thread for middle age to older Christian women.

PauletteK

Chris, pray that you don’t have UTI and

Pray for Dianne breast burning would stop.

Thanks God answer my prayers, I have a peaceful day and nothing major that I can’t handle.

Dear Father I got the good news about my flexitouch pump is on the way, thank you Lord. You always look after us.

Amen.

Have a good night my pink sisters!

Paulette

bandwoman1234

I today am thankful for Linda Warden. This was the person that was bold enough to not let me say no to the invitation to this church camp which I did NOT want to go to at all. I was 21 and a crew boss driving a corn detasseling machine for my summer job. I had a crew of six girls I had to pick up very really early every morning. That was not an easy task. Linda kept bugging me over and over again about this camp and I finally gave in and said okay, I will go. I was not happy about that decision but went anyway. It was at this camp that I prayed with this pastor and accepted Jesus as my savior. My life was forever changed. The sad part of all of this is I had gone to church my whole life. My mom was a Sunday school teacher and my Dad was an usher. Church was our lives but unfortunately it was a church that really did not preach the necessity of salvation and asking Jesus in our lives as our personal savior. Is there a difference? I cannot even begin to tell you how my life changed. The next day I had a burning desire to read the Bible. I had never had that before even though I had memorized my fair share of verses. God became the pilot of my life that day and there was never any looking back. So today I am thankful for this young gal who would not take no for an answer and was persistent knowing how my life could change if I said yes to her invitation that summer of 1972. There was a domino effect in my immediate family and my parents and sister eventually came into this personal relationship with Jesus as well. My family changed to this pastor's church and he made an imprint on all of our lives that changed us all forever.

Love,

Nancy

Lita57

I am grateful that I accepted the Lord into my heart at vacation bible school when I was 9 year old.

My life was forever changed. Who knows where I'd be if I hadn't accepted Him 50 years ago?

L

auroaya200882

Nancy that’s a wonderful story about your conversion. Praise the Lord!

I’m doing alright. Tuesday will be my daughter’s surgery please continue to pray. Tomorrow I see my oncologist he will tell me how are my tumor markers doing. I expect he’ll say I’m doing alright and to stay the course. I wish I could skip chemo and go on something less aggressive but as long as I’m ok I’ll follow whatever he says. I will ask for a scan just to be able to actually SEE how’s the cancer doing but again I’ll follow the doctor’s orders.

I pray for all of you each time I read.

Aurora

HersheyKiss

I am grateful that the Lord led me to this forum. Dear ladies, your words inspire and encourage me. Thank you for that!

bandwoman1234

Loving the Philippians banners, Paulette and Hershey.

I am thankful for the fall colors which in our area are really starting to pop or what is left of them. On Wednesday my beautiful red maple leaves were mainly on the ground. This is not my photo as I use a different computer for my photography and have my devotions on this computer but here is a stunning photo that someone took of beautiful fall colors. I am much more aware of God's beauty now that I am into photography. Below is an example of that.

Let's remember to pray for Mags today. This is the day of her husband's funeral. I pray that the Lord will give her strength to get through all of the emotional demands of this day and of the days to come. God Bless you dear sister with comfort that only He can give.

Aurora, continued prayers for your daughter for her surgery on Tues. and for a good report from your doctor.

Faith, praying for a good lung scan report.

Lita, praying that you have good pain control and comfort during these difficult days.

Praying for all of you dear sisters who are dealing with so many things that could easily defeat you if you let down your guard. Remember the sword of the spirit is the word of God. Quote all of those scripture that you know will speak to YOUR situation. Philippians is a great place to switch gears in your mind from negative to positive.

