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My dear sisters!
I just read through all the posts I've missed since April!! IT is said we grow best through our pain ---- guess we're all growing a lot! Broken bodies, surgical repairs, graduating kids, promotions, trips, spa vacations... whew.
We are on an adventure for sure! DH took a part-time position as pastor for a little log-built church near the Trinity Alps wilderness in northern Calif. We are living in Coffee Creek - a community in the beautiful pine-filled mountains. There's a small mini-mart 8 miles south with 2 gas pumps and the nearest big town is almost an hour away (and only 3000 residents so it's not very big!).
A lot of retirees here, mixed with isolationists, & medical marijuana growers. Coffee Creek Elementary School (grades K-8) has 7 students this year!
Good news is that the local cafe that burned a couple years ago has been bought and rebuilt and we will soon have a pizza parlor in "town".
We are still in our trailer for now - but in the most beautiful, peaceful place you can imagine. Some artists own this property (over 100 acres) and have it designated as a bird sanctuary because that is there specialty for photos and paintings. They only come 2 weeks out of the year!!! The view from my trailer includes Waldo's pond (I named it for the turtle who lives there and the incredible peaceful place it is). We have a mix of pines and cottonwoods and lots of other trees on the property. I haven't even explored the whole place because I'm a bit timid of the bears and don't want to walk alone.
The church built a community center on their property and I've already started a once-a-week exercise group with 5 women (we walk and move with a DVD).
DH and I also already did a concert for the local Lions' club and had a great time singing country and bluegrass...
We spent an afternoon on Trinity Lake on a patio boat with a couple from the church. We've been to BBQ's and Mexican dinners and just are having a great time.
DH, unfortunately continues to have health issues, but for now, God's allowing him to teach/preach on Sundays and enjoy what we have.
We really couldn't be any place better!
And Mr. O'Riley agrees... our only neighbors have 3 big dogs who come to visit him regularly and he just thinks the pond is his big water dish.
Wish I could just bottle this up and send you all a bit of it.
No internet (SIGH) but we are visiting our son and DIL and of course 2 grandkids for a couple days. Jasper is now 10 months and standing up and so handsome!!!! So I'm staying up late while everyone else has gone to bed - taking advantage of the internet. I was surprised to see the change in the format and looks of it all...
Know I think of you all often. I did survive my 60th birthday, though I can't remember what I did! Oh yes!!! I went with 3 women to a garden party luncheon and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Mammo, DEXA, onc. visits all coming up within the month. Feeling good about it all.
love you! Vicki
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Ladies! I am breathing...barely...everything worked out ok. I got a clear mammo thanks for chanting Jane. And I narrowly escaped a murder trail for Jury duty, that darn defense attorney didn't like anybody, and it was close but I escaped!
Graduation was great weather worked out and no drama...Loyd Carr was the speaker (Coach for U of M0 and he was good too...not long winded and boring...all the other stuff worked out too. Now next Thursday is DD first part of State Board...keeping our fingers crossed she passes...the test was nearly 200 dollars and when we went shopping for supplies that was another 200...lord just let her pass.
Jane sorry about the hubby, but you sound happy and good. Yes I do remember being nervous about my new job, it is so validating to get promoted....
Patty can I get that book on my Kindle? The surgeon who did my lumpectomy told me the same stuff, he had been a doctor for a long long time..and you are right I am not going to complain about my ankles and knees either. Your spa trip sounds fabulous and enjoy your time while DS is at camp...I would give a lot to have the house to myself for an hour....I probably would think I died and went to heaven if I had a weekend to myself...
Vicki! That sounds wonderful, sorry about the DH health problems, but it sounds like there are some good and beautiful things happening.
Well for those of you who know NASCAR this weekends races are held about a half hour from my house, and anybody who is going... has to take Michigan Ave right through Saline, the town I live in....our main drag is bumper to bumper with RVs School buses with flames painted on them and loads and loads of vehicles with Ontario License plates....before moving here I NEVER would of guessed Canadians were such big NASCAR enthusiasts....go figure.
