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  • thefuzzylemon
    thefuzzylemon Member Posts: 2,630
    edited May 2012

    Thanks Veggy!!! That's so sweet!! Can I be the blue bear?

    I stayed down all day today. Tomorrow, I'm getting my bum ass up and taking care of the house...but.....I might need a push!!! Help me Please.

    Its suppose to be in the THIRTIES tonight....what the %&#$@!!!!

  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 8,046
    edited May 2012

    if thats a purple bear its MINE.....i think im goin color blind!!!!!Can i blame that on the bc????

    I blame everything else.....

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2012

    Seeing the plastic surgeon tomorrow morning. I'm kinda nervous. This all is starting to feel real and I can't make a decision. I got a call about the brac testing and the cost. Its outrageous how much i  is and how little insurance will cover. I almost broke down crying in KMart today. I'll get through this one step at a time...again.

  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited May 2012

    veggy - so sorry you are struggling, all of this is so hard, sending you some strength and a hug.

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2012

    Thanks SpecialK, I really needed a hug, to know someone cares. 

    This is my second time to go through this crap. Last time I had a lumpectomy. Right now I am so upset with myself I can't sleep.

  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited May 2012

    veggy - Ahhh - I do care! I can't imagine having to go more than one round with this beast, it is no wonder you can't sleep - I wouldn't be able to either!  Don't know what the solution is, and I wish I could help you with some specifics. 

  • dunesleeper
    dunesleeper Member Posts: 2,060
    edited May 2012

    Hugs from me too veggy. Sorry you are upset. You know we know where you are coming from. This vacation with my friend has been helpful for me, but the bc stuff is still there. Anxiety about retirement and finances gives way to relief about retirement and getting away from that unhealthy environment and then back to anxiety again. However, I must say I feel much better overall. I should have left this unhappy job so long ago. I am finally taking control. I can't believe I only have to get through one month. I'll tell my boss when I go in next week because I will be working the noon to 8 pm shift, switching with another guy. Since I normally come in at 5 and my boss leaves at 3, it would otherwise be inconvenient for me to make a special trip in there to tell him about retiring, but really it is the decent thing to do. I wonder what he will say. I will have to keep my cool. I wonder if it is too uncool to sort of say it was his actions that led to my decision. Probably so. I'll just tell him I appreciate any efforts he has made to make my situation more tolerable (gag) but that I am simply unable to take care of myself while working in that environment. It would be nice to tell him to take this job and shove it, but nah. I won't do that. hahaha

  • TeresainTucson
    TeresainTucson Member Posts: 71
    edited May 2012

    I'll be the invisible dancing bear on the end ;)

    (((Veggy))) I'll be in your pocket. It is never fun to go through. A support system is here for you though. We all care!

    Somer I have no sea near me. So I'd love to live vicariously through the photos when they're up :) There's no water near me really. I miss it sooo much, that and real green, trees and color. The desert makes everything look kind of bleached out. I have pictures of autumn and cat tails from Iowa and Ohio hanging out in my bedroom to make me happier lol.

    Fuzzy grats on the Graduate! I'm sure she's happy to be done with high school and looking forward to life. If you get up to tidy the house I will be impressed (not surprised because I know you can do it!). I hate housework and it is just not something I'm motivated by lol. I'm trying to get up just to have some fun!

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2012

    Thanks everyone for the late night hugs. I'm still awake.

    I visited a friend in Arizona about 4 years ago. It was fun. We went to see the Grand Canyon. Ihad to visit during the hottest time of the year. I'd love to get back out there again.

    I think I will go to bed now. I won't be back on until late tomorrow (Thursday).

    Everyone ready to go to the plastic surgeon? 

    (((HUGS)))

  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited May 2012

    veggy - since I too will be at the plastic surgeon tomorrow (seriously) I may arrive late in your pocket!  Try to get some zzz's.

  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited May 2012

    Nancy - thanks for the good PS wishes - veggy needs the pocket bus - this is a routine appt to set up fat-grafting surgery, so it's all good, but I appreciate the thought!

  • dogeyed
    dogeyed Member Posts: 884
    edited May 2012

     

    VEGGY, I'm in your pocket, dear one.  You just do what you're comfortable with.  I'm just sorry you have to deal with this all over again, but you've been showing a lot of strength, and this too will pass. 

