MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

annettek

I tell you- it is my toe- I was pointing my leg up to the sky....

walker2222

A climbing rose

elimar86861

Barbe, reveal whenever you want to, and IF no one has guessed exactly then it is your call as to who came the closest.

I've thrown in the towel because I was not even close with a floral guess.

elimar86861

Welcome YaYa5, and you have found us during our weekend pastime of playing Mystery pic.  It isn't the pic at the top of the page (which is a peony, btw) but it is a pic posted back on 418 by Barbe1958.  Still time to guess, go for it.

Then, tell us how you are doing...I'm thinking you might just have started your chemo?

annettek

welcome yaya and great for jumping right in....we are a whackadoodle bunch who will all do whatever we can to help ya out

jo1955

Welcome yaya - What a way to jump right in.  This is a crazy bunch of gals who can get serious and give lots of support and information.

I still think the mystery pic is some kind of exotic flower - can't come up with the name of it though. 

Kay_G

Happy Anniversary Elimar! 

I know there are some Jersey shore fans here.  Just got back from a weekend at my brother's house in Wildwood Crest.  What great weather we had!  I am SO jealous of some of you that mentioned you have houses down the shore.  What a great way to spend the weekend.  Sang On the Way to Cape May all the way down there.  Good to be home though.

Sherryc

Welcome yaya, sorry you are joining us but it is a great place to get support from other sisters.

reesie

How come none of you PA people pick me up on your way to the shore? I'm only a few minutes out of the way lol. I mean you get in free (of course you have to pay to go home).



J/K



Had a great visit with my girlfriend. But I think my DD was a bad influence on her daughter. I mean she brought up how my GF and I used the same ID to go to bars in college. It was really funny when we were together at a table once and got carded. Bartender just looked at them, shook his head, and kept going. I guess he figured if we were brave enough to hand them to him together who was he to say anything. BTW I was the "legal"one.



Welcome YaYa5 we're a great group here. We can hold virtual hands, answer questions, or just kid around. Whatever is right for the moment.

barbe1958

Y'all were so close really! But we don't have exotic flowers in Canada (unless I took them inside). It was a HOLLYHOCK at my bro's house!!

I'd say whoever mentioned orchid first should get the prize. Who was it elimar?

LovesChristmas-Barb

I'm laughing at myself because I'm afraid to pick what the mystery pic is because if I got it right, I would have to find something to post next weekend. What a chicken I am!!

Welcome Yaya5!

Sherryc

I think Eph guessed the orchid first

I wish we had pretty flowers like that in our gardens but Texas is just too dang hot!

LovesChristmas-Barb

What a beautiful picture! But it actually looks more a foxglove to me....

Teka

Mystery picture,

Skate fish.

barbe1958

HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAAA\

OMG!!!! OF COURSE it's foxglove!!! I am too funny. They have a huge hollyhock plant that's higher than my head and I took pictures of it too, which is why I said look higher. This IS a foxglove. I say Barb58 wins!!!

(of course, I could say that we call them hollyhocks in Canada! hehehehehehehhehee)

barbe1958

aka Digitalis.....hehehehehe

jo1955

I knew it was some kind of flower.

cmbear

Boy do I feel dumb! I wouldn't know a hollyhock from a foxglove if they both smacked me in the face!! Thank goodness for Google, now I know the difference!

jenn3

I was thinking the revealed picture looked like a Foxglove too - Beautiful. 

Welcome YaYa, sorry you have to be here, but you will find plenty of support.

Eli - I am doing better, have some energy.  I guess like we have all had with treatment, good and bad days.  Today was an excellent day!

YaYa5

thank you, everyone, for welcoming me here.  i'm actually a little older than the 60-ish.  i'm 65.  ugh. i'm having a pet scan and echo tomorrow morning and then waiting for the onco test to come back, hopefully by friday.  this waiting is so hard for me (and everyone else, i know).  i have so many questions and all i do is read, read, read about my her2+ diagnosis.  my onco told me last week that the onco test would be the last word, but he told me not to get my hopes up for just rads.  i've had two path reports that have both reported her2 positive and high ki-67, p53, grade 3 on one report, grade 2 on the other.  i'm scared, but taking it one day at a time.  (well, to be honest, i'm just plain scared out of my wits.)  thank you for your kindness here.

