Can we have a forum for "older" people with bc?

*Hugs*

You might remember the story of my daughter Stephanie and the loss 2 months ago of her 1 yr old kitty, Maxwell. He had a rare fatal disease called FIP that kills kittens but she was able to keep him alive for 7 months with experimental drugs and holistic feline treatments. Maxwell and his brother Kelvin were Stephanie's babies and losing one of them was awful. Kelvin has had a hard time adjusting to life without his brother and spends hours meowing while looking for him all over the house. It was breaking Stephanie's heart all over again. Yesterday she found a new little brother for him. Franklin is an adorable two month old gray and white baby with a pink nose. So far, so good. Kelvin even played with him a little but mostly watches and follows Franklin around.

Oh they are so beautiful! Things (especially the kitty) are looking up! 

Honor, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Choice,
Vision, Action, Celebration, Unity -
The Values of an Inspired Life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Beautiful dark cat and adorable young one!  Nothing cuter than a kitten or puppy.

Thanks for all the input on the hair color issue.  It boils down to the fact that some gray hair is attractive and some is not.  When I post again I will either be "re-colored" or "going gray."  

Happy Thursday.

Kelvin and Franklin will be best buds and up to mischief in no time!

Puffin, loved " The Interview" and found it oh so true.  Glad you shared.....beautiful pictures too.

Jackie

Home again from work --- didn't have much time this morning.  Don't go back to work until Sunday either.   I'm glad you are going to try "gray" Carol.  Most of the people I know ( some may actually help how it looks with a gray/silver color applied ) look really good.  Then I also think you may have to think about tray eyebrow pencil and possibly some lighter or just one shade darker of make-up.  Now I can't recall what my friends did.

We are damp here --- hasn't actually rained anymore, but I think it can and will at some point. 

All my bills are paid and I'm now officially broke again, but it never feels that bad if I don't "OWE".    I have lots to do, but I'm being rather lazy.  I let laundry go a few extra days so some real catching up in that department. 

Jackie

Hi all,
Night owl here...late start for work tomorrow.  It took me a long time to catch up - you are all very prolific writers.  And warm welcome to the new ladies here.
About who can join the thread, Jackie said it well.  What I love about this thread is that someone who is going through a tough time can share that; but we talk about "normal" things mostly-- not just BC.  And of course, there have been some hilarious posts in the past few weeks!  We all need a smile, but we are also ready with big hugs for those who need them. 
Sandra, I'm glad to hear you are recovering.  The kitty pix are precious. 
I hope to keep up here as I do love this thread.  I am an "older woman" - 65 - and work is getting to be more and more of a challenge. 
This week end DD is coming from Boston area with my precious granddaughters.  It has been a year since they moved away...5 hour drive now.   I have seen them many times but I miss so much now.  So, we are going pumpkin picking at the farms on the North Fork of Long Island.  It will be quite busy but that is part of the fun.
Joan

Good Morning chatterboxes.  Finally my computer is on the mend.

Welcome to the newbies and I think we all feel however u want u'r cancer treated and whatever u'r decision is it's all good. After all it's u'r body and it's u'r choice. And I think everyone has their time when it hits you and then u deal with it.

OK NOW Carole is home. in a way it went by fast, but it all sounded so relaxing for u and u'r DH

Jackie u are always so helpful and sweet, if I were new I'd come back for sure. And I know how much u'r work means to you.

And Yes Chevy u and that pole are inseperable ( can't spell that word) so of course u'r job is so worth it to you.

Oh BTW ladies I have no class, I just don't have any shame. Too many people have seen so much of me what's the difference.

I've been kind of sick this week so I still haven't gone for m scans, maybe later today or Monday whatever. it's not going to change any so I'll wait til I feel better.