    I'll be sending my alter-ego to some chores this morning, groceries, bank, pills.  I can hardly wait to get home with those pills, I've almost run out.  Supposed to get them increased in September by my neuro.  I've been walking more and more with the dog in the yard, it is really helping my ability to stand up longer before my back goes, smoothing out the joints.  I'll never be what I was, but there's hope for a few more simple things.  Before cancer, I had almost given up.  But getting rid of cancer freed me somehow.  Love to my sisters, GG

  • crog234
    crog234 Member Posts: 801
    edited May 2012

    In your pocket Veggy. Hugs from me too... ((((Veggy))))))



    Cindy

  • madpeacock
    madpeacock Member Posts: 369
    edited May 2012

    I'm late getting online today, so I'll be needing the special time turner bus to get to everyone's pockets. Been to the eye doctor today so everything looks funky - and of course it is blindingly bright outside. going to close the curtains now...

  • TeresainTucson
    TeresainTucson Member Posts: 71
    edited May 2012
    You could come visit me in Arizona Veggy, but I'm further south and it is hotter here than near the Grand Canyon. I saw someone say it's headed for 110 today. Then people wonder why I don't have a tan Tongue out
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2012

    I love my plastic surgeon! He took the time to explain every single detail again and again without complaint or hurry. I didn't feel rushed or like a fool. I feel so much better about the dicision I have to make.

    I'm so glad the pocket bus travels faster than the speed of light. Thanks everyone for being there with me. 

    Teresa- I was in Peoria, AZ. I teased my friend that I wanted to go outside and see if I could fry an egg on the road. It reached temperatures over 115 when I was there. The Grand Canyon was nice and breezy. 

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited June 2012

    Veggy and SpecialK--in your pockets. I'm using my split personality, lost the time turner. Both the personalities are nice, just make sure we get home in time, the ones I'm left with aren't so nice, and I have to go to a barbecue. Don't want to scare anyone. L&H's and happy thoughts sas

  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 8,046
    edited June 2012

    Oh veggy im sorry i missed the bus and the pockets BUT you know you are always in my thoughts and prayers.Stay strong sista you have an army of sistas behind you.

    Special K.I hope you did well today with your dr.

    Im leavin for Brooklyn tomorrow morning...be back on monday.my lill GD is in a play and i could use a smile right now.

    Have a great weekend and know I pray for each and every one of you every single day

    have i told you lately how much bc suks??????????????

    hugggs K

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited June 2012

    Grannydukes- You were in my pocket the whole time. 

    BC sucks big time. It steals from you and leaves you dry. The only good thing that came out of it is all my sistas I have here. You guys are the bestset!

  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited June 2012

    veggy - yay for a good PS appt!

    Thanks to all in my pocket or wishing me a good appt - I will be having some fat grafting on July 6th - they offered me Friday, July 13th - I don't feel lucky enough to risk having surgery on Friday the 13th, so I politely declined, lol!  It turns out that my PS and I both broke one or more toes within the last week or so - what a weird coincidence!  Sas - hope we got home in time for the BBQ!

  • crog234
    crog234 Member Posts: 801
    edited June 2012

    SpecialK. I don't blame you for not wanting surgery on Friday the 13th.. I must have missed something.... How did you break your toe or toes? Ouch



    Cindy

  • SpecialK
    SpecialK Member Posts: 16,486
    edited June 2012

    crog - hi!  You didn't miss anything, just embarrassing to tell this story - while rearranging things in the back yard on Sat. I was lifting a plant out of a wrought iron plant stand, caught the edge of the pot on the top rail, knocked the stand over onto my toes, while wearing flip-flops!  Foot/toes are now an assortment of colors, and I can't bend the middle one - when I bend the other toes it looks like I am flipping someone off with my toe - pretty much that is the only humorous part of this!  It hurt like an SOB too!  I broke the pinky toe on this foot in '09 - arrived for vacation in Italy, within the first hour I drop the suitcase with wheels on the toe!  I am my own worst enemy! I have no business complaining when you have gone through so much with legs and feet!   

  • crog234
    crog234 Member Posts: 801
    edited June 2012

    SpecialK. All I can say is ouch.... Complain all you want!!! I am sure it is very painful... I am doing so much better.. I am walking with a cane.. That last operation helped so much. My foot And ankle still swell some. That area and my leg get very stiff but most of the time now I am enjoying life gain... Didn't know if that would ever happen.. I just have to keep exercising that foot and ankle and they still say it will take along time to get the tendons stretched....



