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  • Gracie713
    Gracie713 Member Posts: 302
    edited March 2009

    Here they also say anniversary is date of diagnosis--mine is April 11. 

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  • JulieC
    JulieC Member Posts: 324
    edited March 2009

    Karin, I remember the day being Good Friday and not knowing what to expect because my biopsy was my lumpectomy.  My kids were out of school so that was good and they went to the in-laws.  It was all in the perspective.  It was good Friday because the lump came out and bad because it was bc.

    Jean - I 2nd Jen's vote for 3 door down.

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  • KristyAnn
    KristyAnn Member Posts: 793
    edited March 2009

    My favorite song was It is Well with my Soul by Selah - got me through many chemo and herceptin sessions.

    Kristy

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  • MsKarin
    MsKarin Member Posts: 647
    edited March 2009

    Julie so see another thing in common biopsy, lumpectomy all rolled into one.

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  • Roxi65229
    Roxi65229 Member Posts: 462
    edited March 2009

    Hi all. Otter, I get depressed and try to get past it. I think mine is fear though and it gets me down big time. I can't believe the weird weather your having down south. Hope everything is okay. We're expecting highs in the 40s this week. Heat wave...hurry spring.

    Chooks, love it. We just got the turkeys for 4h for the county fair in August. Git 10 to choose from. My youngest can enter 2.

    Purple berry juice? Yum, sign me up.

    Angels, have an amazing trip. I have such a hard time falling asleep before vacations. I'll remember to wave to you as we land. We land at 5:30 p.m. I can't imagine putting shorts or a bathing suit on but who cares. I will never say anything bad about women with implants again.

    Karin, I'm gonna try the copy paste thing from FB. Sounds too good to be true. Hope it works.

    Anyone doing yoga? My body aches and it scares me so.

    Did any of you ever see Bozo? Around the holidays they would have mini flicks like hard rock, cocoa nd joe and suzy snowflake. Great memories.

    I think its unanimous, March blows. The 18th was my biopsy and the 21st was my diagnosis. See my internist tomorrow.

    I guess my song would have to be...I will survive! 

    Love you all...Hugs 

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1w-ktU1EzA 

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  • familyroks
    familyroks Member Posts: 575
    edited March 2009

    Favorite songs....that is so hard because there are so many awesome songs.  I was a huge Elton John and Rolling Stones fan but the first songs that come to mind don't belong to either.

    Where've You Been - Kathy Mattea

    I Dream There Was No More War - Eagles (this is an awesome instrumental)

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  • familyroks
    familyroks Member Posts: 575
    edited March 2009

    I posted Where've You Been on my FB page.  Why I like a song that makes me cry like a freaking baby I can't tell you, but I do.  Just grabs me right there.

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  • familyroks
    familyroks Member Posts: 575
    edited March 2009

    Oh!  And I forgot....Karin...YOU ROCK!!  Love your "Preamble".  I think I will pop the DVD in tomorrow morning and remind myself of all the cool songs and lessons.

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  • Sable
    Sable Member Posts: 738
    edited March 2009

    My anny date is march 11th. this year has really flown by.........

    Gracie~ I SEE HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Got my hubby singing conjunction junction after telling him about you guys talking about it lol.

    With everyone's canserversary's coming up and some that have passed, its hard to not think that it is a sad thing what we have gone thru. In some cases it is, but I think I am going to look at it another way. They say that 1 out of 8 women will go thru this..... I would like to think that I saved 7 other women from having to go thru it. I've learned to not cry when a needle is in the same room with me and how fast I can run for the bathroom when I am sick. The best thing for me out of this is that God was with me and brought me thru it with flying colors and he gave me each of you ladies. So I am feeling very blessed tonight :O)

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  • familyroks
    familyroks Member Posts: 575
    edited March 2009

    I consider my cancerversary to be April 10, when I had my mast that took the cancer out.  My Onc also considers this my cancer-free mark.

    Jen....I HUG YOU.  We are blessed to have connected with an amazing group of women.  WE are an amazing group of women.

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  • Jeano77
    Jeano77 Member Posts: 237
    edited March 2009

    Just checking in before bed  . . . . Jen that was beautifully stated. 

    Roxi - I could not help laughing when I read your comment that "March blows."

    My (2) songs are I will Survive and Suddenly I See.

    Goodnight amazing women!  Keep the songs coming!

    Jean

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  • drcrisc
    drcrisc Member Posts: 836
    edited March 2009

    I planned a much longer post than this will be but little dd had other plans...

    This weekend was the anniversary of my "lump discovery" - it's hard to know what day to put it on, since it was actually Feb.29!  Consequently, there has been a lot of reflecting and introspection going on. 

    Eddie, you are not much older than us and tell Adam to GO! 

    Roxi - I'm with you on the song - "I Will Survive"!  (We will!)

