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  • iatigger
    iatigger Member Posts: 447
    edited December 2012

    Eph Have a great cruise! We have done the Western Caribbean twice. Once on our 10yr and 20 yr anniversaries and loved it both times.

    Love the pics Eli! Don't think my cats would be that patient to get a pic.

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  • luvmygoats
    luvmygoats Member Posts: 2,942
    edited December 2012

    Elimar - Those hats have to be photo shopped in. With 4 of them one would surely be eating the other's hat. I do have a pic of my first 4 goats in T shirts. I think I had clipped them for a show and was afraid they would be cold (2001 hard to remember). I have been known to put toddler Ts/sweatshirts on babies (6 lbs or so) but not so much now. I wait until March to kid them out. Those in the pic are Boer goats BIG honkers (bucks 240 lbs) used for meat but these appear to be does (have udders). Mine are closer to big dog size 60-70 lbs and use dog crates in the pickup. Might have to get a Christmas hat and try to get some pics.

    We are having a west Texas style dust storm blowing in a cold front. Afraid of grass fires and TX is soooo dry.

    Hope your chemo killing partner is behaving tonight.

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited December 2012

    Isn't it just uncanny how I knew she would dress those goats up!   LaughingMoney MouthTongue Out

    ---------------------------------------------

    Speaking of mystical knowledge:  Today when I saw my MO, I was posing the question on whether I would have bone pain (pelvis) that lingered on for some years (similar to the two years of rib pain after breast rads.)  Honest question, right?  My RO answered that since with the surgery, they go down to the chest wall, it is hard to say whether that lingering soreness would have been the result of the surgery or the rads.  He said, "There is just no way to know."  (Will it just never end that they don't admit anything is the fault of their treatment?)  I just had to reply, "Oh but I know."  Then, as he exited, he got in a little digger.  "I forgot, you know everything, don't you?" he said.  I let him have his small victory, secretly finding that comment just hilarious.  He may think he got off calling me a know it all, he may have the medical degree, but who inhabited this body all these years?   Maybe I do know a little more about it than he does, and shouldn't I?

    He had just told me I could take Monday off if I wanted to, so I couldn't give him an indignant attitude after that.

    It was a good thing I did not squander my indignance so early in the day, because it came in handy later in the afternoon.  I got a call from the surgeon's office, not from his nurse but another nurse making the call for her, to tell me the results of my PET scan.  The one I had back on Nov. 28.  The one that surgeon's nurse told me she would call me on as soon as she got the results.  The one that my RO's nurse discussed the results with me on Nov. 29 and I had a hard copy in my own hand from the imaging center on the 30th.  Here it was TWENTY TWO days later that someone calls from the surgeon's office with results on the test HE ordered.   Hey, it's ONLY a test to find out if I had mets or not...no biggie.  (Please read that last sentence with the extreme sarcasm with which I wrote it.)  Yes, I did go on record with a few statements of feedback over that ridiculous oversight.

    No, I did not "go off" on the nurse that did call.  She ended up being both apologetic and sympathetic to me AND she ended up being the nurse of new, young, robot doctor whom I hope will be doing my surgery.  I think we are BFFs now.

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited December 2012

    Enter young robot doctor at Elimar's bedside...

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited December 2012

    You must have missed the part where it was previously revealed that he is far from being a hottie and also has little skill at human interaction (no doubt from keeping company with too many robots.)   Those qualities don't rule out the possibility of him being a good surgeon.  I'm keeping my hope alive.

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited December 2012

    This must be him, notice the condescending sneer?

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited December 2012

    Pretty darn close, Meece.

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited December 2012

    You can always imagine bad breath.

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  • Hopeful-1
    Hopeful-1 Member Posts: 72
    edited December 2012

    I need help with an issue so I'm reaching out to the the fellow BC survivors.

    As if fighting breast cancer wasn't enough, I'm now fighting for a healthy workplace.  How can someone bully a cancer survivor!  Unbelievable, but it's true! Stress is the last thing that I need. 

    Please help by signing the petition to help pass this the Healthy Workplace bill in Maryland: www.change.org/petitions/maryl...

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  • barsco1963
    barsco1963 Member Posts: 2,119
    edited December 2012

    Eph - You will no doubt be thinking of your mom no matter where you are at Christmas time. It is one of the toughest times of the year. My mom has been gone for 11 yrs now, she was the one who put Christ in Christmas for us all - still miss her terribly. Have a wonderful cruise with DD - I am sure that your mom will be travelling beside you sharing the adventure. ((hugs))

    Eli - so glad to hear the your mouth sores are healing so well and that you are able to get back to the task at hand. I bet you and Tiny Tim make a wonderful pair - remember that good things come in small packages!

    Tab55 - enjoy your time in Canada - depending on where you are going, you may find that we are not frozen over totally. We are experiencing above normal temps, no snow, where I live.

    Safe travels everyone!

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  • TAB55
    TAB55 Member Posts: 198
    edited December 2012

    Barsco: Thanks for the warm wishes, but the forecast high for Christmas eve in Kingston is 14°F!  That's too d@mn cold for me!

