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

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  • WhiteTiger
    WhiteTiger Member Posts: 116
    edited October 2014

    Jackie - I love your cat stories - there's never 'nuff of them! :)

    WT

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


    *Good Morning* :o)

    Lovely sunny day in the North Country.

    So much in life isn't in our control.   *Hugs*

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  • SallyS70
    SallyS70 Member Posts: 947
    edited October 2014

    Good almost afternoon all ... hoping everyone has a touch or more of joy today.

    Carole, the kids are in my thoughts.

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  • Anneb1149
    Anneb1149 Member Posts: 960
    edited October 2014

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    HAPPY BIRTHDAY PUFFIN!!

    Sorry this up is so late in the day but I am in NY and been out on the go since 8:45 this morning. Hope you have a wonderful day. 

    Anne

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited October 2014

    Aw GEEZ!  I missed your Bday Puffin????  I'm sorry.... I was so screwed up this morning, trying to post, and then I finally got my iTunes re-installed, and my Library of ALL my songs, so it has turned out to be a great day.... Hope your Bday was too!  

    It's raining and cold here....  Kind of hate for Winter to be here, but I should be used to it!    Born and raised here!  Well not in this HOUSE, but close enough...

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  • IllinoisLady
    IllinoisLady Member Posts: 29,082
    edited October 2014

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    Hope your birthday was just as special as you Puffin and that have just as many more as you want. 

    Blessings,

    Jackie

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited October 2014

    Beautiful cake from a beautiful woman, TO a beautiful woman!

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

    Yes, ;o)

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  • blondiex46
    blondiex46 Member Posts: 5,712
    edited October 2014

    Happy birthday puffin 

    Thanks so much,  i am getting  there, didnt get out of bed,no fb game 4 me

    Hope u all r well

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  • carolehalston
    carolehalston Member Posts: 6,887
    edited October 2014

    Happy Birthday, Puffin!


     

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  • SallyS70
    SallyS70 Member Posts: 947
    edited October 2014

    Happy Birthday Puffin

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  • sandra4611
    sandra4611 Member Posts: 2,913
    edited October 2014

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    "I heard it was your birthday. Hope it was happy."

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited October 2014

    Happy Birthday Puffin. Hope your day was happy and you continue to celebrate all week.

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  • Puffin2014
    Puffin2014 Member Posts: 961
    edited October 2014

    For those not in the know about birds, those are Puffins that Sandra posted. Aren't they darling!

    Thank you for all the birthday wishes, I had a wonderful day. Good thing my appetite is back and food tastes good again, we had breakfast at Denny's and I had the free Grand Slam, and tonight we met friends at a Mexican restaurant, and my meal there was free too. I am SOOO full.

    Tomorrow is first rad at 10 AM, looking forward to getting this next step of treatment done.

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

    Puffin,

    Tomorrow, I'll be thinking of you!   *Hugs*

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited October 2014

    http://www.lifebuzz.com/painted-stairs/

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  • IllinoisLady
    IllinoisLady Member Posts: 29,082
    edited October 2014

    The awareness we experience in solitude is priceless for the peace it can give.  It is also the key to true loving in our relationships.  When we have a part of ourselves that is firm, confident, and alone, we don’t need another person to fill us.  We know that we have private spaces full of goodness and self-worth, and we grant the same to those we love.  We do not try to pry into every corner of their lives or to fill the emptiness inside us with their presence.
     
    Kent Nerburn

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  • IllinoisLady
    IllinoisLady Member Posts: 29,082
    edited October 2014

    The "STEPS" are gorgeous.  Such a nice idea -- steps lead to great places almost always, but they are sort of boring --  these pictures sure changed all of that. 

    Back later.

    Jackie

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

    I like the tranquil feel of the Koi fish painted stairs!

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  • Teacher64
    Teacher64 Member Posts: 840
    edited October 2014

    Happy Birthday, Puffin.

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  • MomMom
    MomMom Member Posts: 523
    edited October 2014

    Happy Birthday Puffin!! Just got in from Orlando with hubby, son, DIL and precious grand daughters so haven't been reading posts.  May this be a fantastic year for you!

    Paula

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  • ohiofan
    ohiofan Member Posts: 206
    edited October 2014

    Happy Birthday, Puffin!!!!!!   Thinking of you today.


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  • Puffin2014
    Puffin2014 Member Posts: 961
    edited October 2014

    Thanks for the birthday wishes, had a very nice day, though ate too much.

    Was surprised how long rads took today, thought most of that would have been taken care of at the sim last week. My arm (the one I had the rotator cuff surgery on), went numb after 30". There was a pretty picture of tulips on the ceiling that I could look at. I did OK with my deep breathing and breath holding. Glad I've done enough yoga to recognize as I started getting tense and could focus on relaxing. You know how you raise your shoulders up when you get tense? Didn't want my shoulders touching my ears! The gals assured me the rest of the treatments would be more like 10", we'll see.

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  • Crone
    Crone Member Posts: 160
    edited October 2014

    Happy Belated Birthday Puffin.  Glad your birthday was yesterday and not on the first day of radiation.  Nice to separate special days from other momentous days.  

    I have not posted for a few days, instead  allowing myself to wallow in my sadness but today I got a hold of my boot straps, pulled myself up and said enough.