Anyway I didn't grow up like this community is....lot of John Deers in our parades, and tractor pulls at our fairs...but I really embraced it....I love Coors, NASCAR and Country Music...and I love a good tractor pull...guess it must have all grown on me...so tonight we are going up to take picture of all the NASCARS in the grocery store parking lot and maybe see Brad Keselowski..should be fun night
Hugs to all my sisters
Barbara
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Your description of Coffee Creek makes me want to park a trailer right next to yours, Vicki. It is so like you to have already started a class and given a concert and made friends all around.
I'm glad you made it through the graduation hoopla, Barbara. My son just finished 10th grade but the final few of weeks of school were crazy...trip to New York City, Prom, a camping trip, an all-night trip to Disneyland, awards ceremony, then graduation itself for his upper-classman friends. I had two extra teenage boys staying with us over Prom weekend, so that was fun. Fingers crossed that your DD passes her State Boards. DS is starting driver education courses this week. Gulp. Congrats on the clear mammo!
I've got a DEXA tomorrow morning. I have no idea how my bones are holding up but I'm not all that worried. I figure that I'm probably being monitored more carefully on the Femara than I would have been without it and I am definitely more conscientious about getting my calcium every day than I used to be. So BC may have done my bones a favor!
Patty
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I had my DEXA two days ago and got this email from my Onc today: "Bone Density unchanged since 5/2010. Good job!" YEAH!
Patty
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Patty!! Yay!!! So happy, no change there is good change :-) Man can I relate to you busy life with your DS. Drivers Ed, wow I remember that, and it wasn't long ago...you will live I did!
Thanks for the fingers crossed she passed part one...and wow what an ordeal. It was in Southfeild which I know means nothing to you all, but Ann Arbor is not conveniently located to Detroit or their network of freeways...so to go means your staying..This place was located on 8 mile, yes that famous rapper Eminem 8 mile, and believe me 8 mile is long, and there are good parts and bad parts, this was more like the Eminem movie side of 8 mile. We were pretty confident until some other girls showed up to take it, and had already failed once....I started mentally chanting Pass...Pass.. and the rules are you can't wait on the premises...so DH and I had to find something to do in Southfield for almost 4 hours....lets just say we were really glad we didn't get mugged.... or worse.
I chanted all the way home, and kept visualizing you ladies, my girlfriends and my coworkers chanting pass...pass..and we got home and logged onto her account and saw she had passed....i think we all shed a few tears, and then DH and I started drinking loads and loads of beer. :-)
So this Thursday is Part 2, same place, but doesn't take as long, if you all could chant pass-pass, Thursday I would really appreciate it..I really want her to have this chapter of her life complete and to be able to move on to job hunting, not to mention the cost of the test, taking time off work, driving to Southfield, and trying not to get mugged...pass pass..
Other than that, just trying to ignore the rumor mill at work, with all the restructuring...new college president...and waiting for my promotion to kick in July 1st.
Patty I started reading that book, it may be July or August before I can fully get through it, but it is good, thanks for the recommendation.
Trust me before you know it drivers ed will be over, and it will be something else to worry about, hugs to you, i so know what you are going through
Barbara
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Just checking in... not too many people posting regularly... that must be a good sign that we are moving onward?!?
Spending 3 nights with our grandkids as our son just had gallbladder surgery yesterday! He's 34 and was misdiagnosed way back in college with an "ulcer"!!! So his gallbladder was so diseased the dr. said they got it just in time or it would have burst. It was quite infected and he's having to stay 2 nights on IV antibiotics. We are helping with the kids and just being here at nights. He should come home tomorrow.
Other than that, life is good. I do have my mammo and bone scan scheduled for Monday... then a week later a visit with the Onc's Nurse.
So glad Patty that yours was good! And Barbara - congrats on your DD's test results - I'll be chanting here in Northern California for Thursday : )
.... keep on dancing!
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I'm baaccckkkk....
