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  • Dakota212
    Dakota212 Member Posts: 1,153
    edited June 2013

    Love it !!!

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  • liefie
    liefie Member Posts: 2,440
    edited June 2013

    Thanks, Edi! That friendship one is priceless - lol!

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  • websister
    websister Member Posts: 1,092
    edited June 2013

    Edi - love! Who comes up with these things? And what did we do before social media?



    Nihahi - do you have an update on your daughter? Is she safe and sound with you again now? Are you able to get out of Okotoks?



    Benny - glad you live far away from a river and you and the animals are safe.



    The neighbourhood just below us was evacuated last night, we are on a hill but access to roads is becoming a concern and I think we will need to boil our water soon. My DIL is due anytime - 39 1/2 weeks, hoping baby stays put for now



    Take care everyone

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  • Jennie93
    Jennie93 Member Posts: 1,018
    edited June 2013

    Goodness, I hope the rain stops soon and all stay safe!



    And, liefie, tell me more about this scar massage. How? Why? And..... OUCH!!!?



    PT going ok, ups and downs, the pain is worse but the ROM has improved some, or so they say...

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  • liefie
    liefie Member Posts: 2,440
    edited June 2013

    Hi Jennie,

    The scar massage is for the tummy incision that I got during DIEP surgery. (That's where they got the fat to make me a new boobie). It runs from hipbone to hipbone, and as it heals, it forms scar tissue. One is supposed to start massaging it every day once it's healed to get rid of the scar tissue. My incisison has healed up beautifully, and it is not painful to massage it. Maybe a little uncomfortable, but that's how it is supposed to feel.

    I'm also seeing a physiotherapist on Tuesday to determine if I need work on my ROM. Still have a really tight feeling in the armpit. You hang in there with the PT, and I do hope things get better for you. It takes time and patience, but it is worth it. Maybe take some pain medication before you go for PT? Best wishes!

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  • nihahi
    nihahi Member Posts: 3,841
    edited June 2013

    Hi Ladies....

    Well, we're still high and dry in our place. So much destruction around us it is hard to really understand the scope. We ended up doing a "rescue" of our daughter yesterday evening. Her building had been without power since very early Friday morning, and at 7pm, was told she had to evacuate. So, she packed what she could in a backpack and ended up walking through some water, we drove as far as we were allowed in towards her, finally connected. Never was I so relieved to spot her walking towards us! Anyway, she's safe and back with us for awhile.Only damage/loss for here is just the food in her fridge. Doesn't know when she gets her power back, maybe not until next week sometime. My Physio has actually "lost" his clinic in High River, a friend has lost a brand new rv up in Sundre, another friend lost a home in Canmore, another friend doesn't know if his Dental office is salvageable, my son's fianceé likely has no job to go back to for months, if ever.....I just don't know what to do to help everyone, and almost feel "survivors" guilt that we had no real "loss", ourselves. I used to work at the Stampede...unbelievable damage there...and at the absolutely worst timing. I have no doubt everyone in town in going to "cowboy up", but it just is almost too much to wrap the head around.

    Websister, Benny, hope you are doing well. No grandbabies, yet, hopefully!

    Just wanted to check in.....hope everyone is doing great. Love you all.

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  • websister
    websister Member Posts: 1,092
    edited June 2013

    Checking in also.



    Jennie - good to hear from you, Liefie said it all :) Keep on keeping on, it will get better



    Nihahi - so glad DD is safe with you. It is incredible to see the damage, very difficult to comprehend the magnitude of loss and total impact at this time. It will take a long time and many people to accomplish all the rebuilding/starting over that needs to be done. Very thankful myself that we had no damage and grandbaby has been obedient and stayed put for now. Always in awe of and touched by how people rally in times like this to help each other out. The sun is shining brightly this a.m. which almost makes it all seem somewhat surreal.



    Wishing all a good weekend

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  • carlads
    carlads Member Posts: 241
    edited June 2013

    Just popping in to say hi! 

    Benny- I love seeing all your post we have you back!!! Hope you are still safe!

    Dakota is right Kings won last year!! 

    Everyone have a wonderful weekend..

    Love you all,

    Carla

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  • Moviemaniac
    Moviemaniac Member Posts: 949
    edited June 2013

    Nihahi and Websister, so glad to hear from you both! Got film on the news last night.....it's terrible! This must be Calgary's 500 year flood! The destruction is almost unimaginable.....so sorry......it IS wonderful how people rally together to help each other through tough times. 15 years ago we had our own 500 year flood, and the water from a creek a block away was literally FEET from hitting our home......a nail-biter.....so I really get what you are talking about! Hope Benny has managed to stay dry, too!