    Today is Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day, the one day in Pinktober that we hope that MBC will be acknowledged and recognized as a disease that takes the lives of 40,000 women and men every year.  Again this year, our local paper did not publish my letter to the editor trying to make people aware of the disease and the small amount (only 2% of all Cancer research money goes for research for a cure for MBC).  They did email and might publish it  some time later.

    The hand and foot syndrome from Xeloda is making its presence known after a short walk around the block on a beautiful fall day.  No more walks for awhile.

    So today after I gave up feeling sorry for myself,  I called an acquaintance whose husband died in the last few months and called two other shut ins - if I am feeling alone, they must be feeling it even more.  A friend told me years ago, if your feeling sad and down, do something nice for someone else

    After all that  complaining, we are under a tornado watch and will face our first possible tornado without a basement.  It might get very cozy in the shower.

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  • blondiex46
    blondiex46 Member Posts: 5,712
    edited October 2014


    Crone that is so nice of you I am sure they appreciated it...

    Puffin see ya made it, now it is countdown to the end of RADS..

     

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  • IllinoisLady
    IllinoisLady Member Posts: 29,082
    edited October 2014

    Puffin, I would think your next rads really will get quicker.  They were likely lining you up well and being quite cautious for what it would take to "hit" their marks each time.  Anyway, I do think in the end it will get boring.

    Phyllis, I was touched by your description of "getting over it" by calling up some people you felt were having issues that were pretty tough.  I do think it helps tremendously when we can get outside ourselves and help people -- who have no idea how much they are helping us. 

    I have some down days now and then, but they don't come near as often as they did at one time.  I finally learned the meaning of the phrase " no matter how bad you think you have it, someone else is struggling with something far worse ".    To be fair though -- having a down time now and then surely helps us be grateful for when we are not having them.  Laughter and good times are much easier to appreciate and fully enjoy when you have gone a short spell without them.  No better way to invite them back in than by finding someone who could use a "lift" up from us for a bit -- and suddenly we are all sharing the same height. 

    We were definitely under the storm watch here.  Until 7 p.m. tonight.  It is long gone now I'm sure.  We did get a bit of dicey wind this afternoon, but it pulled in some heavy duty rain and once that started the wind died way back. 

    I hope you all had a fair afternoon and freedom from any "serious" weather issues.

    Blessings,

    Jackie

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  • Miminiemi
    Miminiemi Member Posts: 340
    edited October 2014

    Wow we have a lot of cat lovers here with information about specific breeds.  And Blondie - a kitten will be such fun.  I know there are dog lovers here too.  And we've had some pretty great wildlife pictures, too.  Carole the boat building sounds like fun.  Funny about the girls naming the boats different girl names.  I guess it's more like naming a doll.  Nobody gives their favorite doll their own name.  My daughter named her favorite doll Five.  Hmmmm…I have no idea.  My face painting was fun at a birthday party for a sweet girl.  She had a Frozen theme like the Disney movie.  There were lots of boys that wanted a crown like Elsa and I happily painted them.  And nobody made remarks about it being a "girl" design.  The magic show kept the attention of all 16 kids for half an hour.  I can do lots of great magic tricks, but the highlight of the laughs is always two 3 foot springs covered in green silk that pop out of a can.  I let them pop out over and over while appearing to try and get them back in the can.  And the kids just laugh and laugh.  One time a dad actually tried to help me get them back in the can and I let them fly out again when he had them almost all tucked in!!!!

    The family was about two hours away from me.  The grandma is my friend and we rode together and had a great day.  Since I was going to be away from home for so long even our dogs were invited and stayed in extra kennels at the party house.  The two golden retrievers ride together sweetly in the back of the car, one 18 months old (mine) and the other 10+ years old.  

    It was cold this morning and warm outside this evening with rain all day.  Sounds like a storm will be brewing for us.It was nice to be home all day with the grey rain outside and my golden Peggy inside with me.  Good night.  Hope Blondie is sleeping well tonight.

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  • g-mom
    g-mom Member Posts: 2
    edited October 2014

    I now have a diagnosis - a 2.5 cm, IDC e positive and HER2 positive.  In the past two weeks I have had a mammogram (both regular and diagnostic), a biopsy removing four segment of breast tissue and three segments of lymph, a PET scan and had five doctors appointments.  Tomorrow I will schedule surgery.

    My daughter was diagnosed at age 37 with the same diagnosis except for mine is larger.  She has been without evidence of the disease for two years.  She has been by my side each step so far, and truly a blessing. What a cheerleader!

    I'm calm about this and want to just move along.  You know what it is now get on with it.  Of course there will be some surprises along the way but I ready to take it on...yeah!

    g-mom

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  • IllinoisLady
    IllinoisLady Member Posts: 29,082
    edited October 2014

    g-mom, Glad you are through all that.  the iffy waiting and not knowing can bed so difficult.  I wish this hadn't happened to you or your daughter  but with so things we don't have a whole lot of choice. 

    I am also glad you are calm -- I bet you were standing by your daughter's side doing everything you could to help and reassure her of your love and care -- in some ways it might be helping you now.  You do have some ideas about the issues ahead  and you may have some  down times -- but you have a really can-do attitude and that won't hurt one thing. 

    Blessings,

    Jackie

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  • blondiex46
    blondiex46 Member Posts: 5,712
    edited October 2014

    Mimi thanks 4 the thought, still up, george one of the twins just told me to go to bed, last night up til 6 slept til 2pm

    G welcome

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