What are you doing for fun??

Disney! This is my second day at Disney World with my husband, daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren, ages 10 and 5. I love, love, love my scooter that I rented. I've be able to stay out about 7 hrs. each day and could have stayed longer. Without it. I wouldn't be able to so much because my back hurts when I walk very long. We're staying 3 more day and then going on a Disney cruise for 3 days. 

This trip is very special to me because last year I was dx with mets to my liver the day after we got home from Disney. On Memorial Day I went to the ER and found out I had a 20cm tumor in my liver. I went there thinking I was having a gall bladder attract. 

This is the 6th year in a row we've come here, and for a long time I wasn't sure I'd ever be able to come again. I am feeling really good and enjoying the time with my family. I am very thankful God has allowed me to be here. That's what I'm doing for fun! 

Divine MrsM - stunning!  You look amazing and what a beautiful family. Thank you for sharing the lovely photo and experience.  

Trish - so glad you're having a blast at Disney!  Love the scooter idea; have considered it for the same reason (back pain).

Stella- say hello to San Diego for me!  It's where one of my best friends lives and was my home away from home when I lived in Vegas!

Wilsie - parfaits sound fantastic!

Reality hit me a little bit yesterday when I went on a trip to Cape Reinga & 90 mile beach in NZ.  I really wanted to slide/ toboggan(?) down the sand dunes, but I couldn't make it up the hill as my legs were just on fire trying to climb.  (This trip has reminded me of just how flat Florida really is) Between the arimidex based arthritis and my muscles that are impacted by an autoimmune, I was reminded of my limitations big time.  I was bummed, but I just keep trying to remember that if that is the only thing I couldn't do that I am doing pretty well.  I also consoled myself with the realization that most of those sliding down the hill were in their 20's not about to turn 40.  

Today was beautiful, though, as we did a dolphin cruise to The Hole in the Rock and saw not only dolphins but a humpback whale, penguins, and seals.  I am truly blessed to be able to do this trip, and that is what I need to be focused on!

Feeling good enough to do some gardening. Here is a pic of one of my favorite Irises. Got this one from a neighbor who used to breed flowers. I look around the yard and see so many plants that were given to me. They bring great memories. Also planted a yellow hybrid rose bush. DD wants yellow roses at the wedding so I figured I would try growing something fragrant. Here's a pic of the peach iris and in the foreground you can see the peonys that will open in a few days.

Wow!  Nancy - you've seen more NZ wildlife than I have and I live here!  The whale/dolphin cruise is on my to do list.  And yes, NZ is quite hilly and the hills are steep!  

Lovely flowers, NY. Iris are among my favourites.

Jill - Havana!  Looks like an amazing trip and experience.  

Love reading about all the great things you all are up to!

Your recent trips sound fantastic, ladies! More, more!

My "fun" these days does not involve travel, but rather reaching notable milestones in recovery from hip replacement. Today I am seven weeks from surgery and doing well. I still have some restrictions in how I am permitted to move, but they should be lifted in another week. With the encouragement of my PT, I ditched the cane earlier this week. Ta-dah! 

I am driving and also walking, albeit slowly, at least a mile a day. This tickles me no end after being cooped up for weeks. Believe it or not, my fun is getting out and doing everyday things like shopping and going to meetings, not to mention contemplating the trips we can take in the future,in which I will be able to stand and walk for long period without arthritis pain.

Tina

Tina-- getting out after being cooped up is wonderful. Glad that you are able to be out & about. 

Kiwicatmom-- the dolphin cruise is phenomenal. We never did see an actual kiwi bird on our trip, but everything else makes up for it

Don't know if this is for fun, exactly, but I am going to be speaking at a pink ribbon breakfast tomorrow morning.  Wish me luck.

Good luck, KiwiCatMom!

Thanks for all the good wishes!  I'm taking information from others on this site, as well as some wonderful quotes, such as "I look awful on paper but look fine otherwise" and  "Hope is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops at all." Emily Dickinson.  As well as ideas around what we'd like from people.  

Guess I'd best get back to writing up my notes for it.  I'll let you know how it goes.  Just honoured and humbled to be asked to speak and to be allowed to contribute to the cause!  They're also auctioning off men at the breakfast.  Not for dates, but for hire a hubby type stuff.  I've gotten two talked into auctioning themselves.

As a christmas gift from my parents my husband and I were given Red Sox tickets at Fenway, before I was diognosed with stage 4.  I was very apprehensive about going because of not feeling well and the pain I had been having. But I really wanted to go as my dh has never been to a professional game and it was on his bucket list.  I DID IT!  And it was a blast even though they lost.  We took the T watch the game had hotdogs and peanuts and after the game went out for a wonderful dinner.  We had so much fun together.  I forgot about cancer for the day.  It has been so long since we have done something like that. The best part is, is that I believe I can still do fun things in my life.

Happy lynette

so much nice news, a new grandchild, a Red Sox game, trip to Cuba. I was in the city yesterday and went to the main library. There are interesting exhibits in the main rotunda on the ground floor. The one on display now is about children's books. The exhibit is designed to be child friendly. I almost wished my kids were a lot younger, it would have been even more fun with a 6 or 7 year old. One of my favorite parts of the exhibit was the display of the original stuffed toys that inspired the Winnie the Pooh series of books. Here is a pic of the original  Eeyore, Pilget, Tigger and Winnie.

TheDivineMrsM. Yes I was just diagnosed in March and it is so hard for me to leave my safety zone of my home.  There is anxiety that something is going to happen and my body will not be able to handle it.  But I need to live and enjoy life and I hope that this is the start to living my life to the fullest because yes right now I can!

LSpellin, I take a small daily dose of an anti-anxiety medicine and it helps me live my life.  About six months after my diagnosis, I had such severe anxiety that I physically trembled. I wasn't even sure what I was feeling, and the doctor was having me try different kinds of anti-depressants to see what helped.  When I finally realized I felt anxiety and not depression, I was prescribed Buspar which is for anxiety only and it made a world of difference. It doesn't change my personality, doesn't make me tired, just takes the edge off.  The first day I took it, I got off the sofa where I felt I'd been a prisoner for weeks, and started doing housework.  I went outside and listened to the birds chirp.  I got back to the daily routine of living.  Many of us like to say we are living with cancer, not dying from it.  I still can get a small wave of anxiety a couple times a day, but I just get busy and it goes away within a minute or two. If you need it, ask your doctor to give you something for the anxiety.  My onc likes to say, "better living through chemistry".

Today (in the US) is Ralph Waldo Emerson's birthday, and someone posted this on my Facebook page, so I thought I'd share here.

"Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."

Thought it was quite a good sentiment.