Holy Smokes..I think I jumped off the busy train but you all stayed on! So much news...JANE!!! Holy crap, I am so sorry about your fall. I don't know about other dr offices, but every time I have an appt, they ask me if I've fallen since my last appt (that started w/chemo). After my fall, I said, "Now I can say yes...I've fallen since my last appt"...which really wasn't a good thing, but it was just kinda funny to me (a twisted sister!). Anyhoo...I hope you're healing, or better yet...HEALED..and hope pt wasn't too painful. It can be a bugger but it's so necessary for you to have your range of motion back. And your poor daughter! Hope she is recovered as well. She's had her fair share of ouchies & hope this is the start of good health for her...and hubby...oh my! Aren't you glad you're not having to maneuver in a big house any more? I just saw some pictures of flooding in Florida...hope you escaped that!
I am so happy that people are having clear mammos and dexa scans! I'm at a feeling sad point...pity party, sorry
Every now and then it hits me that I went through all the treatments and still ended up w/#2. Seriously, I know it's cancer and you can't explain it but it still just stings. And I've been bad about my Vit B, Patty, and I know it and it's almost a defiant attitude on my part...how stupid is that. I religiously took my 2 caltrate in the am/2 in the pm...until I ran out and didn't buy more...about February. I've gained 16 pounds since my last diagnosis...breaking bones didn't help...omg, I'm sorry guys. Guess I've just had this pent up for awhile..bet you wish I'd have stayed away a little longer. My cousin was diagnosed w/multiple myeloma and is going through stem cell harvest and Seattle Cancer...I may see her today at my preop appt. And the head secretary at the school I retired from was just diagnosed w/lung cancer...and I'm feeling sorry for myself...ugh.BARBANNE..I'm probably late but strong thoughts for a PASS on that last test! If she passed #1..I would bet she's on her way to "show me the money!"...just tell her to not throw people's earrings away! I actually went back to that hairdresser yesterday and got a shorter cut, which makes my curls come out and will be easy w/surgery tomorrow (or easier for hubby, that is! Wash and wear). Congrats on your raise!!! Nice that they appreciate and reward hard work! Daugher will be working, you have a raise...I think you need a plane ticket to the west coast!!!!
Oh PATTY...I think of your handsome son and going to prom!!! Did it just seem surreal to you???? And having worked at a high school...the dresses those young ladies wear.. I think some of them cost as much as my daughters' wedding dresses...which makes me think of wedding season..and your business. I'm jealous of your spa vacation...did you go w/your traveling friend, or by yourself? I agree...you stay home for those 2 days and even though son is gone, you just look around at what you could get done, so good for you flying the coop. Where did you go??? We had a couple brief days of sunshine and it's back to fall again!
VICKILYNN...what good Grandparents you are! It's pretty awesome to be able to get grandbaby time...sorry your son had to get sick though! My MIL, SIL and BIL all had their gallbladders out..I guess it's sort of a genetic thing...so I remember hearing about the pain associated with it. I also remember the joy at their being able to eat sour cream after it was removed
I pray that Don will be free of pain...and maybe his being able to minister will help him. It sounds like you're doing all the right things to remove stress from your lives (except the staying away from bears part!). I could SO be your neighbor, except for being away from the kids. My daughter had to have a mammo and ultrasound last week for a lump and it turned out to be a cyst...until they called back on Monday saying they'd like the surgeon to just check it out. I'm so glad they're thorough and am thinking they may want to drain it. That's my medical expertise talking!NEECE...My son just got a new job w/an export/import company from Australia/New Zealand...GB or GP Logistics...something like that. They hired him away from the world's largest company, Vanguard, w/a bunch of $, car, etc., but he's just excited about bringing a whole new part of business to their company. Very proud of him and there may be a chance he travels to your neck of the woods. Hope you're well and enjoying school
GiLL...We were in Endicott & Pullman last weekend w/all the extended family. Our DS, DIL and beautiful Josie were with us and we played on my sister's Pullman farm...new pigs (one will be in our freezer in about 4 months), cows & new bottle-fed calves, my BIL's firetruck, it just couldn't have been a nicer weekend! I'll be recuping for a while with them so maybe we can meet sometime..I'd love that!
