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  • Longtermsurvivor
    Longtermsurvivor Member Posts: 1,438
    edited October 2016

    Rosevalley, one holiday to the next, one celebration to the next. Sometimes that has to be enough to live for. Yet, so many gray rainy days can bring us down.

    I wish you were my neighbor in N. CA where the "big storm" brought about 2" of rain. The pond is happy and little green weeds have begun to sprout. High temps headed back to 80 this week. Sunshine.

    I gotta swing with things - waking from long sleep to savor past glories and memories - so seldom get out any longer.

    Rosevally, it was a huge relief to post my absentee ballot last Friday. I feel like I can let go and go on. I wish you too get that lifting feeling when you can finally vote. Do let us know!

    And, unlike you, I don't have family who needs me. My loved ones seem to hold me with open palms now...or lightly cupped fingers keeping me safe & secure while I ready my wings to fly the nest.

    You'll know when it's time to go...until then I wish you gentle treatments and many more holidays and celebrations!

    healing meditations and loving light, Stephanie

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  • lalady1
    lalady1 Member Posts: 618
    edited October 2016

    Hi Rose - Percy is great fur therapy- he loves you and will never judge. Please keep the old guy going and you too - vote girl! Steph - you brought rain to sunny LA - I had to drive in it to UCLA yesterday for another dental appointment for my new jaw met. No one has seen a MBC met to mandible and I found out that radiation kills salivary glands permanently, so I would need a flouride tray a night forever. hmm - hoping another round of ibrance might help instead. Let's plan a cool Halloween, with an election around the corner. So nice to think about with fall officially here. (())

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  • lalady1
    lalady1 Member Posts: 618
    edited October 2016

    Hello Rosevalley - on this sunny fall day, with an election around the corner, I'm sending you and Percy some Lord Byron:

    There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,

    There is a rapture on the lonely shore,

    There is society, where none intrudes,

    By the deep Sea, and music in its roar:

    I love not Man the less, but (simply)Nature more


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  • Rosevalley
    Rosevalley Member Posts: 3,061
    edited October 2016

    LaLady- thank you for that Poem! Trees and mountains and blue skies and I am set. I hope Ibrance works for your jaw. I have mets in my skull and spine, long bones, pelvis and ribs.. but not in my jaw. That would suck. I hope they take care of it. Are you in pain?

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  • lalady1
    lalady1 Member Posts: 618
    edited October 2016

    Hi Rose - you have had more than your share of bone mets and ascites. I hope your pain is better today. The left side of my chin (just half) is numb - Dr said it's the mental nerve being pressured by the met. I have read up on this rare location, and fear rads there might be worse than numbness, eg. permanent loss of saliva and nightly jaw trays of fluoride. yuck So I am waiting to see how round #11 of ibrance+fas does. We are having an extra sunny day here and my orchids are going wild!

    Image result for yellow orchid

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  • Rosevalley
    Rosevalley Member Posts: 3,061
    edited October 2016

    LaLady I hope the Ibrance and faslodex works on the numbness. If the tumor load decreases I would think so would the pain and numbness. I know that when my cancer flairs up the pain increases and then when the treatment works and the cancer backs off I can ditch the pain meds or back off. I have done this off and on for 4 years. I never had numbness in my jaw. Can you eat ok? I surely hope it gets better.

    Ruthbru- I posted on Cats but I wanted you to know how badly I feel that your 17 year old cat Oreo died in his sleep last night. He had some health issues you had said and looked like he would do better and didn't. You tried and I know how much you loved him. I never have had a cat live past 16, so 17 seems ancient and wonderful to me. Hugs your way for the loss of your fur-baby.

    Last night during the rain we let the dog out as usual. We didn't realize there was a big possum walking across the back yard. Our border collie ran full on out to see it and the possum froze and just fell over stiff. It was hilarious! It just laid there and the dog was all confused like "I didn't even touch it- swear honest!!" She's a pretty sweet dog but she will chase squirrels and raccoons etc.. So DH and I went out to hold a flash light over the possum and it was curled up, mouth open (lots of teeth) breathing but still like it was dead. Ha ha so they really do play possum!! Anyway we got the dog in and turned off the porch light and possum got up and left the back yard. Poor thing bet we scared the heck out of it.