    Love to all.....



    Namaste and God bless-Jackie

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  • nihahi
    nihahi Member Posts: 3,841
    edited June 2013

    Just popping in to say "hi" to all. 

    Alive....thinking of you, hope all is going well.

    Traii....doing some happy stuff I hope?

    websister, Benny....Alberta will get through this...we're tough!!!

    Hugs to everyone....got to dash.

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  • scouser47
    scouser47 Member Posts: 963
    edited June 2013

    Just popping in too. Can't believe how bad things are, watched videos on you tube !!

    nihahi, so relieved you are ok and DD safe, who would have believed that would happen.

    Benny. hope you and your little creatures  and Diamond too still dry.

    Websister thank goodness baba stayed put for the moment. Well done with work, they are lucky to have you as are we.

    Liefie, hope your children are safe ? keep up the scar massaging.

    Felt really strange for a while now, still like a ship without a rudder. Know it is normal but too many bad thoughts clanking around in this old head.
    Rarely wear my wig now and hair has lovely waves in it !! So easy to style just wet hands and smooth sticking up bits.Laughing

    Alive, Jennie, Movie you are all doing so well. The BC bitch must hate the Warrior sisters as she will never beat any of us.

    It is flippin freezing here and blowing a gale, last weekend we were sitting in the Sun Frown

    I am eating like a horse and have put on 6 lbs, will have to behave as won't get into my outfit for nephews wedding in August.

    Check on you ALL every day and you are always in my heart, Love you sisters xx

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  • liefie
    liefie Member Posts: 2,440
    edited June 2013

    Good afternoon ladies,

    A wet, rainy Sunday afternoon here too, fortunately no flooding - not yet - lol. So happy to see the rivers subsiding, and that all the Albertans on here are safe and dry. My kids are safe too. They were supposed to come home for a week next Saturday, but the server at DS job in downtown Calgary had been down, so he can't work from home, and won't be going to work tomorrow either. So now he's not sure if he will be able to take leave next week. Sigh . .  I've really been looking forward to seeing them.

    Edi, those rudderless feelings will pass. Those hair waves sound adorable - enjoy them while they last! My curls disappeared after the second haircut, and hair is really very straight now. Will have to find some kind of style soon, and want to grow them a tad longer. Sometimes I still miss my longer, dark hair from before, and wonder who that woman in the mirror is . . . such a different person than before bc.

    It is our 34th wedding anniversary today. Still remember that wedding day in Cape Town so long ago. He had a surprise flower arrangement waiting for me in the foyer of the church with a card titled MY BRIDE, which I have kept all these years. I teared up when I read what he had written to me, and my father was still drying my tears with his handkerchief when the wedding march started up . . . good memories. Little did he know that his vow to stand by me 'in sickness and in health' would be put to the test so many years later. He passed with flying colours. We certainly do not have a perfect marriage, nobody has, but somehow it is working for us. For that I am truly grateful.

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  • websister
    websister Member Posts: 1,092
    edited June 2013

    Nihahi - good to hear from you, Alberta will get through this and we are tough :)



    Edi - so good to hear from you also. Understand, sending hugs (((()))). Your hair sounds lovely and it must feel so good to be able to eat without all the pain etc that was associated with it when you were going through chemo. Your body is now trying to restore itself, be good to yourself.



    Liefie - congratulations to you and DH on your 34th wedding anniversary. You are a lovely couple, my DH and I so enjoyed meeting you both last fall, we could see how much your DH loves you. He is a sweetheart, how special that he surprised you on your wedding day with the flower arrangement and card. It sure is working for you, therefore it is perfect for the two of you. ((()))



    I took it easy this a.m. and then went to a bridal shower this afternoon. The world goes on, even with the flooding. The wedding is booked to the place at the zoo on July 14th, it is currently still under water. Not sure what plan B is but she seemed to be taking it all in stride. Albertans are tough! :)

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  • caitlin61
    caitlin61 Member Posts: 214
    edited June 2013

    Glad to hear that all the Albertans and their kin are safe. Still hard to believe the extent of the damage.



    Happy Anniversary to you and your DH, Liefie! Lovely story about your wedding day and wonderful that you have stuck by each other through thick and thin.