I want a new sofa!!! I need new furniture so badly but right now these grandkids are wreeking havoc on what I have. I thought Josie teething on the coffee table was so cute...now it's backhoe/bulldozers and sticky balls that leave greasy marks on the walls..and I just laugh and say, oh well!
OK...this post is probably a whole page long and I'm not done yet
Just want to let you know tomorrow is my Diep Flap 12 hour surgery. First will be taking the expander out...THANK GOD...then they'll take the other breast tissue, then cut from hip to hip, build new breasts (connecting the vessel system), pull my skin tight (the tummy tuck part!), put my belly button back (I hope they put it in the right place..LOL), stitch me back up and usher me to ICU for a couple of days w/a pain pump. Everyone that's had it done says to enjoy the pump! I'm pretty nervous but know I'll be in God's hands...and the very able hands of my kind doctors. I've waited so long for this and now...I wish I could run away...just joking (sort of!). I'm having a mammo on the real breast today, just to make sure there's no pathological surprise, and if any tissue has changed since last December, I'll have to have a sentinel node mapping done. So...if you've read this post (past the first paragraph!), please say a prayer for me...that my tissue is clear and that surgery will be a success, and that recuperating will go well....that's a lot to pray for, but I know you are my strength too..so I feel confident all will go well!Love you ALL...we'll talk soon...I'm hoping to have the computer after a couple days in the hospital. It's 1-2 days ICU (Patty, I'm pretending it's my spa get-away), and 3-5 more days in the hospital. Take care
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Ronnie - I've put your post on my bedtime reading list, but wanted to wish you good luck on your surgery right away. Keep pumping that pain med pump! And let us know how you are doing when you feel up to it. Here's to beautiful new boobs!
Barbara - I'm starting the "PASS, PASS, PASS" chant today!
Patty
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Vicki! prayers to your son glad he is on the mend, and good thoughts and chants for your Monday appointment!
Ronnie I'm with Patty, Here's to your beautiful new boobs and a very speedy recovery! I will tell my daughter to not throw away earrings, but she is the kind of person when you throw out something her first thought is, oh it must be sad, so I don't think that'll happen.
Patty thanks for chanting...Keep with me, Pass Pass.
Will post tomorrow!
Thanks ladies!
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She Passed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG Im happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Barbara -- Excellent news! I'm so glad you have a smart daughter!
Ronnie -- Got the message from Tom that your surgery was a success...hooray! I hope you are pumping those pain meds and on the mend quickly. Let us hear from you when feel up to checking in with the sista's.
I went to the most fantastic wedding over the weekend. It was a Hindu celebration. It started with the groom, in traditional Indian attire, arriving on a horse accompanied by his family and friends who were chanting and dancing. He was welcomed by the brides' family and then both families danced together to these driving drum beats. This was followed by an elaborate ceremony that was meaningful but light-hearted and the guests (all 300 of us!) were served food and refreshing drinks during the ceremony. After the ceremony was a cocktail party where we had drinks and more food. Then we went to the ballroom for the reception where there were even more cocktails, piles and piles of more food and dancing and all manner of frivolity. Between the colorful sari's the ladies all wore, the drop dead gorgeous flower arrangements and first rate decor, it was a stunningly beautiful event. I may never need to eat again!
Patty
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Sounds like quite an event Patty! DH is Indian (though grew up in England) and we had NONE of this traditional fanfare when we got married. It was a simple ceremony at the courthouse (in Moscow) with 2 witnesses and didn't tell anyone until after the event. We would not have been good for your business. However I now own several saris and other "costumes" so could make a show if necessary.
Tomorrow is 6 monthly oncology appointment.
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Hello SOSisters... would you believe I posted almost as long as Ronnie Kay's and lost it!!! Sorry I haven't posted in a while, didn't realize how long it had been. Arm is much better, doing physical therapy twice a week and getting better each time. DD is doing well, all recuperated from her surgery. DH is still having a few problems with the pulled hamstring, but is getting along much better. We had a hail storm here on Sunday and DH and I both have dents in our cars! We will have to get them repaired and drive a rental for a while. Good heavens, it is always something.