Love,

Nancy

auroaya200882

Hi everyone, report from my doctor. Not good news the tumor markers have been increasing since September ad he’s taking me off the chemo. He also ordered a CT scan for next Wednesday and a new appointment on Friday to gooverthr results of the scan. On my last San they found lesions on my liver it the TMs were doing fine so we continued. Mos probably I’ll be put on Ibrance or Ibrance like medicine plus Faslodex. I actually like that combo and it means no chair for me and hopefully get my hair back! That would be awesome! He asked how I felt and I said fine. Thank God I haven’t had painful symptoms except for sciatica once. Well that’s the news not good not bad I guess.

Praying everyone has a pain free we k nd. Prayers for Mags as she says farewell to her loving husband may God give her the strength and comfort she needs in this hour.

Aurora

Ade

Aurora, may the Lord use your new treatments to COMPLETELY rid your body of cancer, never to return, to His glory!

Praying for dear Mags as this HAS to be such a difficult day. May the Lord grant her the strength to get through it and abundant love from friends and family now and in the future.

Hershey, I agree. We are blessed to be sisters with the women here!

Faith, may the results be GOOD ones and the Lord grant you peace in the meantime.

Lita, we ALL are lifting you up to the Lord. Praise the Lord He lets you feel our love and prayers for you.

Nancy, I love the fall banner. It reminds me of the time James & I fell in love in the fall of 1969. What a glorious time that was for us!

How is your mom's moving issue coming along? We have been caring for an elderly couple who go to our church & have no local family for quite some time. She has dementia which is progressing and recently fell and had to have surgery for a broken hip. We have been trying to tell him that they really need assisted living (as their kids - from afar - have been saying too) but he stubbornly refuses. He is getting worse mentally & physically too and since we don't LIVE with them we are really concerned. Well, he fell getting out of the shower and broke a bone in his wrist & got 2 black eyes and a busted nose. Sad, but the Lord used that to FINALLY get the point to him that they do need more help than we can give at this point. He is making plans now to move to an assisted living RV park in Livingston (They live in an RV & he refused to give it up.) So we pray they get accepted. They submitted the application & now have an interview. It is just amazing how the Lord works things out. This will take SO much stress off of us.

Praying for you all with love,

Ade

bandwoman1234

Aurora, I hope that the new scans will not be an issue. I hope you get a new treatment which will work wonders and without bothersome SE's.

Ade, here is what I have been up to lately. I discovered this waterfall not too far away from my house so i have visited this place several times in the last couple of weeks. Going exploring with my camera helps me deal with the stress of my mom's situation. We are still dealing with snakes in her basement and have not found anything that is working so far. It is frustrating but God has used those snakes for good before and I hope that it will come into play regarding my mom and her living situation. We are still on a waiting list and still waiting. I am hoping my mom can have one more Christmas in her home so we will see. My sister needs a foot surgery and was hoping to do that in the winter. That would add a whole new layer of complication if she couldn't help out my mom when I am not there and we still didn't have a place for my mom.

I have heard similar situations where God allowed a fall or something like you mentioned to solve the crisis of going into a facility. I have never heard of an RV assisted living park. That sounds very interesting. I hope that will work out for this couple. You could certainly use LESS stress in your life. Praying that James can hang in there until he gets these shots.

I am battling with my insurance now again to get my night meds approved. Because of my AI my insomnia is really bad. I have gone through this for several years and God has made a way for me in this. I am praying that he will again. I will see my pcp this coming week and discuss this with him. It is so frustrating dealing with all of this and we have all been through it I imagine.

I pray for a good weekend for all of you dear sisters and a good night's sleep.

Love,

Nancy

PauletteK

I have my last chemo today and I didn’t cry. I thought I would but I guess I have cried enough the last few months. I’m here to thanks God to be on my side and watched over my shoulders. Thanks my dear husband who taken care of me with out any unhappiness. Thanks all my real friends and friends here to give me supports. I can’t do this alone. Thank you so much !!

