anyone starting chemo in Nov 2005

So good to hear from you, Odalys.

I am doing well. Saw BS and PS this week and no changes. Onc. wants to do all tumor markers and I've been putting it off.

Such a busy time of year . . . blended families and all . . . not easy, you know what I mean? Mary Lou, is your kitchen gorgeous now? Margerie, how are the kids? Deb, I hope you are well. Nancy, still traveling around the country to talk about important things?

It's raining here in Virginia today. I'm off to meet with my quilting friends.

Love to my sisters,

Anna

Happy Thanksgiving Dear Sisters!  I hope everyone is well and will enjoy the holidays, although I understand what you mean about blended families.  I'm doing dinner on Friday this year since that is when my grandson is available.  Oh well!  Anna, your grandson is so gorgeous and so big. I also see lots of changes in Mary Lou's grandkids, Daniel, and Margerie's tow heads.

We have all been blessed with time to see these changes over the last four years.  For that I am grateful.  I just returned from celebrating my four-year chemo anniversary--two weeks in Maui where the only decisions of the day were the color of my bathing suit and where to go for dinner.  So very different from when we initially came together.  Can you see me parasailing???? Oh yea!

I hope each of you has a bountiful Thanksgiving full of family/friends, good food, and gratitude for what's behind us!

Love ya'

Nancy

Hello dear sisters. Just want to let you know you are all in my heart and thoughts.  Hope everyone is doing well.  It's been a while since we've communicated here....sign we are all doing well and have moved on.  It seems ages ago we were all sitting on that hideous chemo reclyner.  Yuck!  Be well! 

 Love you guys.

Nancy, such beautiful words. Anna so sorry about the kids, the weather is bad for travel. Ody, glad to see you, I miss this little part of us. You're right, we have become busy again. I take my time for family now.

I also don't mind saying this is me time. At times I believe if the phone rings one more time I will scream.  I'm now here taking care of everything alone. I've found that my limitations are worse than I would believe.

Forgive me if I ramble, I'm just very tired and I took ativan about an hour ago. I think it is working. My neck is very stiff. And my body is sore and feels tight. The pain in my legs from the neuropathy really stinks.

But I'm here, and I have seen 3 new grand babies born in the past three years.

I will try to post pictures below.

HUGS  to each of you, and have a great holiday.

I too am wishing all of you a wonderful new year.

Lots of love, Anna

(Have I ever told you that blended families stink?)

Hi everyone!

Spring can't get here fast enough for me. I'm stir crazy these days. Hard to see Michael, he is over on the other side of a 5 mile long mountain. The storms keep hitting. I'm lucky to see him when I can. He is on his way home now. That's why I'm up so late.

 Seems I have lost touch here on the boards. This is our 5Th year here!!!!! And we're still hanging in there. My new normal seems almost normal ....How strange is that?

I tend to go to facebook more now. Talking to all my friends from the past has been great. And I still have you guys there too

Hope all are well, and maybe we will thaw out soon....

((((((HUGS)))))))

Love you all my dear sisters

ML

Happy March to my Sisters.  I know I am awful about checking in (and worse about Facebook, especially after the hijacking of my page.)  Hope you are all well and starting to thaw or dry out.  We're due for another rain storm starting tomorrow, but the hillsides are gloriously in color and we need the rain.  In San Francisco this week talking to the wonderful folks who make Boniva and got waterlogged.  Oh well, that's all the weather whining from So. California.

I am constantly in awe that we are in our fifth year.  Physically, I am in the best and worst shape of my life.  Lots of bone/joint/muscle pain and I agree that it is probably Arimidex.  One more year!  My heart is still broken, but I finished a treadmill test for the first time.  I've just finished the Sr. Fitness Challenge (who's a senior?) and am swimming 4 days/week, taking dance classes, and lots of classes designed to quiet my thoughts and stretch my body.  My life is so rich and so simple these days.  I guess I'm doing more reflection as I have an oncology and cardiology meetings on Monday and that always brings these thoughts to the forefront.

How do you access your life today.  Mary Lou, you talked about the new normal.  Is it better, worse, or just different?  Its heartening that more of the triumphs and crises in our lives have to do with children, grandchildren, spouses, etc. instead of our battle with bc.  Some of the events bring us great stress or even break our hearts (my son's divorce) but those are roads some of us have travelled before and maybe it is a little easier.  And those are balanced by all the victories or just laughter of our growing children and grandchildren.  OMG, I am a senior!

My thoughts to our Debbie that she will find sustained good health and turn her energies to her two favorite fellas.

Love and good health to each of my sisters. 

Nancy

I had you all on my mind tonight.  What a wonderful note to us all Nancy. Hello Ody :-)  Yes this is year 5! Our sisterhood is still in tack, just all of us are in different directions. I'm glad that BC didn't define me. At first I wasn't really sure where I was headed. Glad you all were there to make the journey easy.

I'm having a hard time being a coal miners wife. I miss Michael and his job is so scary. That explosion wasn't what I needed. It was such a wake up call as to how dangerous Michael's job really is.I just seem to ramble through the day.....

He will be home on Sunday. Looking forward to that. I'm going to see the babies today, so that will be fun.

Hugs to you guys......And happy spring.

Hello sisters.  May is already here.  I can't believe it.  I had a PET scan due to back pain and am happy to report I am still NED!!! Not sure what is causing the back pain but am so glad it's not cancer that I could do the happy dance.  Doctors are looking at x-rays and MRI to better diagnose me.  Meantime, Vicodin and Soma are my new best friends.  Wishing all my beautiful chemo sisters another great month.  Love you guys. 

Wow one month and nobody is here. Guess we are all doing fine these days. And that's a good thing. Summer is almost here.

Hi sisters!  I am (for the first time in a LONG time) doing really well!  I don't know that I have moved on (it's never gonna leave my mind), but I am finally able to be a wife and mommy first, cancer ADVOCATE next! I spoke at the Relay for Life and had a wonderful time doing so.  I miss you guys, and please know I think of you all the time.  I do get on facebook much more (have the app on my phone so it is much faster to do so!), so if you are on FB please say hi!  Love and prayers, Deb

Anna~ did you have the Tour pass by you?  Are you still ion France?? How wonderful......  I have been bad too, but I enjoy facebook and rarely log into bc.org anymore.  I guess we are moving on.  Almost to my 5 year, DH planning a big party at a lovely hill top winery for close friends and family.  Still trying to figure out what to call it, don't want Cancer to get any billing.  Maybe a Moving Beyond party. 

Wishing you all continued health and happiness.  Hang in there MaryLou, that must be so hard.  Are there any support groups for miner families?  I would guess it is like the military families with loved ones deployed in the mines......

Summer came and is half gone already.  Kids are growing up fast, just got back from two weeks in Tahoe.  Launched my jewelry business.  My niece will be visiting up for a week.  Youth football starts Monday.  Life goes on!

Much Love to you all!

Margerie

Prayers are with you Debby.