THE 2ND TA TAS SISTERHOOD REUNION IN VEGAS!!
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I like the new one though... I do. But, I hurt for the girl I lost..when I look inside at her, I just want to hug her tight..
Beautifully said Laura- absolutely beautiful. I really connected with what your saying. I am sure most of us can.
I must say the only Laura I know--the new one--we want to hug tight. She is really awesome and we are lucky to have her friendship and support. TaTa Sisterhood!!
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Awe, thanks Packer! I agree with what you said. How we all probably connect with what I said.. maybe we all can look at that beautiful lady we kinda lost, and wanna hug her tight!
Have a lovely day ladies... I am off to the treadmill.... 8 pounds left to loose...:)
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Jazzy -- saying prayers for you that it is nothing! Chances are very good that it's just scar tissue. You have all of us behind you!
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Jazzy - I am so sorry you have to go under the knife again. Hang in there, kiddo. I am hoping for the best. One day this will all be behind you!
Jancie -- I hope you are healing well. Take it easy, girl!
Laura -- yes, beautifully said; but I agree with PackerGirl. We only know and love the new Laura! And she is pretty, darn great!
I am having all kinds of tests done to determine what is going on with my deteriorating bones. I am also exercising alot to try and build up my bones. But, I have a lot more than 8 lbs to loose. More like 28. Unfortunatley my weight is moving in the wrong direction.
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Thanks dear lady Robin! YOU are a sweety too.. I hope they figure out the bone problem. Since you are a nurse.. I know you have researched this on your end. I just want them to FIX our Robin FAST!
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{{{Robin}}} Dang it! Keep us posted...in the meantime we will be praying for good results!!
Laura...love love LOVE what you said. I had to go and get my hair...blonde again...it had been awhile since I was blonde, but when I looked in the mirror I said "hello old friend". My girlfriennd who does my hair didn't really understand, but I just want to see the old me and feel like the old me. I do hurt for the old me and I want to like the new me...I'm just not there yet.
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You know Laura I'll bet you still are the girl you used to be... being forgetful doesn't make you any less who you are. Breasts don't define who you are either. I'm betting you have always been the same sweet, beautiful, giant-hearted person you are in this site.
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Laura-8 pounds? Seriously? From where? You are a teeny tiny little thing. I need to lose 8 pounds also....from my right leg and then maybe another 8 from my left leg, then another 8 from my middle.
Robin-I'm with you. I have been exercising like a crazy woman and somehow that weight is not going anywhere!
Jazz-Gosh this cancer stuff is hard isn't it? I like the new me, but I do find her sometimes adrift. I thought God was trying to get my attention when I was diagnosed for some GRAND PLAN lesson. I haven't found it yet so while I am definitely happy, I do occassionally wonder if there is something else I am supposed to be doing or learning.
We have sunny weather in Seattle this weekend. I am off to enjoy it. Hope everyone has some sunshine this weekend.
Tracy
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I so can relate to everything being said here Sista's-been trying to explain to other's I just don't remember!! It's so frustrating, even with my hubby!! Told him about this to try to help explain myself-I'm not the person/Woman/Wife/Mother/girl I use to be & oh how I do miss some of those qualities that she had.
I understand about the weight problems that some of you are going thru-I'm going thru them as well,but I look 8 months pregnant due to the ever growing hernia's!! I don't always share what I'm going thru-when I read what some of you are going thur, my heart goes out to you & I want all the positive vibes sent your way. Not all of my issues are Cancer related-right now dealing with the chronic pain & a rash infection in the crease of what was once my left breast-told due to all the infections & surgeries I had on that side, might have to learn to live with it if I could. The MRSA is a constant battle & the hernia's has placed me where I was 2 years ago when this part started! The surgery was hoped for December to give my insides a chance to heal,now with the looks of things & constant pain, August was last discussed-to be honest......I'm hoping I can hang tough till June. None of my cloths fit-hard to even fit the tummy wrap around to hold everything together since I keep growing!! Ok Ok, I'm done venting now too!!! We need to focus on Jazzy going in on Monday with positive thoughts!!
Power prayers to all you TA TA SISTA'S to make sure I don't forget anyone!!! 0:)
139 days till Vegas Ladies!!!!! WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Take care Chow XOXO Susie
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Susie-you just can't catch a break! I'm sorry you are having so many issues. I'm sure you just want to feel healthy for awhile. Vent away my dear! We all have our issues.
xoxo
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To all my FABULOUS sisters who are worried about losing a pound or 2 or 8. A friend sent this to me and I thought I would share...
With time, women gain weight because we accumulate so much information and
wisdom in our heads that when there is no more room, it distributes out
to the rest of our bodies. So we aren't heavy, we are enormously cultured,
educated and happy.Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think,
Good grief, look how smart I am!Must be where 'Smart Ass' came from!
