Spirited and Lively Older Women Thread

The banner?....Something we probably wouldnt like....maybe fight, survive....I forget. But I thought it was a good way to mark the driveway which I have missed numerous times.  I saw it at Big Lots or Joanne's or somewhere and sale and thought Hmmmm, I can use this is Shell Knob.   I had a little discussion with my father and cousin about that while Chrissy was in the bathroom when we went to dinner that one night and my father made a comment on how he was really proud of the good fight I was putting up and I told him " You know, most women with breast cancer do not like to be dubbed, fighters, survivors, and with terms like that" and my father, who is a stubborn old dutchman, said well, I still think you women are fighters.  IMHO, we are just women doing what we have to do, living with BC.  I will be anxious to find out on Tues, if this Xeloda, Herceptin combo I am on is taking the tumor markers down.....if they have continued to go up and are now in the 4,000s, I am going to be pissed....well, maybe that is the wrong term, but I will be very disappointed and will probably start going to that other onco I had the consultation appt with. 

Barb, I think we all love eating....here are a few pics of the place we went for brunch last Sunday at the school of the Ozarks.....I think the dessert table was the favorite with all of us.   I thought this was a rather unique way of displaying the wares...the drawers had different desserts in them. All very low cal and healthy, rest assured. 

Lisa,  I guess we all are in the sense we aren't ready to just lie down and die, BUT I do not like the term for myself and honestly do not feel like I am putting much effort into living, I just do it.  I always say I am living with breast cancer and that's what I feel I am doing.

Totally off any subject, Tim just called and starts out with Marybe, your father is OK....after having started out that way, I knew what was to follow could not be good news.  He only left for home less than an hour ago, but it seems he rammed into the back of another car.  I don't know any details or how bad it was, but Tim said a tow truck was coming.  We have been telling him he needs to stop driving for quite awhile....he had said he was going to quit this year, but instead he got his driver's llicense renewed and was so pleased that he passed the test.  I asked Did they actually have you drive and he said No, it was just a vision test.  Well,they should have made him take a driving test.   Gotta go....Tim must called and I guess the hway patrol did not call a tow truck so I have to look one up.  Later. 

tow truck for what Marybe??you left us hanging!!!

  it was great to find you home, safe sunday night when i called.. love ya...more later....3jays

Marybe, I totally agree about the labels we get ... I never thought I survived anything - I was told something was wrong, I went to doctors who told me how they thought we should handle it, and I did and do. Not sure if you saw my FB rant about pink and October or not ... scared a few people I think   The bottom line is that cancer is a very personal experience and just like everything else in life, each person has to handle and react and respond in their own way. Vive la differance

a picture of the lunch we had for chrissy, while she was here...    3jays

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Love the pic of the dog.....I put it as my backround on my computer for October:)

OK, Barbe58, this one is for you.   Remember how I was talking about a store in Eureka Springs where I always liked to buy saltwater taffy and you asked What is Saltwater taffy?  Well, this is it....I have been eating a lot of it and when I got weighed today at the onco's I was up 4 lbs....although I am sure it is not just from the taffy...it's from funnel cakes, and the dessert buffet at the brunch we went to, and a lot of other things I have been eating.  Also, this taffy is not from that place, although I bought it there....we ate that and I gave what was left to my cousin since he loves it.  Then on the way home my father and I stopped at this place that was advertised as the world's largest candy store.  I do not think it was, but they did have a lot of candy.  There were baskets and baskets full of saltwater taffy on one side of the room and baskets of assorted penny (ha...used to be) candy.  When we left the place I said to my father, I really don't think I could have bought 10 lbs of candy, but the bill is over $35 and he said it was $3.49 per 1/2lb.....I was thinking it said per pound!!  Guess my father's eyes are better than I thought.  Anyway, here is a picture for you....my favorite flavors are the licorice, peppermint and molasses....also cherry and banana are pretty good.

good to see you here, Elimar, so sorry i didn't make shell knob, and meet you.. glad you're here. now you know we don't bite..well, some of us will, if you ask NICELY...hahaha        3jays

I'm o.k. with Pinktober, but there has got to be MORE than just raising awareness for early detection.  Too much money spent on that, not enough going to research into an actual cure.  Or how 'bout better detection methods and treatments?  Mammo, mammo, mammo...well it missed mine.  Slash, poison, burn...will we ever get some new treatments that cut down on the collateral damage to our bodies.  Hurry Up!!!

oh well; this is how i feel.. and only 2 more months and its' chrismas!!!

I've never been bothered by pictober. If it motivates someone to get that 1st mammogram or start doing BSEs, or asking questions and checking into family history then I can deal with all the pink.  BSEs and screenings aren't perfect, as we all know, and we need better, but lives have been saved because of them.  I would  like to know where the money goes that is raised from all the pink paraphenalia that is sold and BC charities that are bombarding us with mailings for donations.  Most importantly,  how do we get more money into the hands of researchers who are searching for better treatments for stage IV and a cure that would kill this beast once and for all.

i think thats' what bothers us all, girls... where the $$ goes.. susan b. komen just isn't accountable for me.. and how much does publix ACTUALLY donate, and so it goes, et al.. i also, would like to see "cancers dirty secret" stage IV ladies included. Lowrider was looking into gettin one week to talk about cancer isn't always cured  on the first shot......3jays