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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited December 2013

    Blessings ditto Teka, off to dinner.

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  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 16,882
    edited December 2013

    WTF I'd come on here once a week now I can't even read all the posts u guys write. But Chevy I did catch the rubber mallet remark that's the problem, it was made of rubber. Ahem

    Now my eyes hurt from reading, u silly ladies--u all talk at once---I should talk, yea I should talk, but wow it's hard to get in here.

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  • Spookiesmom
    Spookiesmom Member Posts: 9,568
    edited December 2013

    Re the cough. Nov 14 a year ago the grands came for my bday. Little one was coughing. Of course I caught it, just finished chemo. Was so sick had to reschedule surgery to Dec 17.  Started coughing again. Try being still on the rad table with bronchitis. Took a whole year, a new doc and some heavy duty meds to finally knock it out. 

    I do *my* bills on line, pension check and SS direct deposit can't be stolen from the mail box. Haven't been to Target since summer  

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  • Holeinone
    Holeinone Member Posts: 2,478
    edited December 2013

    spookie, you got my number, lying on the hard, cold, rad machine...don't cough, don't cough...I hope I remember to take a cough drop with me on Monday....I will throw a few in my bag now, just in case...still got temporary chemo brain.....lol....

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  • NickyJ
    NickyJ Member Posts: 722
    edited December 2013

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    There! I promised some photos of Bordeaux  at Christmas


    Nicky


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  • NickyJ
    NickyJ Member Posts: 722
    edited December 2013

    Its 5.20 am  didnt sleep much after 4, so here I am again!  Didn't get to log in much over the last few days, so now I'm off to read back over the last 5 pages!

    Nicky

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited December 2013

    Nicky, Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited January 2014

    Lovely Photos!!

    11:31pm

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited January 2014

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    We're beginning to thaw out from the ice storm in the North Country!

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  • grammaB
    grammaB Member Posts: 1,172
    edited December 2013

    Nicky, love the photos!  One year my late DH and I went to Europe for Christmas.  We spent a month traveling around and a couple of weeks with his family in Hungary.  Your photos brought it all back!  Thank you!

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  • NickyJ
    NickyJ Member Posts: 722
    edited December 2013

    Teka,

    I love it! the weather here this year is very strange.  We were down in minus figures just last week, and on Friday in town it was 17 degrees!  A few years ago it was -15 deg for Christmas - absolutely beautiful.  There was no wind, just crisp cold winter.  We had no snow but the ice just built up more and more each day.  Yoour photo remined me of it!


    Nicky

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited January 2014

    Our biggest fear is black ice, a nearly transparent film of ice on a dark surface,  that is difficult to see on the roads.Shocked  

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited January 2014

    grammaB, I would love to travel in Europe.   I bet you've some fond memories.

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  • NickyJ
    NickyJ Member Posts: 722
    edited December 2013

    Yep, we get that too.  I dont drive very much (a bit difficult when you can't turn your head!) but every morning I drive 4 minutes down the road at 6.45 so that my sons can take to bus to school.  They walk home from the bus stop in the evening, but when its dark and cold I prefer to know they arrive safely.  The roads can be treacherous in the winter.  Our winter is only starting.  In fact, the kids have their winter mid term break in February and its the traditional time in France to go skiing!

    Nicky

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  • Teka
    Teka Member Posts: 10,052
    edited January 2014

    I think students in school also take a February mid term winter break in the North Country.

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  • NickyJ
    NickyJ Member Posts: 722
    edited December 2013

    Ok, I've just read through the pages I had missed.  LOL Sas, I feel sorry for your doctors!!

    All the conversations about lumpectomys MX's etc. go way over my head.  I wasn't operated on, so I can't add anything.  Certainly seems to be a long complicated road!

    As for coughs, touch wood, but I haven't caught anything since the start of tx, not even when I had chemo.  Had my own brand of se's though!

    Nicky

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  • Blessings2011
    Blessings2011 Member Posts: 4,276
    edited December 2013

    Nicky - thank you for the beautiful pics - I feel like I just went for a night-time stroll....

    Teka - I know ice storms bring terrible things, but they also bring awesome beauty, I think...

    The weather here was gorgeous for Christmas. Like I said earlier, it was 70 degrees out, and we had to open a window so we could turn the fireplace on and not get too hot. I just wanted the "atmosphere" of a fire!!! 

    (Yeah, we turn it on with a switch on the wall... it's a gas-burning fireplace with fake logs; we aren't allowed to burn wood on No-Burn Days, thanks to the crappy air quality. Almost all new homes here now have these gas fireplaces.)