Eph3_12

i was the 1st to guess orchid, but I leave in the AM for a week @ the beach so I think someone else needs to post mystery pic!  See ya'll next Sunday sometime! 

elimar86861

YaYa5,  It is natural for chemo to strike fear into the hearts of B/C women.  No one is going to say it is a walk in the park, but about half of the ladies on this thread got through it, and if neccessary you will find your own courage also.  Waiting is so stressful.  My eye sockets were rimmed in red from all the internet reading I felt I had to read.  Well, I had to do something while I waited between treatments and I did learn a lot. 

elimar86861

Barbe, Eph was first with orchid but cannot fullfill her duty...

jo was first to say "exotic flower petal" and then next carolyn79 had "speckled pink lily."

So which do you think comes closest?  One of those two should post next week.

Barb58 does get a horticultural honorable mention for correctly pointing out that the reveal pic was foxglove tho' and not a hollyhock. 

Sherryc

YaYa I know the waiting is scarry.  I did not have chemo but my onco score was in the middle of intermediate and I remember how scarred I was during the time I was waiting to see if I needed chemo.  Ended up not having to have it.  We will pray for good results but if you have to have chemo lots of women here have done it and can give you wonderful support.

reesie

YaYa5 we don't card here. If we did we'd hire the bartender mentioned iin my post above. Some of us don't look like our ids right now anyway.



It's natural to be scared. We're here to help alleviate some of that fear for you. Or just to provide a distraction when needed.

LovesChristmas-Barb

Yaya...65? Wow...you look much younger than 65 in your picture. The waiting is torture. The petscan and echo weren't bad for me...hopefully, they won't be for you either. All I did for every free moment for weeks was read online. I actually found more help on these forums than anywhere else.

I was blessed to be able to skip the chemo and am now about one fourth of the way through radiation. We all definitely can relate to that scared feeling. I remember well for those first few weeks I would wake up in the morning and it would hit me all over again. It has gotten easier and I do actually have hours at a time when I don't think about it...

Paula66

Welcome YaYa.  Im sorry we all have to meet this way, but Im glad you found your way to us.  I to have read until I was stuffed with so much info.  The gals here are so helpful.  If you have a question someone here will sure try their best to help you.

 I'm getting baby fine hair, yipee!  You can see it.  I will have a new do by Christmas!  But the strange thing is all the fine hair I have growing all over my face.  I hope it will go away just like it does for newborns.  Im just greatful that its a very light color.  

I went swimming for the first time since I had the expanders put in.  I am still having issues with certain types of clothing, and swimsuits are one of them. I also like my strapless maxi dresses, but feel uncomfortable in them.  I still dont have much feeling in my chest area, so I am always afraid that the top is falling and that they will pop out.  I will get threw threw this but in time I will, but it has to be at my pace not some timeline. 

Have a great night all.

YaYa5

thanks once again, everyone, for your very helpful comments.  i'll be soooooo glad to get the pet scan over with.  i'm always afraid of things i've never had done, but i know it will be fine.  i've had all my grandchildren around me a lot recently and one of my sons is here on his way to DC moving from LA.  he wanted to plan his trip so he could go with me tomorrow.  awwww.  so many blessings in the mist of this fear.  i've been amazed at the good things that have happened just since dx. i'm truly blesed.  

cmbear

Welcome YaYa!! You are lucky to have family around! Take all the hugs and let them help the healing! You can always come here to chat when you need a giggle or to scream (cyber YELL!) or to find support. All our experiences are similar but unique---but we all understand that--and are here to share experiences as we travel this BC road. 

Paula--I remember when my hair first started growing back,yep fuzz on the face too. Don't notice it now. Do notice those three hairs on my chin that went away last year. YIPPEE. Until they came back. . . REALLY??!! Could have done without that regrowth!!! 

Meece

Hey, Elimar, any word about them fixing this thread?  I still start out on page 42, it's getting really old!