Starting Chemo May 2008

I've only read this page so more later.  Can't see for tears.  Gracie, prayers for you and your test; Kristy, I'm so glad your MUGA was good.  I'll go back in a while to see what it is we are doing for Randie and her family.  Rock, thank you for posting what Sheri said.  I feel so fortunate to have spoken to Randie on the phone and just...well, I don't know what I just.  I love you all.

Kristy - Glad to hear that the MUGA results are good - enjoy your time at the beach.

Gracie - Sending prayers for you and your test results.

Nicolle - I am so sorry to hear about your kitty . . . my dog is a member of the family so I totally understand why you are so sad. 

RanD - Miss you so very much and cannot stop thinking about you. 

Love you all!

Jean

Had a dream last night that I was visiting Kerry, in Tasmania.  We were walking in the woods talking and crying about Randie, and wishing that everyone could be there.  I woke up with such a peaceful feeling.   (Is this Randie, bringing us together?)  

Gee - everyone must have been busy today.  The thread is quite.

For clarification - please send the contribution for the flowers and monetary gift to Eddie.  She will send the monetary gift along with the cards/notes/letters/ Randie-isms to Randie's family. The cost of the flowers was $80.  Do not send any money to me, just include it along with whatever gift you were giving Randie's family.

RK

Gracie, that's the go. Just deal with it and move on. Are you on Femara or another such thing? These things sap the calcium etc. And, don't forget..we're not getting any younger! Surely some degeneration is to be expectedNoelle, I hope your little puff of smoke is ok..pets are just so cool; I can't bear to think of anything happening to yours. Girls, I'm D.A.T. and going to bed..(just as soon as I can a) locate the Ranga and b) persuade him to come inside. It's absolutely frosty here. Some friends had a full moon party here last night and had to put their beers in the fridge TO STOP THEM FROM FREEZING OUTSIDE. I kid you not.  Love to you all, and p-le-e-e-e-a-a-se send some sun my way. And Gracie..that is one sweet dream 

Just passing by to say hello to everyone.  Thanks for the clarification Robin on where we are to send the money. 

Gracie - Spoken just like a woman that has been through a year of poking & prodding.  Hope all works out well for you. 

I am trying to study for a certification test and my concentration is in the crapper.  Lots of thoughts running through my mind, one of them being how thankful I am for all of you.

Have a wonderful night.

Jean

Julie- how ya hanging in there with the girls gone?

Noelle - I am so sorry about your kitty.  I am sad for you.

Jeano- certification in what?

Linda - make the check out to Eddie.

Kerry - do you winter months occuer during our summer (July - August - September)?  For us here in Colorado it was the hottest day of the year so far and no rain today.

Kristy - Not being familiar with MUGA scans I looked it up on the internet to see what it is that you and some of the others have gone through.  Glad the results were good.  How often will you need to have that testing?

Gracie - YAY for no bone mets!  How is work going for you?

Rock = thanks for letting us know what Shari had told you.  How was your day today

Today DD, my nephew who is visiting from Ohio and I had a wonderful day being Colorado tourists!  We went to the Garden of the Gods and then to Royal Gorge.  We've been to the Air Force Academy, spent hours at a mining museum.  Tomorrow DH and I will take Michael to Pikes Peak on the cog railway. It is so good having him visit.  Michael has Ausberger's Syndrome and doesn't get many opportunities like this.  My heart smiles to be able to help him do things most of us take for granted.

Good night...

Today is a good day!

Noelle-I am so sorry about your cat.  We lost our chocolate lab 4 years ago and I still miss him.  My heart goes out to you.

Robin-We went to the Royal Gorge back in 1980-I was pregnant with oldest DD-it is such a cool place.  3 years ago when I was in CO, we went to Pike's Peak and rode the cog train-the view is so beautiful.  (My sister lives in Denver)  Work is going okay--had 38 hours overtime on last paycheck, only 8 this time.  I really hurt at the end of the day, but I am so glad to be back. 

Starting my day with thoughts of each of you!

Jean~ good luck!!!

my kitty story.... I had my kitty for 9 years before he got sick. He went from a 15 pound active kitty to 7 pounds in about a month. Turns out he was diabetic. I had to have him put to sleep as well. After 9 years of him being gone, occasionally I still find one of his long hairs. And as weird as this sounds, he came to visit me occasionally as well. I would be asleep and feel him "walk" across the bed and head for his sleeping spot. First couple of times it happened it scared the snot out of me. Now I have another kitty who just prefers to wake me up at 4am for a kitty petting marathon... oye!