    So nice to hear from you, Edi. It does seem like that rudderless feeling hits almost everybody once active treatment is finished. I hope that you will get through these rough waters soon.



    I'm finally getting a bit of stamina back - at least enough to do short stints in the garden without feeling like I'm going to keel over. DH and I are enjoying eating fresh veggies from our own garden - helps that he's here most of the time to help me tend to it this year, rather than in another state. Trying to stick to healthy eating now that I'm getting beyond the worst effects of chemo.



    Hope everybody has a great week!

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  • bennymuffins
    bennymuffins Member Posts: 412
    edited June 2013

    I am NOT loving this new hairdo! When I get out of the shower I look like a Chia pet. Then when I try to mousse it and comb it, I look like Eddie Munster. It is growing sooooo slowly and each day that passes I realize more and more how much I miss my hair and how traumatic it was to lose it. I was always a 70's hippie girl with my long hair and fully expected to die with it at the age of 120.

    Edi, I too feel rudderless, and what a good descriptive word that is. I feel like I should be jumping for joy that treatment is done. Instead I am exhausted still and even a bit depressed. I find too that if I don't drink enough water I feel like I'm still chemo-ed. And on top of all this, I feel bad for complaining because some people in Calgary lost everything they own. I shouldn't be such an ingrate, but to be honest I'm really just down.

    Okay, it's supposed to rain again tomorrow but if I head out to the barn I might be able to ditch this bad attitude and black cloud for a few hours.

    Jennie, I am doing my physio exercises and my arm swelling has gone down but I still have some pain. My ROM is about the same, which is to say not too good.I hope yours responds soon and things start to return to normal.

    Nihahi, glad to hear DD is okay. This is an experience she'll never forget! How is the skin around the wound from the suture removal? Hope it's healing and not too itchy.

    Okay, I'm off to bed. Hopefully I can ditch this Debbie Downer mood tomorrow. Maybe some sunshine would help.

    All my love to you all, Edi, Websister, Nihahi, Dakota, Carla, Caitlin, Movie, Traii, Liefie, Jennie, Lovemygoats, Scottie, and everyone.

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  • bennymuffins
    bennymuffins Member Posts: 412
    edited June 2013

    Liefie, happy anniversary, and what a completely wonderful story. It made me smile. ♡♡♡

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  • scouser47
    scouser47 Member Posts: 963
    edited June 2013

    Your story soooo romantic and wonderful. Have a wonderful day with your DH xxxx

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  • Traii
    Traii Member Posts: 1,138
    edited June 2013

    Happy Anniversary Liefie and DH. Wow, 34 years of marriage. To think you got married when I was 1 .... LOL

    Nihahi, glad you are well and safe along with your DD...glad she is home and safe with you and your DH for now!!

    So happy everyone is feeling as well as can be on here.

    I've been reading but not posting much only because I'm trying to get over this damn cold and now of course DS has one. Took him to the doctors today and gave him some antibiotics. I've just finished mine and I'm feeling 90% better thank goodness.

    Take care gorgeous girls......xxx

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  • nihahi
    nihahi Member Posts: 3,841
    edited June 2013

    Congrats on the anniversary, Liefie. Hubby and I celebrate our 37th in two days. Is this week the re-start of your exercising???

    Benny, Edi, Jennie...it's a normal cycle, what you're going through, and, Benny, to top it off, it's pretty challenging to be upbeat around here with all the destruction. We just have to be thankful that the human cost hasn't been higher, and help those who need it, as we can. Glad to hear you're working on your exercises, too. Have a good time out on the farm. 

    Caitlin...sounds like some progress for you! Good stuff. It takes time!!!!!!

    Websister....any new grandchild yet??

    Traii...good to hear you're feeling better, hope your little guy kicks his cold quickly! 

    Movie....put down the timtam's girl!!!!!!

    Catch you later, ladies.  (((x)))

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  • websister
    websister Member Posts: 1,092
    edited June 2013

    Benny - loved the description of your hair, very similar to what I was thinking when I first got up this morning.

    Still having lots of aches and pains but trying to keep on keeping on in spite of it. Memory can be an issue some days, like yesterday as can coordination. At the bridal shower yesterday I laughed while talking to some younger ladies and spilled my coffee on my chest. I told them I needed to go home now as it was obvious I had too much to drink ;)

    Yes, re: still having chemo'd feeling if not drinking enough!