Terri
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that's great!
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LOVE IT Terri!!
Susie... Lordy sweety... I think you need some serious prayers of healing your way....
Jaz.. I am praying for you on Monday.. and Beyond... call if you need an ear...
Sunshine.. I WILL BE IN IOWA tomorrow...LOL... but right over the line.. so I am still 4 hrs from you.grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... my D-i-l is grad. from Graceland University there....with her BS..:)
Tracy... you are sweet! In Vegas last yr... I had gained about 24 pds I think... after Vegas.. another 10. ( Medication did this).. I dropped the meds. My oncologist and BS were FREAKING OUT... They wanted the weight OFF ME. They told me that if I wanted to keep the cancer from coming back.. ( who knows).. I needed to exercise and not get fat.
WELL... I am only 4'11.. so to weigh what I did,. was mucho overweight. I have those last 8--10 to go... then I will be at the HIGHEST I should weigh. The doctors told me they will be ok with that...
SOOOOOOOOOOO.. after I loose those last pds.... I still will be about 8 pounds heavier than I was prior to BC. BUT... the doctors will get off my back..:) I do thank you so much for the complement. I felt really bad about myself up until about two months back... when FINALLY , my pain was mostly gone, and I could get on the treadmill again...
We all go through a lot huh? All in different ways... man.... tough journey sisters... Amen!
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Thanks Terri
That really mad me laugh out loud!!
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Hi Everyone,
Well Im getting my nipple tats on Tuesday in Kansas City. Im so excited! I am so impressed with you women that have been sucessful with your weight loss. So far I haven't had much luck :-( but Im hopeful. I am taking vitamins and magnesuim pills (2 a day, 250mg each) and I think my legs are feeling a bit better.
Im really excited about Vegas and can't wait to see you all!
Teresa
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Teresa -- good luck with the tats! And I feel your pain re: weight loss. I am finding it really hard... right now my battle is to stop the GAIN... which so far so good.
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Sweet Sisters.... Have a wonderful week.... love you!!
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&*$*#&$^&$ Someone broke into our home while we were at church today. Here it is 1 am and I can't sleep I am so upset. My dh won't get back from Morocco until tomorrow night. My stepson noticed his things missing when we got back from the BBQ at 9:30 tonight. However, SS said he noticed that a couple of things were out of place when we got home from church but he didn't put it together as I was rushing him to change within 5 minutes so I could drop him off at the BBQ and then arrive later myself after going to the store.
I have my opinion as to who broke in and why and I shared that with the police. It is rather unusual that only my stepson's things were missing and if it was who I think it was - it was a set up to make it look like I did it and it worked because immediately I was the one that was accused in a very angry voice as he was throwing things all over his room. They took both his ipods and his gold plated earphones. I don't even know how to operate an ipod. I have never owned one and don't care to own one so why in the world would I take it? The question tomorrow will be who gave him the lock box to use because I certainly didn't buy it for him and I don't think my husband did either. The person in question also knows that we go to church every Sunday from 1 pm to 3 pm.
The officer asked me to check my meds and so I had to tell him I had cancer so I could justify having just filled a prescription for 120 Lortabs, having 2 bottles of valium, a bottle of ritalin, etc. He went through every pill bottle that I had in my basket and looked at what each of them were.
Oh and I told the officer that we were diligent about locking our doors, the person came through the doggie door. Only 1 person I know for sure could get away with that and the dogs wouldn't even bark. The officer left to leave and he had to unlock my front door. I didn't even realize it but I had locked the officer in my home out of habit. He laughed about it as he left - no doubt in his mind now that my doors were locked as we have always been so careful because we knew it would come a time where someone would break into our home which is why I got a safety deposit box over 4 years ago.
Sorry I know this is off topic from the vegas reunion but I had to get this out of my system.
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Oh Janice, I am so sorry, that sucks..... You feel so violated when somebody breaks in your house....
Hope you stepson comes to his senses and realize you would not do something like that
Hugs
Gisella
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Jancie, OMG! Are you freaking kidding me? Someone your step son KNOWS did this?? Can I just ask if it was a scorned girl? LOL What a PITA though to have to deal with all that, on top of you being in pain from your riding accident and with DH gone. UGH!
HUGS!
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Thankfully my dh is coming home late tonight. Great, this is what he is going to want to hear (1) his ex-wife stalked me and came to the door when he was gone (2) his daughter moved out of her biological mother's home and "supposedly" the mother doesn't know where she is (3) our home got broken into.
