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

DH and I played in the Pink Shoe golf tournament yesterday. The high handicap player in the fivesomes teed off from a pink shoe on each hole. I was our pink shoe player and my drive was always the longest one since I had such a big jump on the other tees. We had a good score--8 under par but three other teams had 10 under par. So we didn't win. It would have been more fun if the wind hadn't been howling. Most of the time I couldn't wear my visor because it would blow off.

I had planned to go to the gym but may beg off because I am not feeling good thanks to sinus drip and a sore throat. I would have cancelled on the golf yesterday but there wasn't anybody to take my place.

Give the best you have received from the past to the best that you may come to know in the future. Accept life daily not as a cup to be drained but as a chalice to be filled with whatsoever things are honest, pure, lovely, and of good report. Making a living is best undertaken as part of the more important business of making a life. Every now and again take a good look at something not made with hands—a mountain, a star, the turn of a stream. There will come to you wisdom and patience and solace, and above all the assurance that you are not alone in the world. -Sidney Lovett

My over-the-counter med for sinus drip and sore throat (recommended by the pharmacist) isn't performing a miracle cure but at least my misery isn't worse.

It's foggy outside this morning. The high is supposed to be in the high 60's. Some cheery fall weather would be nice.

But my coffee is tasting good!

Happy Tuesday to all.

Sandy, good luck with your transport to and from temple.

It's gloomy outside this morning. I turned on the heat pump in the camper for a little while. We still have the little electric heater running.

My throat isn't sore but I still have lots of mucus. The over-the-counter med I'm taking is supposed to thin out the mucus. I slept well last night so no complaints.

Not sure what I will do today. DH is signed up for golf. Hope the day improves for him. I played yesterday and enjoyed my round. Several women cancelled but it really wasn't too cold to play. The high was about 60 and it wasn't windy.

It will be weather shock to get home the first of October and step back into hot, humid summer.

Have a good Wednesday.

Sounds like you may be on the mend Carole. I sure hope so. You are right -- coming back in Oct. to summer won't feel too good. We are hot as yet, but it will rain over the week-end and get us cooled down again. Don't know how long the 'cool' will last, but hopefully we may not have to get into the 90's again or if so it will be more sporadic. Wondering now just how winter will be here. I don't think we still have anything we can quite count on as we used to be able to do. It may be interesting. I do feel we are using a lot more propane than we normally do just from the wide variance of long spells of hot weather.

Anyway, I'm anxious for some rain and cooler weather. Can't believe I'm glad it will rain since I cringe when I know it is going to be gray. But, I really don't want to water anymore if I can get away from it.

Tues. night I walked to & from temple--it was a lovely night, and people were out walking their dogs and chatting. Fortunately, the frozen custard parlor was closed so I was not tempted to cheat on my fast (though I did have to take my ibuprofen with a little milk & a piece of cracker and have black coffee this morning to keep my lungs open). Today, my housekeeper dropped me off on her way home. I did walk home, but got caught in the rain about a block in and was soaked despite using an umbrella. All the sump pumps and downspouts were going full-tilt and even my pant cuffs got wet. Felt great to change into sloppy jeans & a T-shirt.

The temple had not just the usual wine & challah bread for the end-of-fast kiddush--it had some light tapas (grape-Manchego skewers, tortilla espanol bites, and crostini with fig jam & goat cheese) catered in!

Sandy, I like your temple's style. That spread really sounds yummy. We had a rain shower yesterday that would have done the same thing. Really hard and poured down for 30-45 minutes. I hate getting my pants cuffs wet.

Very hot here again, but rain coming over the week-end so it will cool for us. The city came out and oiled and chipped our little lane. We have lived in this house for 15 yrs. and I believe this is the first time it has ever been done. I was thrilled to hear they would do this. Not so happy about the fact that they did not grade and even out the road first. Even had they put rocks in the holes in the road it would have helped. So, its great but we will still have to find out way around the potholes. Sigh !!! Now I feel better. I called the city manager and told him how glad I was that for the first time ever we have an oiled and chipped lane. I did however highly dislike that the oil and chip was laid down over the potholes.

I do know the city manager so I'm hoping in a couple of days to hear back from him.

Carole, I learned to really like grits when I was in Alabama for basic training. Of course that was a very long time ago. Not sure why I ate them as I think it ordinarily would have been a shunned item. I think basic training ( some of it was pretty energetic ) kept me hungry all the time. Now I'm more inclined to just stick with polenta which I like to fry. That was something I didn't care too much for either. They do say your "tastes" change every 7 yrs. Does that mean if you live long enough you might get to like all the foods you once rejected. Maybe there is hope for me and asparagus yet --- but I'm not in the right 7 yr. cycle yet for that.

