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Benny.....listen to your sisters. All through this year of tx, and se's, you've understandably had the patience of a pigeon without John Denver music..combined with the mindset of Eeyore....it's just who you are. Hang in there, like everyone says, things get better on their own timetable. Hopefully your doc has some tools to help you get your "head"on the right track. 

Liefie...what the h***??? Sorry for the tumble, really glad it wasn't while connected to drains and steristrips!!! Stop that kind of thing! Bet your hubby was freaking out trying to catch you! 

Edi....our weather....has a reputation for being insane...never a dull moment around here. We had a relatively nice evening here, a town to the north of us just got pounded by hail!!!!! It's the mountains that decide what the weather gods will do next! Glad to hear you're finally enjoying summer. Your hubby should get a nice spandex outfit to wear on his bike rides, like the Tour de France guys wear . I think everyone over the age of 50, would show some degree of arthritis in the joints....we just wear out over time. Hope his hands don't become "the next big thing" for you to deal with.

Traii......hugs, hugs, hugs......gotten off that bum yet????

looking forward to the pink mounting block, but more importantly.....love the smile on your face...hope it's a recent photo??!!!!!

re: night owl....your point being????? But I am turning in for the night. Hugs to all

oops. liefie...just noticed your post! Likely the reduced lanes going through Rogers Pass and then again at Canmore, all because of the floods. At least they'll be going slowly through the mountain roads at night. FYI....your suggestion of overnighting in Golden would have been mine too.....they're young....common sense is likely being kept in the trunk, with the dirty clothes. Try not to worry

Nihahi, will keep myself busy to minimize worry. I think that photo of Benny was taken today - she said something about taking photos earlier. So glad she posted it, because she looks positively radiant on that horse.

Just popped in to say hi to everyone. Yay....school is out for summer...💃 Already I have been busy attending a wedding and now getting ready to go to Chicago and then on to Iowa to support one of our gals as she runs a marathon for the cure. There will be about ten of us ...Canadians and Americans....they run in teams of six so we are hoping to be able to walk/run/crawl....lol...with her for the last mile or so....so proud of her....she has been training hard now for quite some time. It will be so nice to meet face to face

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Benny....just love your picture...yes one sexy cowgirl!!!!!



Hope you all have a good day. I will post pics when I come back....it should be a real blast...❤

Trail.....almost missed you!!!,....so glad you are home. I hope you can be good to yourself and get
lots of rest for the healing process to begin...I know, easier said than done with the little guy running around...lol

Traii.....congrats on being home!!!! You've done wonderfully, now just remember to let yourself heal, rest and be pampered, cause that princess phase is short lived!!!! Incredible what comes out of our mouths/minds while in hospital, isn't it ! 

Dakota....hope daughter feels better...another trip to the doc? Just put on a patient gown and zzzz away in a dimly lit corner, no one will bother you!!!!

Liefie....hope kids got to Calgary okey dokey, and that you're zzzz'g away with Dakota and Traii. Keep icing that ankle!

Scottiee...good to hear from you...you sound well! Is that group of ladies from the Canadian thread? 

Hope websister is enjoying her week away.....she deserves some "me" time with hubby!!!!!

Have good days!!!!

Morning girls,

Scottiee, I am sooooo jealous of you girls going to Iowa! Have even been posting on the Iowa thread now and then. Will make it to the next get together. Please give each of those girls, especially Mcook, a hug from me, and enjoy yourself! Woot woot - the Canucks are coming to Iowa!

Traii, YAYYY on being home, the best place in the world to be. Now be good to yourself, rest lots and enjoy those new girls!!!!!

Movie, hiking alone all by yourself in the mountains? You are one brave girl! I hope some of your family members will accompany you - alone does not sound good to me, but I am a cissie that way. We'll all know it's you when we hear on the news about a lone nipple-less Oregon female hiker who had to be rescued out of Glacier Park - LOL. Just joking, just joking! Kids travelling - guess we will always worry, eh?

Carla, I hope you are doing okay?

Dakota, we were up together last night. Hope DD's ear is okay. That is a painful thing to have.

Nihahi, kids came home in Calgary in the wee hours of the morning at three. From Vancouver the trip took them 16 to 17 hours, at least 4 hours longer than usual. The roadworks really held them up, but the slow speed was good, at least for me - lol.  Both had to work at eight, but they are young and energetic, so will be okay. Thanks for keeping me company part of the way. I went to bed later, and after they phoned I went to sleep literally within seconds - lol. Will be taking a nap this afternoon for sure.

Another scorching hot day here. Have to water garden now or everything will be wilting later. A good day to everyone!

Liefie....glad kids got back ok.....in reality....pretty typical hours during Stampede time...they're just going with the norm around here this time of year. 

