Post Chemo Spa & Shape Up

Just time for a quick check in!  Got my new puter...an Apple Powerbook...what a Dream Machine!  Can't wait to get back here to try it out!!!  Goodbye Gates!!!

That's great...you know, everybody here is super healthy and stays out of trouble, and I guess I just assumed what's normal for us... ..we have a positive attitude and some fine folks that pray very hard here.

Now off to drawing...gonna go down to EMU to draw this morning.

Had a party last night with our camper, at the lake...and whoa...we all had such a nice time, but I'm sure glad I didn't drink as much as the others!!!!   More later.

Linora 

Hi Casey,

We are here for you and I am sorry you have to go through this and hope you two can work things out if at all possible. In my opinion, matters of the heart are harder to deal with than anything and can take such a toll on us physically and emotionally. Feel free to PM me if you'd like to talk in private - before I met my wonderful husband, I had my share of not so great guys (to be fair - a couple were very good to me). I was previously married when I was way too young to be so and obviously that didn't go very well.

You take care - Raye

Good Morning Lovelies....what a beautiful day!!  It's been hot and humid all week and the discomfort was supposed to intensify this weekend, but surprise!!  We've got beautiful weather and low dewpoints.  Open windows weather.....my favorite.

 

Here's Marissa, just a few seconds ago..checking it out.  We have a swinging screen cat door installed in one of our windows so she can go in and out as she pleases...yesterday she brought me a "present"  a LIVE FROG which she deposited between the sheets of our bed!!!  Fortunately I was able to return it to the garden before further damage was done!

We've had our camper set up all week at a nearby lake...had a wonderful time last weekend.  A few pix of my best friend (DH) enjoying the kayak..

 

Hope to get back today, and perhaps do a little canoeing and painting around sunset.  Watercolors can be lots of fun in a canoe...you got all the water you need right there, and if you aren't too fussy about being representational, you can get some sensational effects!!

Watch ALL YALL up to?

Puppy isn't posting much, I guess she's just getting involved in her life a little more...she's very happy and improving daily, though it's still important to rest a lot.  Her doctor says full recovery may take a year.  And guess what.  Puppy has a new Puppy...a little terrier named Patty!!!  Hope she comes to tell us more about her soon!

Miz

Tina....glad to see you!!!  Yeah...shame on you for not posting!!!  I was wondering if our thread was just going to "die."  Horrors!!!  

Those kayaks didn't belong to us...it was DH's first time in one on this particular lake...we have a canoe.  I hate hot and humid...yesterday, I slept until 9:30 am when I got a wake up call from my husband, drank some tea, got sleepy, decided to shut my eyes and next thing I knew it was 1:30!! Had been barely up before he was back home again and I was ready to go back to sleep around 7 pm...slept straight through..and all this without a single sleepy drug!  Feel good today though.  Maybe it was a bug.

PS to last post...I am beating the battle of the bulge!!!  Avoiding carbs & bread, eating lots of fruits and yogurt... haven't weighed for a few days but stomach feels small and tight.

Linora

Hi Miz. You poor girl! Hopefully the Tylenol will take care of any pain associated with your accident - just take it easy today and get your rest - you don't want to overdo it. We camped this weekend as well. Had a great time. Took our dog to the lake yesterday and he swam and swam. Also met some nice people who also had dogs.

Miz, are you going to Quebec City? How fun. When I lived in upstate NY, I had a friend from QC, who was a doll.

OK, I gotta get - busy today.

Hope everyone is doing well!

Raye

Thank you Raye & Wishy...yesterday was not a good day, could hardly get up and down the stairs but by evening I was limbered up enough for a walk...Today is so much better!!  I have some pretty big bruises but I feel like myself again....it must be all those nice positive vibes you sent me.

Now let's ALL OF US have an ENTIRE YEAR of no illnesses or accidents...Puppy, Casey, Raye, Tina, Wishy, Mary, Carol, Cathy, Dottie...let's have a year of perfect health...I am going to say a special prayer for all of us.

Talked to Puppy yesterday....OH does she sound great! The surgery has made such an enormous change in her life...no more headaches, no more percosets, she's never sounded better.  She and DH went catfishing Sunday night; sounds like so much fun.  You have to go right at dusk, and you make a campfire, the fish fight like mad.  You catch 'em and throw 'em back...she says she gonna show me all her hillbillly fun if I ever get to WV!!!  How about it Casey?!!!

Puppy has a new baby rat terrier named Patty.  She found her at the pound weekend before last; she had never been out of the cage...this breed is very small, barely grows to eight pounds.  She loves her new home and follows Puppy outside and never strays more than a few feet away from her....she gets along with Jake just great (the other dog)...Debby says that she and DH feel as though they just had a baby. 

She's not loggin in much now...trying to focus on Life, but Casey, she asked about you and when I read her your latest post she cried Happy Tears...and she wanted me to tell you...YOU ROCK!! We miss you!!!

XXXXOOOOO

Miz 

MISS ALL OF YOU.......will be back soon.....

Yes sweety, they are alike.....will tell more soon....

{{{{{CASEY}}}}} *YOU ROCK*

XOXOXOXOXO

Puppy

Hi ladies,

Thank you again.

Barry and I a continue to struggle, he likes who he is and his life in NC, I have found myself more attached to WV than ever and just don't want to leave.  We are at an impasse....

Lenora, Mizsissy, Mizzy ,

I am sorry to read about your crash and burn.  As  I ride more and more I understand it is just a question of time before I crash.  I think your Darvon proves it's always good to have a little stash for emergencies. I hope you are well on your way to feeling better. You know, I lived in Montreal for two semesters of college.  I wish I had headed to Quebec City, I hear it is very beautiful.