Faith-840

Tonight, I am grateful to have a place to come to ask for more prayers. The results from my CT scan showed an area of concern that needs to be looked at more closely. My MO said I could wait and have another scan in 8 weeks to see if it grows more or have a broncoscopy biopsy. I choose to have the biopsy as the waiting is awful for me. It could still be inflammation so I will hold onto that thought but if it's the cancer growing again, then we need to decide if I go back on the Ibrance or move onto something else. Unfortunately the timing is not very good as I need to reapply for Ibrance help from Pfizer by Nov. 15th. I received the notice a few weeks ago but the MO didn't think it would be necessary so I set it aside, and it may not be. However, I'd like to be prepared in case he decides to use it again so I need to get all my paperwork together in a hurry. So please pray for me as I'm feeling very stressed right now.

I am also praying for all of you also going through so many trials. We surely need Jesus in our lives all the time.

Love and prayers,

Faith.

bandwoman1234

To Paulette for finishing chemo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU DID IT!!!!!

PauletteK

Thank you Nancy!!

Dear Father, please comfort Faith, blessed Faith have the good results from her tests.

Amen

bandwoman1234

As I was having my devotions recently I was reading a devotional that said Jesus is the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings but He is also our FRIEND. When the realization of that truth soaked into my heart and mind I was overcome with God's presence. Today I am thankful that Jesus is not this far away idea in our heads but a very real presence in our hearts.

This banner is taken from the 6th chapter of Matthew which is a whole paragraph on worry. I think for most of us we would admit that this is probably in our top things that are issues in our lives.

We do not know what our future holds for any of us. God has numbered out days and we must trust in that. Surrendering our whole life to God is so difficult but something we each must do every day. The tighter we hold on to things the harder it is when we lose them. Everything we have is God's. That is still a reality that I have to wrap my head around continually.

Faith, we are all fervently praying for you during this difficult time.

Neverforsaken (Lisa), you are more than likely still in the shock phase of being newly diagnosed into stage four and even started your treatments before you were even prepared for that. We pray for you as you navigate this new road you are on.

As some of you are ending your treatments like Paulette and some of you may be in treatment for years it is like my pastor has said so many times from the pulpit. For some of you it may be the best day of your life and for some it may be the worst. He said we need to be sensitive to that always. So as we celebrate with Paulette and grieve for Mags's loss it is all in God's plan for us.

There is no place in the Bible that says life ain't for sissies BUT it does say we will have trouble in this world. I think in my mind that may mean the same thing.

For so many of you going through uncertainties and enormous stress from scans and future tests and future surgeries and challenges with your spouses or children and dealing with the SE's of your treatments we are praying for you. The Lord will not let you fall. He will keep you. Run to Jesus. Tell him how scared and worried you are. He will comfort you.

Love you dear sisters.

Nancy

PauletteK

Thank you Nancy, you said it well. I try to count my blessings in the morning, thanks God gave me a wonderful peaceful day. Thanks him for the sunshine we have, and the fresh air,

We ask you Heavenly Father please ease the pains from the pink sisters, Lita and Debbie, guide the uncertainty ones Faith HapB and the other give them the clear picture.

In Jesus name, Amen.

Dear sisters have a wonderful Saturday!

Ade

Beautiful words and waterfall pic, Nancy . Thank you for your Godly response to so much anxiety and suffering and sorrow shared here. You encourage us all to keep our focus on the Lord, where it belongs.

I just wanted to share this magnificent creature with you all. He came in with 10 others for a corn snack tonight.

IntoLight

Congratulations Paulette! You persevered through it and deserve the highest acclamation for your accomplishment!!! We all know what it means...

A nice old man came up to me in the hallway of the hospital one day not too long ago and proudly showed me, a total stranger, his congratulations certificate for finishing his chemo. I was struck that I would never go off any medicine without divine intervention from our most Holy God. I was so happy for him, but once back in my car I cried all the way home. This is not a negative on Paulette's accomplishment knowing the devastating days of chemo, but is just a thought on how the slightest things can set us off. I am praying daily for each of us and the celebrations that are so special.

bandwoman1234

Thank you Ade for your encouragement to me and to all here. What a beauty. Love that deer! Thanks for sharing the beautiful photo. I continue to pray for you and James.