    Suffice to say, I took notes and will respond longer tomorrow.

    Hugs to everyone...

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  • MsKarin
    MsKarin Member Posts: 647
    edited March 2009

    Our district actually closed school today. They never give us snow days. I got the call last night. I still can't believe it. Anyway because of it I am starting my morning off like angels did yesterday. Sitting at the computer, drinking coffee, looking out window watching the snow fall, and taking in what has been posted since last night. I can take my time and relax. No need to do a fly through this morning.

    I already said good morning to you all thanks to my wall. I really love having you with me. Those that haven't sent me a pic, I miss not seeing you up there. You ladies just don't know you are a very important part of my life. I think for you I have pulled a lot of the bricks down from the wall I built around myself to protect me.

    I don't have a lot of close friends by my choosing. I have tons of acquaintances I keep in touch with but none that I bear my soul to. I have been hurt too many times by too many people that I have a hard time trusting anyone. I think the fact that both of my parents are included in that list makes it harder. If you can't trust your parents, your protectors who can you trust. I believe the little girl in me wants to protect the other kids and that is why I LOVE working with the children at school.

    My father died when I was sixteen and I never shed a tear. My mom is still here and we get along and have a good relationship now because I forgave her because she knew not what she did.

    I don't know why I'm telling you all this. Maybe it's just to let you know that I do love you gals. I have so much inside that I don't share. Coming here and letting some stuff out when I needed to made it easier for me to reach this cancerversary.

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  • Gracie713
    Gracie713 Member Posts: 302
    edited March 2009

    Karin--I love you too!  I'm like you in the close friend area, just a very few and only a couple who live close enough to see on (a rare) occasion.  I was hurt, emotionally, a lot, as a child.  It's been difficult to overcome.  My feelings still get hurt easily (and I know that it's only because I am over-sensitive at times) and I still have a difficult time with "feeling left out".  I am not good at initiating a conversation, but can be chatty when someone else does.  I can cry now though--thanks to cancer, chemo and now Tamox--DH told me the other day that he has seen me cry more in the past year, than in the entire, (almost) 28 years we have been married.

    I agree--WE are an amazing group of ladies and I am glad to have all of you in my life.  BIG GROUP HUG!!!!!!!

    My song---"I'm Alive" by Kenny Chesney with Dave Matthews   (My rads team would play it while I was being zapped and one of the guy techs would actually sing it to me while aligning me on the table).

    Happy Monday--Love to all

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  • angelsaboveus
    angelsaboveus Member Posts: 298
    edited March 2009

    Roxi where are you cruising to?  Somewhere nice and hot i hope !

    I have lots of favourite songs too...so hard to pick , heres 2

    somewhere over the rainbow...done by Israel Kamakawiwo' ole  

    I hope you Dance - by Lee ann Womak  ( i love the lyrics)

    Here's some.of the lyrics.....I hope you still feel small,when you stand beside the ocean...whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens. Promise me that you'll give fate a fighting chance , and when you get the chance to sit it out or dance....I hope you dance. I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance , never settle for the path of least resistance, Livin might mean taking chances, but they're worth takin, lovin might be a mistake but it's worth makin.........

    Heading off to physio still trying to limber up those nerves and muscles from the node dissection and mastectomy. I can feel the nerves still trying to come back still not quite all there yet....boy it takes a long time !

    Hope every one has a great day !

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  • rock
    rock Member Posts: 1,486
    edited March 2009

    Am scrollng down before I finish reading everything to say

    KARIN, THAT WAS INSPIRED.  You are clearly the principal of Schoolhouse Rock. (ROCK!!!!)

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  • JulieC
    JulieC Member Posts: 324
    edited March 2009

    Rock, that is the perfect description for Karin!

    Did you ever receive the Valentine card my daughter and I sent to you?  She keeps asking and I keep forgetting (chemo brain) to ask you.  Hope all is well and warm where you are.  I saw storm footage of NYC and it looks nasty.  We are cold here today, just waiting for the 60's to return by the end of the week.

    Take care - will be back later to check in on all of you wonderful women!

    Julie

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  • rock
    rock Member Posts: 1,486
    edited March 2009

    Jen "I'm still hot..." oooh, but i'm stealing your line.

    My gritty survival song: "I Just Wanna Celebrate" (yeah yeah)  (Rare Earth).

    My cry my guts out, doubled over on the bathroom floor song: Coldplay's "Fix You."  (from when I learned one sister, and then the other both have the gene mutation, and when my mom was in the hospital when i was going through chemo, and when dad nearly died back in april, and then Randie, when you were sick. Sister-girlfriend...if tears were cures...)