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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited October 2016

    Thanks, Rose. I dog-napped my grand-puppy this afternoon & took her for a therapeutic walk. Hard to be down with a bouncy puppy by your side. We have another cat, Henry (he and Oreo were cellmates at the Humane Society). He is kind of a cranky guy so I don't know if he will feel sad, or happy because he will get all the attention now.

    So cute about your dog!

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  • KDs-Husband
    KDs-Husband Member Posts: 107
    edited October 2016

    Rosevalley,

    Love your Possum story. I'm like you, I didn't believe it either until it happened to me.

    My dog, Jackie (in the avatar), woke us up at daybreak one morning barking like crazy after it had rained all night. KD had me get up to go investigate. I got out to the back yard and Jackie is standing over this nasty dead wet possum barking like crazy.

    I went to the shed and got a shovel and scooped it up, it's head hanging off one side and it's tail hanging off the other. I walked over to the side fence in my back yard thinking I would toss it over into the right of way, then properly dispose of it after I got the boys to school.

    Well, I flung it over the fence with the shovel and what do you know.... that son of a gun landed on all fours, glanced at Jackie and I as if to say "Thanks", and slowly walked off towards the drainage canal.

    I stood there dumbfounded thinking, "I've just been played, by a possum no less!"

    Yep, Possums play Possum.

    Louis

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  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 6,398
    edited October 2016

    I have a possum story too.

    Back when I had a Black Lab and a big White Mutt, the 2 of them woke me up early on a Sunday morning. I let them out back and they were barking like crazy. Can't have that noise at 7am on a Sunday. So I went out in my PJ's and saw they were barking at a dead-looking possum. So I took them back in the house, pulled on some jeans and grabbed a shovel,, intending to pick it up and throw it over the fence. It was gone by the time I got back!

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited October 2016

    Love the possum stories!

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  • mara51506
    mara51506 Member Posts: 5,088
    edited October 2016

    I've never actually seen a possum do this though know they do. These are great stories.

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  • Mominator
    Mominator Member Posts: 1,575
    edited October 2016

    Rose, I'm laughing over your dog's reaction "I didn't even touch it."

    Louis, your possum is like the big snake that Harry Potter accidentally released from the zoo: the snake says "Thankssssssssssss" as he slithers away. Yes, you were played, and played well.

    There is a possum who has been visiting our back yard several times in the last few weeks. S'more barks like crazy every time. I was half tempted to let S'more outside to scare it away forever. But would that work? Probably not. I'm much more afraid that S'more might get bit by it. So in he stays, to bark and bark.

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  • Beatmon
    Beatmon Member Posts: 1,562
    edited October 2016

    So funny, last night immediately after reading the opossum posts, my hubby let the dogs out in the back yard....and lo and behold, there was an opossum! Now how did that thing get into our fenced backyard

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited October 2016

    I discovered either a sick or injured possum on my porch one time when I went to get the mail. Called animal control to remove it but they couldn't by state law, so they had to take it in my back yard and put it down before they could remove it.

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited October 2016

    Rose you really struck a rich vein of recollections with that possum experience!!

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited October 2016

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  • Rosevalley
    Rosevalley Member Posts: 3,061
    edited October 2016

    I love the orchid! Beautiful. Beatmom- I hear you with critters getting into a fenced yard. Ours is fenced too and one time we got a Beagle in the back yard!! We have a Iron type gate and he must have squeezed through the bars. Our cats can do it but I didn't think a dog could.

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  • Rosevalley
    Rosevalley Member Posts: 3,061
    edited October 2016

    This is my week off from chemo. I don't feel so hot, joint pain tired. I am so bloated and full of fluid, just threw up desert. Can't tell you how much I hate puking. The cancer is smoldering again.. moving along.

    My ballot came today I was thrilled. I will get to vote.

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  • Zillsnot4me
    Zillsnot4me Member Posts: 2,687
    edited October 2016

    Glad you've made another milestone. sorry you don't feel well in your week off. Hope it's just the weather change and get some relief soon.

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited October 2016

    Yay for another milestone! A gentle Koko hug to you for your pain and discomfort. image

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  • lalady1
    lalady1 Member Posts: 618
    edited October 2016

    Hang in there Rose - here's a pic of Ringo from the OC concert this weekend. Fab!

