MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

heartnsoul, my guitar is in the back of my bedroom closet. I played for years (ages 10-21) and then just lost track of time (kids, work, etc.)  I mentioned once during my treatment year that I wished I still had my old $25 Sears guitar 'cause I used to play to comfort myself. That Christmas one of my daughters bought me one! (way more than $25 though ) I've been a very bad girl about refreshing my skills but now that we're forming a band, I might have the incentive I need!

acaligirl, welcome! you'll have a good time with us on this site - we throw great pocket parties when someone has tests or treatments coming up, we go on virtual cruises, and eat some of the finest food around with the best guests to be found. I found these pics from one of our past parties.

Marlegal~Yes! Need to throw a party to welcome all of us newbies! (sorry, no musical talent, but I am VERY talented at drinking wine)!!!

Annemarie

Elimar, Hi. I'm actually 1/3 of the way through with chemo. TCH six times, every three weeks. MO recommends chemo because of the Her2 and because I had invasive lobular carcinoma, which is sneaky and not easily detected with mammograms. I was very fortunate that mine was so small when found. I had no symptoms, no lump; mammo found suspicious calcifications.



Maybe I can do the left hand on the keyboard.

annmarieh, I'm like you, no musical talent, but very good at drinking wine!!

Meece, my mom wanted me to take violin, the teacher told her to drop me off at the baskeball court and leave me there! May be why I can only doodle at the piano with one hand no mind coordination.

Count me in as a groupie. Try to only subject unsuspecting motorists with my singing at traffic lights.



Love the page topper.

Barsco karaoke is a blast! I went for the first time on a cruise, sang I was Country When Country wasn't Cool for my sister, growing up she hated country and that song it was a hoot!  Went again in August in Centralia Wa with my sister, niece and her friends it was a riot!  Did Redneck Woman!  Somehwere there is a UTube video  of the cruise singing, if you ever stumble across it you will never sing with me but it is fun!!

I have Latissimus Dorsi after 10 days. It will be my 6th operation , and 9th in my whole life. My TE failed twice, I hate it. I developed a pain in my shoulder and left arm and neck, about 2 months, PT does not help much. I don't want to reschedule LD, already did 2 weeks ago. I am loopsided, on the right- TE,  since september 2011,on the left- nothing... O God, I used to be beautiful, I just cannot look at myself anymore....But , what if I have a met in my spine and it causes me all this pain? I don't know. Please, help me.

Eli- I am glad you see the finish line too. I too will have to psych myself up when it comes time for my exchange and my ovaries out. I wait until it gets really close to the date. I don't want to waste all of my psych incase I need it again in the future. How is your skin holding up. Mine itches like crazy and of course when I scratch it I can't feel it so it does no good.

The pie contest was the strangest one I have ever entered. No ribbons or anything. One lady (who seemed to know all the ones involved) got a paper that they printed off the internet for her pie and the rest of us got a refridgerator magnet. I drove 2 hours one way for that. I won't be doing that one again. A co-worker and I want to enter the Hood competition in June. We know what the prize is, $10,000.00. I like the local county fair competitions better as we all cheer each other on. We have fun with it.

Still at the butt store ... "What's this shit?"  Sorry, couldn't stop my brain from telling my fingers that!!!

Eli, I ope this week goes quickly for you - moving on to the next challenge without pain.

Diana, I hope they have a bell or something at your center to mark the last day. It was a big to-do at my place when I had last rad ... then I went home and had a breakdown - done treatment? What? Scared my pants off. I went under the covers for the rest of the day 'cause I was scared to be done, yet exhilirated when I wasn't freaking out! We're such complicated beings, aren't we? All my best to you hon.

Wine drinkers - I was soooo glad to read in a top wine review blog that they're coming around to the boxes. The inner bags are air-tight and much more efficient at keeping out air and light. I'm a proud box wine drinker. Hey, if I can save about 75% over bottles, I'm all over that!

Does wine ever go bad? And if it does how do you tell? Does is smell different/look different? Have been finishing off a bottle of Barefoot Bubbly Moscato Spumonte we never got around to for New Years. Like it even if the color resembles pickle juice color. DH likes only sweet wines. I'm liking the new (at least to me) Sweet Reds. Make good wine spritzers.

Eli and Dianarose - Congrats on the finish line ahead!

Yes, Luv, wine does go bad.  Some wine can be "corked" before you even open it, you will notice by the color, aroma, and taste.  

I don't think wine can spoil enough to make you sick unless it starts growing things in it.

 As a rule: If you wouldn't drink it, you shouldn't cook with it.  

If you have leftover wine you might want to cook with at a later date, it would be better to freeze it in ice cube trays, then use as needed.  If I have leftover wine, I have been known to reduce it and then make a simple syrup with it over vanilla ice cream.  yummy!