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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited June 2011

    Re:  Celebrating a Cancerversary "Eph-style"...

    The three things I would choose to do, just for the joy of being able to do it, would be:  1) rock out to some favorite music,  2) catch the scent of some nice flowers (like honeysuckle...nix, nix, nix on the stinky ones,) and 3) laugh!  These are things that make me really feel alive.  Shocking that "eat some Cheetos" is not represented, eh?  Nor is sex.  Well, they just did not make the cut into the top three, but I will give them an honorable mention.

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited June 2011
    Carrol2, Middle-aged belly fat is the bane of my existence right now, too.
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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited June 2011

    {{{SANDEE}}} Woo Hoo!

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  • reesie
    reesie Member Posts: 2,078
    edited June 2011

    Woohoo Sandee!

    Speaking of belly fat I might even get a 3 for 1 out of this surgery. Met with the BS today and she's all for doing both surgeries tag team style. She's gonna talk to my gyn and we'll work out a mutually agreeable date.

    And she said she might need some abdominal skin for my chest area so free tummy tuck lol.

    And to top everything off she said that when she saw my name on the list of topics last week at the weekly cancer board meeting she asked my onc why and he got a big smile on his face as he said "Have you seen her lately".  She said she needed to hug me because she was so excited about how well I've responded to treatment so far.  Now that really made me feel good.

    Edited to finish the post since I hit submit accidentally on my nook 

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  • walker2222
    walker2222 Member Posts: 558
    edited June 2011

    Well I have not been on for over a week and boy howdy I missed a lot so I am sending a big

    {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{HUG}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

    To everyone.

    My dad is in the hospital in his home town now.  It is call swingbed??? to build up his strength as he is working with a PT every day.  My sister does not think it is getting any better but as she said she maybe to close to the situation.  He turned 82 on the 14th sent him some balloons and goodies.

    Haven't decided on the hereditary test yet, DH doen't want me to do it thinks it would cause a lot of unnecessary worries.  Jury is still out.  Surgery coming up next week to remove the other TE, having to train someone to fill in for me while I am out.  Will be out a little over a week, need some TLC time.  6/23-7/5.

    Well I have been without a stove since Sunday and an oven for almost two weeks (it works but makes a lot of noise).  They are a seperate unit but stove (gas) is above the oven (electric).  Decided to get a nice free standing stanless steel gas range with 5 burners on top and warming drawer under the oven.  It will be delivered tomorrow, DH is preping the area today along with taking DS to the DMV to get his driving permit.  Summer school (speech) and Drivers Ed. is going great for my DS.  He is taking speech to get it out of the way, a couple of his friends are taking health so we are car pooling to school and has friends in Drv.Ed. and car pooling with that so I do not have to be his taxi service and miss work time.  Hope everyone has a great weekend.  Thinking of taking DH to the drive in to see Super 8 (his choice) for fathers day.  There is a Drive In in Ennis, TX.  Looking forward to it.

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  • OG56
    OG56 Member Posts: 897
    edited June 2011
    Great news Reesie, and see thats why I am hanging onto my belly fat because it may be needed to make me a new set of boob's!  I know it must have felt good to recognized for how well you are doing!! Congratulations
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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited June 2011
    mjbmiller, I think you have just written about every scenario I mentioned in my opening post for this thread.  I did say more than a few times that my opening was only a generalization for common things that might be going on with us at this age but, girl, you hit the Trifecta on it!
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  • Eph3_12
    Eph3_12 Member Posts: 4,781
    edited June 2011

    E-Cheetos would probably be #4 on my list & I have to ask-What is sex?????????????????

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited June 2011
    Eph, It's what eating lots of chocolate is a substitute for.  (And that is not even a comment based on your three things, because I've been saying that about my own choco-holism for years.)  Tongue out
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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited June 2011

    Eli, I have to see if faced with choosing cheetos or chocolate I would chooose.........drum roll......... CHEETOS!!!!

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  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 5,938
    edited June 2011

    mjbmiller so sorry about your Dad.  hope he can get his strength back.  Just saw Super 8 and it was very good.