    Cindy

  • kingjr66
    kingjr66 Member Posts: 764
    edited June 2012

    Hi, I'm new to the room.  Know some of you ladies from other threads.  I wanted to jump in and tell Nancy......No, don't do the Amtrak vaca.  I went from NY to Arizona several years back and it was a complete nightmare.  Did you know that Amtrak must share the freight rails.  This means that if a freight train needs to get by the Amtrak has to stop and wait for the freight to pass.  This could be at a station or somewhere along the line where there are 2 sets of tracks.  This causes delays.  My trip was delayed so many times to and from that we ended up being behind schedule.  I missed my connecting train in Chicago coming back because we were 11 hours behind schedule and had to take a plane back to NY because there was no other train (Amtrak paid).  The delay was because a freight train had derailed and Amtrak had to wait for it to be cleared.  They also ran out of food on the return because there were extra meals to have to give to the passengers.  There were so many other things that went wrong.  It was so bad that I wrote a 6 page letter to them detailing all the problems we incurred and ended up with me getting a 100% refund from them.  What a nightmare but at least I got my money back.  Also, it ain't cheap.  Flying is much cheaper and faster.  But I hate to fly, so by car is my only alternative.

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited June 2012

    The novena has started--specilaK, Nancy, and Fuzzy I have intentions in for you. Anyone else wanting to be specifically remember pm me. The prayers are very Christian, not simply Catholic.

    SpecialK-ooch. Elevate. Key to any  extremity injury elevate as soon as possible with cold applied. Really reduces recovery time b/c soft tissue has reduced swelling and allows small vessels to clot better, so there is less bruising.

    Crog, what happy words , no more crutches. The happiness is in your writing. Yeah

    Kinggr-----so happy to see you here, stay with us, have a cup of coffee and relax awhile. Then jump in Veggys and SpecialK.s pockets. It our way of supporting each other when "stuff"is going on".      Glad to know about Amtrak, always seems so idolyzed and sophisticated. The dining car, The rooms, I guess the secrect is take several books and a stash of food and drink. and cards/ boardgames----sounds like a hurricaine stash

    Granny -GIRL have oodles of fun, bring back pics.

    L&H&P's for a lovely weekend.

  • dogeyed
    dogeyed Member Posts: 884
    edited June 2012

    Thanks for the heads up, KING, on Amtrak.  I reckon it's best to go when time isn't a factor, except for connections, I had never thought of that.  We were going to wait until we retired to take a trip out West so we'd have lots of time, and get off at various key points and wander, then call for when to come back and catch the next train.  I love the sleeper cars, I know they are costly, but I knew it would be best for husband and me, even for the short trip to D.C. from N.C. that I still think I might can do.  Well, maybe not... 

    Lots of tore-up toes today!  But CINDY, I am really happy to read your leg is so much better since the operation.  That felt good to hear those words, "...I am enjoying life again."  Hon, I know how you feel, on account of I have lots of pain in my back and when it takes over, it's all I can think of, such a struggle.  You had a long road of leg trouble, to be sure, all the way back to our chemo days last year.  VEGGY, it sounds like circumstances are coming around into a proper resolution, so you can jump off the diving board and make it thru another round of this EFFIN BC treatment routine.

    I watched "Apollo 13" again on free Encore the other night, and it made for a positive knowing moment in my psyche.  Sometimes I'll go around the house singing a song I think I made up, but perhaps I heard it singing in the church, "Oh, Lord, I need some raising up!"  And seeing the earth and moon in the movie, I knew in my mystical self, that all the people will come in sync with our world before too much longer.  I've been feeling it under my feet, in my mind, and now it's in my soul.  God bless all these women here, I love all of you so much.  GG

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited June 2012

      I made my decision.

    I called the surgeon and told her that I want to proceed with the operation and that I met with the plastic surgeon yesterday. My husband and I decided it would be the best to get both taken off and  have the reconstruction. The PS explained everything so simply and thoroughly that the implants would be the best plan. I'll be perky when I am a little old lady and that's good enough for me. I don't plan on dying until I'm 100! I can picture laying in the coffin and people walking by whispering about how perky my breast look. Kiss

    Love you all!

  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited June 2012

    Veggy---DAMN THE TORPEDEOS ! FULL SPEED AHEAD MATEY!.

  • ptdreamers
    ptdreamers Member Posts: 1,080
    edited June 2012

    dogeyed, hubby and I went by amtrak up to Canada. Just a three hour journey. Then we took the Canadian rails VIA  across all of Canada. A wonderful journey. We had heard about Amtrak and we are so glad we did it that way. When we got to Niagra we took a short hop on Amtrak to Penn station. Stayed in NY for a few days and flew home. Trip of a lifetime. We got off several times in Canada, explored and go back on afew days later. They had a two for one senior special and it was very reasonable.

  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited June 2012

    Sas - you make me laugh.

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