I have been invited for a three week trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.  I was initially reticent to accept, hoping that Barry and I would work things out.  I have since decided to take advantage of an opportunity of a lifetime.  Here I am having finally gotten my passport and I intend to float down the river in November. 

Puppy,

I hope you are enjoying your puppy. It is amazing what breeds show up at shelters.  I am glad to read that you are engaging in LIFE!

Tina,

How are the buttons?

My garden is doing well.  The bean vines have taken over the corn and if I see one more crook necked squash I think I will choke it!  I have taken to throwing them into my field. Gus has taken up retrieving them. I assume some will get into the bellies of mice.  Happily I got to eat my first cantelope and the peaches were marvelous.  I have'nt done too much grocery shopping lately.     

It's funny, although my marriage is disintegrating I am not terribly unhappy.  It is beautiful here and I am learning to take pleasure in other interests.

Life really does go on doesn't it?

  

Casey,

Good Morning! Sounds like you are doing really well. Your attitude is so healthy and admirable. I am so glad you are not as you put it, terribly unhappy. Glad you are enjoying WV - my dad, uncles and grandpa were born in WV. We used to go down and visit when I was very young- beautiful country. And, of course, we drive through every year on our way to the OBX.

I never knew that you had gone to school in Montreal. Did you go to McGill? I once lived very close to Montreal in NY. 

How have the workouts been going? Mine: nada. Ran once last week, that's it; although I've been doing squats every other day and pushups. My cardio endurance is going to go to pot if I don't get on the ball.

That Colorado trip sounds tremendous. I am with Tina and bit confused about the passport - are you starting in Canada and then down the Rockies? In any event, sounds fab and it is just what the doctor ordered.   

Miz, yes, how are you feeling? Hopefully better so you can enjoy this beautiful weather. I can't believe fall is right around the corner.

Raye

Quick Friday checkin to see how you are!!!  Just the same!!!  

I got a problem...how do I get my cats to stop hurting little animals?  Birds, frogs, and OMG Baby Rabbits!!!  Yes, sweet little itty bitty baby rabbits.

I have a baby rabbit who lives in a hole under the sidewalk to our front door.  And I have found Miranda...my largest senior kitty..."playing" with the rabbit several times.  The rabbit appears not to be hurt and not to be too afraid.  This has been going on for several days.  Makes me nervous.

But I have been praising Miranda lavishly each time I find her playing with the bunny and not hurting it.  I think it may actually be her "friend."  A few years ago she cornered a baby bunny under our deck, behind the lattice work, and I crouched outside helpless as I watched what I thought would be hopeless carnage.  I begged Miranda to leave "Sissy" alone, trying to get her to understand that I considered the bunny the equivalent of our small, weak other cat.  And she did!!!  She backed off, came out from the under the deck and came inside.  Praised her!!

I'm a very proud Momma today!!!! 

 

Miz

Hi everyone.  I had lumpecomy and recision in April and finished chemo 2 weeks ago.  I expect to start rads in a few weeks followed by Taxomifen.    I've maintained my weight but am extremely weak from Chemo.  I've lost muscle tone through the process and really want to start an exercise routine to get my energy back to "normal".  I plan to start slow -- walk 5 days a week and light weight training 2 days a week.  I have 4 kids to take care of and work full time so I need all the energy I can get!

Hope you don't mind if I join you.  I look forward to getting to know everyone.

Rose

Hi girls,
I haven’t been here for weeks and I am trying to catch up on all your posts.  So glad to see Puppy!  I hope you are feeling great and making progress each day.
Casey, I am so sorry you are going through this heartbreak with your husband.  I guess people’s hearts are unpredictable but it makes you lose faith when things like this happen. Your trip sounds like the best medicine right now.
Abba / Tina– I can’t wait to see the buttons – it sounds like it is a relaxing hobby. Wishi, congrats on the B9. You’ll be back on the bike soon. Linora, I have a Mac and I love it – would never go back to Microsoft. Love the pictures – you sound like life is so full for you. You will love Quebec city!  We have stayed at the Chateau Frontenac and it is just beautiful.  That’s the hotel in the picture you posted.  The food is wonderful – have dinner in their dining room when the sun sets on the St. Lawerence river. Beautiful.  
Raye, you sound busy – good.  Where is your avatar?  We need a little beautification on here – your pic always does the trick!
Rose, welcome to the group.  We do a lot more than exercise though.  I think once the summer is over we may be able to focus more on those goals. I hope treatment is not too difficult for you – rads are easier than chemo, at least.
I have been away a lot this summer so I haven’t been posting much.  I do try to catch up whenever I can.  Have a great rest of the weekend, Carol

Miz - I agree with Wishi - cats will be cats, the lovely hunters/huntresses they are.  Glad that baby bunny is safe. Growing up, we had outdoor cats and they would catch chipmunks, mice, etc. I would try to save them, but my mom told me to let it go, it's part of the cycle.

Rose - Hello and welcome! I was able to maintain my weight as well through chemo, but also lost muscle tone and was so weak. As you mention, I took it easy, walking on the treadmill -you've got the right idea. One day at a time. It will get easier.

Carol - Good to hear from you. You've been to so many places!! I've been busy, but not busy enough! ha.

Tina - You know, I've met a lot of ladies who say when they don't worry about what they eat, they lose weight! Sounds like it works for you - go for it girl. Now me, if I don't worry, I'm into the ice cream (low fat, of course, but does it matter when you eat the whole 1/2 gallon??), the entire bag of Baked Lays is gone in one sitting - you get the idea. No control.

Casey and Puppy - hope you are both doing well.

Night ladies, Monday Monday will be here before we know it.