    Reese-congrats on things seeming to be better and now you have a plan.

    OG55-keep that belly fat.  I did not think I would need it and started working out because I want to fight this BC crap.  Now I am going to have a BMX and need the fat and don't have enough.  So I have to gain 10-15 pounds and get some belly fat going.  I have a little just not enough. Dr said not to worry he will remove it all when we have the surgery.

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  • Kay_G
    Kay_G Member Posts: 3,345
    edited June 2011

    Reesie, wonderful news!  I am thrilled for you.  I am in Philly, what hospital are you getting treated at?  I'm at UPenn.

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  • heartnsoul76
    heartnsoul76 Member Posts: 1,648
    edited June 2011

    reesie - I had to smile, too, when I read what your onc said to the other doctor. That's the best news ever! Especially when it's not to your face, but something a doctor says about you. Most excellent! 

    sandee - congratulations on one year! Make sure to enjoy your favorite 3 things! 

    eli - you and I have the same favorite 3 things! Just the other day I stopped the car to smell the honeysuckle. I had my son with me and since we don't have any in our woods, I wanted him to enjoy the smell. I think I'm going to try to actually grow some around here. I know it's an invasive weed, but I love it. Besides, nothing is as bad as the freaking "invasive" English ivy growing rampant around here. And of course, the rock music and laughing - my son and I laugh a lot around here and rock music is so big to both of us. We're always making up music games, plus he has the whole house wirelessly rigged up with these nice speakers so we can turn it on in almost any room with our iPhones. Sometimes we play dueling iPhones, but I usually win because I'm the "boss" - riiiight.

    About the SAM-e: my doctor actually recommended it to me for my fibromyalgia because he has fibro, too, and uses it himself. I like it for sooooo many things, but I can definitely tell it helps me stay in an "up" mood. I see my MO in on the 28th, so I'll double-check with her about it being okay to take with Tamoxifen. 

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited June 2011

    HnS76, Same three things, and you also have fibromyalgia too? Don't look now, but we might have been separated at birth. Hope you got to do those three things for your cancerversary back in May. 

    I picked up some SAM-e today.  No one told me it was $40!  Yow!  (Walgreen's did have it BOGOF, so $20.)  The package said it is 7-14 days to notice a difference and I've started it.  I should be able to judge the results by the osteoarthritis in my lumbar spine, and by how crippled my feet feel from fibromyalgia the first thing every morning.  If those things improve, I'll automatically be in a better mood.  Will post on here, one way or another, how my latest experiment turns out.

    p.s. Taking it with B Complex is supposed to help it work/absorb.

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  • reesie
    reesie Member Posts: 2,078
    edited June 2011

    Thanks everyone!



    Kay, I go to Einstein. I love my docs and my infusion room nurses.



    Honeysuckle is my favorite too! One day I'm gotta get some to grow in my yard. And it's the best use of the word invasive than I've seen in the last 7 months :)



    Oh and I finally remembered to get my path report so I updated my signature.

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  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited June 2011
    LOL (comment about Honeysuckle,) reesie.  Laughing
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  • carollynn79
    carollynn79 Member Posts: 654
    edited June 2011

    Ah honeysuckle so sweet it is!!!!

    I went to see Bridesmaides last night with the girls, first movie I have gone to see at the theatre for probably 20 years.  Parts are a bit raunchy but the movie made me laugh.  I make sure I take the time to go out with the girls, smell the roses, (all flowers), stay in touch with my many sibs, I am a true Middie,middle of 3 girls, middle of 7 children and middle age!!!  I really appreciate all the good things in my life.

    Sandee congrats, every cancerversary is important!!

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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited June 2011

    Hey girlfriends :)  Still somewhat out of touch while renovations continue in our house. We're at week 5 of a 5-7 day job!! I heard it from so man people, yet really thought "our" guy was different and it would really be done - at hte outside - in two weeks.  The upside is that my downstairs is really transformed and I'm loving it. Lots of touchup needed, but no final check will be written until I'm satisfied.

    Happy for lots of your news, hopeful and encouraging for other parts. Just know that I love reading every single post even when I don't get to come every night or even more than once a week.

