Looking for CO sisters to get together for "happy hour"

Hi CO sisters!  I'm on the north side of Denver.  Aug 9 sounds good for me to get together.  Would love to meet everyone.  Let me know what time and where!

I know that I am the odd girl out....living in se denver vs the north metro area.  My sundays are ususally not busy, but the 9th has two things going on....From 12 - 2pm, I have an engagment party for one of my bff son's....then at 2, I have something for another dear family friend. 

I could probably meet later in the day... What time are you thinking of meeting?

Not sure I know where Flatirons is?  is is the newish mall off 36?

 Denali...the first time I read your post, I read quitters!!! not quilters!!!!

 Karen

OK a bit about myself.  I am also a quiLter (like Linda).  Kudos to Linda for learning how to hand quilt with her dominant hand in a splint!  It's really hard to do without any impediments.

I work for a group of clinics that serve low income mostly Hispanic patients.  I am an RN but work with computers and don't do patient care anymore. 

I live with my DH and stepdaughter in a home that is in the process of major renovations.  We get to do a bit more, however, because we were hit really hard by the 7/20 hail storm!  Yippee skippy!

My BS is Dr. Brew and I also had my mastectomy at Lutheran hospital.  I just had my exchange done there as well.  My PS is Dr. Mouchantat who is in Wheat Ridge. 

I am really open to any time that works for everyone.  Just let me know and I'll be there.

Julie

It looks like Karen is the only one who CAN'T meet at lunch. Karen is there a time that you CAN commit to that day? And yes, the mall is just off Hwy 36 in Broomfield.

I'll leave it up to Karen. If she can come later in the afternoon, say 4-5ish, then that's cool. If not, then lunchtime works best for me. Let me know soon so I can email Dannette in Littleton. I'm looking forward to it!

(I can't sew a stitch, but I've always wanted to learn to quilt. Maybe you all can take pity on Laura and me? I do make jewelry, though. My breast surgeon was Dr. Finlayson in Denver. Then Dr. Massey did my SGAP surgery a couple months ago in Charleston. I'm a nurse practitioner who's had bc twice. I live in the foothills above Boulder.)

Anne

I'm going to make a command decision here and say let's do lunch. We'll miss not having Karen with us, but I'd like to think this will just be the first of many meetings for us--the Denver-North chapter ot BCO! If that happens, we can have a set schedule, and get on everyone's calendars early.

So, noon at the Flat Irons Mall, inside, at the California Pizza Kitchen. Let's meet in front of the restaurant.

Sound reasonable?

Anne

Anne - thanks for making a 'command decision' to get this finalized.  I'll be there at noon on Sunday! 

Firni - hope your friend Sue can come also.  And, yes, Dr. Massey works in both cities.  She actually works in 4 cities (Charleston, New Orleans, Chicago and Salt Lake) - she travels to each location to be more accessible for her patients.  When I have my 2nd stage surgery in December I'll be going to Chicago for that.

Karen - we'll miss having you there, but like Linda said - maybe you can drop in for a quick minute?

Julie - did the hail damage renovations that were already done?

Looking forward to meeting everyone next Sunday!

Laura

I'll try to remember my camera too.  I'm sure we'll be a beautiful and interestingly breasted group!  My breasts are still trying to decide where they will end up.

Our new renovations, a covered patio, new windows and new siding were undamaged.  DH and I are very grateful for that.  Our roof, that we planned to replace in the next few years, now needs to be replaced.  Some might say "yeah a free roof" but we are a more than ready to be done with revovations, workcrews, dumpsters, and debris in our yard. 

I'll have to admit it was interesting to see the reaction of the contractors when I would answer the door with my drains in full view.  Not a single one was brave enough to ask about them!

Julie

Anne,

We have been having work done on our house on and off since January.  I was answering the door and talking to contractors after my BM in April.  I had four drains and consider myself very lucky to only have to live with them for a week. 

No drains for my exchange although they may have helped since I developed a hematoma on one side and still have some bruising a month later.

Julie

I added an avatar of my dog Geyser and I running some mountain trails.

Karen,

We will miss you. You have a whirlwind day going on Sunday!

We'll take pictures and post them. And set up another meeting for a few months down the road. I'd love for this to become a regular get-together thing. We'll chat about it, and set a date that everyone can put on their calendars.

I think most of us live at least 30 min from Flat Irons. It is a time committment. And an earlier time seems to bode better for more time to spend together before rushing home to make family time.

Till Sunday...

Anne

I sent a PM to Stefanie, who started this thread in the first place, but haven't heard back.

Friends are welcome to join!

Anne

See you all there!

Anne

Hi all - It was soooo nice to meet each of you and get to know you a little.  And, it was terrific to see such wonderful success with surgery!  Can't wait to be on the other side of surgery and look like that also!  Really looking forward to seeing everyone again in October!

We missed you, Firni!! If you send me your email, address, phone #, etc, I can put you on the mailing list, and send you a copy of the list we amassed yesterday. PM me, if you'd like. Otherwise, we'll be posting notes here for the next gathering.

We had a really nice mix of cancer survivors and women who had surgeries to reduce their risks due to family history or gene testing or just plain "bad boobs"/ADH. Some with implants, some with SGAP, some with no recon at all. I hope you can join us next time!

Anne

Let's not do Oct 4. Linda has Relay for Life. what about the weekend before or after?

Anne

How about Sunday, Sept 27th?