I went back thru the posts the other day to the very beginning... I wanted to read ranD's posts before things got worse. I almost forgot about her talking about all of us sitting by the pool with pink lemonade.  I miss you rand XXXXOOOO

Love to you all.  Mr. otter and I are driving across Wyoming at the moment, headed to Montana. My internet connection is really iffy. It's not bad as long as we're enroute on the freeway; but whenever we stop at a camping place, it's gone.

The place we're going tonight has no water or trees or electricity and maybe not even an outhouse (thank goodness for our little trailer).  The nearest grocery store and gas station are, oh, ... 40 miles away I think.  We'll be staying at this desolate, remote, "unimproved" fishing access place for the next 4+ days, so I'm not likely to be able to keep in touch.

This pains me greatly, since when I'm incommunicado I miss y'all terribly, as if you were my real, beloved, long-lost but now-found sisters.

Can you feel my hugs?

otter 

Jen...thanks so much for the update.

Julie...prayers to you and your family

Otter...hugs coming through loud and clear. Are you anywhere near that town of the UFO citing? 

Noelle...hope kittys up and about real soon

Grace...I take a med for my bone loss due to chemo. Lucky me, I'm osteopenia (pre-osteoporosis)

Christine...I sure hope your daughter gets well real soon. 

Linda...glad your back safe and sound. Are you gonna post pictures on FB? 

Robin...I love Colorado Springs. I'm due to visit sometime soon. I'm sure your nephew loved it. Cog rail made me so sick to my stomach.

Went back to work on Monday and guess what. ANOTHER INFECTION!!!!! Only this time its on my new breast. I have a double dose of antibiotics. If it doesn't clear up by tomorrow they want me back in the hospital. ARGH!!!

Kerry...I wish I could send some sunshine but we've had really cool and cloudy weather so far.

Hugs to all of you...Mary 

Julie - I sent you a PM

Thanks for the prayers.  They think my grandpa has a gall bladder problem and docs were surprised that at this age he still has his.  He was running a fever and had tenderness in his abdomen so at least it wasn't his heart.  My parents are going down there early in the morning.

Riley is home.  I said on FB that she came home with a suitcase of smelly clothes.  Everything was wet and soured.  I've got to get the smell out of the suitcase so Katie can use it on Sunday.  She had a great time.  One of the best times of her life and she definitely wants to go again next year.

I'm so glad everyone is getting good results from tests.  That is so great!

Have a nice Friday!

Julie

Hi girls! It's 6.55 Friday night here and I've just eaten a bowl of Hub's spagetti carbonara (with a glass of nice red) after a BIG walk with the Fibber in the dark. It was fantastic. It has been really cold in the mornings here (0 deg C, sometimes -2) but pretty nice days. It's amazing how much better (more enthusiastic!) I feel when I get out and walk in the dark. There were two cosmic Randie acts today. (Jen, if you're weird..then so am I!) The first one was very mischevious; the second was just classic. We had a whole-school assembly today. 280 6yo - 16yo in the gym. All behaving really well etc, but a bit restless half-way through. Some girls got up to run a powerpoint presentation, and their teacher got up and turned the gym lights off. I burst out laughing; they take a full 15 mins to THINK about being warm enough to come on again!. Can you imagine how the kids were?? I couldn't stop thinking it was Ran's work and I laughed and laughed. Later on this afternoon I went to the Grade one room to find a suitable penpal for an Aboriginal girl in the Northern Territory (the far north of Australia..the opposite end to Tasmania!) . I was explaining to the teacher that the little girl has very poor literacy etc etc and then a tiny blonde girl was standing in front of us, waiting patiently for the teacher. The teacher was incredulous, and very subtly showed me the latest testing sheet for the girl, from the school psychologist, which talked about her poor self-esteem, her lack of friends and her dire need for a very simple, very personal literacy project. I was gobsmacked; she was the perfect match! Needless to say her mother was delighted when I rang her, and it was dawning on the little girl that she had a special friend. The Aboriginal girl's letter actually began, "Dear Special Friend".  Ah Randie. Thank you. And girls, thank you all for being MY special friends. 

Back and catching up. I will make comments later, but business first....I see you are sending letters and/or monetary contributions to me. I am fine with that, but who bought the flowers and do you want me to reimburse before money goes anywhere else. Additionally, maybe we should simply contribute all the money to the relaxation basket and make it bigger? Perhaps this was discussed already? Seems we should put all money toward flowers already purchased and I could still collect letters and Randi-isms (and who volunteered to help with that and will you help?) then I could get them all off to Noelle and she could include it all with a BIG relaxation basket? Hate to open this up again if it has been opened....let me know. Meanwhile, go ahead and make checks out to me and I'll keep them until, say, July 25th or so then cash them all and send cash to either Noelle to add to relaxation basket if you want me to do that OR I will use some for donation to breastcancer.org and some for giftcards and send all letters. I await your directions. More later.