Rosevalley - this is for you!

Praying for you Rose, PLEASE GOD may you get the result you hope for from the latest faslodex.

ruthbru- It's a gorgeous weed! I would grow it too. A "weed" is just a perfectly lovely plant growing where someone doesn't want it to. My husband gets frustrated in our garden with the amount of foxglove we have. Huge swaths of it.. five feet tall plants of pink spires and white spires. I love the stuff and don't allow him to thin out the foxglove. The hummingbirds and bees just love foxglove. I love the messy cottage garden jumble of plants. I think the visual effect is lovely. Feelinfeline- beautiful rose. We have lots of roses all kinds. They grow well here.

I feel better today, thank goodness no nausea. Yay for Faslodex shots. Peace and love to you all. I love all the photos.

Five foot foxglove!

I've never seen such a sight. Ours are about two feet high.

Flower envy, my sweet Rosevalley!

Shower envy too as the dust has begun to blow and the grass to crackle under foot.

Glad you got your Faslodex and hope your symptoms beat a hasty retreat.

Loving kindness for you this morning, Stephanie

No.. I was wrong we measured our tallest foxglove and it is 6ft 1 inch tall!! I need to figure out how to import photos from my DH's phone.

I haven't been able to eat hardly anything and taken zofran and CBD oil and finally feel a little better. No puking just bloating and queasy. Faslodex keep on working for a couple of months. Thank you for your prayers and support.

Yay my DH helped me get evidence of our behemoth foxglove!! That's our jumble cottage garden and our 15 year old cat Percy.

Thank you your garden is lovely. Percy is an old man. He spends most days outside. He has lost so much weight. He's on thyroid meds 2x a day which he puts up with and we have to catch him. He's been losing more weight and drinks water all the time. In my experience this means kidney failure and Percy will be 16 in September. I lost another cat Higgins at age 12, to kidney failure. I just love Percy he's WONDERFUL. A real love an a half. It will be so sad to say good bye. Ruth to have a 17 year old cat is fantastic - lucky you!

Well, they are using their age to get spoiled! Wet cat food as much as they want, tuna fish on demand, dishes of water in every room ...we know who are the pets and who are the masters!

Henry and Oreo are handsome. Fat -n- happy and spoiled. That's they way it's supposed to be! I buy cold cuts and chicken for our cats. They own us.. (Percy 15 brown tabby, Zoe 13 grey kitty with white mittens, toothless and gimpy, Emmy 8 -Siamese mix with blue eyes and she's a pistol!)

Ashley is such a pretty color, unusual markings and 23!! I have a neighbor whose cat lived to be 21. I haven't ever heard of one 23! My dog Flower lived to be 18. I had a cat Daisy live to be 16 and died of kidney failure. Never had a cat live past 16. Is Ashley a strictly indoor cat?

Well at least Percy isn't the only one to pee on the bed when miffed. Oreo too eh? Bad old men they are...

I tried so hard to have a good time at a restaurant for my DH's birthday. I felt ok but ate french fries and a grilled cheese thinking it was fairly lite. I didn't even eat half. I came home we talked and I took the Ibrance pill and threw up everything. So much for that dose tossed- 21 pills at 10,000 a month. Expensive mistake. So my poor DH came in hearing me puke.. ruining his birthday. So he's all sad and concerned. Sigh..We had a good time all the girls were here and it was fun. It still was fun even if it ended up so so. Eating is difficult. It seems all celebrations are around eating.

My DD2 came home from college early to celebrate her Dad's birthday. I was draining fluid off to feel more comfortable. She walked in just as I started draining. She has a key. I was a upset she saw me doing it. A long catheter hanging out my belly connected to a vacuum bottle. It's a harsh reminded all is not well in cancerland. People don't drain containers of frothy ice tea off their bodies. She sat down said it "wasn't gross and no worries." Her eyes were wide though. What do you do with the container she asked... throw it out in the trash since they burn it. She was a little quiet and reflective after seeing that. I would have liked to spare her the image of her mother draining fluid off her gut but it's done. She watched it all. I am sad to leave her with such a memory and am upset I didn't drain sooner so she missed seeing it. I try hard to do my best at hiding the cancer's effects on me and living my life despite it all. This is not an easy task since my life revolves around pills, draining and treatments.

