective and I have always been a strong person, but my back, neck, fingers...joints ect hurt! .  A good friend of mine said recently "It only takes one cell" (she is a vet) and I know that radiology results come AFTER a person has symtoms....oh well sorry so negative.  I am really trying to count my blessings and focus on building up my energy by coming here and posting exercise daily.  Thanks for putting up with me. :(((  I was told by a Rheumatoid Doc that I have FM ?  Started Savella and it made the hot flashes worse!  Effexor worked for a few months...uggghhh

    Edit  repeat....the sentence   I feel it is easier for some to ......

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited July 2011

    windlass- one of the braver things I have ever done is to take care of my mother while she passed away at home.  There were moments when I was a little freaked out, but SO very grateful that I never wavered.  To watch someone die  is....well it is something you never want to do but if you love that person more than life, you are grateful to do it.  I never know how to describe it.  But the last time on earth my mother spoke it was to me.  She told me thank you, she was proud and she loved me.  Hard, but  I am lucky too.

    I feel it is easier for some to turn the other cheek.  Ihave a hard time with that and hold grudges.

    *edited for typos and bad grammer :p

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited July 2011

    my favorite "evil" thing to do is....

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  • badger
    badger Member Posts: 34,614
    edited July 2011

    hey MRDRN, we are all stronger than we give ourselves credit for.  There are people who look up to you that way.  You just don't see it in yourself, but it's there.  Here's my theory: I live with BC not after it, but I live.  Here and now.  As far as I'm concerned, most of my symptoms - forgetfulness, aches & pains, hot flashes & chills - could be BC tx or impending geezerhood.  Either way, I'm screwed!  LOL!  Might as well enjoy the ride. 

    edit to add link to a song by JT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHWHPPHpAj8

    Laurie, you are a good person and a wonderful daughter.  Thank you for being unselfish, for feeling rewarded by it, and for passing those values to your own children.

    My favorite evil thing to do is follow politics.  It's like a train wreck - I just can't look away!

    When I was a child, something that made me feel better was ...

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited July 2011

    to take a walk with my mother and brother and just look at "stuff".

    Now that I am older what makes me feel better is...

    thanks badger.

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited July 2011

    to really, really enjoy the little things....flowers, birds, clouds....stuff I more or less used to take for granted....now I really appreciate them!

    edited to add that what also makes me feel better is to exercise and to also make plans for the future and keep busy in the present. Theodore Roosevelt (whose dad died when he was 19 and whose mom and first wife died on the same day when he was 26) once said that "Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough."

    If I could follow my internal alarm clock and go to sleep and get up without an alarm clock, my schedule would be......

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  • justjudie
    justjudie Member Posts: 3,397
    edited July 2011



    probably 9:00 am to 11:00 pm. Which is what it is most days now tnat I am retired. :-)







    If I could travel to any one place in the World, where would that be?



    Judie

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited July 2011

    How about taking a yacht around the Greek Islands of the Aegean Sea....

    The last time I laughed so hard that I almost cried was.....

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  • MRDRN
    MRDRN Member Posts: 537
    edited July 2011
    Thanks Badger....great reads today ladies THANKS!!! 

    The Last time I laughed so hard that I almost cried was when I went to see "The Book Of Mormon" in NYC a week or so ago.  
     
    Good one...let's stick with it  ....The last time I laughed so hard.... 
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  • Wonderland
    Wonderland Member Posts: 3,288
    edited July 2011

    trying to tell the story about the time my husband was eating meatballs at a really nice party. He tried to put his fork in one meatball, he missed, and the meatball rolled onto his lap - like something that would happen in a comedy. I couldn't finish the story because I was laughing so hard!

    On the someone else: The last time I laughed so hard...............

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited July 2011

    was this past week.  My three year old was sitting on my stomach while I lay on the couch and he kept blowing spit bubbles.  I took his own hand and smacked the spit bubble to pop it.  He thought it was great and started his belly laugh....we did that for a good twenty minutes, I was laughing so hard, his laugh was contagious I had tears rolling down my face.

    keep it going....the last time I laughed so hard....

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited July 2011

    When my whole family was here earlier this summer and we got the whole group involved in a Charade game. Everybody really got into it, and it was hysterical, we were all rolling on the floor. I don't think we've ever had so much fun all together. Cool

    Any more hysterical laughter out there?

