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  • Eeyore07
    Eeyore07 Member Posts: 113
    edited August 2017

    ShepK: now I understand when and why you changed your avatar. Sorry for your loss. She is now watching out for you from the above.

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited August 2017

    My dearest Shep ........

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  • Lookforward
    Lookforward Member Posts: 392
    edited August 2017

    Shep , sorry to hear that you lost Marti , you were the best fur mom

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  • JunieB
    JunieB Member Posts: 1,023
    edited August 2017

    Shep - Marti was such a beautiful girl.


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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2017

    Thank you Dear Friends ,

    As hard as it was for me to write about my Marti, I wish I hadn't waited so long. I feel that some of my sorrow has been lifted by sharing my feelings and by leaving a little "tribute" to my girl.

    I have no words to properly express how ever so very moved I am by all your words of kindness and caring. My heart is full and I feel wrapped in the warmth of your words. I am so, so grateful to be part of the wonderful Sisterhood of Owlies ~ Blessings to you all 😇

    Eeyore - I do still feel Marti's presence and love the thought of her watching over me from above. I do hope the Good Lord saw fit to fix her never ending runny nose; things could get very messy! 💧☂️

    Love you all 💜

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited August 2017

    I like the story of the little boy who said, "The reason to be alive is to learn to love and be kind. Dogs already know that, so they don't need to be here as long."

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  • CeliaC
    CeliaC Member Posts: 1,320
    edited August 2017

    shepkitty - Heartfelt sympathies being sent your way. What a wonderful dog Marti was - just think of all the joy she brought to those whose lives she touched. Her spirit will live on in their memories. It is always hard to lose a beloved pet, no matter how long they have been in our lives, we always wish it could be longer.

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  • tammyH64
    tammyH64 Member Posts: 7
    edited August 2017

    Owllettes! Love!

    And also love knowing its not just me. Sleep is precious. I like it, I love it, want some more of!

    My son is getting married next year! Want to be here for that and to get my hair done .

    Sleep! What is that wonderful sounding word?. Oh yes, that which I used to enjoy nightly. My recipe for sleeplessness..... eventually you will pass out.



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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited August 2017

    Shep, so, sorry for your loss. It's so hard . Her pictures and the urn are beautiful. She was such an accomplished dog. Not many can do what she did by one y/o. Such a good mama.

    Dino had an interaction with another Armadillo, didn't go well for the Dillo.

    MammaRay, you sound wonderful. No foggiest? How's it all going?

    Tammy welcome here, we are here 24/7/365. I know sleep is illusive. There are some suggestions in the topic box. Some of our meds are culprits too. The AI's were awful for me. Now it's more that my sleep protocol sucks.

    wench, Lovely, Tapper, Eoyre, wren,Beatsmom, Smarrty celia waving.

    Mommy, what-up?

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  • Tappermom383
    Tappermom383 Member Posts: 643
    edited August 2017

    Thanks for the wave, sas! That brightened my day - this forum is one of the best things to have happened to me!

    MJ

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited August 2017

    image

    Welcome Tammy!!

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited August 2017

    Tapper,what a lovely thing to feel and say.

    Junie, update on move?

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited August 2017

    Ms. Sas, l love the mirror. I think similar frame in a rectangular shape would look really nice. Guess what? I was thinking of Marlana the other day and was checking to see how long ago she signed in. Was shocked to see July 31,2017!

    Tapper, pleased to hear that

    Hug

    Shep got me into researching.....so busy reading (on top of busy accomplishing nothing). Wish I had better memory. DD2 is back to school (freshman in HS). She told me yesterday that she feels like a kindergartener again. Bottom of the chain. DD1at last minute decided that she doesn't want to return to BU. Saves us $$. Even with a partial scholarship, it was costing us $30 plus K. She will be taking classes at the local college and hoping to transfer to a UC or State University in a year or so. She is having a hard time getting in to a Bio/Physio class as they are all filled up and is on a waiting list at two different colleges.

    Mommy, how are you doing?

    Thinking of you all even though I haven't been posting regularly.

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited August 2017

    Today was the first round of chemo. Had the triple cocktail of Herceptin, Perjeta and Taxol. Next two weeks will be Taxol only and the third week will be all three again according to treatment plan. Just got home and I am bushed! Just had dinner and I am relaxing right now.

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited August 2017

    Mommy, positive it's started, let the negatives go as best you can. Huge squeezing hugs.

    Lovely. I haven't worked on mirrors. I'm particularly drawn to the one I posted. Square or rectangle would work or smaller round. 35 inch diameter to big. But we are a long way from mirrors.

    Sorry to hear dd1, decided at last minute. But happy she made the decision. She has probably thought a long time about it. It will all work out.

    Nick update. He just moved out. Each week was becoming more difficult. No effort to find a job. Donnie didn't want him working with him b/c he cut corners. I am happy about it. He was making me feel uncomfortable in my own house. It was just a matter of time.