VickiLynn - I'm with Patty, and want to come and spend time in your wonderful world. You really should write books, your descriptions make me want to be there too! Sorry DS had to have gallbladder surgery, hope he is doing better. How is DH doing? How are those grandbabies, isn't it nice you can see them and they aren't half way across the country?
BarbAnne - I knew your mammo would be clear but I understand that until we read or hear the words "all clear" we are going to worry. Sounds like you have had a hectic few weeks. Know you are relieved the DD passed her tests. Any job prospects on the horizon for her? Will your promotion mean an entirely new job or more responsiblity with the one you were doing? Hope things have calmed down at your house.
Patty - glad you got the all clear. I'm hoping my bone scan will be no change since I'm on the Tomixfen. I go next month for mammo, bone scan and pap. Oh joy! How is your summer going? What is DS doing with his time? Grandson has a little part time job helping a contractor do small jobs. He doesn't work all the time, but just the occasional job to have a little pocket change. Can't believe he's old enough to work!
RonnieKay - where have you been? We have missed you and your wonderful posts. I had to laugh when I read about them asking at appointments if you had fallen. At Duke when I went for my appointment, I had just fallen that morning and answered yes. I had to walk around all day with a wrist band that say "fall risk"! Now that I'm very close to the big "60" I'm thinking I need one of those things to go around my neck so I can summon help
I think if any of us are entitled to the occasional pitty party it would be you. I don't think anyone should have to go through this crap period, let alone twice! We are all anxiously awaiting news on how your surgery went, hope you can let us know soon!Gilly - how did your appointment go?
Well Ladies, I hope all of you have a wonderful 4th of July. We are going to have a quiet one, DD is working so we will go get the grandkids and bring them over here. Have a new Wii game to play - sounds pretty darn exciting doesn't it? I think I am really ready to go on a nice, relaxing vacation.
Thoughts and prayers are with you.
Jane
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OH CRAP...Jane, I just lost my post too...hadn't gotten too far but it still makes me mad.
Hoping for good tests Gill, so excited for your DD BarbAnne (we knew she'd pass!), excited you had a marvelous Indian wedding experience, Patty (have promised my favorite TA from secretary days that I'll attend her wedding in India-hopefully not for a while-with an Indian suit from the silk she brought me after her first year in dental school there), Jane-I'm so sad about your beautiful car getting banged up again but happy for your healing arm.
Just wanted to give you all an update..I was glad Tom let you know how the surgery went. I made it great, I think. Quite a bit of bruising (a little hematoma under the fresh mastectomy side, which will subside). I was in ICU two days and then the regular room, where they decided Monday, my birthday, that I was ready to go home. I was nervous but was doing well so...off I went. I've recuped well and didn't need pain pills, just Tylenol, after day 3 at home. I got the last 2 stomach drains out at my appt today (the boob drains came out before I came home...thank heavens, I hate them so). So, check up went well today, until my plastic surgeon sat down and gave me the news that the pathology report had just returned, showing there had been DCIS in the same side as the 2 previous sites. I was completely stunned, as were they. Seems it was in the scar from the mastectomy last June. Now my multidisciplinary team will get back to work on me-again-to try to determine the next course of action. The spot was 2 mm-tiny-but the fact that it was a complete unknown, and that the clear margins are only 1 mm-again, tiny (they of course would have taken more had they known), makes it a different problem. You guys, I'm so sick of this. I know I'll be strong and blah, blah, blah, but it just fucking sucks-sorry
Guess my genes aren't going to give me a break. Thankfully these are pretty smart people...just wish I was the project that makes them smarter. Anyhoo...love you all. -
To my dear sister Ronnie... Just know we will be here. Words cannot express the deep, deep sorrow I am now feeling for you. I am going to stop typing and crying and just pray for you.