    Hope the farm does the trick re: mood



    Liefie - hope you had a lovely anniversary dinner with your friends



    Traii - glad your cold is better, hope DS is much improved quickly also and you stay healthy for that surgery



    Caitlin - your garden is looking good, hope the stamina increases quickly now that it's returning



    Nihahi - Happy early anniversary - 37 years! Trai wasn't even a twinkle yet ;)



    Everyone - have a good day/evening/night

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  • liefie
    liefie Member Posts: 2,440
    edited June 2013

    Up early this morning, and just wish to thank each and all of you for your good wishes. Websister, you are a ray of sunshine with your kind and touching words, and Edi, that picture speaks volumes - lovely red roses and champagne. We had a pink champagne at our wedding called 5th Avenue Cold Duck. It was all the rage back then - lol. We kept a few bottles, opened one on our 25th anniversary, and it was still good. Only have one left. Guess we're now shooting for the 50th before opening that one!

    Websister, hopefully the water will be gone from the zoo before the wedding. What a wonderful fun venue! Is your DIL still hanging on? See on TV now that the river in Medicine Hat is higher than ever before in its history - unbelievable. The reason why I'm awake so early is because it was raining so hard here that it woke me up. If our river floods, we will be cut off from town. I am blown away by the organized, stoic way in which the people of Calgary and southern Alberta are handling this disaster in the face of such losses and massive damage. They are setting a great example. The acts of kindness that people have done and are doing for complete strangers are also heartwarming.

    Traii, soooo glad you are feeling much better; keep it that way now, eh? You could almost have been my flowergirl or my daughter - lol.

    Caitlin, yay for that stamina returning! Glad you and DH are spending quality time in the garden, and literally enjoying the fruits, in this case the vegetables of your labour. Nothing like fresh homegrown veggies - sooo yummy!

    Benny, your hair woes are too funny, and all too familiar - lol. Glad the arm is better, and hope the mood will improve with the help of the barn, the horses and some sunshine.

    Nihahi, you are probably volunteering/helping out somewhere. Keep us posted, eh?

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  • nihahi
    nihahi Member Posts: 3,841
    edited June 2013

    Just about to sign off, and saw your post, Liefie. I would LOVE to be volunteering to help, as this morning the call for volunteers in Calgary has gone out. My shoulders just won't let me participate in the physical stuff and it frustrates me to no end!!!! We now have 2 other people from my daughter's building with us, so I guess that's our way of helping for now. They MIGHT get back in by Tuesday, if their building passes inspection. Thankfully, they are in the first grid of downtown that the city is trying to get power, gas, etc. back up. I'm hoping to be a "driver" for people in High River who may need to get into Calgary for appointments, etc. Many of those people had to evacuate without their vehicles, and I know I can drive, so maybe I can help that way. That entire town is still evacuated.....I'm seeing my physio tomorrow who lost his clinic there..he might have other ideas of how I could help. 

    Please don't come back here and post that YOU"VE now been flooded.....don't want to hear that news ever again!!!!

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  • websister
    websister Member Posts: 1,092
    edited June 2013

    No baby yet, she is getting anxious now to get this going :)



    Benny - just saw a picture posted by Jancie on the Hai, Hair, Hair thread. Her chemo was 2009 - her post picture reminds me of you prior to chemo. There is hope!

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  • liefie
    liefie Member Posts: 2,440
    edited June 2013

    Nihahi, you are wonderful taking in and doing what you can for those people. Physically you may not be able do too much other than driving, but you are certainly helping in a big way. You Albertans are simply amazing with your great spirit, and your sense of community. I really mean that. So sorry for the people of High River. It seems a lot of houses are now in the middle of a new lake that was formed there . . . mind-boggling.

    Rain has stopped here for the moment, and the level of our (big) lake will have to rise significantly before flooding will occur. The river runs out of the lake, and joins another one before reaching the town. I think we will be okay.

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  • MariaNL
    MariaNL Member Posts: 118
    edited June 2013

    Hello ladies

    Liefie happy wed day to you 34 years very cool.

    I hope you all in Canada are fairing well.  I went online and looked at pictures oh my what devestation. I know you will come together and rebuild human nature is a great thing. We can't squeeze out rain here and are burning up.

    I've felt really crappy the last few days. I thought I was getting lucky with the se's till now. Thank goodness for my DH he really takes care of me.