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited August 2017

    Thanks Sas. I am glad to finally get this stuff started. Hope the side effects aren't too bad.

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited August 2017

    Mommy, what pathology did they do on the node? Did they do new hormone status? They should, Tell them to assume nothing.

    Babe, on the one hand why, on the other hand why? I know you're brokenhearted at the moment. Have faith. Pray if you pray, it got me through life. Awful stuff, to crazy to tell. Then when both Greg and I were in it at the same time. %@!. Prayer kept me sane. Praying for the Archangel Michael to surround you

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  • sensitivehrt
    sensitivehrt Member Posts: 359
    edited August 2017

    Shep-I'm so sorry for the loss of Marti. I know how important our pups are to us. They aren't animals, but our four legged family. Good thoughts being sent your way. She was beautiful.

    Waving hello to everyone else. Work is keeping me super  busy.  100 hours for the past two weeks. Get to enjoy myself this week. Going river rafting with a friend tomorrow and then to see Sam Hunt in concert on Sat.  Hope everyone else is well.

    Chance is doing good. Haven't committed to the surgery yet.  Just keeping him calm and happy at home.  He hasn't been in any distress.  My roommate is moving on the 26th. Once she is gone with her dog and it's even calmer at the house, I'll revisit the idea of surgery.

    Goodnight all!

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited August 2017

    Sensi, glad to hear Chance is doing okay. sorry you are loosing a roommate.

    Everyone here knows I'm a story teller, it's the Irish, we live by stories.

    My only white water rafting trip. We entered it, totally trusting the company and the guides. As we went down the New river, I thought the guides were very cautious as we got to rapids. Ours was the lead raft. He signaled the other boats what to do.. I felt safe. We got to the end. I asked how long had he been doing this. 15 years was his response. I asked why did we stop so many places for him to give directions to the other rafts? He pointed to the railroad tressle and the water marks. He said that the water had never been that low. He had to determine a different way to go than ever before.

    Why? Only on America could this happen

    His response was the governor and the members of congress of the state were taking a raft trip the next week to promote tourism. So, the Army Corps of Engineers, turned off the water at an up river dam to make sure that there was a good flow of water for the politicians.

    No concern that it made a difference or put anyone else in jeopardy. We had a hell of a ride, not knowing that it was dangerous. I did make the point with the company that they should have told us that the water was turned off.

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited August 2017

    They did routine blood work yesterday. Path report on the node had come back suspicious, hence the ne chemo plan. They are having my GYN do an ultrasound of my ovaries due to a cyst that showed up on the PET scan and so they don't know if it's cancerous or not so they are doing that scan and doing a CA-125 blood test to check for new evidence of mutations. Got my treatments all scheduled from yesterday right up to nearly the end of September. MO did say that if my future scan at the halfway point shows it is gone or I get signs of something is drastically wrong, I may not be doing the full 12 weeks of Taxol or it an be suspended until the problem goes away. Glad that when the Herceptin and Perjeta will be given with the Taxol are every 3 weeks. The days that those treatments fall on will be long ones for me.

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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited August 2017

    Loverly, I forgot about your mention of Marlana. Maybe she will check in. Hope so.

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited August 2017

    I will.

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  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 2,042
    edited August 2017

    Shep, so sorry to hear about Marti. It is very hard to lose our fur babies. She was quite an accomplished girl and a beauty. I love her markings. You have so many wonderful memories of her. She was such a comfort dog to you, a very special bond. You were both lucky to have each other in your lives. Wow, Pris blends in with your step runner.

    MammaRay, glad to see you posting again.

    MOmmy, so sorry to hear of your recurrence. Saying prayers your treatment plan works.

    Lover, sounds like your daughter gave her decision some serious thought. Sounds like a wise decision until she pins down her major. Nothing wrong with community colleges for the first two years. Get the core curriculum out of the way (just make sure credits transfer) and saves money. Where I worked, students weren't allowed to transfer Eng 101. It was a mystery why it wasn't allowed. My son went to a community college and kept putting off taking Eng 101 again. Worked as a life guard at the pool on campus and got to talking to one of the English professors. The professor pulled some strings and the course got accepted.

    Sas, happy belated birthday. You and Donnie gave it your best shot with Nick. At least you tried to help him and give him a chance at making something of his life. As the say goes, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink." Looking at this, it makes you wonder if it wasn't Nick all along wanting the life he was leading and not the family kicking him out. God bless you and Donnie for trying.

    Patty, I had a feeling you were having a rough time. You go quiet. Can't believe school is starting already in some areas. It's nice your friend is moving next door. She has a great idea about a signal in your window when you aren't doing well.