As to who did it and who would set me up? The stepdaughter. She even called the cops and falsely accused me of beating her 3 years ago. My dh will not allow her in our home. She assaulted me 4 times and my dh once and that time was in front of the therapist who filed charges against her. She gave me dh the ultimatum more than once of "You get rid of that F Biatch or I am leaving" and dh said "don't let the door kick you in the arse on the way out. Nobody gives my dh ultimatums - worst thing you could do to damage a relationship. My stepdaughter would also know that I would be the one accused and of course that would mean tht I would be asked to leave the house as I couldn't be trusted and she would wiggle her way back to her daddy so that she would have a roof over her head. She dropped out of school her senior year, she hasn't gotten her GED, she refuses to work so makes me wonder who she has conned to live with if she even really left her mother's. That could be a lie also. She is a master manipulator and has been diagnosed bi-polar just like the ex-wife. So I live with 2 nuts living not 5 miles from my home and they both stalk our house all of the time.
I so want to move but they would follow us no matter where we moved even if we went to another state. I used to have to lock my bedroom at night because I was worried about getting attacked in my sleep. The only way I will ever feel safe is if both of them are sitting in jail. I hate to say that but it is so true.
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Jancie -- my sympathies for your troubles. I am sure it will be a great relief to see your DH again after all the events that have taken place in his absence. Stay strong!
Jazzy -- thinking of you today and sending prayers your way for good news and a speedy recovery from surgery.
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Janice! There has got to be a solution. What a nightmare - like you needed anything more in your life. I send prayers of strength and protection.
Jazzy - let us know how you are when you can!
Here's to a good week!
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Hi Sisters--
Sorry I have been out of touch, but busy beyond words. Which brings me to my point. I cannot make the Vegas trip. I've contacted my roomies and told them and they have been great. next fall I will be working, in my second year of grad school, doing field practicum, and being a mom. As it is now I spend my weekends doing homework/housework. I just can't afford the time, or the money, really. I am deeply saddened because I want to be with all of you so much and have fun, but not this time. I know you will all have a fantastic time and will look forward to hearing about it.
Love and hugs--Karen
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{{{JANCIE}}} OMGOODNESS!!!!! I am SO SORRY that you have to deal with all of this crap!! I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers!!!
KAREN!!!!! IT IS STILL TOO FAR AWAY TO MAKE THIS KIND OF A DECISION!!! PLEASE THINK OF RECONSIDERING!!!!! OR JUST WAITING TO DECIDE!!! YOU JUST HAVE TO BE WITH US!!!
OK...I'm home from the hospital. Everything went fairly quick. As usual the IV was the absolute worst part!! My bs said that this scar tissue was attached to my implant. She actually had to cut away part of my pectoral to get to it....she then took it out...well not all of it but the bulk of it. The part that I was feeling the most. Of course it will all be biopsied and my post op is next Monday. The anesthetic is wearing off and my arm is very sore...of course she didn't need to give me a script since I have quite the medicine cabinet. So I am on drugs, laying on the sofa with one of my snuggly cats, and my sweet daughter Jenn at the other end. both of us with our computers. :-) I have an ice pack on my chest and armpit...which I'm hoping will help because it is still hurting. I've already taken 2 vicodin...they usually only work with a beer...haha I told my bs that and she right away plugged her ears and started humming...haha I just love my doctors!!
My bs is still not concerned. She looked straight into my eyes and told me that she would tell me if she were concerned.
Anyway thanks for thinking of me girls!!! Jancie hang in there girl!!!
HUGS! Jazzy
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Jazzy -- glad you are resting comfortably!
Karen -- I do understand and I'll say this: if you change your mind I'm sure that room will be found for you, whether with us or not!
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Jazzy, SO glad you are home resting and the news is good. I'm sure the final report will be good too!
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Janice: How awful!!!!!!!! So sorry you have to go through all this. Sounds like you have your hands full with your hubby's ex and family! Bet you're gonna be glad when he walks through that door. Sending you prayers and protecting vibes against all the crazies!
Karen: I can't believe you're not coming to Vegas! We all understand if it isn't in the cards for you this year but hopefully circumstances will change and you'll be able to go.
Jazzy! So glad you're home and doing OK! Rest and take care of yourself.... the worst is over and I'm sure everything will come back A-OK ! BTW, I got my Ta-ta's tank today! It fits perfectly- thanks sooooooo much!
Terri
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Yeah I just wish the pain would subside...I looked at my daughter and said...I sure would love to put some vodka in this Mt Dew....but she looked at me with that motherly face and said...um mom you just had anesthesia and 2 vicodin....I said oh yeah probably wouldn't be smart huh. lol then I said...well we live close to a hospital!! She just looked at me with disgust...lol I am well taken care of....guess I did my job as a mom, cuz she sure is reminding me of ...me. ha
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LOL Jazzy
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