Much love, Vicki
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First off thanks to Vicki for letting me know about the
post, I am not on often enough and I am glad I know so I can start praying.Ronnie- I know we have never meet in person but I can always
feel your spirit coming right through...I am sending you big gentle hugs and know
when you close your eyes know that I am thinking of you and sending you super
calm and positive vibes. I do not get emotional over much....except those damn animal
shelter commercials...but I am at my desk fighting off the tears because I feel
for you so much...Hugs and more hugs. Keep us posted
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Oh Ronnie...like Barbara I'm sitting here aboslutely stunned and fighting back tears. I just can't imagine how stunned (and tearful) you must be. This disease abosolutely does suck. And to get hit with it THREE times..well...words fail me. Let's focus on the fact it is DCIS and itty bitty. Hopefully they won't need to attack it with the big guns again! You are in my thoughts and prayers. ((((hugs)))))
Patty
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My dear dear Ronnie Kay. I don't know what to say. I'm like the rest of our sisters and just stunned. I will be praying for you. Please let us know what is going to happen and know that we are all here for you. Love you!
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My Dearest Sisters,
I have goooooooood news. I saw the surgeon yesterday afternoon and literally, I felt like life started anew! He came in, shared what the pathology report had said, and just continued on saying there was nothing to worry about, the cell was microscopic dcis and he said it'd probably been there since the mastectomy last year and I probably would've lived the rest of my life with it there...the better part being that it was now gone. I can't tell you how - A...I didn't believe him B...We peppered him with every "what if" imagineable C..I decided I liked what he was saying and I was running with it! He said that he (unlike the plastic surgeon), has seen this before, that scar tissue has a tendency to be a place cells bury into (obviously..which is what happened with my 2nd occurance), but that my breast tissue was cleaned out and so....all I can say is...THANK GOD!!! He also said that if I want him to tell me I'll never get cancer again....period...he can't say that, he can't tell any of his patients that...but that he is confident this is not something to be concerned about. He meets w/the rest of the SCCA team tomorrow and will call me. Otherwise, he'll see me in 6 months...and then...I'm done with him.
I want you all to know that your posts meant so much to me!!!! Through sharing with family and only close friends, the awful news, I knew that what I needed to hear was from you. You and I have been through all of this together, you understand, you're honest, you're my spirit and my strength. Not that my Lord and family aren't my rocks as well....but somehow, you mean the world to me....and I know I do to you. There was a day and 1/2 that I looked at my body in the mirror, sliced across from hip to hip, breasts bruised and swollen...and I just cried wondering why I had put myself in that position...wanting the breasts gone. Suddenly, I have hope again and I feel whole.
Thanks dear Sisters, I love you and am sorry to have worried you.....Blessings to ALL!!!!
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What great news - yeah!!!!
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Ronnie Kay - that's wonderful news. You have been on my mind constantly since you posted your news. I am so happy for you. Celebrate, we will say a thank you in our prayers tonight!
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Ronnie!!!!!!!!! i am so happy Yay!!!! I really hopr Vicki gets online soon so she can see too.
Gil hope your six month went well.
Patty that wedding sounds fabulous. I love food, especially savory vegetarian food, I just wish i could digest quicker and eat! Ahh the things we have left over from chemo
Jane glad your family is on the mend. My daughter is going next week to a spa to see if they will hire her for an apprenticeship position..keeping fingers crossed.
Hugs all around
Barbara
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Hooray for your absolutely great news Ronnie! We can all breathe again. It is fate...your wanting your breasts gone led to that last teeny bit of cancer being evicted. Adios MF! Now you can focus on healing and loving your new breasts and flat stomach.
Patty -
Hello Sisters..... I am on vacation this week and have managed to stay on my feet. We went to the beach with the kids on Saturday for my birthday and played like kids in the water. We were exhausted, everyone a little red but me. I kept putting on lotion but somehow managed to get sunburned on my left foot! Went to see the surgeon yesterday. I know I am the only one who hasn't had her port removed but my onc insisted I wait and after my little hospital stay last year I was sort of glad it was there. Anyway, have an appointment to have it removed on 8/15.
