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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited September 2010

    Welcome to all the new gals, sorry I can't remember your names, not thinking too clearly today but just wanted to say hi.

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  • raeinnz
    raeinnz Member Posts: 815
    edited September 2010

    We have chocolate covered salted pretzels here.  Sounds weird and I was a bit dubious to start with but they are really nice.  Chocolate covered Cheetos though may be going a bit far although if it was just the corn snack bit without the cheesy coating it would be ok I guess.

    USA has THE BEST FUDGE - I bought some from a shop that makes it on site in the Riverwalk mall in New Orleans many years ago (about 1994 I think) - chocolaty and so melt in the mouth - mmmmm I can still almost taste it even now. I think it was one of a chain of shops.  I had to make a rush trip back the next morning to buy some more before we left as I had demolished the first lot.

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  • raeinnz
    raeinnz Member Posts: 815
    edited September 2010

    Now that I am finally sleeping again I am having really odd dreams.  I guess it is my subconcious trying to work through all this BC mess but I am finding them quite unsettling.  Recently I dreamt that I was out in the bush somewhere and I walked into a clearing and there was a wolf staring at me (this is weird because we don't have wolves in NZ).  I backed up carefully and got away.  A couple of weeks later I had the dream again and came upon the same wolf in the same place but this time it charged me and sank its teeth into my left foob.  I remember thinking 'it's good that I have no feeling in my chest now so it doesn't hurt' but I was terribly upset because its teeth popped the implant. Then I woke up.  Felt quite wobbly emotionally for a little while after.  Haven't had the dream again so hopefully it has gone.  It is funny though because it sort of follows what happened re my surgery - I was scheduled to have a lumpectomy but I backed out of it when I decided to have the bmx. Not good to read too much into dreams though I guess.  Anyone else having strange dreams?

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited September 2010

    I get very intense dreams; I can touch and feel say rough wood or prickly straw. Very, very tactile dreams. Those are because of blood pressure medication I'm on.

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited September 2010

    Nestle make Flipz which are chocolate covered pretzels.  I love the sweet and salt combo.

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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited September 2010

    Moose is your Vegas trip with women from the boards?  I know I read about a trip a while back.  I had been trying to get one together for chatters for next month but it wasn't coming together and someone else took over getting one ready for VA that I'm going to.  Small group this time.  I went to Vegas in 2008 with chatters (27 of us, all strangers!) and it was hands down one of the best trips I've been on in my life.  We had soooo much fun :)

    Raeinnz, I'd say that weird dreams are healthy actually.  I'm sure you kept a lot bottled up through this whole process, and your brain would explode if it didn't release that pressure somehow. Not making light of the fear that dream invoked, but the image of a big bad wolf is just so perfect, isn't it?  If the dream comes back, try to empower yourself to kick the wolf in the nuts when he comes to bite you :)

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  • Kleenex
    Kleenex Member Posts: 764
    edited September 2010

    raeinnz - I can often trace the weird bits and pieces of my dream to things my brain has picked up on the streets prior to the dream. In your case, I'd probably find that I was worried that my implant might one day fail, and that my husband had been watching some nature show with wolves in it recently or perhaps Teenage Werewolf on a movie channel... that said, that second dream is quite unsettling!

    Melatonin can sometimes give me intense dreams. I believe it's because I haven't been sleeping deeply enough to have dreams, and when I do, they're extra-vivid...

    A small bag of Cheetos in the nightstand is fine: you're protecting your stash. If you start hiding those giant vats of cheese balls from Sam's Club under your bed, THAT'S when you need to seek help...

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  • CherylQ
    CherylQ Member Posts: 117
    edited September 2010

    Hi ladies, love the stories about dreams.  I have very vivid dreams about BC, family and work.  The dream last night, I went to work and wrote reports and cooked a meal for a diabetic patient at the same time.  Think I was trying to be all things to everyone, the weird part was the dancing in the middle of the dream! 

    Hey try the new MMs with pretezels in them.  Nice touch of salty and sweet to my chemo mouth!!

    Love and hugs.

    Cheryl

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited September 2010

    "Last night I dreamed I ate a giant marshmallow...and when I woke up, my pillow was gone!"

                                                                                       ~~ Bazooka Comic (circa 1968.)

                                                                                       Bazooka Joe Pictures, Images and Photos

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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited September 2010

    Eli - Oh my God - the cats!!!!!  (look up top at the new pic ladies)  Happy Humpday indeed :)

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited August 2013

    I know!  I might have to use that every Wednesday!!!  Not related to the other laughing cat we had in the thread a short time ago.  I found that pic when I got the other rollercoaster pic that was used at the top last week, but I kept forgetting to put this out on a Wednesday, so here it is finally...maybe I'll put in the thread (like Faith requested) so it has a longer life.

                                               Happy Wednesday Pictures, Images and Photos

    I'd be the cat, front left, 'cause I like the excitement of the front seat and I scream just for fun!!!

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited September 2010

    Elimar, those cats are just toooooo cute!

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited September 2010

    Bummer, for some reason I can't see them!!!

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  • PauldingMom
    PauldingMom Member Posts: 927
    edited September 2010

    Welcome Newbies! Love the kitties Elmar! 
    BC Dreams, I've had so many weird dreams especially during treatments. 
    Saw Ortho. doc today and after all this time my pain is exactly what my GP said it was months ago. Bulging disc pressing on my nerve. I'll get an epidural next week. I can't wait to get something done for this constant pain. Start P.T. Friday. Hope they can do some good. 

    If they can stick a pretzel in an M&M why not a Cheeto?  I would hide that in my bedside stand. 

