Housework support group!!???!!

kmccraw423

Viv - I know exactly how you feel.  What the heck is the matter with us?  I read of so many women who experience disabling fatigue.  Like you, I did not have to undergo the terrible treatments some have had - so why so tired?  My last surgery was January 19.  I don't get it.  I realize that life itself is stressing but it was before bc so I don't get the difference.

Faith - you never-ending enthusiasm and encouragement never cease to amaze me.  Cyber hugs to Saint.

Hugs to everyone - you just can't get enough hugs.  Love you all.

arnie2two

((((((((((((((Faith)))))))))))))) just send up prayers for your mentor... you are right..it's better to take life moment to moment because we never know!

Viv...I love reading your posts...and wish I could come visit you and help you put in your spring planting!!!  It's soooo cold here and gonna get alot colder!!! lol

Kathleen...with all you've been through sistah I think you're doing M-A-R-V-E-L-O-U-S!!!

I vote for Shiny to be President too!!!  Love you Shiny!!!

Love all you beautiful courageous women!!!  xoxoxo janet

faithandfifty

Just got all ready to walk out the door for hospital visit to my dear, dear Mimi. Got a call from a mutual friend that she is no longer receiving visitors. I'm sure that it's been standing room only, as she is a beloved institution.

Now I'm really feeling helpless.

Challenges.

She is in the trauma unit nearly a week after the accident.

She thrives on people-connectedness. So their closing the door says a lot.

The email from her daughter says:

"back to basics, look both ways at stop signs...... drive carefully."

Marple

Gentle hugs Faith. 

vivvygirl

Thanks,

faithandfifty

Circle of friends. Cheering each other onward.

Oh happy day.

Marple

Oh gosh, I love that 'Friends' wall hanging. 

I have a beautiful wreath on my bedroom door that says Happy Everything.  I gotta figure out my camera and post a pic somehow.  It is beautiful and reminds me of friends because it is made by one of them!!!

Gentle hugs all.

mumito

Prayers and Hugs Faith for Mimi. I hope you get to visit her.

barbe1958

Oh Vivvy, it's shell-shock! I hate to put an umbrella over myself and gather with people saying PTSD, but it is just too true! I realized it a the doc on Tuesday.....I just need a whole bunch of good shit to happen and then maybe the shadow of cancer will dim.

Faith....my Dad used to tell me that I tried to entertain people when they visited me in the hospital (I am the patient!) and he said I just tired myself out. I hated for people to see me down. Maybe Mimi is feeling the same way. It drains a lot of energy to try to be "up" for friends.....for you sweetie, I'd let myself be ugly....

I like the President plaque and it's very apropo by being...SHINY!

faithandfifty

Big time. Big time. Big time happy!!

Celebrating.

So excited!!!

Happy, happy. Joy, joy, joy!!!!

My dearest, dear husband has arrived home holding an awesome surprise!!

An over-nighted package holding 2 copies of my new picture book.

The real thing.

It's here.

I've given birth to a picture book!!!!

Whooohoooooohoooooo!!!

Oh happy, happy day!!!!

****I'm just a weeeee tad-bit excited.

hugs to all my dust bunny, cheering friends.

coonie

wooohoooooooot Faithie!!! Way to goooo!! I know this has been in the making and it's so good to see it near its completion!! We're so proud of you!!! Here's a little happy dance for you...he seems pretty excited too!!

GramE

Happy dance for and with you, Faith.  

Today's mammo was good.  Do not come back for a year - so a bit of a happy dance going back to my car...

But Mom, who is 96 has a very weak heart, after being taken to the ER with shortness of breath and chest pains.  No immediate danger, and she is "stable".   And DIL nephew, born july 27, has something wrong with his esophagus and is referred to a specialist.    His baptism is Saturday.   

Believe me, there will be NO housework done in the near future.   Hugs,  Nancy 

TexasRose

I know you ladies probably already are, but please say a prayer for those killed or injured at Ft Hood, TX today. This army base is less than 20 miles from my house. Scott and White- the hospital where several of the wounded were airlifted to is my hospital. That is where I had my mastecomy and where I did my chemo treatments. So hard to see your hospital on the national news in the middle of such a tragedy. So please, say a prayer for all those affected. The lines to give blood were enormous. I wish I could help, but they don't want my cancer blood and even if they did, I was in Honduras in March and they won't take it for that reason also. It's been such a sad day around here. Such a senseless loss of life.

