February 2011 chemo pals

Jenn, sending you a massive hug from Canada. I wish I could do more to help you and make you feel better. Please know you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. xoxo

One year ago today I received a phone call that instantly changed my life and the lives of my family and friends. I call it my cancerversary. Looking back on this year I survived 3 surgeries, 16 chemo treatments, 36 radiation treatments and countless blood tests and scans. I lost my hair, some of my nails, and a lot of weight. Through it all, I learned  a lot about myself, my family and my friends. I cried a lot, prayed even more.  I laughed a little and got out of bed to fight for my life every single day! I made some new friends, watched a few old ones walk away because it was too much and more than anything I learned to love every minute of my blessed life with my family and friends!  I had cancer but cancer DID NOT have me!

Couldn't have gotten through it without you all!

Its a special home we have here. My one year isn't here yet and I can't wait to list my story!!! I hope everyone continues to post them....

Congrats Cindy and momaoftwo!  Fuzzy can't wait for your cancerversary!

The next few days are going to be a whirlwind, before it starts I want to wish you all a Happy Holiday. I want to thank all of you for being there along side me this past year. Thanks for supporting, encouraging, and helping to bring a smile to my face when few could. Feb girls are an amazing, courageous, loving group of women who mean alot to me and honestly helped many times from going over the edge. I hope we all can enjoy this time the best we can. You're all in my thoughts and prayers. xoxo

I havent been posting here much, but I do look at here daily.  I am fast approaching upon my cancerversary and want to stop by and tell you gals how much it has meant to me having you all here right along with me as I had to face one of the toughest things I ever had to do in life.  I thought getting sober was the hardest thing I ever had done in life until I had cancer.  Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!  Oh and I kinda went over the edge today and got my nose pierced!

I could not have made it, either, without this particular group on this forum, my long-suffering chemo sisters.  We were together the longest, got to know each other, and I KNEW I could always come here and tell things I held back from family, get advice, and relate as only those who face cancer can.  I wish the very best for all of you, Happy Holidays, and may we have a promising New Year, whatever shape we're in!  GG

Chiming in with my own thankfulness for this group of sisters. 

I don't post much, but I think of you guys often.  2011 would have been a lot more difficult without you guys.

Have a terrific Christmas and I've already claimed 2012 as being a lot better for all of us!

Here's hoping everyone had a wonderful Christmas! Ditto on what everyone else hasd said, I want to thank you all for being here, I don't know what I would have done without this site, but particularly this group. I love you all!! Hugs and hopes for a much better 2012 than that stinkin' 2011!!

JENN, hearing from you was the best Christmas gift I could have received.  I am happy you are picking up and going on with your life.  As you know and I know about the loss of our dogs, there is a breaking off of part of our lives when that happens, and I guess having this disease is another type of breaking off, and yet we go on despite how fearsome things can get.  I actually think you will manage rather well, and I look forward to the times you come back to us, just like the old days.  Love, Gail

Thanks to you all for being there. Coming up on my cancerversary
soon. I don't post as much anymore, but try to pop in and read when I
can. I appreciate all the support you have given me directly and
indirectly. You are awesome women! I too am hoping for a better 2012.

I have 2 more Herceptins to go (I think- need to talk w/ MO next time). Happy New Year!

This
is a picture of me and DH. Glad to have hair even though it's ultra
short and I cannot do anything with it. Still nice to have hair again! 

Lisa

Congrats Pejkug3 and LisaGH. On your 1 year cancerversary... It sure has been a wild ride.. Glad the year is behind us and hope that 2012 is a better year for all of us...



Cindy

FUZZY, I can really see you in a Fiat!  Cool car!  JENN, oh, I do wonder how you are adjusting to your latest "normal."  Hmmmm.  Feel free to express anything you want to us.  I've had some dark spots along this cancer road, altho yours has got to be one of the toughest, but hope springs eternal, don't you know?!  Still, I think sadness is an okay thing, it's where you're at, and you just stay there as long as you need to.  The only thing that has helped me when I really spiral too far down is to distract myself with something else, until I sort of shake that clinging emotion, so I can then do what I enjoy for the day. 

I also am wondering how you are making out with the Arimidex... I had some problems with it, I have heard Evista and some other ones are a little nicer to people, I will see my doc in a month and he'll likely put me on something else.  Everyone has diff side effects, some not at all, and very few had one of mine, which was this deep sense of dispair, I cried all the time.  I couldn't plan for ANYthing positive down the road.  And since you are already kind of in this position, gosh, I can sure identify with how you may be feeling.  Wish I had a consoling piece of redemption to give you. 

I DO know this, I went a little overboard, JENN, in sympathizing when you first told us how sick you really are, becuz actually that Stage IV REALLY DOES have some positive numbers and women living regular long lives!  I hope you will read those types of things.  At least you've been operated on and chemoed all the way out and so forth.  So, it's really a matter of a positive prayer song filling in the background of your life.  I think all of us sisters have learned whatever we can grab hold of, that's what we do to get thru our days.  So, I pray, to JENN and all of us, may all our days turn to spring flowers and long luxurious summers and may our tears melt away into starry nights.  I love all my chemo pals, my best cancer friends, my special best friends, forever and always, Gail

I am a facebooker- I'll PM you fuzzy. I'd love to be facebook pals with any of you. I have had a breast cancer blog.  (pinkflamingowarrior.blogspot.com) I wrote today about you all no names- just a true thanks for the love & kindness of all of you on this board.

Would love to meet more of you in person. You are the best! Please do PM me too if you are on facebook & want to be friends there.

One year ago today was my BMX- so I consider this my true cancerversary. One more Herceptin to go two weeks from this Tuesday.

Have a great day- love you all. Think of you often and thank you for all the kinship here.

Lisa

Hi fuzzy!