Ah Wren.....I could have planted corn or something but too late now. Great idea though....

We are beginning our morning with a bit of a rain shower. Not sure if we will get more or not, but it is also the beginning of cooler temps. That is going to be so welcome. May have to get some soap and go over my car -- this little shower just left spotted areas. I was hoping for something of a soaker which would do a bit more 'cleaning' for me.

I took over the smaller pot of the gr. cover plants my cousin shared with me to a friend here. She expressed great interest when I described the plant. She has an outside gr. thumb ( maybe inside too -- not sure ) and her yard is always so pretty. I was delighted to give away something that I've learned to truly appreciate knowing that she would too. Well, she called up a couple days ago and told me she would bring back my pot --- with something in it. At the time I did it my only thought was even though my cousin assured me that this plant reproduces abundantly, people sometimes ( I'm one of them ) may not have the gift of being able to visualize how good it could get -- so just sending over a couple of starts didn't seem to me the right thing.

What I'm getting at ( I'm slow at times ) is that when she said she would return my pot -- I thought how fun to anticipate what you might get. Since I tend to want to stay outside when I'm at her house ( and we often do ) if it is something from her yard I know I'm going to love it. Never thought of 'trading' plants around the neighborhood.

Low 70s and extremely windy here all day. I think fall weather's on the way, to coincide with the equinox.

My housekeeper's oldest brother died suddenly yesterday, just short of 62. He was a Type 2 diabetic but by all accounts had it under control. He was the rock of the family, calling every sibling every day to make sure they were okay. When he didn't call or answer his phone, another brother looked through his living room window and saw him slumped over his desk. They're doing an autopsy to see if it was a heart attack, stroke, or something else (there's speculation he may have choked on some food with nobody there to Heimlich him).

If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will
happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly
harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception
and ignorance who is harmed.

Marcus Aurelius

My Heidi is our second black kitty, and I'm not at all superstitious. Our first, MishMosh, was very gregarious and also wanted to escape on occasion, so on Halloween we had to confine him to the bathroom. Heidi & Happy (though he too is gregarious) have no desire to come to the door for trick-or-treaters.

Chilly today & tonight. Natch, the hospital gala we're attending tonight has its cocktail hour (can take or leave the drinks, but the pass-around apps are stellar) on the hotel's rooftop deck. BRRRR! The jacket of my evening outfit is sheer, so I'm gonna freeze my fandangos off. Also wearing gold sandals (orthopedic), so my tootsies aren't gonna be too happy either. But my black dress pumps hurt my bunion.

My housekeeper is holding up okay, as are her surviving siblings. The autopsy results aren't in yet. Funeral is Friday in Birmingham.

Hi Taj and welcome! If you don't have chemo you should be able to continue your job. I haven't had any problems with Arimidex and hope you won't either. I didn't tell many people about my diagnosis, just really close friends. I didn't want people staring at my boobs and trying to figure out which one was real. I don't know if they would, but I know I would be tempted.

Welcome Taj. One of my friends on another thread and some people she knew had a chemo protocol that was fairly gentle and they were able to go to work, and only missed on rare occasions. Also a couple people in my home town though it has been quite a while and all I know is that they were able to keep working. One was a teacher and she only missed work twice that yr. Hopefully if you do chemo your oncology team can help you with expectations for how you might be affected though all are different.

Amica you are most definitely welcome and qualify totally to be on this thread. Actually we would welcome anyone here but the category came up as we end up with different issues from some of the younger people who get dx-ed. Though I'm sure we'd get along okay with them, its a bit easier over all with our slight differences to relate for those who are thinking of fondly, if not already retired. At 73 I still work a little -- you know, we have done it for yrs. and I guess I never quite managed to quit cold turkey. Glad to hear you help out in the feline world. All great things to do because things get so out of hand when ( whatever the reason why ) people don't see that their pets are spayed and neutered.

Quotes have enchanted me most of my life too and help me often say the things I feel but don't have words for. I have been putting in quotes since 2007 since I arrived here ( not here as it wasn't really a thread yet ) but since needing to 'find' a cancer blog. I often now use one I have used before, but I don't think they lose their impact. Always nice to hear they are meaningful to others and appreciated.

Gordy my big orange friend ( our last we hope rescue ) is laying by my desk as I type. He is a real lover-boy. About two years old and a beautiful orange type with the longest fluffiest tail I've seen on a cat in a long time other than the Maine Coon we have. He too is something of a rescue as his owner had to go to a nursing home. Hope you have all had a good day. We had a little sun this late afternoon after a drizzley day.