Hugs your loved ones a little closer today! It's a crazy world we live in.

And hugs to all my dust bunnies!

Mary 

coonie

Oh MaryRose----the incident in Texas is just horrible. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved. So so sad! How are YOU feeling? Have you started bouncing back yet? I think of you everyday!

Nancy--so happy you got a clear mammogram. You go girl! I'll be praying for your mom and the wittle one who is sick. (((Gentle hugs to you and your family)))

Faithie----I bet you didn't sleep a wink last night. All that adrenalin pumping.....LOL. So very excited for you. Still happy dancing for you today:)  If you talk to the "Saint", please tell her we're praying for her every day!

(((Arnie))) You feeling ok, gf? Thinking about you with those rads going everyday. You take care of yourself and try to eat something really fattening today, ok?

Sending big hugs to all you other bunnies!!!! You know I love you all!!!

Marple

My prayers to those involved in that horrible shooting.

Nancy............yay, yay, yay sistah.  Hope your Mom's ok though.  Hope the little nephew is ok too.  Sheesh, always something to worry about isn't there?

Lets all eat something fancy and fattening for breakfast since Arnie needs to gain a few pounds, I'll cook.

Marple

Yum, this looks good.

barbe1958

I CANNOT believe you are posting that picture! When we were at a vendors on Wednesday (SubZero) they took us out for lunch to an Italian place and one of the guys ordered his personal pizza and it had an egg in the middle! Just like that! I'd never seen that before...and now you post a picture! I thought no one would believe me....

mumito

You guys are bad now I have to go get something to eat.

kmccraw423

Barbe - how did he eat it?  Doesn't the yolk run everywhere when cut?  If I hadn't seen it I wouldn't have believed you either!

Mum - I agree - bad, bad, bad.  I haven't had breakfast yet and I could easily down that pizza even if it is odd.  I am going to have oatmeal - see below!

barbe1958

Kathleen, as he was on the same side of the table as me and there were 10 of us, I couldn't really see him. But I saw the waiter ask him if he liked it and he sort of shook his head.

faithandfifty

MaryRose. I live in a bubble. I've learned that I can't allow myself to follow the news. Local, national nor international. I just get tooooo upset learning what people are capable of doing. I did see on FB last night that there were prayers being said, so I knew something awful had happened. My DH gave me the fewest details possible, so I wouldn't be completely clueless. (He is my filter.)

My heart goes out to the families and to your entire community. I can't imagine the devastation that it sends thru the entire area. Such a feeling of shock & helplessness. Prayers for you as well as you grapple with the enormity of the whole story.

I have a friend who's a professor at the site of the college that experienced such horror a couple years back. Time brings some healing, but the heartbreak lasts a very long time -- especially to those near to the story.

Big hugs & prayers.

xx00xx00xx00xx

faithandfifty

Thanks to all of you bunnies for your continual support & feedback.

Strangely enough I was able to sleep soundly last night..... with a smile on my face. I think holding the fruition of the years of effort allowed me to 'let go' and actually sleep for a change.

We'll see if the shipment of books arrives before the DC departure a week from Monday. We are in the process of orchestrating a little dust-bunny meet up. Cheryl has secured the 'day-off' for Tues Nov 17th...... now we need to figure out a place??? AKA are you still available?? Where should we meet? I was thinking brunch time.

Speaking of meet-ups. I'm gonna get to meet COONIE. Seriously. Gonna meet COONIE!! THE coonie!! Yesterday I finally got some of the details for an upcoming Baton Rouge adventure in January. We're gonna be laughing it up big time starting Jan. 11th.

If there's anyone else up for joining either of these two mini-meets...... just holler. The more the merrier!!

I'll have my camera ready.

GramE

Faith, perhaps I also live in a bubble.   There are so many tragedies in the news that I no longer read the newspaper except for the comics and cross word puzzle.   When I log on, I check the local news headlines, but rarely click for more information.   

My sister was on site during a high school hostage situation and face to face with the gun man.  My son's boss was on the first plane to hit on 9/11.   I live in a high security area and there are no days that go by without me seeing a military presence unless I keep the blinds drawn and go back to bed.   I prefer to aim for the half full, versus half empty theory.   There is too much sadness, but there is always something pretty or pleasant around -- something to be grateful for.   Hugs and Blessings for a peaceful day.    Nancy 

julz4

  

                                  (((((((((((((((((TEXAS ROSE))))))))))))))))))

                        ((((((((((((((((((((((FORT HOOD,TEXAS)))))))))))))))))))))))

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-iFYrgxjUc

coonie

Hey Julz!! Beautiful post!

