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  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 3,647
    edited November 2011

    Good evening all...I got my dx today.  IDC low grade 1 stage 1, small 5mm.  Dr. said he could do a lumpectomy and we'd talk about radiation.  We are meeting next week to discuss and he will have results of HR & HER then.  Was hoping for something better...like B9....but it is what it is, and I will handle it just like every other crisis in my life.  I can't control what has already happened, but I can control how I react going forward.

    Thanks everyone for all of your support while I navigated this diagnosis...all the way back from Sept. 

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited November 2011

    Hi Kaara.....We are here for you. I'm not 70 but sneaking in because i love you all.

    HUGS♥

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  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 3,647
    edited November 2011

    Thank you Shelia888!

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited November 2011

    Oh my God Jo............When you said put the 2nd load in the same water, I roared........I remember having to make a decision which clothes went in first (the least dirty of course), and then deciding which ones would go in next.............I remember before changing the water for "more loads", we would always wash the work clothes in the water that had been used a few times.....................funny , funny, funny........................could you see the "Princesses" today having to do all that crap.....................and I can still see myself standing over the wash tubs, and it always took 2 big ones filled with water...................................for heavens sake the homes today, have 1 wash tub if their lucky, and that is just to get rid of the "water" from the automatic washer....................................and back then I was 99 lbs.............can't say that today . .............hahahahaha................

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  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 8,046
    edited November 2011
    OMG---this thread is really a throwback to the best memories....The best part is that we were dirt poor and didnt even know it.I am still friends with my childhhood friends there are 4 of us and we always say we had everything...sure we did.we had food on the table,clothes on our backs,a few pennies in our pockets and life was sooo easy then....I really dont think any of my DD would be able to wash out my compression bra(by hand) that i had to wear 24/7 and run from the fan to the air conditioner all day long till it dried....no they will never know what they missed.....
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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited November 2011

    Starting when I was 4 we lived about 2 years on the family homestead with my Dad's brother.  No running water, no electricity, coal stove.  Even at that age I helped haul the water, I could manage 2 half pails.  I had my own wash tub and a "me" sized version of Mom's washboard.  I washed many of my own cloths but was not allowed near the flat irons that Mom had to heat on the stove to iron.  She even ironed the men's work shirts.  On a 100 degree day in ND wash day got plenty warm in that kitchen.

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  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 3,647
    edited November 2011

    Yes, those were the good ole days!  I still remember the iceman delivering ice to each home for our icebox that is now called a refrigerator!  My gramma had a laundry room, but it was outside, back behind the shed.  She had one of those high tech electric jobbies, and it had a wringer that you put the clothes through to get the water out of them before hanging them on the line.  The sheets and towels really smelled good back then before we had dryers and association rules about putting up clotheslines!  Remember blueing that you put in the water to make the sheets and towels white?  Is that still around?

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited November 2011

    Hi All, 

    Sorry to intrude here, but it is such a lovely thread! If you feel so inpired in the next months, feel free to share the holiday nostalgia over in the new thread on "Coping with the Holidays".

    Thanks for sharing your memories, and inspirations.

    Your Mods 

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited November 2011

    Well ladies, glad someone loves our "new thread".......I have totally enjoyed all the nostalgia, and hope we can continue to bring forth all our past good times, and remembrances...............we did so much with so little...............love you gals.

    Will look for the holiday thread too.

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  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 8,046
    edited November 2011
    Looks like we are needed somewhere...well thats a good thing...pay it forward ladies...i gotta look for that thread too.....Im soooo glad that the Moderators think we have something to offer....hey guess what?????WE DO!!!!!!!!
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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited November 2011

    Geez, sorry. Forgot to even give you the name and link: 

    http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/133

    (under the category Day to Day Matters)

    YES, you do have something to offer!! ! Keep it up!

    Wink The Mods

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited November 2011

    Thanks Moderators........................Yes us over 70 ladies have been around the block more then a few times.............so many times our ideas and opinions are passed off as unimportant, but I do belive we have much to offer.......................If nothing else we can tell the younger set how when life was hardest..............we made it easier.............if not for ourselves for all the ones we loved.....................