    Otter and everyone: My life is a little odd. I spend so much time around other people, working, collaborating, discussing, teaching, helping, etc. But if I'm not in intense contact with human beings, then odds are I am in intense contact with myself, by myself. I have cried a LOT this year.  By myself. I think I might have mentioned that I have this lovely 22 year old friend here, James (my Muslim poet-hero). Of the many things I like about James, one is his matter-of-fact honesty.  I remember one conversation where he said, "You know, I really like to cry. It feels so good. I like to cry almost as much as I like to sleep" (he also suffers from insomnia which is how we came to know each other).  

    I don't know where I'm going with this.  I guess I want to say that I think crying a lot is okay. I think depression, on the other hand... well, it can be scary, and it can hurt us. And I hope if any of us are feeling blue in an "uh-oh, this is not moving on" kind of way, that we'll say something, right?

    Jackie/Gracie: I doubt you are over-sensitive. In my opinion, you are not over-sensitive. I strongly suspect that you are perfectly the right amount of sensitive.  And I feel for people who didn't have the childhood that every kid deserves. Mine was not ideal (hello, parents and their near-death experiences) but I did grow up feeling loved and secure.Which is HUGE.

    Sue: Damned straight.  I know how many miles I have gotten out of being able to drop, "My friend Sue, the AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER" into a conversation. I can only imagine the perks of actually BEING Sue.

    I haven't said it in awhile, but boy, I do love us. Us and our chickens and our games played with kids and our boats and our far-flung musical tastes. 

    Karin -- hmmmm. Did I send you a picture? I don't think I did. What was the picture supposed to be of?? My brain is swiss cheese.

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  • rock
    rock Member Posts: 1,486
    edited March 2009

    Julie -- how sweet of you and your daughter! Did you send it to me in NYC (which is where I was) or Cape Town (which is where I am)?  If the latter, I'll ask around! They are pretty good about delivering my mail, but not everyone knows me yet.

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  • JulieC
    JulieC Member Posts: 324
    edited March 2009

    Rock - I sent it to the Cape Town address on your blog.  What do you mean, not everyone knows you yet?!  I can't imagine that! LOL

    Julie

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  • KristyAnn
    KristyAnn Member Posts: 793
    edited March 2009

    Good Morning Shovel bearing sombrero wearing 18FUS!

    I am so DAT and dore from my fun weekend- I started cleaning out the backyard to make it pretty this year (I didnt get a lot done last summer) AND I decided to start painting the exterior of my newly enclosed carport (we hired that work and just kept the painting for ourselves) - it was really fun and I loved being outside but boy am I paying for it today!

    Anyone in this group good at graphics? We need a logo for this group- I can envision the powerful woman shovel sombrero thing or something but all of my artistic talent is focused on a piano keyboard and even my stick figures are bad. Im thinking T-shirts or something if someone can com up with a logo- any takers???? I dont know whether this group wants any PINK on their logo or not LOL - lets see sombreros around here are all kind of bright vibrant colors- just like us!

    I have a MUGA on Thursday- pray that I pass and can finish my 3 Herceptin treatments this month and April.

    RanD - are you around? Im sending you a package that should arrive tomorrow or Wednesday!

    Kristy

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  • Sable
    Sable Member Posts: 738
    edited March 2009

    Rock~ I thought of you this morning while watching the news..... New York pretty much shut down today from the snow. Even the trains were having problems and they were passing out extra day passes to those people it affected. I kept thinking.... I bet she is happy she is not there right now LOL.

    As far as the graphic goes.... all I need is a slogan... "Anything but Pink!" it sums it all up ROFL!

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  • MsKarin
    MsKarin Member Posts: 647
    edited March 2009

    Logo, how about a carousal of pole dancers? LOL

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  • ellenoire
    ellenoire Member Posts: 674
    edited March 2009

    hmm funny.. I have been working on our logo for months now. I guess I better step it up!

    more later. 

     It's crazy people day. 

     xoN

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  • drcrisc
    drcrisc Member Posts: 836
    edited March 2009

    Whew.  Glad there wasn't too much more from last night.  So, let's see...where was I?????

    Otter - I think we are all entitled to keep some of our moodiness, sadness, whateverness. 

    Adrienne - That includes grumpiness and irritability!  Maybe if we share it here, we won't tend to take it out on our loved ones.

    Sue - You are going to be an awesome retired person!!  I wish there had been someone like you in the center when I started chemo.  But I know what you mean, I keep trying to think of a way to give something back.

    Kerry - It is very strange to hear you say "Getting ready for winter" while we're in the middle of it!

    Eddie - When is Adam doing his thing?  I think it's awesome - it's probably how some of the best researchers got started.

    Gracie - I've been having weird dreams, too.  It's either the Xanax or just my life.

    Karin - Yes, you are the principal of Schoolhouse Rock!!  And that preamble did just that - rocked!  I used to do the same thing for my drama group with various lines from our plays at the end of the season. 