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  • Carrol2
    Carrol2 Member Posts: 2,903
    edited September 2010

    Elimar great kitty pics and love the bazooka quote. I still have my bazooka camera that I got by sending in 100 comics.

     anyone know of any free chemo cook books I can get? 

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited September 2010

    I loved THE M&M stores in Vegas and Orlando.  So many pretty colors, so many M&Ms to eat! 

    I've always had intense, vivid, and rarely scary dreams until the diagnosis.  Since then my sleep pattern has been totally messed up, and when I do sleep I have nightmares.  Usually they involve being paralyzed or completely immobilized and something terrible coming, or reliving radiation treatments or needle pokes in the boob to drain abscesses.  Sometimes I just wake up crying or yelling "STOP, DON"T" but without remembering what I was dreaming.  It's finally starting to get better since the summer.  

    Elimar--have you contacted the local ACS office?  They often have free cookbooks and other resources.  And I love the kitty hump day pic!

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  • GoogsMN
    GoogsMN Member Posts: 15
    edited September 2010

    Elimar, you are right I should donate the wig huh?  It's actually in pretty good shape, considering how long I've worn the dumb thing.  And I have a ton of hats too, that I have no desire to ever see again.  :) 

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited September 2010

    Carrol2, my mom had a book called Eating Well Through Cancer.  I believe she did get it for free through her chemo doctor's office, so maybe all you have to do is ask for one.  If you really develope an aversion to a lot of foods, you might get some of those Ensure nutrition drinks.  My mom's chemo doctor (and also my Breast Center) would give a free case of 24 drinks to anyone undergoing treatment.  Protein is extra neccessary during both chemo and radiation, so you can repair the damage the treatment is doing to your body.

    p.s.  I looked on your website...those are some far-out vehicles!  Your hubby must be a master with the airbrush.  I liked that one gas tank with the colored flames and mini skulls.

    Barbe,  I notice you've updated your avatar and are sporting a sassy new 'do!  Did you also get some new specs?

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  • CatbirdC
    CatbirdC Member Posts: 299
    edited September 2010
    Happy Wednesday Pictures, Images and Photos        Just Love Love Love This Picture !!!!!!!
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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited September 2010

    I have been looking at it all day hahahahahahahahahaha

    Happy Wednesday Pictures, Images and Photos

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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited September 2010

    Don't tell E, but when I 1st looked at it I thought it said "Happy Weather!"

    Well, y'all are lucky most of you live far, far, far away from me.....DD got her driver's license today.  And unbelievably, she needed to drive to soccer practice. Mind you this is a gig she has been walking to everyday since school started because the school is behind our house.  But today her equipment bag became too heavy to carry!

    Prayers for sanity & protection greatly appreciated from all you who like to send up arrow prayers!  

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  • faithandfifty
    faithandfifty Member Posts: 10,007
    edited August 2013

    Interrupting this happy hump-day roller coaster fest...........

    My dream really did come to fruition today!

    Seriously!!

    It's a book!!

    It's a book!!

    It's a book!!

    It's a book!!

    It's a book!!

    It's a book!!

    We got home safely and met up with our 'local' grando-s and my dearest hubby had them stop by his office to pick up an over-nighted package that had arrived mid-day.

    I have an advance box of two copies of my new picture book. Five years in the making & I'm sitting here holding two copies, turning the pages, smiling ear-to-ear, and jumping for joy.

    It's the real deal.

    I'm heading to the fridge to open my box-of-wine.

    The aliens have dropped off all sorts of Cheetos, chocolate and other glorious yummies!!

    Raise your glasses middies.

    Dreams really do come true.

    Here's where the rubber meets the road.

    Or the roller meets the coaster.

    Or the book meets the shelf.

    Or.................

    give me your best

    xx00xx00xx00xx

    (***edited because I started a new page & I always like to start a new page with a pic)

    Hump on little kitties.

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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited September 2010

    Magnificient Faith!

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  • heymoose
    heymoose Member Posts: 1,119
    edited September 2010

    Faith what a wonderful surprise to see you book in print.  I am so happy for you.  Chocolates are on the way, for your celebration.

    Marlegal, my trip to Vegas is with the TA TA Sisterhood from this site, listed in the reunion section.  The first trip was last year with about 25 BC survivors and support people.  This year it is the Second Reunion of the TA TA Sisterhood and about 54 of us will be meeting in Vegas.  I was so moved by our experience last year that I would not miss this year for anything.  I have been waiting for this for 52 weeks and will be there in 1 week.  Okay, I have never heard of MM's pretzels, but will find out about them in Vegas.  There is a store near me that sells chocolate covered popcorn and it is wonderful.  Chocolate covered anything is great, especially using dark chocolate.

    I love the kitty pics and Happy Hump Day to all.  (((((Hugs and Prayers)))))

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  • Carrol2
    Carrol2 Member Posts: 2,903
    edited September 2010

    Thanks Elimar is is very talented I am very proud.

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited September 2010

    Faithie!!!! Wowzer!!!!  Congratulations!!!

    It doesn't surprise me though.  You can do anything you set your mind to.

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  • Carrol2
    Carrol2 Member Posts: 2,903
    edited September 2010

    congrats faithie it's a great feeling to see yourself in print.

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited August 2013

    Faith, that is exciting!  What does it feel like to hold five years in your hands?  Congrats! 

                            hoorAY Pictures, Images and Photos

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited September 2010

    Congrats Faith!!! You deserve everything that the publishing will bring as you have worked so hard to get it to this point.

    Love n hugs. chrissy

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  • NativeMainer
    NativeMainer Member Posts: 10,462
    edited September 2010

    Way to go, Faith!  Congratulations! 

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