For Older People with Sense

Hope all who are snowed in and freezing are OK

We woke up to snow this morning and more is predicted for tomorrow afternoon and night.  Maybe up to 6 inches!  I know that doesn't seem like a lot to many of you, but it'll be paralyzing for us.  NC just doesn't have the proper equipment to deal with it except in the western part of the state.  School was closed today and there's a 2-hour delay tomorrow.  I'm really paying close attention to the school situation because DD's a teacher and her baby's due 4/8.  She can only take 6 weeks leave, and I'll be keeping the new baby from the time DD returns to work until summer break.  Each "snow make-up" day extends the school year.

Beautiful pictures, Lisa. And Alyson, I wouldn't move either!  Enjoy your friend's visit!

Chrissy, a tea--what a great idea for little girls!  Glad all had a good time.

Kathy

Last week was the best week! On Sunday I had the "Prayerbook Party" for my granddaughter. In the religious schools here in Israel when the first-graders are reading they receive their first prayerbook. The "party" is songs and dances they do for the parents, then each child is called up. They are all SO excited. Monday was another granddaughter's "Prayerbook Party" (the cousins are 3 weeks apart) so I was one happy lady. On Tuesday I went on a 3-day retreat held my an organization called Beit Natan, which offers support services for women with cancer. I've been going to the yearly retreat since I was dx and it's just wonderful. The hotel spoils us, and the activities are wonderful.

This week - not fun. On Monday I had a liver biopsy (checking if HER2 changed from - to +). Awful. Local anesthesia for that procedure is a joke.

Thurs I start the new chemo.

I want last week again.

Leah

I am having a rough time. Latest treatment failed, markers doubled in a week. Colostomy still difficult, they are threatening a stomach tube for nutrition. Very weak and depressed. Need prayers. Wilsie.

Chrissy......was looking for something and saw your name......so long since we have talked......sometimes you get on certain threads and have a tendency to forget the ones you were on before.......but you never forget the people.......so many familiar names I see....Carol, QCA, and there's my gal Ally.......fancy meeting you here.

Hope all my sensible ladies are doing ok.........I won't be a stranger, going to put you in my Favorites and will stop by soon.......missed you all.....hugs

Oh, Lisa, what a pretty little bird! Is that a finch by any chance? In San Diego? So yellow and bright!

ChrissyB! So happy for you! Of course you can be gone from home that long! And then when you get home, You will be so happy to be back, I always love coming home too, home is the best!

prayers are starting to work. I had a good night and was able to eat a bit. Adriamiciy starts Monday, I know it's tough but better than doing nothing. Wilsie.

Wilsie, great that you had a good night and were able to eat!  I so hope this will be a turn-around and things will look up from here.  Isn't Adriamycin the one called the Red Devil?  Well, let it live up to its name and do its best stuff for you!!  Prayers.

Chrissy, I'm so excited for you and your DH!  SIX WEEKS!!!  I'm having fun thinking about what my DH and I would do on a 6 week vacation in another  country---it would be interesting to say the least!.  What are some of the things you want to do and see?

Hi Tomboy--I don't believe I've welcomed you, but glad to see  you!

Lisa, love the little bird!

We did NOT get the "snowstorm of the century" that was predicted, despite all the television coverage, weather alerts, bare grocery shelves, school closings, government office closings, road brining, etc, etc.  The Raleigh area and areas north of there got substantial amounts, but in the Charlotte area we got rain and temps just above freezing. 

Hope we all have a good weekend!

Kathy

PS: Hey Ducky--good to see you.

Wilsie, I so much hope the new tx works well and is not too difficult for you. When I was on the Red Devil (at Stage III) I would find that I absolutely could not eat a few foods though others tasted normal. To add to the weirdness, after each tx (once every other week) it was something else I couldn't eat but stuff I hadn't been able to eat on earlier tx went back to being OK.

Chrissy, that trip to France sounds wonderful. Pictures! Pictures! Pictures!

So I didn't start my new chemo. I went in on Thurs as scheduled and the secretary pulled out my file, on the cart with all the Thurs files, and there's a note clipped to it from my onc saying they should tell me no tx this week - he wanted more healing time from Monday's liver biopsy. A very sweet young DUMB AND INEFFICIENT volunteer had clipped it to my file instead of giving it to the secretary. Sigh. I'll start on Wednesday.

Leah

There certainly is, Lisa.  These are gorgeous!

Today was a rain-free, warm,  beautiful day here and late this afternoon DH and I went for a drive in the country looking for signs of spring.  Somehow we eventually wound up at our favorite ice cream shop too, so it was a good day. 

This thread is too quiet lately!  Wilsie, I'm thinking of you and hoping you're improving and able to eat more, and Leah, hope you had an uneventful start to the new chemo and are doing well.  (That was a real crackerjack volunteer, too!)

Kathy

Beautiful! I have a good friend who has visited your country and is now visiting New Zealand.....has been there 2 weeks and will be there for 1 more. Maybe one day, I will be able to do that. I hope so. I am just beginning this breast cancer journey and hope it goes well. Have a wonderful day!

looking right at me.

I sit until tomorrow to see the orthopedic surgeon, wonder what is going to happen?