thread for middle age to older Christian women.

Chris, I'm so sorry about your pneumonia. I'm glad you got treated and am really glad that they didn't admit you. Hopefully you're resting and starting to feel better. I know that when I had pneumonia a couple of years ago, i was so wiped out. It took me two days to eat half a piece of toast - and believe me, that NEVER happens!

Nancy, thank you, as always, for your encouragement. I appreciate it so very much.

Blessings to all.

Gb, saying prayers right now for the correct decision, dosage, and side effects.

Chris I am so sorry you have pneumonia! Praying that it heals quickly and you won’t have any more issues.

I had surgery again to handle the skin that was not healing! Went back this morning and the plastic surgeon said I was doing well and to limit arm movement for another week to give it time to heal properly without issues. Please keep praying that this skin now heals as it should without problems.

I am praying for you all.

Hugs and love coming your way. And I promise to check in more often.

Shannon

GB I would usually post a congratulations banner for you but it just doesn't feel appropriate under these circumstances. I know this has been a long and hard fought battle and I am glad that you don't have to endure anymore treatments. Praying that your neuropathy will go away. I didn't realize you had to have more surgery. Praying for you during this difficult time.

Shannon, praying you will have no more complications with your skin healing. I am glad your PS thought you were doing well.

Chris, I am praying for rapid healing for you. Try to rest as much as you can.

Carol, thank your for your encouragement.

As we now enter the Christmas season I pray that each of you will find daily blessings even amidst your storms of life that can really bring us down.

Love,

Nancy

Sorry the banner got cut off.

Chris, I was so happy to hear your good news and now praying especially for your pneumonia to clear up very quickly! Every once in awhile when someone mentions SD I think they are talking about South Dakota Praying for each one of you and especially Shannon and GB. I go for a bone density tomorrow to see if I can continue on the Arimidex, since the bone density was not great the first time I had one. I hope it's okay because I didn't get along well with Tamoxifen.

Love, Wheatfields

Hi dear sisters.

I have been praying for each of you. I had a total blackout of no internet , phone or TV one day this week that was most of the day and night. Yesterday I waited all day for a contractor who finally came and spent a very long time here. I will be getting a new water heater on Monday.

I hope you are all doing well and those of you experiencing more than your fair share of challenges I am especially praying for healing and restoration for you and for good results on tests for those who have had tests and some who have them coming up.

I am off with my camera today. It is in the upper 50's here. A real heat wave. Yes, I can hear some of you laughing at that.

Have a good day.

Love,

Nancy

Wow, Chris, that's big news. We have a friend who recently moved from San Diego to Colorado (Colorado Springs, I think). She just sent us a picture of her in the house she is building. She is in the medical field, too. I believe it's on the administration side, but I'm not entirely sure.

The pictures she sends of the area are so beautiful. I wouldn't mind paying a visit there.

Carol

Chris, congratulations to your daughter. I am sure this is a really exciting time for her right now. I know this is huge for you and DH. I am glad to hear you will be taking your time. You are still recovering from pneumonia and you don't want to push yourself until you are really healed. I remember you mentioning trouble with altitude. When I was at a clarinet convention in Denver many years ago we went sightseeing and I really had trouble breathing at the high altitude where we were. Did you have issues when you lived there all that time? I guess you will have to trade the tourists looking for beaches to the tourists looking for snow skiing. We will be praying for you and all of the issues unspoken. I pray that you will have complete peace about this move and I pray great success for your daughter and Bria.

My camera adventure yesterday was interesting but not in ways I would have imagined. There was a private photo shoot happening and I have NO idea what this lady was wearing who was the subject but to say strange would be putting it mildly. The water fall was more like a trickle from the drought we were in. I was just trying out a new lens and it was a learning experience for sure. Not any pics I would write home about though. I am going out today in on our downtown Riverwalk with my camera again. I am taking advantage of these above normal temps.

Have a great weekend dear sisters.

Love,

Nancy

One more sunset I took today too.

Thank you GB. I hope you are doing better and have had more success with your HR department.

Wheatfields, how did your bone density scans go? Will you be able to stay on Arimidex?

Carol, if I am remembering correctly you have scans coming this week right? Praying for those in advance.

Chris, how are you feeling? Continued prayers for you for complete healing of this pneumonia and for strength as you face the daunting task of moving.

GB, I will continue to pray for God's favor with your HR dept. I don't blame you in wanting a paper trail. I would think a reasonable amount of time would be perhaps 1-3 days for them to get back to you. Can you make an apt to talk to the HR boss? When I have had frustrating issues that is what I have done in the past. Added stress is not what you need right now for sure. Unload all of these burdens to Jesus. He wants to lift these burdens from you.

Have a great week dear sisters.

Love,

Nancy

Sunshine 99, I met with my oncologist this afternoon and she recommended I switch to a local oncology center once I move to Colorado Springs. I am looking for any recommendations. If your friend has one, I would be more than grateful. Anyone else on this thread know the Springs area?

Nancy, lovely photos as always. Gb. I am still praying for a good resolution to your HR problems. Just not right!

It looks like the move to Colorado Springs is going to happen. The question is how soon. I cried saying goodbye to my oncologist today. Who does that? If the moving is delayed I will see her again, but if not, we have a plan. God has been so good to me that I know He also has a plan and that all the details will work out if it is in His will. Chris

Beautiful pictures Nancy! And you are right about the 50's last week being a real heat wave:) I haven't gotten the results yet from the bone density, but will at my appointment with the oncologist on the 14th. And Chris, I would have cried too if I was saying goodbye to my oncologist. Colorado Springs is beautiful and I am sure you'll love it once you are all settled. Continuing to pray for all of you and GB that those problems with HR would soon dissolve and the Lord would work out each detail.

Love, Wheatfields

This time of year for everyone can be a very stress filled time madly trying to get ready for Christmas. Between the shopping the cleaning and the cooking it can be overwhelming. To add a cancer diagnosis to the mix and surgeries and treatments and dealing with insurance issues can possible feel unbearable. Try to take a breath and step back from all of the anxiousness that you may be feeling and ask God to breathe strength and calm into your mind and your spirit. Some of you have some huge changes coming and with that a myriad of things to do, calls to make and decisions for so many little details and very important things. This banner is for all of you feeling anxious today. I can look back at all of the times that I stressed over such silly things which at the time seemed monumental. Some of those things didn't matter in the grand scheme of things and the ones that did God had a way of making a way where there didn't seem to be a way. Turn all of those things over to God and see what He will do for you.

Love,

Nancy

I love those banners Nancy and very good food for thought along with them. I did see the bone density report on my "chart" online. I don't understand it entirely but enough to know that it isn't a great report. And the bones have declined slightly anyway. So I'm praying the slightly won't be significant enough to put me out of Arimidex. I can't quite figure out how I got spongy bones, I've always been active, walk between 2-3 miles a day and most of the time eat right. Although I've read that heavier people have better bones, and I have always been lighter, so I was thinking I could get a weighted vest or ankle weights. Also, doing jumping jacks could help, but I've had back surgery and that wasn't working too well. It might not entirely be the back surgery but being 69 I'm going to turn this over to the Lord and see what He will do. Praying for each one of you.

Love, Wheatfields