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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited September 2018

    Ms secgo--welcome to the club no one wants to join! This is an earth shattering experience, indeed.

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited October 2018

    Checking in to admit (confess?) that I bought an 8 oz bag of Cheetos today and just finished eating 1/4 of a bag. It's probably been 6 months since I've indulged. A couple of months ago I was desperate for Cheetos, but bought 'Cheez-it' crackers instead to try and stretch out my craving. They're certainly not the same, but hey... I made it another couple of months. Interesting how hard it is to put the bag down once you start.

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited October 2018

    It is so hard to put down the bag once it's open.

    Much too hard.

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  • Warrior2018
    Warrior2018 Member Posts: 380
    edited October 2018

    I say go for it once in a while. I was just thinking the other day about why it is we deny ourselves certain pleasures- I quit drinking alcohol to help keep reoccurrence at bay. But some days I’m like- what for really?! Haven’t we been through enough. We’re all aware that it’ll come back if it wants to so... I say indulge when you feel like it. Good for you minustwo!!

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  • Capecodgirl
    Capecodgirl Member Posts: 116
    edited October 2018

    Who doesn't love cheetos?

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited October 2018

    Oh thanks ladies. I know Eli doesn't hang here anymore, but where else could I have possibly confessed this lapse except on this thread.

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  • Loral
    Loral Member Posts: 932
    edited October 2018

    and I'm the same way with Doritos.

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  • Dyannah
    Dyannah Member Posts: 52
    edited October 2018

    I joined this club too. My device is not chips. It is soda. I love it very much. I have opened my last one. I will work on not drinking it. I will give myself once a week to have one while I work up to not wanting it. Does that make sense?

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited October 2018

    Makes sense to me. Good luck!

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited November 2018

    Happy Veteran's Day!


    A big Thank You for the service of any Middles who served in any capacity whatsoever to defend and protect America.


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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited December 2018

    Oh no... I finally caved at the grocery store today and bought a bag of Cheetos. Luckily I had the presence of mind to pour some into a bowl and QUIT after I ate that portion. Sigh. I haven't bought any since my B-day in August. It's just too easy to eat the whole darn bag.

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  • Capecodgirl
    Capecodgirl Member Posts: 116
    edited December 2018

    Very good self control minus two. I would have eaten them until I couldn't eat anymore. Then I would wait an hour or two and eat the rest. And then feel sick for the rest of the day.

    I bought some Lindt truffles to put in my Christmas candy dishes. My husband just asked me if I was going to leave any candy for Christmas. And. I don’t even love those as much as I love Cheetos

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited December 2018

    Oh CapeCod - you hit the nail on the head. After my small bowl of Cheetos, I wasn't really hungry so had a large avocado with ranch dressing and a French roll for dinner. Then some See's Victoria Toffee. As I was nodding in my recliner I decided I HAD to have more Cheetos. So now I've probably eaten 2/3 of the bag. Sigh. There's no surprise why I don't buy them and avoid that aisle in the store.

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited December 2018

    Minus Two--Good job!I try to buy a single serving bag of Cheetos when I give in. Don't have the self-control to stop after one bowlful!

    Capecodgirl--Ah, Lindt truffles!The fact that a serving size is only 3 is ridiculous!

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited March 2019

    I expect a number of us still have this thread on our "favorites" and I just couldn't help posting this.

    Houston is in the middle of Rodeo season. The food judging and different categories of awards are amazing. And the winner of "Goldbuckle Award" (and I quote - really I couldn't make this up):

    HOT CHEETOS CRUSTED CANDY APPLE

    Hooray for Cheetos & all of us who are addicted, but I think I'll pass on this particular invention.


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  • mistyeyes
    mistyeyes Member Posts: 584
    edited March 2019

    MinusTwo- That is so funny


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  • Capecodgirl
    Capecodgirl Member Posts: 116
    edited March 2019

    I think anything with cheetos may be worth a try.,...

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited March 2019

    Oh My Goodness, what a find! Would love to see one but will pass on eating one. Not crazy about hot spicy stuff. Got a bag of the hot Cheetos by accident once, thankfully the dog liked them!

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited March 2019

    NM - Oh - interesting thought. I never considered hot meaning the (spicy) variety. I was thinking of hot (heat). I can just see Sadie scarfing up fiery cheetos.

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  • Jenkins00
    Jenkins00 Member Posts: 144
    edited March 2019

    I love Cheetos! Surprisingly its been one food that still tastes good during chemo. My husband has been buying me a bag every week:)

    I can't imagine Hot Cheetos Crusted Candy Apple though. Just doesn't seem that those two would go together. I could be wrong.