Faithie---can't wait till the slumber party. I get to meet a REAL STAR!!!

julz4

        (((((((((((((((((TEXAS ROSE))))))))))))))))))

((((((((((((((((((((FORT HOOD,TEXAS)))))))))))))))))))))))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-iFYrgxjUc

julz4

Hi Dust Bunnies....

Coonie I hope you have a wonderful time with Faith!!!! I Love Her HUGS....give her an Extra Special Squeeze from ME!!! She will give YOU one from ME!!!!

I wish I was more comfortable with with Driving or I would be going to DC too. I live 1 1/2 hours from DC.  I wish I could meet someone close to there then I could ride with them!!!! Oh well I know I will get together another time. You just never Know! In getting to Know Cheryl on FB ....We found out we know someone from her past. It turns out that someone she went to Elementary School with ....Lives in my Neighborhood!!!! In fact his son plays on my youngest sons football team & they go to our church!!!! It is Totally SURREAL!!! 

Sharon you are Seriously Making Me HUNGRY!!!!! SO YUMMY!!!!

(((((((BARBE....NANCY.....KATHLEEN....VIV....ARNIE....KAK.....SHINY....MUM......MARY.....JAYNE & ALL that I am Missing)))))))

KAK

Shocked about the shooting in Fort Hood.  I listened to the story on my way to my psychiatrist researchers this morning.  So sad & tragic all the way around. Mary, we are all thinking about Texas today.  Nancy, I can't imagine how your family got through that stand-off your sister witnessed, but I'm glad you did.

Shiny, maybe Prime Minister of England first, then President of the U.S. or Canada??

Yay, Faithie!!!!!!!!

BTW, I flunked out of the research study.  I had such a strong initial reaction of side effects to the infusion that contained the actual drug, that they didn't want me to do the other two visits, one of which would have been 3x the amount of the drug.  I would have done it anyway -- the SE's went away in 5 minutes -- but they are all about safety, which is what you want, so I'm all done.  But they got good data from the two sessions I completed, so it wasn't a loss to them.  So that's good.  And now, I can concentrate on actually recovering from cancer related fatigue instead of being a research subject for it.  One of the docs consulted with me about it afterwards & outlined a course of treatment options.  One of his suggestions was wellbutrin, usually used as an antidepressant, titrating up to 300-450mg, which he's seen to be affective with CRF.  So, I pass that on as something you can try.  My pcp mentioned that as well, so I'm going to try that first before going back to provigil or nuvigil.

Love to you all!  Gotta write a blog post.

BTW, Sesame Street is 40 years old this month!!  "Sunny day, sweeping the clouds away..."

dreamwriter

Its been a long time... I had 8 pages to read, and I read them all.  To the one who read about the "positive" woman and cried.... come here and cry with me.  I cry at weddings, I whine when it hurts, I let people know how I feel - right now.  I cannot bag it til later.  I cry now.  So you are not a baby - because I do not consider myself a baby and I do not see you as one either.

To the person with the size 9 1/2 AA flats - can you donate them to one of the stores that rent out outfits for job interviews..  a request from my daughter who did not have dress up clothes for a job interview (and had to borrow from mom - how gauche!).

I had started going through my drawers and getting rid of tops with tears, etc and doing well (this is not housework - this is finding room to walk on my bdrm floor.  I got rid of 10 tops and my neighbour gave me 12 - all nicer than the ones I own. GRRRRRR.  I am now in worse shape than before.

Am looking forward to florida.... 4 days of fun, fun, fun. And when I get back my new housekeeper starts.

Monday - Doctor, Nurse visit (hubby cleans up before they arrive)

Tuesday - PSW - cleans kitchen while I shower

Wednesday- Housekeeper cleans kitchen, dining room and bathroom

Thursday -

Friday - PSW - Does my laundry and I shower

Saturday

Sunday - swimming with friend

My week is really starting to shape up.  The PSW cleans tub after my use so bathroom gets cleaned 3 times a week.  The housekeeper on wed. is every other week,

This is my contribution to not doing housework. 

Marple

Oh gosh Coonie and Faith going to meet.  The south will never be the same again.