    O.K. I am DEFINITELY going to bed now. Have missed church 3 weeks in a row, I think... gotta try and make it in the morning.

    Nighty-night, all!!!!!

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  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 16,882
    edited December 2013

    Nicky I love those pictures--to me it's like the movies I've see with the small streets and people lovingly walking. It's like feel good pictures. And u'r winters can be cold. Today it was so nice in the 40's and sun, now it's supposed to plummet down and be wicked cold first with snow.

    I hate waking up this time, it's to early to start my day and to late to consider it still night. It's that freaky time of day/night. I'll get tired soon and no doubt go back to sleep and ruin my whole day of how I spend my laziness. It's a fowl up of time. So easy to do, for no reason. So what am I watching? House--More medical mischief. I like how they figure 10 different diseases and the last 5 minutes they finally get it. I'm guessing right along with them. Plus I'm LOLing at House. How exciting I make my nights.--Oh I hear my SIL up to let the Dog out, cuz he's used to going out at this time and my furbaby is laying right next to me.

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited December 2013

    Morning gals...

    Sass, I meant to tell you  I wrapped some designer Duck Tape around a little plastic bag, covered with a couple layers of foil...  So I KNOW what it is, Ha!  It's just the size of a card, so when I carry it, I put it in my wallet.... then take it out when I get home...

    Just hope you gals are careful.... When MasterCard called me that night, I thought I would pass-out!  I was never so frightened in my life! 

    The recording  asked "If this is your name, press one"..... If not, press 2"  .... so It was an I pressed 2, and a gal came on, and asked if I had recently authorized a payment  of just 1$..... and also one for $1,500 for a plane ticket.... And one for I think $450.00...  So as I picked myself up off the floor, she explained what was going on.

    She said I would not be responsible for the charges, but to call my credit union in the morning to get another card, because she had just stopped my card that was "stolen"...

    But it was a MESS!    "They" were trying to drain my account, before anyone knew what was going on... So that's why the $1 one was first. 

    I learned to transfer money, online to my savings, from my checking, because my SS goes in THERE!  So does my little Pension check.  That way there is not enough money in there, for anyone to "take"....

    You can always move it BACK to your checking, for a larger purchase.

    Blessings... that's awful about you getting worse with your cough all the time....  I know how that feels.... I'll have to look that up, and ask about Dulera, if I get that sick again...  also that Phenergan...

    Smaarty...You are right...  Maybe someday we will catch up, Ha!

    Morning Gramma, Teka and Spookie... did you read what Blessings said about her problems with a cough?     Did you smoke?  Or have Asthma when you were young?  I smoked from the time I was 16.... (a little) until I was just 24....   Then when I inhaled, it just plain HURT my chest, so I knew I had to quit.  I just wondered if that set the stage for this cough I get when I get sick...

    It just makes sense, that coughing like THAT will hurt you more than they think... My PC said you HAVE to cough like that, to clear out your bronchial tubes!   I thought WTH???  And she said some people just cough louder than others... 

    THAT'S like she said SOME people just make more ear-wax than others....image

    And yes Spookie... a few of our bills are just automatically taken out of my account... then DH gives me cash for them.

    Golfgirl.... did we change your name?  Ha!  Or is it GG?  I like those cinnamon candies from Jolly Rancher... they help a cough even better, than the cough drops. 

    Nicky, when I saw your first picture, I thought you found it on the Internet!  The rest are just magical...!  And the sky in the back-ground?  Reminds me of walking through the Forum at Caesars Palace in Vegas!  The lights are just beautiful!

    Cammi!  Are you up?  I'll bet you are laying there with Katie-cat!  It snowed here last night.... about 6 inches.... Maybe we will stay home today....  I love to just hang out, and not do my hair....  just my face!  HAVE to do my face....  Otherwise I scare every living thing!

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  • NickyJ
    NickyJ Member Posts: 722
    edited December 2013

    thanks for the lovely comments about the photos ladies. It's true that when you live somewhere you start to take it for granted! I'll be in town again tomorrow, so I'll try and take a few more in daylight, to give you all a better idea of the town. 

    Camille, I'm sorry you're not sleeping (though it sort of is the point of this thread😜!)  I hope you get to rest enough during the day to make up for it?

    Chevy, I have to do my face every day too. Otherwise it would be a toss up as to whether they call an ambulance or an undertaker!!!

