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

Good idea. I deleted her private message to me - without reading it! (I felt so powerful doing that.) Now I've gone back and blocked user. I feel so much better.

If we pretend to be more enlightened than we really are, we will miss an opportunity to heal ourselves.  Admitting our limitations can make us feel vulnerable, yet it is very freeing.  We just have to be ourselves as we are now, accepting the mixture of enlightened awareness and human limitation that is in each of us.  Through this self-acceptance, we find a deep peace and self-love.
 
Shakti Gawain

I have worked THREE days in a row!  Well, not three entire days because I don't have the stamina I used to have.  There was a time when I could have accomplished in one day what I have managed to get done in three. 

Today I cleaned the porch by using the garden sprayer with bleach water.  I sprayed the porch wall and ceiling and the furniture with the bleach water and then rinsed using the hose.  I got soaking wet in the process so I got rid of the mildew on me, too! 

Tomorrow I'll take a break from cleaning. 

Hope everybody is having a good weekend.

Sweet Dream!!

A week is to long to catch up, so will read a little at a time.

We made the trip to Iowa, but DH jeep still had problems.  So it went back to the garage, and he will put in a part to fix it and charge no labor.

I stayed with my Mom all week, was glad I could. My 2 sisters and I went to see the Radiologist Oncologist with her on Wed.  Her blood work for the colon cancer they removed in 2010 is elevated and they believe has spread to the liver.  She refused any other treatment.  She has agreed to do a PET Scan, so they can see what is going on.  

We had a good time, she wore me out.  I think we went to Walmart everyday.  She is so cute.

Hope all is good with you wonderful ladies.

Hugs

Mommarch!  You are so cute with your Mom!  I'm just sorry about that diagnosis, but sounds like your Mom is doing okay with it.....     Walmart's ALWAYS sound like a fun trip to me!   

Maybe she will change her mind, and maybe she won't.... about the treatment options.... that's okay.....  I would understand either way.

It just ain't easy growing older sometimes, especially with these PROBLEMS that keep coming up!   I went to lunch with our friend Rosie, and was telling her how we had our neighbor help us lift the swamp-cooler heavy wooden cover, up onto our cooler for the Winter....

And she said it must be sooooo sad to be getting older, and not be able to do things like you used to....  And I didn't MEAN it like that, I just meant DH and I sometimes need help, because his one hand is kind of crippled, and then there is my LEG stuff, and we can't lift that heavy thing as good as we used to....   

But she could see how we ARE not able to do the things we used to do...  But thank GOD we are still doing alright....  

We figured out an EASY way to pick up all those LEAVES we have coming down!  See, DH got the leaf blower out.... (immagine that!) and blew all the leaves over against the fence.....  (Instead of sweeping them every morning!)  So then I said, okay, I'll get the big plastic trash bags, you shovel them into one while I hold it open, and off and on, I would close the bag, get on top of it, and squash all the leaves!  Then open it for more!  Got them all up!

So while he was gone, I dumped the crushed leaves onto my garden rounds, then shoveled them into the dirt!  Broke up all the hard  spots, and now it's ready for the Winter!

Now next week, when the rest of the leaves have fallen, we can DO that and it's just so much easier than sweeping them off the walks!

It's always so fun reading what you gals say!  So have fun Jackie, Carole, Teka, LittleGardens, Sally and Blondie and Mommarch...  on THIS page.... Ha!

Chevy did you just describe growing  """ahem older """  gracefully -- by acknowledging  that we lose little parts and pieces of abilities for a whole slew of reasons and need to get someone to give us a hand.  I am probably normal -- part of me doesn't like it, but the other part knows that it is just part of NOT needing the same amt. of energy and drive and will-power. 

I hope to be graceful about my acceptance and just be grateful that someone will rescue us slightly, not REALLY over the hill yet, people. 

Anyway -- there are lots of things to do to stay active and busy -- just on a lighter scale.  I don't have a fence to blow my leaves on but I surely would do it that way if I did.  We have ravines on either side of our house and our land is hilly so some of the ridding of leaves process can be a little tiresome for the hours of holding the blower -- but not physically so difficult.  Mainly not so great if their is a slight wind ( really awful when its blowing the wrong way ) and time is of the essence so you have to keep working with it no matter.  That's when those hours really stretch out.

