I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Ha ha!!!! Oh, E, thanks for the laugh!

You're welcome, Athena!

How are you feeling tonight?  All ready for the Blizzard That Ate The East Third of the U.S.?

Shirley:  Mine was found when I was 65.  I was told my chances would have been much lower if it had been found earlier because it would have been too aggressive.  I'm sooooo happy to be old and I don't really know how old I am because I have no birth certificate.  So I "think" I was 65 when it was diagnosed.  My spirit is still 35 years old tho.  I feel we don't have to age in spirit only in our decrepit bodies and mine has held up pretty well all these years inspite of all my "near death" experiences.

I agree with you that we can never really say we are cured until they find a way to cure us by making sure not "one" cell is left in our bodies.  But it's good that Barbara can have such a positive attitude and celebrate being cured.  "How we think is How we Are".  I think I will go pander on the streets and see if I can find some guy who wants to take an "old" lady on a great cruise!  I want that chocolate dessert she gets on her cruise! Yummy!

Barbara

Happy Birthday, finally got to see your pictures. You and your guy look fantastic. it must have really been fun.

Erica

If you are worried about cfl bulbs, I am sure it won't be long before led bulbs will be available for home use. They are already in traffic lights and flashlights.

I would like to clear one thing up.  I too had/have a positive attitude.  I did not worry about the cancer coming back.  It would not help.  The only reason I had the CT scan and bone scan was because I was complaining AGAIN about my LE arm.  She said since I had nodes positive she wanted me to have a CT scan to make sure nothing was there.  I didn't want it or ask for it.  Actually, I didn't worry about it.  I received a message from her when we got home (takes a little over 2 hrs to drive to Duke) telling me to call her back.  Anyway she added the bone scan.  I still did not worry about it.  It seem to be stable for a couple of scans then the two new lesions about 3 months ago was found.  I still refuse to sit and worry about it.  If my brain goes to a "dark" place, I bring myself out of that thought.  It does not help to sit around worrying about this damned disease.

Barbara, I proclaim that you ARE cancer free and it will NEVER return.

I was posting the link regarding the light bulbs because it seemed like all of you thought they were a good idea.  I did not do it to debate them .  The article  links melatonin to increased cancer risk.  I believe that has been studied  with the same result many times.

So do you any links for the Supreme court comments regarding the election you made, m and E  earlier today.  I was just interested.  Don't have to make everything so competitive and nasty

Pant, pant, pant.  I finally got caught up with the posts.  I'm sorry I missed all the kerfuffles -- it can be quite entertaining when the fur flies.

AND, Barbara -- what beautiful photos, specifically, you looked beautiful in all your evening gowns. WOW!!  What a wonderful birthday and cruise you had!  I thought of you often as I watched the cruise ships head in and out of the Caymans, wondering where you were..

Morning Barbara .. hope you had a wonderful birthday dinner last night.  I enjoyed all your pics .. you and hubby looked fantastic!  So glad you had a great time.

Bren

Morning, all. E and everyone else in.....tonnes of places. Hope the weather is not getting to much in your way! Shirley, I would never put you down as a health complainer. You are an example of how toughness and attitude have zero relationship to cancer progression.

As for getting people to buy pre-existing insurance.... I think most people would buy insurance if they could afford it.  Too many companies still don't cover ALL employees and the people making barely minimum wage cannot afford to purchase health insurance.  Frankly, I think the gov needs to come up with a plan for people under age 65 and it would be based on their income and what they could afford.  We have to make sure they know if they don't purchase these plans (if they can afford them) they will have to resort to the more costly commercial plans if they get a disease later.  Something has to be done to encourage all people to get insured.  I think the gov had the right idea but went about it the wrong way and the courts are stopping it now.

 Young people never think they can get a terminal disease and are infalliable until they get sick!  We have to find a way to show them they are not infalliable and must get covered.  We also have to make sure we keep the pre-existing for those who have already been damned by a serious disease like bc or diabetes.  It infuriates me that instead of just "tweaking" the Bill the idiot Repubs are going to end up causing us to lose what good the Bill had in it.    All I can say is whenever this monster winter storm passes over all of us, we start drowning our politicians with more letters and phone calls about how we feel about what they are planning on doing with the Healthcare Bill.  Republicans need to know they are going to lose the votes they got recently over this!

For those who think mandatory insurance is unconstitutional: 

"It turns out, the Founding Fathers would beg to disagree.

In July of 1798, Congress passed - and President John Adams signed - "An Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen." The law authorized the creation of a government operated marine hospital service and mandated that privately employed sailors be required to purchase health care insurance.

Keep in mind that the 5th Congress did not really need to struggle over the intentions of the drafters of the Constitutions in creating this Act as many of its members were the drafters of the Constitution.

And when the Bill came to the desk of President John Adams for signature, I think it's safe to assume that the man in that chair had a pretty good grasp on what the framers had in mind."

http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/01/17/congress-passes-socialized-medicine-and-mandates-health-insurance-in-1798/

It turns out that the founders not only supported mandatory insurance, they also supported single payer system and government run hospitals.  I don't think the founders considered themselves acting against the constitution that they themselves wrote.

It is very different to impose a tax on the salaries of transient seamen who arrived in ports and were frequently left behind when their ships left port creating a burden for local residents  if the seaman was ill on arrival or became ill during his short stay in port, and requiring citizens to purchase a commodity.

That law was more like requiring travelers to pay a tax, like a hotel or amusement tax, if there is a reasonable expectation that the local government would be required to provide additional services to the transient visitors that were far beyond the needs of the local population. 

It was also similar to union dues...if you wish to work in a union shop, you are required to join the union and pay union dues for which you are entitled to specific benefits. 

That is very different than saying that if you live here, you must buy this. 

PatMom, I don't think your argument states a case against notself's post.

I always thought seamen belonged to Unions so why couldn't they be insured at good group rates through the Unions?  Just wondering.