    There'll (hopefully!) be another photo to show you all tomorrow too. First thing in the morning I'm going to the hairdressers for my first proper cut since chemo. Can't wait!!! I need to get rid of these chemo curls. I feel like I've been given an old lady perm!! Crooks your fingers that I come out looking a bit more like - me!!

    Nicky

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  • Enerva
    Enerva Member Posts: 3,162
    edited December 2013

    Nicky thanks for the pictures i once lived in Paris and also Marseille. I loved it, i still have relatives in Lion, and Marseille so i will be visiting this coming 2014. ;) As soon as I feel better i will take a vacation. 

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited December 2013

    nicky, love the pics too. Always have dreamed about France, England , and Ireland trip. But won't fly.  Looking forward to daylight pics.

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited December 2013

    Sass.... don't try driving there....

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited December 2013

    Well, I guess you could try..... but you would get wet.

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited December 2013

    For the newbies, I started the Just Diagnosed- Get Prepared thread several years ago. I did it after being in the BC pipeline for awhile. I put in stuff I wish I'd known at the beginning. Other members added things too for the same reason. Hope you find something in the thread that helps make your day to day life easier

    http://community.breastcancer.org/topic_post?forum_id=5&id=748296&page=1

    this is a link to a great thread that has tips about things related to chemo

    Topic: More Tips (and a Shopping List) for Getting Through Chemo:

    http://community.breastcancer.org/topic_post?forum_id=69&id=706846&page=46


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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited December 2013

    St-Michel-d’Aiguilhe Chapel in Puy-en-Velay, France (by Felipe Ferragut).

    Nicky, have you seen this?   It is the St-Michel-d'Aigulhe Chapel in Puy-en-Velay France!  I saw this on Pinterest...

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited December 2013

    Enerva- your new boobs look really good. My sister had reconstruction last year on her left breast after an MX and she showed it to me when we saw each other this year. I went the lumpectomy route. We were diagnosed two months apart. I hope you continue to feel better. I had home health care/visiting nurse last year too (what a life saver!)

    New Years plans? Jazzygirl is going to a jazz jam on New Years day with her jazzy friends. Something I love to do every year and missed it last year as I had to fly to AZ on New Years Day to prepare for internal radiation that began on 1/2. The friend who hosts this has a blood cancer and is on maintenance chemo. He does not know about my bc, as I have kept it very private (for professional reasons). I am bringing something called a Torte de Miele which is an italian torte dessert for the potluck. I don't go out on New Years Eve because of all the drunk drivers where I live (and quite frankly, too old for the party scene anymore!)

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  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 16,882
    edited December 2013

    Oh I'm kind of caught up here nd as usual forgot everything I read. OH OH Nicky I remember u'r haircut--well u look beautiful in u'r pic so if u look better Wow.

    Chevy u put mak-up on every day--I give u and Nicky credit I never wear make-up at home I know I look like my cat dragged me around, but I figure that's how I look and they're all used to it now. Do u wear make-up to the Drs.? I never do--they asked me not to and of course I didn't have any on--wait I don't mean I look good without it--I think they thought  OMG please don't put us thru this frightmare with u'r makeup, well it's cuz for some strange reason they all have said my skin is very transparent as to what is going on with me--to them--so saves me 5 minutes. My skin goes gray, yellow and what not very easily.Oh nuff about me that's for sure.

    Nicky keep those pics coming so we can all enjoy u'r part of the world .

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited December 2013

    Nicky, in Chevy's picture, The housing is white and red roofs. it seems this is common to many towns in France. Is it my imagination or is this true? My reaction to it was that it seemed connected, homey, different feelings, but there is something that draws me to it---can't explain well? Is there a history to this type of architecture?

    I know many old structures and fences in Ireland were made from the stones so common in the rocky earth. It gives a special feel to Ireland too.

    Would it be an invasion of privacy to ask why you chose Bordeaux to move too? Like the origin of screen names that are other than a persons name, it fascinates me as to how people end up / choose the places they move too. Bordeaux seems so Romantic. Still old world simplicity. The comment about air quality? 

    We ended up in Florida b/c of Dh's job. But the city we drove through after arrival, I literally cried, it was the ugliest city I'd ever seen. All the beautiful cities in all the world, and we end up in an ugly place. My town is south of that city, our community is pleasant, thankfully. :) sheila

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited December 2013

    Chevy in your picture, what are those mountain type structures with towers on top. Are the mountain/mounds man made? They seem too odd in a flat land area to be real?

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