    Angels - How many "sleeps" till you go now? (I love that - sleeps!)

    Rock - HA!  Now I know where to find your address and I had to Google that song from Coldplay. 

    Julie - How much is it to send a card to Rock in Cape Town?

    Randie - Hope the Xeloda is okay.  Check in soon - here's a hug.  {{{{{{{{{{HUG}}}}}}}}}}

    Noelle - I will definitely leave the logo to you.  Like Kristy, my stick figures are scary.

    Jen - But a slogan, eh?  For 18 sombrero-wearin', shovel-bearin' FUs??  I'm gonna sleep on it.

    Jean - I agree with you and Roxi - March BLOWS!  Bigtime!!

    (If there are 18, how come I only have 16 here?  Okay, me, that's 17 - who am I missing?!)  Oh man...it's not on purpose, whoever it is, but I'm DAT now.  We have a parent-teacher conference at 7:50 tomorrow morning so I better go get some sleeps!

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  • MsKarin
    MsKarin Member Posts: 647
    edited March 2009

    Cristine - number 18 is Linda. On top of you being DAT chemo makes us forget things more easily. Don't worry I've got your back.

    Linda - A special shout out to you. We love ya girl.

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  • KristyAnn
    KristyAnn Member Posts: 793
    edited March 2009

    Go Jen and Noelle- a slogan and a logo- I cant wait!

    Kristy

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  • angelsaboveus
    angelsaboveus Member Posts: 298
    edited March 2009

    Cristine, Roxi 's on the list too.....so many of us to remember !

    Not much to say today...just busy getting ready.

    We got tickets to an aneheim ducks hockey game they are playing our Vancouver Canucks while we are there. Neve been to a real hockey game before and we ended up getting good seats ..with waitress service for a good price. I think i might be liking this waitress service part of it! Our son is stoked about it ...should be alot of fun.

    Hope everyone has a happy day !  Cheers.

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  • ranD
    ranD Member Posts: 373
    edited March 2009

    Happy Cancerversary to me........

    I beat it this time you;ll see...

    How I hate having cancer....

    Sucks more then chimp attacking me..............

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    Okay, so far, no Xeloda.  I saw a primary care who specializes in alternative methods.  I brought my latest lab results and he turned white looking at my ounts.  He said he cou;d not recommend anything about chemo, but my numbers should be better before I start again.  He also thought the lungs were sounding better.  But, I am such a doubting Thomas I keep second guessing because I still have trouble breathing.  Anyway, he wants me to do the purple, then follow it with a raw as much as possible diet, which we modified (can you see a pattern here, problems with authority) to I get to have some fish/chicken and healthy grains....yeah!! 

    Overall feeling good, my parents are staying until the end of the month, yeah.  My highspeed internet comes in on Thursday...and I just love you guys.  Karin, picture is coming since I have a web cam on my new laptop and I will take my own pic and send it to you!

    My song??????Depends on my mood...today soething ass kicking....Bon Jovi "Dead or Alive"

    It is raining like crazy here, probably will snow tomorrow, my poor parents have had 4 days in the last 2 weeks of sunshine....hey, at least they missed the big snowstorm...lol

    More later, gotta help mom sort clothes......love you, randie

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  • otter
    otter Member Posts: 6,099
    edited March 2009

    I've decided that crying is like nausea/vomiting.  It's best not to fight it--just do it and get it over with.   Besides, I'm not sad all the time.  In fact, I'm hardly ever sad.  That's why I feel blindsided when the unexplainable sad spells hit.  They are exactly like PMS.

    Is today ranD's chemo day?  Thinking about you regardless, ranD...

    angels, have a very fine time in Anaheim!  (See, it rhymed!)  I've never been to Disneyland or Disney World (which is much closer).  I think I'm too old.  Don't they have age limits on admission?  Do you have to bring a small child, to get in?

    Karin, Principal of Schoolhouse Rock... I love it!

    Julie, thanks for mentioning rock's blog.  I'd fallen behind.  Now I'm in trouble with dh because I stayed up late last night, catching up on rock's activities.  Rock, did you ever have trouble meeting people and making new friends?  I doubt it.  I would love to have half of your gregariousness.  (Please don't look at the minor definitions--I meant it in a very good way.)

    How did I miss the challenge to post our favorite songs?  What was the challenge, exactly?  I hope nobody interpreted my post about "Chickenfat" to mean that it was my favorite song (!).  I'll work on it.  Mostly, these days I like the ones that make me cry out of solidarity or hope, rather than sadness.  "Where've you been?" makes me very sad, because my dad has Alzheimer's; and because my great-uncle and aunt lived into their 90's and then died within 30 minutes of each other in separate rooms at the same hospital.  Very sad.  (Sorry.  It is a beautiful song--very poignant.)

    Time for lunch.  Hugs to all!

    otter 

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