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  • Jazzygirl
    Jazzygirl Member Posts: 12,533
    edited October 2016

    Rosevally- yay for getting to vote! We are about to make history!

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  • Rosevalley
    Rosevalley Member Posts: 3,061
    edited October 2016

    Jazzy- Honestly it was like a flashback to 2008 when I couldn't believe I had an option for a Black president. It was surreal to vote then. Yesterday when I mailed my ballot I just couldn't believe I was voting for a smart well educated, experienced woman in the white house!! Woo Hoo! Times they are a changing.

    I remember back when I was an undergrad in the dorms telling my father I had a new room mate. Her name was Shel I told him. My Dad was very racist. (Note this was decades ago and no offense is intended.) I happened to mention she was black. He snapped," how in the hell did you get stuck with her?" I said that we requested each other. I thought the food was going to fall right out of his mouth- his jaw just dropped. We were eating dinner. He then proceeded to tell me how I would be labeled a "N" lover, no dating, black listed and ruin my chances at life and success. I told him he was crazy and Shel was super nice. Her Mom's a teacher and she's smart. We got along great. We had no issues at all and had the same group of friends. He shook his head and said he thought I was smarter than that. Here it is all these years later and things really have changed!! We elected a black president twice! We are slowly moving past the old ways and ideas.

    I also remember another time, also at the dinner table, when I asked my Dad for a high school ring. He stopped and said, "how much are they?" I told him. He said, "ok." My brother chimed in I want one too!! My Dad didn't look up from his plate but said, "no son you will get a college ring." I remember how that stung. Like the expectation was I wouldn't finish college and women didn't get anything but a high school ring. SO much for that! I got my degrees and paid for them myself! Now we will have a woman president! I can't wait. :-)


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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited October 2016

    Wow. So pleased you exceeded "expectations"

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited October 2016

    Rose- I know how exceeding everyone's expectations of you goes. My parents were told I would be lucky to graduate high school. My parents pushed and supported me all the way. I did it though! Was not expected to go to college too. But here I am with an Associates Degree with honors might I add and currently working on my Bachelor's Degree.

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  • Rosevalley
    Rosevalley Member Posts: 3,061
    edited October 2016

    Mommyof2- you keep going too!! Finish and be a stunning example to your kids of what determination, guts and smarts will get you. I never understood my Dad's attitude since my grades were always great in high school (well except physics and algebra2.. pretty sketchy.) He just thought women should be stay at home mothers. It's attitudes and their limitations that hold kids back- adults too. Break the barriers.

    It's been a horrible morning. I've been up since 4;30 nauseous and then puked several times at 5. Tried drinking some clear boost and puked all that up at 8. So I am feeling pretty wiped out and miserable. With the draining and vomiting not much going through. ugh. It's chemo day today and we have to leave by 9. These chemo breaks always make me feel horrible and the cancer rebounds and the symptoms get worse.

    DD3 has a celebration of sorts on Sunday and I am making the food and bringing it to the church for her. She has decided to be Baptized and join so it's a big deal. DH will help make food if I can't pull it together. Wish me luck that chemo pushes the cancer back for a couple of weeks.

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited October 2016

    Thanks Rose.

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  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,664
    edited October 2016

    Rose sorry you having a bad morning. Please God Sunday will be a great day.

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  • Longtermsurvivor
    Longtermsurvivor Member Posts: 1,438
    edited October 2016

    Sweet Rosevalley,

    Sending a rainbow cloak to protect you today. May chemotherapy flow into as a healing elixir, wiping away the cancer and restoring balance, appetite and digestion.

    Just delighted you too got to vote!

    I know it changed my life to feel part of that solution, rather than adding to the world's burdens.

    And, of course, we all must keep living, loving and working on the personal and interpersonal levels to create a world for all beings to thrive.

    Much love and high regard, Rosevalley, Stephanie

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  • Kandy
    Kandy Member Posts: 1,461
    edited October 2016

    So sorry your morning isn't going well. Hopefully chemo will kick in quickly. Your fight to live is amazing and inspiring to all of us. Awesome about your daughter. I hope the entire family has a wonderful day.

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