    Hey you younguns...................you stop by too............we love having you all here..

    Hugs and Kisses to all.............................

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  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 8,046
    edited November 2011

    Did anyone go to the thread yet????I have been off all day..busy with the kids.everyone just fell asleep so here i am...exhausted....what else would you expect from a GG(great grandmother) at 9:30...after being up since 7am...hey im not used to this...im retired for over 5 yrs now after workin for over 50 yrs.When im home i dont move this lill ass out of bed till around 9 or after....

    gonna check out the new thread.huggggs everyone...K

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited November 2011

    (((((Granny)))))

    ♥       ♥       ♥

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  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 8,046
    edited November 2011

    Oh Sheila---I know you have a gentle heart...please check out those threads that the mods would like us to go on....im guessing that there are a lot of lonely,sick,afraid etc.sistas who need a little help during this Thanksgiving....Im sure there are lots of young sistas who are lookin for a gentle hugggggggg.

    there are 2 threads i found....I love ya sista....huggggggggs K

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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 25,634
    edited November 2011
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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited November 2011

    Hey Ladies....................weather here is horrible..................rainy, today, and going to get a gully washer tomorrow........................Who needs this.......not me............just checking in to see how my ladies are all doing.....................

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited November 2011

    Been feeling a little down today. Four months ago after my six months mamo, at my regular appt with my MO she gave me the most thorough digital exam for lumps I've ever had and found nothing.  She also did a "full blood panel" which was all normal.  A little over a week ago I thought I may have found two small lumps.  One of them moved around just like my cancer did.  Called right away and saw my MO yesterday.  She found three lumps, said she wanted a mamo stat with ultrasound and biopsy to follow if indicated, another full blood panel and an appointment next Monday to go over the results with me.  I got pretty choked up and teary eyed.  She reminded me that could be nothing to worry about but admitted that she was concerned too and that we would fight it with everything we have.  So Friday is my mammogram, next Monday my next Doctor appointment. 

    I'm scared,,,,,,,,

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited November 2011

    I wish I could be there with you Chabba...

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  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 8,046
    edited November 2011

    OH NO!!!!!Chabba-----lets hope and pray it is nuthin.I too wish i was with you and could give you a great big huggggggg.

    Ducky----yeah the weather here is shit too.....rainin on and off and we didnt start cookin for Thanksgiving yet!!!!!!!

    I wanna go home....enuf with babies crying.5 more days but who is counting?????

    huggggs everyone....K

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited November 2011

    chabba............I'm praying for you girlfriend.........does this shit ever end.............wouldn't you think once would be enough...................Maybe this isn't anything................ok, for me to say, but lets be as hopeful as we can..........tough after being down the path once, but let's all of us pray real hard....................hugs.

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited November 2011

    Thanks ladies.   I'm just thankful the next couple of days are so busy.

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  • mostlymom
    mostlymom Member Posts: 466
    edited November 2011

    chabba - I'm there holding your hand....

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  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 8,046
    edited November 2011

    (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((Chabba)))))))))))))))))))))) still prayin..

    HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!

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  • Kaara
    Kaara Member Posts: 3,647
    edited November 2011

    Same to you granny...and everyone else too!

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited November 2011

    Happy Thanksgiving all.

    Thanks Granny

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited November 2011

    Happy Thanksgiving to all my wonderful ladies.....................what am I thankful for "all of you"

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited November 2011

    I am so thankful for the love and support we all share here on BCO.  I think I would have gone nuts this week in fear and apprehension of tomorrows tests without you. Knowing that we all share these experiences, understand and keep each other in our thoughts and prayers lifts  me from despair and sustains my strength.

    Thank and bless you all.

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  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 13,369
    edited November 2011

    Praying for ;you Chabba.....................hugs

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited November 2011

    Thanks Ducky

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