On a lighter note a friends daughter's baby arrived safe and sound. She is lovely and blesses us all. Life goes on. Love to you all.

rosevalley

Love the cat photos. Rose you (or maybe your DH) will not believe that I just ordered 15 foxglove plants for my under-stocked garden

My dear Rosevalley, thanks for your check-in today.

Your life encompasses such a range - the day-to-day, your devotion to your 3 DD and DH, your suffering and your celebrations.

When we met last autumn, you hoped to make Christmas. Somehow, in spite of the N&V, you did. And you just keep making those important dates, yesterday your DH's birthday. Next, summer holidays for your DD3 and the long stretch toward her next school year.

Rose, you keep surprising everyone!

I'm praying you can do it without N&V and the worst aspects of living with MBC. I'm praying that you continue to encompass the full range of your life! I'm praying that you continue to celebrate each day, each moment, each breath.

much love, Stephanie

When we understand how precious each moment is, we can treat each breath, each moment, as a newborn baby. ~ MICHELE MCDONALD

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Finding beauty in a weed!

Patty it is so good to see you. Are you doing ok? I think about you a lot and hope you are well. We have both had a hard time of it.

My spirits and resolve are high and I am trying my best. It's so hard. Friday I took the Ibrance and tossed up everything. Lost the dose. Saturday I felt pretty good because I didn't have any in my system. I didn't throw up yesterday. I didn't eat alot either. I took the Ibrance pill at 7pm. This morning I woke up and vomited many times - miserable way to start the day. There was not much in my stomach so I think it's the Ibrance that's making me sick. Now what? I find out what my tumor markers are Monday. I have 3 pills left in this cycle. Maybe they need to drop the dose. Perhaps the N/V is from these pills.

I feel lousy but hopeful. Just need to get through August. It's soo hot here yesterday was 99. For here in early June? This is weird. Today is supposed to be the same. My DD3 wants to go to church but I feel pretty crummy..not sure I can do that. Maybe Dad will take her. Hopefully I will feel better later.

Much love to all. rosevalley

Bestbird- lovely! It is a beautiful sunrise. We have very pretty sunsets here. The clouds and skies and mountains in Oregon are quite stunning. From a physical standpoint Oregon is a gorgeous state, so varied. I have lived in Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Conn, Upstate New York, Oakland and Sacramento CA... and here for 16 years. Every state has it's beauty and loveliness if you take time to look and enjoy. I also spent many a vacation in Michigan and Florida visiting family. We are so blessed in America to have this entire country to explore and love. I am unabashed in my love for America. The people, land and animals are wonderful. We are the luckiest folks on earth. I have had many a fine vacation in Canada and enjoy going there. It is also gorgeous.

Thank goodness for CBD oil from pot. It helps with nausea so much. It's a shame it isn't available everywhere. Feelinfeline- glad you joined the foxglove band wagon. I love the old varieties of plants - foxglove, Rose of Sharon, Lilacs, Hellbore... the ones not in favor. A fine English/Irish garden in full bloom is a heaven here on earth. Enjoy all those foxglove. Warning once you start they multiply like crazy and only bloom every other year. So don't pull them up if they don't flower. They will next year. My DH gives all our plants fish emulsion 2x a year and they grow like crazy.. epsom salts in water a few times a year does the plants good too.

Be well sisters. Stay cool. Extra prayers to Patty because she is having an extra hard time with pain. (((Hugs))) to all rosevalley

Rosevalley, wish you a beautiful Sunday! 

Rosevalley, did DD3 and DH get to church? I'm so sorry that the N/V continues.

I offer you some of my roses made of yarn.

Here's a "floral arrangement" of the roses completed so far:

Sending love and roses to you. Madelyn