All Calgary ladies....I had the most amazing massage experience today. Found a very skilled, wonderful massage therapist who has a massage chair, so if lying on your front is at all an issue, she can accomodate you. She also does the traditional massage table thing. The amazing part is.....she is one of "us"....just finishing her journey of bilateral bmx. Had implant done (immediate recon after bmx) and just last week had nipples done. She is a caring, wonderful lady, who TOTALLY GETS WHAT WE HAVE OR ARE GOING THROUGH. If you want her contact info, just pm me. She is truly a "gift" to us. 

Hey Benny.....gorgeous sunset tonight, eh! I can't respond to the lympadema/massage thing cause I have no info. I can tell you that I have had many, many massages over the years, since my mx, and other surgeries and never had issues. I do know that a specific kind of massage is actually part of lymphadema treatment. Check with your doc, you're seeing him soon aren't you.....I found this lady was absolutely wonderful, postive, supportive, understanding and on top of that, gives a WONDERFUL massage. We did chat about bc, but there were also times of peaceful silence. If it checks out ok for you, I would LOVE TO CONNECT YOU WITH HER....!!!!!!

YAHOO!  Going Stampeding today with hubby and a good friend. Today, is officially JUNK FOOD DAY!!!!! Good thing I did my run yesterday! . It is the one day each year, I pig out, totally enjoy it, and have NO guilt!!!! Now, first stop....minidonuts!!!!

Scottiee, I'm pretty sure we'll hit it off swimmingly! Listened to Abbey Road the other night, the last Beatles album. . . after all these years I still love their music, and always will. Takes me back to a time in my life when I was a teenager with not a care in the world with two loving parents and my two siblings . . .

Nihahi, enjoy your pig out day at the Stampede! One of these years I wanna attend too - sounds such fun. Don't know how Calgary pulled off the Stampede with those floods two weeks ago, but they have. Wow!

Websister, so glad you had a good time away, and sorry you got poked so many times yesterday. Best wishes on the MRI tomorrow - in your pocket, dear sister!

Benny, hope you had a very good night's sleep.

Saw PT this morning. She broke off my arm. More than once. OUCH, OUCH OUCH! Told me to breathe through the pain - yeah right! Then my new mantra jumped into my mind - if you can survive chemo, you can survive this. Breathed through my gritted teeth, and stuck it out. It is really excruciating when those tight radiated tissues pull on every muscle in my arm and shoulder, and into the DIEP breast. BUT: ROM is a little better already, and she said that I should get back full ROM if we continue like this. Yay! Fortunately I have to endure her only once every two weeks - LOL. The rest of the time I have to do exercises at home.

After PT went and signed up for aquasizes 5 x a week and yoga 2 x a week. Will ride bike in the gym in between, and keep up the walking. Then somehow I have to tame the Tamoxifen hunger monster. Mind over matter, I guess.

Edi, Traii, Alive, Caitlin, everybody else that I'm forgetting. . . how are you all doing?

Morning Ladies!

Traii...hope things are going well at home, and that you are not overdoing things!!!!!

Dakota....has daughter's earache settled down??? I'm a bit surprised you aren't on tamoxifen, which would have taken care of that pesky period.... Sometimes it's just a pain to be female, isn't it!

Benny.....omg, it was hot down at the grounds yesterday, and busy, but we had a great time. Would have been a real scorcher sitting in the stands for the rodeo!!!!! Didn't see the Tennessee Walkers, but did catch some sheep herding (those dogs are amazing) and some heavy horse stuff. Spent alot of time in the Ag Building barns, with miniature horses, just so sweet!!!! I don't do rides anymore....some of them I get dizzy just watching!!!!! Junk food tally was decent, but nowhere near what I used to consume: of course the first stop was for minidonuts (with the cinammon and sugar, of course!), then strawberries dipped in chocolate, footlong hotdog, fries with gravy, bannock, sausage roll and ice cream cone (Weadickville is still there, muddy, but food bargains remain!), beer battered deep fried mushrooms (gotta do at least ONE of the deep fried things!), and all washed down with several of the fresh lemonades and several bottles of water! Junk food done and dusted for the year!!!!! We wore our "come Hell or High Water" shirts with pride. They are selling like hotcakes, down on the grounds....they can't keep them in stock. At last count, the Stampede has sold over 100,000 of the shirts which becomes over 1 million dollars in donation to the flood relief. It was amazing to see how little of the flood damage is evident, but it's there if you are familiar with the grounds, and know what to look for. Sad to see the Saddledome so dark and empty...it's usually such a part of the whole show. The western art exhibit had some incredible art work....just wish it wasn't so expensive, or there certainly would be some gorgeous paintings hanging in our place!!!! The poster for next year is so lovely.....have you seen it? It's a Clydesdale horse, very well done. 

Anyway.....time to function, or in my case, pour another cup of coffee. Hope everyone is having a great day. YAHOO!