    I bet you ladies look lovely with your new hair growth. I look like a spotted owl right now, somehow I thought it would all come out and I would be shiney bald all over but no I'm spotted mess.

    Love to all of you

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  • Dakota212
    Dakota212 Member Posts: 1,153
    edited June 2013

    Hi everyone !!'

    What an exhausting weekend. At a baseball tournament all weekend. If u ladies have heard anything about the patriots player Aaron Hernandez that's my town. We live in north Attleboro ! It's been crazy with helicopters media etc !!! I am so sorry for all u with the rain. It's 95 and hot here today !!! Chin up. Girls. It can only get better we can do this !!!!

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  • bennymuffins
    bennymuffins Member Posts: 412
    edited June 2013

    Maria, are you drinking lots of water? I found that to be a big help when I was feeling crappy. Especially if it's dry where you are, hydration is important. I'm not sure which is worse, spotted owl or Chia pet. I don't think either of them will become a popular hairstyle any time soon. But mine is growing and yours will too. Smile

    Websister, just checked out Jancie's pic. Made me cry lots, but yes, will remain hopeful that I will get mine back some day.

    Nihahi, you're a saint. I'm sure everyone appreciates so much what you're doing. I haven't been able to contribute much but did drop off some stuff for donations for both humans and animals. I got an email from a friend who needed a boat to rescue some dogs stranded out at the Siksika reserve. He was INUNDATED with offers for boats and finally had to send out an email saying NO MORE BOATS PLEASE! People are really coming together here. This city has incredible spirit.

    I did not make it out to the barn as I just don't have the strength. One step forward and two steps back these days, for some reason. It may have something to do with 'the Cuban Lunch Crisis', where that's about all I ate for two days. As fun as that was, not much nutrition in that Laughing

    Okay, off to do laundry and go through some more clothes for donations. Hope everyone has a good day.

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  • Moviemaniac
    Moviemaniac Member Posts: 949
    edited June 2013

    Liefie, I am sorry that I didn't post a congratulations to you sooner.....34 years! The wedding story you told was very sweet...DH sounds like a keeper, even with his planting obsession! My DH and I made it to 36 on June 1st......we haven't killed each other yet...must be true love! :P. and Nihahi has beat us both at 37.......



    Amazingly terrible pictures coming out of Alberta........I am blown away by the ferocity of Mother Nature.......and just as touched by the stories of strangers coming together to help each other out.....gives me hope for the Human Race.....



    Nihahi, even though you can't do a lot physically, you ARE there for people emotionally, and during times like these, that's just as important! Some people that are strong physically may not be comfortable with the one on one aid (like providing rides to appointments) that you are willing and able to give.......

    Speaking of flooding....are my TimTams dry? It's best that if they get wet, it be in a cold glass of (skim) milk........ ;)



    Benny, and Maria, I am laughing (not at YOU, I promise!) out loud imagining the "chia pet" and the "spotted owl" do's.........



    Websister......getting closer to Grandma-dom? I have 5.....2 originals and 3 adopted brothers.....all DD #2.....they wanted three, so applied for adoption, and got two brothers 2 and 4.....with baby brother born 3 months later and placed with them......love 'em all, but it certainly gets crazy sometimes!



    Traii....hope you are gradually getting BETTER.....no surgery date screw-ups for you! Send DS to grandma's to recuperate! (Just kidding...I know you wouldn't go for that!)



    Dakota.....you are like the Energizer Bunny! Always on the go! Your kids are SO lucky to have you for their Mom......



    Caitlin, nice to hear from you, and jealous that you are eating homegrown veggies! Glad you are feeling a little better these days.....



    Edi, it is ALWAYS nice to hear from you....you always brighten my day, and I know others feel the same way.....miss hearing from you!



    Alive......hope you are okay......long time no hear........check in, please!



    Thinking of you all with much love.....



    Namaste and God bless - Jackie

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  • Moviemaniac
    Moviemaniac Member Posts: 949
    edited June 2013

    Ladies.....what the h**l is a Cuban Lunch????? I must have missed that....please fill me in! :)



    Jackie

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  • bennymuffins
    bennymuffins Member Posts: 412
    edited June 2013

    Movie, Cuban Lunch is this most amazing magical recipe Laughing. Very delicious and equally addictive. If you like chocolate and caramel you will appreciate them. Liefie gave me the recipe and I made a batch an hour later. They're gone now and all that's left are these snug pants that used to be loose.

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