I say yes, you say no, OR People are Strange

Susie, what a great way to keep the magpies at bay! I think you should market your idea! Very creative.



I've had a very long day. Had my CT scan in the a.m., then blood work and my oncology appointment in the afternoon. Onc says the tumor in my lung has shrunk about 50% since my July scan. I love hearing shrinkage! It is good. Since the doxil is working, I will be able to continue with it. I get it only once a month, am tired for maybe a week, few problems with the feet, sometimes the big D and sometimes the big C but a powerful chemo that is doing good stuff without a lot of SE's. I'm so excited.



Have taken all my night pills and am hoping for a good night's sleep since the scanxiety is gone!!



I do try to stay away from political conversations since many of my closest friends disagree with my stance but .... I did come to this thread when I realized that so many posters had beliefs similar to mine. I felt a true kinship with BC survivors AND women who felt the same way I feel on many issues. I promise to try to be totally respectful with any remarks I make and I promise to stay away from threads where I know that my opinion is in the minority.



Meanwhile, I celebrate a great CT scan and a feeling that yes, I can keep on trucking!

Hooray Glenna.....good CT's and shrinkage are one of the best reasons to celebrate.  Hope you have sweet dreams.

Jackie

Glenna-yey!! Wonderful news.

Wonderful news, Glenna! Sleep tight tonight!

Mary 

Congrats Glenna! That is such wonderful news! Thank you so much for sharing. :-)

Wonderful news, Glenna! Congratulations! That is a nice day-brightener for all of us to see... Thank you for sharing.



I treasure my friends on this thread. I learn many things from you and get much-needed different perspectives from you. And, yes, I am happy to be among like-minded women as well. Thank you all for hanging in, even when we are attacked.



L

CONGRATULATIONS, Glenna.

I EDITED my post on the previous page, at the request of a "sister" - amazed at how much still seems to be shrouded in secrecy. Sorry if I "violated" something I thought the original poster was told, as "obviously" I thought she  should and would have been given the same answer I was in an unsolicited PM.  Please accept my apologies to all, especially the beloved member who was unnesessarily banned.

Glenna - what wonderful news - so happy for you - hope you're doing something fun today to celebrate - I'll break out the chocolate in your honour (after I have my breakfast).

Like the rest of you I hang out here to be with my friends.

S.

Huge congratulations, Glenna - shrinkage is wonderful (unless it's laundry, of course).... 

Susie - loved the helmet.  Magpies and crows are such brilliant birds, though.  It doesn't surprise me that they're already figuring out that you aren't really a moving porcupine.

We're spending the weekend wallpapering, I think.  I still have some to remove from my sewing room, prior to re-papering, but we've got a couple of other walls to do as well.  Though hubby may choose to wait until we can do all in one swell foop.  He (hubby) went fishing yesterday with his brother and they caught their limit, so I think I'm going to do some pickled salmon this weekend as well.  

We skittered around a bit too long for our vacation in Hawaii this year, so won't have a car for the entire time - we simply cannot bring ourselves to spend $200/day for a rental.  Fortunately, the condo is not far from town, so we'll just do a lot of walking during the times when no car is available. 

gardengumby = YOUR SEWING ROOM...ooohh, now I'm really jealous!  I just bought my first sewing machine, a Janome S500, hoping to get friends to help me - I live in a very small space, so ight now it's on the floor, as my work table is filled with watercolor paint palets - so good to be "retired" -

Really hope you find a fishable place on this side of the Big Ocean ( as opposed to the other ocean know to many as The Pond)

Good morning everyone! 

Cherryl deleted? Will wonders never cease? Can't even imagine what our bartender would have said to get herself deleted.

Many of you know that I have worked in 2 separate elementary schools for the past year-not voluntarily, but I had to do it to keep my job. There is a chance that I may get to return to being in 1 school only. HR is working on it as we speak. Fingers crossed....I would have to give up my 1/2 hour of travel pay, but it's so worth it. The 1 school I'm hoping to be at is so close to my home, I can walk to work. No more worrying about making sure my old car works, no more worrying about getting to work in bad weather...I so hope it works out. I'm afraid to get my hopes up.

The other reason I'm hoping for a move is that the teacher I work with at my 2nd building is kind of a depressive type. I'm finding that I'm being a cheerleader much of the time-"Don't worry-we can do it!" type stuff. It's kind of tiring. I'm sure if I do stay there, her attitude will get better as she gains confindence.

I love you guys-I can come here and talk about things that I can't talk about anywhere else!

Mary 

I KNOW WHAT our bartender must'ave said - get ready for it,

SHE GAVE OUT THE SECRET RECIPE FOR COCA COLA.....ooooooowwwwwwwww.....rap, rap, ra on da knuckles - even the tealiban wouldn't say sumpin so b-a-a-a-a-a-d...cancha just HEAR our Michael singing da woids: "I'm b-a-a-a-a-d"

well, I love, love b-a-a-a-a-a-a-d  -and whatever she said, I would have given her the right to say it.

There is no sisterly love, so I would have said scram!  This should be embarassing to say, but I've decided to own it after 40 or 50 years.  I've gone to that "Rate My Teacher" site and I'm glad to see the students experience her just as I did, being 5 years younger, sad to say, for the students.

I hope it works out for you Mary.  Teaching takes so much energy and I can see it can be either a really positive or negative environment depending on coworkers, administration and even students.

On current events...I sure wish the opposition would just shut up. This is not a time to be partisan.   Didn't we learn that lesson post 911? I thought so.