DIEP 2013

OMG....ROTFLMFO....jeannie...."Wilbur was in your lap".........hahahahahahahahaha!

Nihahi - ROFLMAO....are you "rolling on the floor laughing your foob off"?????

Hahahahaha....Ok just your face, not your foob....

Omg I think I am punch drunk

Wow Nihahi, your DH and my DH are like TWINS

Hey neighbor Aspinner! Have you been to Artprize yet or not your thing?

I love Artprize!!  I am trying to get the other sister to go but she is dragging her feet.  I am going to try to get my mom to go even if I have to push a wheelchair.  She complains she has nothing to do, well here it is!!  Any special exhibits you would recommend!!  I love the pig outside the BOB in 2010(?).  My DH is not into the arts so I have to do it solo.  I could have gone today with a couple of girlfriends but a tomcat attacked my little dog in our fenced area yesterday.  Snickers has stuck herself to me like glue. 

I can't wait for PRMA consult in November to get the show on the road!!  Hopefully, not too many bumps along the way with reconstruction flaps!!  I have two ducks in a row now!!

Have a great Sunday and congrats on the 5 k today!!

Back....almost had to swim home.....yikes!



Christina....your story brought tears to my eyes......that is wonderful, and it is NOT too much info......it's a milestone on your road to recovery.......you GO, girl!



Man, you guys are a rowdy bunch! Sbe with her fart machine, and Nihahi laughing her face/foob? off.......and Jeannie with Wilbur in her lap! Bailey, I am sure you are in there, somewhere, too.....



BTW Bailey, loved your quotes, and good for you for walking......honestly, I am not a fan of the K.........Pink, but I am def. a sucker for bagpipes........I probably would follow a bagpiper into a dark alley......



Michelle, I am SO sorry about your poor mother....AND you! I hope you are sleeping even as I type this.......(((Hugs)))



Jeannie is being too sweet......but it truly was WONDERFUL to connect to another DIEP sister...I feel so LUCKY to have met two of you so far.....will add Sbe (hopefully) in November......my pockets are deep and I would love nothing more than stuffing ALL of you in there......I feel so blessed to make these connections........I think we need to follow Damiana's chemo group's example and rent a large home in Vegas(?) for a looooong weekend....would be SO fun to meet all of you!



Liefie, I will see YOU in January!



Going to go watch the Ducks beat Cal......(hopefully) if they can hang onto a really wet football.......



Lots of love to you all......XO

I am in for Vegas if I have any vacation time available!

hmmm....I helped my sister move at the end of Feb a few years ago. MY LORD....the flowers in bloom!!!! azalea, rhodos, tulip magnolia trees, fruit trees, tulips, hellebores, etc etc etc....it was like the garden of eden.....when I got off the plane here it was -32.

Nihahi, yes, as a gardener myself, this is paradise. But February is a little early! And we're comparing a Cali girl to an Alberta girl!

Hahaha, Movie! Go HAWKS!!!!

Christina- That is so wonderful and inspiring! So happy for you and your dh :-)



Michelle- So sorry that your momis sick, I hope she is o.k. My dad was a diabetic and we lost him due to a urinary tract infection that he ignored, he went septic. Hugs to you!!!!



Count me in for Vegas :-)

Good Morning Girls, 

I've been doing my best to keep up with my reading on these boards - but time moves at a different speed in this world! Is it normal to be paying a parking ticket, and checking your iphone at the same time to see if some lovely woman's wound has closed, or if she has a nipple?  But each time I read I'm moved, and inspired.

Yesterday I was walking down the street at a slow pace (partly me, partly basset hound) feeling a little worse for wear after two weeks of work. Three woman my age called 'excuse us' and then they ran past me, in full running gear, laughing and talking. I was just overcome with self pity. The last two years has been brutal and my body hurts. And  I wanted to be running along the sidewalk pavement and feeling light on my feet. And then I thought - sbelizabeth would NEVER be such a sucky-baby! It would just make her more determined than ever to ditch the machines and get back on her bike. So I buckled the f*ck up and tried to find joy in my slow morning. 

Christina - Thank you for sharing your intimate story. What a beautiful time for you and your husband. 

Debdylan - Congratulations on making it through your first treatment. From now on it's a countdown. A countdown to the halfway mark, a countdown to the finish. I was one of the lucky ones (and there are many) who did okay with chemo. Mine was a two years ago, and now it feels like a college exam. I was consumed with it, and scared of it, and then I aced it - and then I immediately forgot all about it.  Well, not quite that simple. But it does eventually become a blip in the greater scheme life. I'm not minimizing it's challenges, and I understand the anticipatory terror,  but once it's underway, and the fear is behind you, it becomes more manageable. Please drink lots and lots and lots and lots of water.

Michelle - I'm rooting for your mom. And for Movie's little fella too. I hope today is kind to the old and the young, and everyone in between. 

(By the way, just to make me even more of a sucky baby. I'm not even a runner. And I probably never aced my exams either). Janet 

Oh, Sbel, now you have me laughing out loud with your current bedtime routine, and your apprehension about going to church tomorrow . . . LOLOLOL!!!!!

 Been awake since two. Got up at four, made tea, and here I am. DH on call for ER, phone rang every few minutes, finally he left. Normally I sleep right through it, but not tonight. Oh well, can always take a nap this afternoon seeing that it is, and has been, pouring with rain here for 24 hours straight now. Nihahi, I can't blame you for not wanting to come to Seattle in January. If this is the start to winter on the west coast, who knows what is coming later? Jeannie and Movie, we better have a boat ready . . . lol. So glad you enjoyed your visit - it is really special to meet somebody from these threads, and I've had that pleasure once. I'm in for a Vegas trip - love that place.

Movie, glad to hear GS is doing okay. Not cool when a little one needs surgery or stay in a hospital, so I hope he is home safe, and soundly asleep in his own bed.

Bailey, you are so adorable, and obviously loved by your friends, and by us. Also love that verse - it is worth remembering if only my fried Tamoxifen-fed brain will do so - lol.

Michelle, best wishes for your mom's recovery. Good thing you trusted your instinct - better safe than sorry, eh?

Sweetpickle, good for you on doing some 'treadmill time'! It is amazing how much better we feel once we move our bodies a little. You have a kind, wonderful and wise DH too.

Christina, no need to be shy here, and thanks for sharing that. It was touching indeed. This cancer just comes into our lives so uncalled for, so uninvited, rips apart our whole existence, and leaves us to deal with the aftermath, scarred bodies, changed perspectives, altered relationships etc. No wonder they found in a study that many women suffer from PTSD after bc. This is not for cissies.

Janet, I enjoyed your post as usual. You, a sucky baby? Never! Slowly does it, and one of these days you will be light on your feet again, and dancing in the rain. Let them run - you will do your own thing, and it will be wonderful.

Julie, see you in Vegas!

Liefie, I woke up earlier than usual and I'm listening to the rain through my open window. I enjoyed your post except for your lack of sleep! Hope you get that nap. Wise words about cancer.



Janet, your posts always bring a smile and touch my heart, too. Like you, the voices on this thread ring in my ears when I'm feeling down or just going about my day. I think you're a rock star, not a sucky baby.



Sbel, I wish I were going to church with you. People will ask about your farting "friends" and my leopard print compression sleeves and we will find things to giggle about....while listening to the sermon, of course!



Time to get up and ready for church myself. I will be greeting people with an umbrella unless we have those winds, too, that were forecast....good thing it's a come-as-you-are church and I don't have to dress up.



I would go to Vegas or anywhere, really, to meet you all!



Good morning, everyone.