    Hugs for Friday everyone.

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  • JeanH
    JeanH Member Posts: 281
    edited June 2011

    Hi guys,



    Been AWOL for awhile hope all is well - wanted to drop in say hello and let you know I did not drop off the face of the earth. Handling rads ok, the driving too and from is what really stresses me out and losing 2 hours a day is backing up my workload >> more stress. I have one more major meeting next week and hopefully things will slow down a bit. Feeling tired and twangy so I should head off to bed. Thinking of all of you.



    Sanders congrats on the cancerversary :)



    {{{{hugs to all}}}}}



    Jean

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  • leisaparis
    leisaparis Member Posts: 587
    edited June 2011

    will have to try the sam-e & b complex

    chrissyb - did I miss the mystery pic? what page is it on?

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited June 2011

    Ooops girls Sorry!!!!   Here is the mystery pic!

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  • Valjean
    Valjean Member Posts: 1,898
    edited June 2011

    Jalepeno Cheetos over Chocolate!!! Tongue out

    Well, such great advice from everyone - elimar ~ I love music & plan to get the CD's in the changer & crank that puppy up again ! I used to always have it on & have so gotten into having the business news on all day (depressing), that I got out of the habit. And, I think I will get out to that flower bed of mine & smell the flowers again.

    Carrol2 ~ You inspire me with your going to the gym & WW. Just tonight I DVR'd a kettleball exercise program to try out next week. Don't have a k-ball but I can use a gallon jug with sand (?) in it, I'll find something. I would love to do Zumba but don't want to pay for it. I have turned on those infomercials - I could just watch that & pick it up here & there enough to get some movement going.

    I need to do this. I need to add some positive things happening as Carrol2 has said.

    At for being a middie, when I mentioned finances in a previous post, I feel like the lady who said to the President that she never thought she'd ever have to revert back to the beans 'n franks days again. (or something close to that). I sure have thought a lot about my life up to this point (I'm 59) & what I would/could have done differently. My girls are grown & married, & we can't even begin to think of retirement at this time in this economy. And we don't even have parents to be caregivers of. (my in-laws are out-of-state & my Dad is married to a younger woman-that's another story in & of itself!)

    reesie ~ Don't you just love it when people are talking about you? (re: the comment "Have you seen her lately?") YES!

    I do realize it is up to me to move forward. It's just something I have to learn how to do.

    Hugs to all !

    Sandee ~ Congrats on your 1-year cancerversary!!! Cool

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  • marlegal
    marlegal Member Posts: 2,264
    edited June 2011

    hhhmmmm......i'm saying mattress or mattress pad cover

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  • Sherryc
    Sherryc Member Posts: 5,938
    edited June 2011

    Jean I remember those days. I had a 50 minute drive to and from rads and worked part time.  I slept all weekend long.

    Chrissy-I will say clouds.

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  • Slainte
    Slainte Member Posts: 152
    edited June 2011

    I agree, mattress cover, or snowy ground ( I'm Canadian lol)



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  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited June 2011

    clouds, or skin....3jays

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  • reesie
    reesie Member Posts: 2,078
    edited June 2011

    I was thinking a leaf of sone kind.

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  • BarbaraA
    BarbaraA Member Posts: 7,378
    edited June 2011

    skin

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  • suebak
    suebak Member Posts: 199
    edited June 2011

    Hi ladies-Been sitting her for the last hour reading threw this thread.  Hope you don't mind if I join in here.  I am 48 and was diagnosed in March with IDC. This thread describes my life. Married, raised 4 kids, all out of the house, and BAM breast cancer. It sucks, but this site has really helped me, even if I just sit and read.  Trying to return to a normal life, but it is difficult when you are running to radiation treatments every day before going to work. I am having a poor me day and it is only 7:30 am, I guess it is going to be a long one.

    Kay-I read on here you are going to U of Penn, I too am being treated there. 
    What a great team of drs

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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 16,818
    edited June 2011

    HI Suebak and welcome to good place.  Make yourself at home and jump in anytime you like.

    Love n hugs.  Chrissy

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