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  • JunieB
    JunieB Member Posts: 1,023
    edited August 2017

    Okay, now I know I'm tired! As I was scrolling down this page I swear that the cat in M0mmy's avatar moved. Bed will feel good tonight. Plus, since tomorrow is Saturday, I don't have to be ANYWHERE, but right here at home. I get to sleep in a bit too. At least as long as Kirby allows me to. ;0)

    Two Saturday's ago when I took Kirby out for a walk, the poor little guy stepped on a bee and got stung. He was crying and holding his little paw up, so I carried him back inside. He wasn't at all happy about me touching his paw. I got great direction from Loverly and Shep, plus the Vet. said to keep him quiet for the rest of the weekend and to call them on Monday if he wasn't feeling better. Kirby slept on the couch that whole afternoon and by that evening he was back at it like a normal puppy. Thankfully.

    Today was the first day in two weeks that the heat was tolerable. Still humid though and we are supposed to get rain on Sunday with temps in the 70's. Ewww!

    Sassy - I am all moved into my new apt. and the old apt. is clean and I turned in the keys on Tuesday. When I started the move I moved the bathroom first, then the kitchen. Since both apts. are identical, except for a bathtub in the old and a walk-in shower in the new, it was easy to know exactly where everything was going to be put. Then on Saturday my friends came and moved the furniture and most of the other stuff I hadn't gotten to yet. That still left about 8 boxes of fabric in the old apt. which one of my friends came and helped me move on Tuesday, then I shampooed the remaining carpet I hadn't done yet. The furniture was placed exactly the same as it was before, which leaves all those boxes of sewing supplies to re-organize. Then I'll be done.

    Wednesday I had to go to M.O. to get the Faslodex injections, then had shopping to do. Through all of this my pelvis has been hurting A LOT! Been having trouble walking. Thursday I saw the massage therapist and I told her to ignore me if I start crying while she worked on my muscles. It hurt a bunch, but I didn't cry. Huffed, puffed, and whined a bit though. But it was all worth it. When she was done, I felt like a nearly new person. Today I volunteered for the first time in nearly 4 weeks. Tomorrow I will be cooking dinner for a neighbor who set up my computer and T.V. in the new apt., then got the Wi-fi working. I figure it's the least I can do since it would have cost a whole lot more to have a tech from Comcast come out.

    Sensi - Dang nab, how do you manage a 100 hours in two weeks (physically speaking)? That's a lot of work and hard on the body.

    M0mmy - I hope all goes well with your treatment and that the cyst is just that and goes away soon.

    Hi Shep, Wenchi, Lookie, Feline, Loverly and everyone else I can't quite remember with my sleepy brain. Goodnight to all!

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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited August 2017

    Me too. Surprisingly I had a good day seeing that Thursday was my first chemo treatment for this recurrence. No real harsh side effects so far! Hope this keeps up

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  • PattyPeppermint
    PattyPeppermint Member Posts: 11,162
    edited August 2017

    mommy. Yea. Glad you are doing well with this tx


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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited August 2017

    Hi, Patty, good to see you. I missed where you said you had a friend moving in close. Great.

    Junie, YAY styled into your new digs. SSorry about the pain. It's so fatiguing as well as a pain

    On the bee sting. My two cents hahaha. If you see a stinger scrap it off versus pinching it off. Pinching will squeeze any venom left in the sac. The best one cent thing is meat tenderizer. Make a paste and put it on. You could wrap it. When Steve was in sports, I used to keep a bottle in the glove compartment.

    Kathy thanks about trying with Nick. It will take awhile to get over it.

    Mommy glad the treatment wasn't so bad.

    Mamma Yay I thought you were doing better. Which chemo did the trick?



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  • sas-schatzi
    sas-schatzi Member Posts: 19,603
    edited August 2017

    For anyone needing it this little booklet paper on MBC by Bestbird. Is very good.

    https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/8/topics/831507?page=3#idx_74


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  • M0mmyof3
    M0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,696
    edited August 2017

    The side effects are somewhat easy to deal with more than they were the last time so far. Mostly leg pains, upset stomach, headaches and a bit of blurry vision. Hope that is all that I have to deal with.

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  • Loveroflife
    Loveroflife Member Posts: 5,563
    edited August 2017

    Mommy, fingers crossed 🤞 Good to hear the side effects are not as bad as with Taxotere. Have you noticed any changes in Princess and Jackson?

    Sensi, you crazy girl! Can't say no, can you. I know you love the residents. How was rafting? Have not done it for ages. My biggest fear is hitting the rocks Looked up Sam Hunt....interesting mixed genres. I guess it's common nowadays.

    Ms. Sas, I have similar thoughts as Kath regarding Nick. He is a wild horse that might not want to be tamed. You and Donnie did your best to help Nick. Not very many people would do the things you did for him. You tried to give him a better chance at life, but he was foolish to choose the wrong path. We can't help a person change unless he wants to. Don't be hard on yourself.

    BBL


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