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  • PiperKay
    PiperKay Member Posts: 173
    edited March 2019

    Yum, Cheetos! They've tasted good to me all my life, even during chemo. But just the plain ones for me. <3<3<3

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited July 2019

    I'm not reviving this thread, but putting down a brief postscript...

    A couple weeks ago, I passed my 10 year BC-free date. I did not celebrate it. Actually, I gave it thought a few days before, but then totally forgot it on the actual date, only thinking of it again a few days later. (That's not chemo brain, either. It just was not uppermost in my mind anymore.)

    A week ago, my BFF of 50+ years, who is like a sister to me, went into hospice. She has had ILC bone mets since 2013 and, since last Fall, also has mets in her cerebro-spinal fluid.

    So there we have the juxtaposition of my life. I am not living with BC anymore and yet I AM still living with it. I don't think any of us women can truly be free until there is a CURE.

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited July 2019

    Eli - so sorry to hear about your BFF. I'll keep you both in my thoughts.

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited July 2019

    El--so sorry to hear about your BFF. I think you are right, it never lets us go completely and it won't until there is a cure.


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  • Ainm
    Ainm Member Posts: 781
    edited July 2019

    Hi All,

    It's been a long, long time since I posted anywhere on BCOrg. But today is a milestone for me so I wanted to check in. It's lovely to see some of the names I remember from the last time I was here (about 5 years ago). I hope that the reason I don't see some of the names is that because, like me, things just got kinda busy and BCOrg got relegated to the background. So many people on the threads here were such a strength to me - Meece, Patoo, Eph3_12, elimar, kfinnigan, NativeMainer, Badger etc. and everyone on the E-LAB thread, especially all the Roadrunners!!!

    Anyway if any of you are reading this - Thank You!! You are a great gang of people.

    Today in 2009 I had my last round of radiotherapy. I remember being very happy but insecure - I didn't know what the future would hold or even if there would be a future. But here I am and although I can't say that the past 10 years have been a doddle, I'm here to say that, although I nearly murdered my husband every time he said "there's light at the end of the tunnel" while I was going through treatment, he was right!! But don't tell him I said that.

    Cancer is never far from my mind or my family - I've lost close relatives and friends to cancer over the years. At present numerous members of my family are going through cancer - some will not win the fight.

    My family don't go in for celebrating cancerversaries with me - they think it's best to leave these things in the past. And to be honest I'm not 'celebrating' it's more being thankful and God knows I feel guilty about it sometimes too because others haven't had the luxury to think about 'after treatment'. But I know my BCOrg family will understand and join me in my little moment of achievement!!

    Love and Light to all

    especially to my BCOrg angels - gone but never forgotten - Heidi_Ho xx PauldingMom xx Kbugmom xx Saint xx and all those other angels xx



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  • mistyeyes
    mistyeyes Member Posts: 584
    edited July 2019

    Ainm- Congratulations on your 10 years! Your post was very sweet.

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited August 2019

    Ainm--HOORAY for your accomplishment of living life after bc treatment!We do tend to move on over time, either in the direction of sendingBCO to the background or to other threads. So good to hear from someone doing well.Glad you checked in and I am happy to celebrate (for lack of a better word) with you and understand the guilt that can come with survivorhood.Prayers for the angels among us.

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  • mpv459
    mpv459 Member Posts: 114
    edited August 2019

    I belong here and glad to find this topic. I was diagnosed in May and have had surgery, AC, 6/6 Taxol and getting ready to start radiation when finished with chemo.. I have two adult children, one married with a beautiful grandson and another single. I care for my 94 year old mother with no family assistance. Struggling through all of this with a stage 3 breast cancer diagnosis and looking for others who have traveled or will travel this road.

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  • MinusTwo
    MinusTwo Member Posts: 16,634
    edited August 2019

    mpv - sorry you've had to join BCO. Just to let you know, this thread is not active. There are a number of other threads that you may find of interest, but the 'founder' no longer monitors or facilitates this particular thread. Ergo - the closed sign in the header. Wishing you the best in finding one that gives day to day support.

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  • Deborah2012
    Deborah2012 Member Posts: 234
    edited August 2019

    Hello MPV. Sorry to learn you are sandwiched and triaging multiple needy people- especially yourself. In my area of California you dial 211 and it is a free referral agency (government sponsored) that locates assistance for people for services. You may also take solace in the airplane instructions: "put the air mask on yourself first, then to your children". Good luck.


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