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  • Wonderland
    Wonderland Member Posts: 3,288
    edited July 2011

    Well, this one is pretty sick but I can't tell it without laughing really hard. It's a long story so I won't go into details. It happened during one of my neighborhood walks and includes a dead kitten and a mockingbird. The kitten was in the road - I stopped my walk and picked up the kitten to bring it back home for a proper burial - on my way home I was repeatedly attacked by a mockingbird - the only thing I had to defend myself was the kitten..........

    Try to imagine watching a woman slinging this poor dead kitten around to defend herself from a bird attack! I must have looked half-mad!

    My favorite bird is.............(my least favorite is a mockingbird!)

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited July 2011

    I love the little wrens who are brave enough to stay around here all winter.

    Another favorite bird is......

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited July 2011

    red breasted grosse beak.

    another favorite bird is..

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  • MRDRN
    MRDRN Member Posts: 537
    edited July 2011

    My fav bird is the Blue Jay...there are few where I live and if you see one, you better look quick because before you know it..they are gone

    One of my fav tv shows is.......

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  • Estel
    Estel Member Posts: 3,353
    edited July 2011

    the "Deadliest Catch."  I think my life is hard until I watch those guys.

    One show on TV that I cannot stand is ...

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  • WellWater
    WellWater Member Posts: 6,546
    edited July 2011

    Maury Povich.  Unfortunately, it's often on at the nursing home I go to visit and sometimes doctor's offices....it's all ridiculous screaming about whose baby belongs to who.  These people should really take birth control seriously and I do mean seriously.

    An old tv program that is in reruns and one that I can watch over and over is............

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  • sarah1968uk
    sarah1968uk Member Posts: 580
    edited July 2011

     Friends

     What annoys me about shopping is...

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  • MRDRN
    MRDRN Member Posts: 537
    edited July 2011

    the crowds

    The longest survivor I know with BC is living .....years now after initial dx

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited July 2011

    A nurse friend of mine was diagnosed about 40 years ago as a young woman. After treatment she went on the have two more children, is now a gramma, could be retired but, along with many other activities, she still goes in and helps with surgeries a couple days a week, just because she wants to.

    When it comes to getting rid of 'stuff' around the house, I .....

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited July 2011

    toss it out or sell it with out a care.  I came to terms with keeping things years ago when we remodeled our home.  When you have to remove EVERYTHING from the first floor in order for the floors to be sanded, the garbage barrel comes out!  Felt great and I keep it up!

    The first thing I would grab and save if there was a fire is...

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  • Wonderland
    Wonderland Member Posts: 3,288
    edited July 2011

    my pocketbook because it contains my license, credit card, checkbook, etc. Also, a pair of shoes if I wasn't wearing any. Hope I never have to find out if I would actually grab them!

    My neighborhood.....................

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited July 2011

    is nice. Everybody is friendly, keeps up their yards, would borrow you a cup of sugar, check in on your pet in a pinch.

    If you visited my town, one place I would take you is.....

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  • Estel
    Estel Member Posts: 3,353
    edited July 2011

    the glorious national parks we have all around us and scenic hiking trails.

    One thing I haven't done yet this summer that I really want to is ...

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  • WellWater
    WellWater Member Posts: 6,546
    edited July 2011

    go to the beach.  We have the marvelous Dunes on Lake Michigan about 30 mins by car but I haven't found the time to do it.

    If money were no object, the car I would be driving would be a.................

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  • Laurie08
    Laurie08 Member Posts: 2,891
    edited July 2011

    Saab SUV.  The new ones look very cool.  I had always wanted one and finally got one after struggling to get pregnant for three years.  I LOVED that car, it drove like a dream.  I took out a three year lease and when I turned it in 3 years later I had two boys?! (found out I was pregnant with in the month of getting it.) We called it the clown car, waaaay to small for a family of 4, we literally barely fit in it.  But it was the best car I ever owned.  I am sure the SUV would be awesome too.

    My first car was....

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited July 2011

    an orange 1975 Volkswagen Beetle by the name of Clarabell.

    The worst car I ever owned was......

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  • Wonderland
    Wonderland Member Posts: 3,288
    edited July 2011

    (I'm embarrassed to admit this) A Pacer!

    The best car I ever owned..........

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