I am so glad everyone has checked in, hate the reason we all checked in but I firmly believe part of RonnieKay's good news was her sisters praying for her!
Take care. Thoughts and prayers are with you.
Jane
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Rejoicing with Ronnie!!!!
I am so "after the fact" here - but I am here!
I had my 6 mo. onc. visit, bone density and bone scan. Other than definite osteoporosis and continuingly deteriorating arthritis, "I'm in good shape for the shape I'm in." (A quote from my dear Gramma Elta)
I'm on a borrowed computer and must end this now...
Know that I love you all and again:
REJOICING!!!!!!!
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Hey Vicki any Rejoicing is good rejoicing. Congrats on the in good shape report.
Jane my feet always end up getting the burn too, or my back, but usually its my feet..can't figure that one at all.
Glad everyone is apparently well.
Restructuring still going on at work, its stressful, but I try to just keep my head down and keep a positive attitude.
Love to my sisters
Barbara
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Good morning SOSisters....can you believe it's already August? Every year around this time I take the grandkids to get school supplies and lunch. Started when they were in kindergarten and now their in high school. I am getting so old! I have port removal, pap, mammo and dexa scan this month. Lucky me.
Hope all of you are enjoying your summer. Now that all of you have gotten great results the rest of the summer should be a joyful time.
Thoughts and prayers are with you. Take care.
Jane
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Had a wonderful evening last night...
Our "landlords" who have only been here for 4 days this summer (and have already left this morning) are wildlife artists from Taiwan. We had steamed fresh trout (caught on their pond) cooked Chinese style for a late dinner. Then we were treated to the arrival of 2 foxes in their yard... and watched the wildlife photographer come to life. They had set up the backyard with floodlamps in anticipation of the foxes so were ready with cameras inside when they arrived. Beautiful gray foxes that normally Mr. O'Riley would be chasing away...
Then this morning, the landlords were gone and left us a beautiful set of 12 bone china mugs with his artwork (watercolors of birds from around the world)! Too beautiful to serve coffee in!!!!
I'm in my friend's cool basement doing laundry and catching up on all things internet.
So glad to hear good reports from so many.
JANE - hoping to be rejoicing with you too after your tests!
BARBARA - hoping that the stress at work can be left at work!
EVERYONE ELSE - hoping you'll all check in soon.
Vicki
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Vicky your evening with the foxes sounds remarkeable. The only creatures visiting my back yard right now are the moles. I've been having some work done on the landscaping and I think they are popping up to see what's going on.
Good luck with your tests, Jane. I hope the port comes out easily and heals quickly. I went back to school shopping with DS this afternoon and wish I hadn't. Teenagers!
Stay cool everyone!
Patty
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Hello SOSisters..... glad to hear all is well with everyone. Today I had mammo, pap and bone density. I have osteopenia in my hips but spine is great. So here is a question - I'm now going every six months for mammo - every other one just for my left breast. Today the lady took 2 regular sets of each breast then proceeded to take another 6 more of my left breast. Needless to say I'm a tad sore. She said it is a new guideline they have to follow for all breast cancer patients. Anyone else doing this? I go for my deporation next Wednesday. In the interim DD had a biospy on Tuesday for her tyhroid. Did I all ready tell you she has 3 masses in her thyroid, one the size of a golf ball and 2 smaller ones. She can use one on your wonderful chants!
Vickilynn - how wonderful to have such great landlords. You have the most descriptive way of telling us things that makes us feel like we were right there with you. I would have said, we saw two foxes! Glad you are able to get on the internet and check in with us.
Patty - I am taking grandaughter for pedicure, lunch and then shopping for some clothes next Thursday. We will have a good time but she is now almost 14 so has a definite opinion on what she wants. I think we'll have a good time. Grandson could care less believe or not, he's happy with whatever he gets except shoes.
RonnieKay - where are you girl? We miss you when you don't post. Are you all healed? Have you purchased a bikini? Give us details!!
BarbAnne - so here it is, time for school again. How is the new job? Did DD get her job?
Take care. Thoughts and prayers are with you!
Jane
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