I'm looking for a lazy day that is probably not going to be.  Had this silly idea that I would sleep in -- this being Sunday.  Not so -- like always I woke and as it was "about" time, so just couldn't slither far enough under the covers to get cozy again.  Good old Mom time --- saying so casually " I think not " and might as well give in and get up now, so I did. 

I hope you all have a fantastic Sunday.

Blessings

Jackie

Blondie -- happy week-end to you also.

Mommarch--I'm sorry about your Mom's diagnosis!  Hopefully, she will change her mind but she sounds like is doing ok.  Glad you were able to spend time with her and your sisters

Carol--sounds like you got a lot done. Please don't overdue though. I remember being able to getting so much more done in a day then I do now.

Went to get a flu shot today at one of the clinics that give them on Sundays. I was there early and the line was outside. People were waiting for parking places when I was leaving and others were parking in a lot across the street. Wow, must have been at least 300 people there but they got us in and out pretty quick

Was suppose to a candle store today with a friend but she is not feeling well so I am just puttering around the house. The weather is cool but nice and the trees in the nursery behind our house are beautiful. Love this time of year with all the colors!

Hi to everyone and wishing you all a happy Sunday

my new tattoo

loving it....Hope everybody has a good Sunday..

Mea Culpa I have so not been here, not on purpose, I don't knw why I feel so busy and then so tired. I didn't get all caught u yet.

Blondie I love that tattoo, it's adorable, did it heart much?

Oh Carole u must have really been tired working --3 days in a row is not easy.

Mom--I'm sorry u'r mom has to go thru all this chit, but she knows what she wants and u and u'r sisters must feel sad.

Jackie the only difference I feel for aging is I'm lazier than I was and at the time I thought I couldn't get any lazier, but now I've managed.

Oh Chevy u and bugs, u might as well keep them as pets and start naming them, if u haven't already.

I'm saying Hi to everybody and waving now Be well

I love your ladybug too.  It's perfect.  They are good luck -- I just don't know the origins of why.  Can't say I've felt so fortunate once we got invaded by the ?? Asian ladybugs.  They are not red but are more of a butterscotch  yellow and invade your house so they can stay warm over the cold and very frosty winters.  Should you kill one -- it absolutely stinks.  Not sure what they were brought here to control but they are very much a nuisance too -- and I don't see the number of reds ones that I would like too.

Also loved how you got lazier Cammie.  I can do lazy with my eyes closed and a lot of time they are.

Jackie

Anne - Jersey Boys is one of my all time favorite shows.  Hope you like it.  I was soooo angry when the new movie by Clint Eastwood only stayed in town one week.  Sounds like you're having a great time.

Good grief. Glad we can come here to share joys and worries through the same BC lens without fear. I have to believe we make the choices we do for good reasons that make sense in our situations.  Sandra dear, you are so positive and generous with information I hate that someone made you feel unhappy.  Nobody stay in discussion groups if they make life harder.  Bravo for telling us so we can give you a giant sixtyish style hug.  

My visit with RO was a rousing success.  She says all bloodwork is normal and pics look good.  She is also happy for me that I am not feeling any side effects from arimidex generic stuff.  Thanks for all the good vibes you all sent. She even suggested that my active clown schedule was exercise that helps keep this old body  moving. She says she has five year old twins so knows a little about dealing with groups of little ones.  

Hope we all had a chance to enjoy good sunny weather today.  There are some serious storms out there.

Anne, thanks for sharing your activities in NY.  I'm so glad for you that you're having a great time with your siblings.  I have only visited NYC once, years ago when I attended a conference and stayed in a Marriott right on Time Square.  I didn't attend any seminars at the conference, just did sightseeing and loved every minute of it.  There is so much that I didn't get around to seeing and doing. 

Wishing everyone a good Monday.

We are given a life—a precious commodity—and are placed on this earth for a short while.  We are surrounded by incredible beauty, strength, and love along with incredible violence, hatred, and prejudice.  Every time a person becomes happier, they are moving one step away from prejudice and violence and closer to love and compassion.  So think of your personal joy as a contribution to peace on the planet as well as food for your spirit.
 
Charlotte Davis Kasl