Love,

Nancy

bandwoman1234

Chris, I didn't realize you had posted as we must have been typing at the same time. I am keenly aware of what you have shared. We have things in our lives that cause joy in some and sadness in others. For women who cannot have children it may be very difficult for them to truly rejoice at a baby shower. So I do get what you are saying. This particular thread has attracted many stage four sisters over the last several years. Even though we are not a stage four thread per se the majority of women are in that category especially as of late. The fact that I have not had the privilege to post a Congratulations banner for a long time is evidence of that.

I am one of the few that are not stage four here and I cannot possibly understand what it feels like to be in the shoes of the ladies who are but I am very sensitive to that and for whatever reason the Lord has wanted me to stay on this thread to be a prayer warrior and an encourager.

Chris has said it very poignantly and honestly how things can trigger emotions. It is similar in grieving the loss of a loved one and I guess the tears are really just that except for grieving for yourselves.

I pray for you special women all the time and I pray that one day we will all get to rejoice together in heaven where we can meet and share and laugh and maybe even dance for joy.

Love,

Nancy

PauletteK

Intolight

Here is my certificate

bandwoman1234

You look beautiful Paulette. Congratulations again!

Love,

Nancy

HersheyKiss

Congratulations, Paulette! You've crossed a significant finish line. I'm so very happy for you.

PauletteK

Thank you Ladies,

Thanks God for taking care of me.

Paulette

Teka

Paulette,

Prayers of joy!

ladyb1234

Paulette, congrats and prayers of support and encouragement.

bandwoman1234

GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS AS WE HONOR THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE THIS WEEKEND.

Almer

Happy Sunday!

I haven't been on here for a while and am catching up. I just finished dose 3 of 12 Taxol infusions after completing 4 rounds of A/C. Taxol is much more tolerable although I do get some side effects such as bone and muscle pain and fatigue. The pain doesn't last more than a few days, though, and I thank God for that. Prayer request: I'm getting a bit of a cold shoulder at work lately because the nurses I work with, most of them much younger than me seem to think I should be tolerating things much better than I am and shouldn't need time off from work. I thought I was doing well working 8 out of 10 days on average. They complain I am not doing my fair share of work although I'm doing all I can. I would love to take some time off but don't have that option unless I qualify for Short Term Dsability which is doubtful. I work full time but the guidelines say I have to show that I cannot to my job due to my diagnosis. I can, but on a part-time basis.

Anyhow, this might not all make sense but please pray for favor regarding getting at least partial disability.

Thank you all. Good to catch up.

God is good ALL THE TIME!

Angie

HersheyKiss

Angie, of course I will be praying for you. How disappointing that your colleagues' behaviors are not supportive of you and your situation. I pray that God softens their hearts and facilitates approval of your partial disability. He loves you and will look after you.

Faith-840

Paulette, Congratulations on finishing Chemo. We can all relate to how good that feels.

Angie, I will pray that you can at least get partial disability. I can't imagine having to work full time while going through these treatments.My hat is off to you and all those others also.

Hugs and prayers

Faith

bandwoman1234

Angie M. I am glad to see your post. I go searching when I have not seen a post from someone for a while and I was just searching for you last week and realized we hadn't heard from you since Sept. I am glad you are okay but I sure hate to hear your coworkers are giving you a hard time.

I would guess these young coworkers have not had an up close experience with bc or any cancer for that matter or I would think they would be more compassionate and understanding. I know I am always in awe of you ladies who continue to work during treatments.

I will pray that something will give someplace. If I were in your shoes I think the first person I would be running this situation by would be your MO and RO if you have one yet. Hopefully someone on your cancer team could go to bat for you and get you needed time off. Everyone heals at their own rate and everyone experiences bc treatments differently. I sure hope that you can get a break through soon.

Love,

Nancy