Oh Carole I let my hir grow in and my DD foiled it so it was gray and brown and it looked like the silver was put in, now I just let it go and there are some areas where it's brown but I never thought I'd go gray, it just happens it's a nice silver gray and so far Ijust let it be. For now anyway and I've actually let it grow but not to long just enough where I scrunch all the ends and the top--just having fun then I put different colors of chalk in it when I go someplace. I know I'm an old fool, but I really just have fun with it and since I work from home no one really sees me everyday. Thank God

Well I hope everyone is on the mend who needs to be--Oh I can't take narcotics but I can take codeine so if that helps go for it. I still have my trusty Tylenol 4 and hold it dear to my heart..

Good Morning All,

So Chevyboy, your composing in email and then pasting here, is that right?  Wonder if it would work in Word? It would be nice to have spellcheck, I can reread before I post and as soon as I post, find some stupid spelling or typing error.  I will mess around with this as I will be spending some time this morning on my computer composing my annual letter to the editor.

Our newspaper does this October thing by writing stories about breast cancer survivors.  It is usually well done, but they never mention Metastatic Breast Cancer and so each year for Oct 13th, I try to get a letter to the editor published trying to call attention to MBC.  Not been very successful, the one time they printed it, the cut so much, it made so sense.

My DD had to put her cat to sleep yesterday.  One of her third grade students brought the kitten to her on Teacher Appreciation Day.  (Some Mom was pretty creative on finding homes for her kittens).  Anyway Lauris (the cat) has been with her for nearly 20 years and slept with our 10 year old grandson each night.  Lots of tears at their home last night.  They still have one other cat but it would rather be outside hunting mice than letting someone pet him.  Kind of like people, some are cuddlers and some are hands off.   I love hugs!

Speaking of hugs, the young man who helped me do the fall clean up of my many gardens stopped by to say hello yesterday.  I have always enjoyed working and talking with him but didn't think I would see him anymore as we have very (almost none) landscaping in the new down sized home.  Anyway after talking for awhile he reached out to shake my hand and instead gave me a big bear hug.  Interesting the impact we have on each other.  Like this forum that has been so welcoming.

In reading through the posts, I find myself wondering about the screen name each of you have picked and why you picked it.  I chose Crone because I was having trouble coming up with anything original and happened to be reading a book Crone's Don't Whine so not being very creative, chose that name.  Crone's do wine ( at least a glass now and then).

Enough of my random rumblings, best eat breakfast so I can take meds.

Phyllis   

Ohiofan: my surgeon told me I could have problems with lymph months later, and even years later if I were to do too much heavy lifting or cleaning with that arm.

my name: I'm a birdwatcher, and one of my favorite family of birds are the Puffins.

Thought my rads might be delayed, but got it worked out yesterday.I have
an angiomyolipoma on my right kidney, have had it for 8 years,
following it every year with ultrasound. In July it was larger than they
wanted but was starting chemo then so couldn't do anything about it.
It's a mass of blood vessels and muscle and fat, problem is if it gets
too large it can burst and bleed and could be lethal. I saw the
urologist earlier this week, yesterday saw Interventional Radiologist.
He says it's safe to wait until Nov but I need to have an embolization -
he'll go into the groin like for a heart cath, only they thread the
catheter to my kidney and inject something to wizzle up the blood supple
to the mass. He'll send in the authorization request to my insurance
company, and after they get it scheduling will call and we'll set up the
date after my rads are done.

The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, is to study and learn how to know ourselves.  This is the foundation of wisdom and the highway to whatever is good.
 
Pierre Chardin

OK u can see how original I am using my own name, I was very new to computers and didn't know the difference.

Oh Crone u have that kidney thing to go thru too. U poor thing.

Ohio that is wonderful to enjoy where u live--I do too it means a lot.

And of course Chevy, she used to be back seat Chevy until she started in the fron seat too, now she's just Chevy.

OK BBL ,u my phones are going UHG

Jackie, you ARE in the clouds!  Walking along with all the guardian angels, who love our Pets, and even the homeless ones.  

Oh little Cammi~!  You even spelled your name right....  just don't make things too tough for you....   And I don't know what I was talking about either!  You mean the "font" thing?  

A "font" is something you see out in the wild.... foraging for food among the flora and fauna....  It is native to South Dakota, or even Ireland....  

SOMEtimes seen in the aquafer's along creek beds.