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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited December 2012

    yes barsco, thank you for your sentiments.  Today is my last day of work until Jan 3 '13-Whoopee!!!!! I am going to be meeting 1 of my chemo angels on the 30th-back in '09 she kept me supplied with funny cards, care packages & good wishes.  If you are actively receiving chemo, you should look up & sign up with "chemo angels" at   http://www.chemoangels.net/

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  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 5,938
    edited December 2012

    Eph have a great time, TAB55 that is too darn cold for me too.

    eli glad your mouth sores are getting better. Can't believe it took so long for the Surgeons office to call you but at least you made a new BFF

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  • heartnsoul76
    heartnsoul76 Member Posts: 1,648
    edited December 2012

    Well, ladies.  Doomsday is drawing nigh and I've found everything you need to know to survive the Apocalypse!  Besides preparing you for the end of the world, there is an interactive guide with interesting factoids about all thing apocalyptic:

    http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/doomsday-stock-up-and-bunker-down/story-fncynkc6-1226541346808

    Eph - I hope you got travel insurance in case it's the end of the world and you don't get to take your trip!

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  • barsco1963
    barsco1963 Member Posts: 2,119
    edited December 2012

    Tab - minus 14 - yikes! Kingston is quite a bit farther North than where I am. Wear your woolies!

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited December 2012

    I'm two days late in posting this since I had my 14th day of rads yesterday (and that's HALF WAY) but here goes:

    BY THE 12TH DAY OF TREATMENT THE DOCTORS GAVE TO ME

    12 painful mouth sores

    11 different denials

    10 nights a-tossing

    9   days a-napping

    8   scans, some glowing

    7   lame prescriptions

    6   ft. of tubing

    5   punc-tured-veins

    4   pompous looks

    3   disgusting drinks

    2   chemo bags

    and a burn in the crack of my a$$

    Feel free to adapt that last one to fit the breast cancer treatment experience if you wish.

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  • barsco1963
    barsco1963 Member Posts: 2,119
    edited December 2012

    Eli - your sense of humour never ceases to amaze! Congrats on the half way mark!

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  • TAB55
    TAB55 Member Posts: 198
    edited December 2012

    Eli: Thanks for the laugh!  You know how to embrace life's challenges!

    Barsco: I'm packing woolies, long underwear, boots, scarf, hat, gloves and warm thoughts.  I just hope it's enough.

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited December 2012

    To all those going North and all those going South, happy holidays and safe travels.  Same to you East and West go-ers.

                                                        

    And the ones who are staying put, I imagine we'll be having are holidays here together online, so I need some help decorating.

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited December 2012

    Oh yeah, and I post this every year (probably because I can't resist making a couple every year.  No one trusts me with actual scissors.)

                                                                                         MAKE-A-FLAKE

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited December 2012

    TAB, now that I have my winter "fur" I am going out in just a sweater. Too hot in the car with a coat and then walking around a mall dragging a coat is, well, a drag! It takes a couple of weeks to get used to it, but we are just at 0 degress C, which is 32F. As it gets colder I'll start to wear a jacket. I laugh when people start wearing scarves in October! Like, what are they going to do when it gets REALLY cold!!

    e-glad you are healing!!

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited December 2012

    Okay, El~, you are now totally responsible for me getting a late start on my shopping day.  (It doesn't take much to distract me)

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  • barsco1963
    barsco1963 Member Posts: 2,119
    edited December 2012

    Meece - curiousity got the best of me as well. Had to try it out. Those scissors must be child proof - took me a minute to figure out how to use them.

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  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 19,483
    edited December 2012

    MAybe they were lefties, because I also had to take time to figure them out.

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  • mumito
    mumito Member Posts: 4,562
    edited December 2012

    oh Eli love your version of the 12 days.We need our sense of humour it realy helps to get through it all.(hugs)

    We made it to Montreal just as the snow storm started here.Not fun for me anymore.I plan to enjoy alot of vino durring the company xmas party tomorrow night.Just hope the roads are ok on Sunday when we head back to Toronto.

    Happy holidays ladies.

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  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 5,938
    edited December 2012

    Eli love your sense of humor and the snowflake thing was fun

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited December 2012

    Is it wrong to re-gift  some of my "Look Good, Feel Better" make-up to my son's girlfriend? 

    My days of liquid paint-on black eyeliner are long past.

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  • Outdamnedspot
    Outdamnedspot Member Posts: 297
    edited December 2012

    Elimar, I don't see anything wrong with re-gifting. I can't see wasting and if you're not going to use it, why not? If the packaging is intact and it looks new, who's going to know?

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  • Loral
    Loral Member Posts: 932
    edited December 2012

    If it's never been opened it's fine to re-gift, but I still love my black eyeliner at the ripe young age of 51, pencil not liquid.

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  • firework1068
    firework1068 Member Posts: 160
    edited December 2012

    Merry Christmas All,

    I know everyone will be busy this weekend on so I wanted to send out my Holiday wishes to all of you now. Best of health and happiness in 2013!



    Peace~Hope,

    Lorraine

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