Positive Girls Club

I'm glad to hear everybody's positives! I've been frightfully busy this week between school and pre-chemo doctor's appointments.

Jule, I'm thinking of you! Post when you can, and I hope you are resting comfortably.

Beth, yay for a good checkup. The LUSH website is www.lush.com and click on the US flag. You can find a store near you or else order online. What? Me, an enabling hussy? Oh nooooo, not at all.

MissShapen - I'm the same way about my BC. Being the Sagittarius that I am, I have to "let it all hang out!" The whole world knows I had a lumpectomy, and am going to get dose-dense chemo, rads and Tamoxifen. I prefer openness. I want people to see that cancer isn't cooties, and you don't stop living your life because you have BC. I've no plans on crawling into a hole and dying, thank you very much!

Made, I have an appointment with a radiologist who does Mammosite a week from Monday. I just don't like to get my hopes up if it isn't possible. I also have an appointment this Monday with another surgeon to see about another attempt at clean margins. Wish me luck.

Hey All!!

Here are my positives for the week - my home stayed dry despite the terrible Nor'Easter we had in these parts.
The sun is FINALLY shining today and it looks like its going to be a nice weekend. Looking forward to planting some flowers.

And, most importantly, I'm still walking, talking and breathing!!!

Have a great weekend everyone.
Valerie

Good afternoon all you wonderful people!

Welcome to jlg55 and whoever I may have missed. Good to see you!

I have had a very good day so far. Had a good visit with my mom this morning. This may not sound like a biggie to some but we were able to agree upon a color for the siding to be replaced on the house (remember our little brush fire a couple weeks ago?). This was monumental for the two of us.

I talked to my best friend Carol. She has been organizing a "Bye Bye Boobies" day with our friends and my family! We are going to the movies and then out to dinner. It looks like there are about 12 of us. She is even making goodie bags for the movies. I told her I could help with that. I was so moved that she would do that for me before my surgery. She and our other friend, Marge(who is a 3 year survivor) are also making a schedule of sorts to make sure dh doesn't need to worry about lunches and dinners when he is home taking care of me. I am so blessed to have a supportive foundation for me. They are the best.

My flowers are starting, fianlly, to bloom. The Hyacinths have opened but are a little sparse for some reason. I will take a pic of the Irises when they bloom becasue they were gorgeous last year.

We also got an invite to a co-worker's house down the shore in Wildwood anytime we want. If you saw this guy, you would think, "What kind of shanty does he live in?" But I saw the pics and it is really pretty! Surprise! So, while they all go out on the boat and drink beer and try to get a fsih to commit suicide on their hooks, I will soak up the ocean air and cook dinner. Sounds like heaven!

Have a good weekend all! We are going out dancing tonight, have the Philly get-together from the boards and chat room from here on Saturday (still room for more, pm me!) and were invited to my aunt's for brunch on Sunday. Busy bees aren't we? I like that though. Keeps me sane.

Jule, so glad to hear you are feeling better, even if you are bored.

Had my pre-admission testing this morning. My last name(which I never changed after I remarried) is pretty common and there is another patient with the same first and last name. She is also scheduled for a procedure at the same hospital. Of course they got it confused. The time I was there was spent straightening it all out. I was expecting bloodwork, EKG etc. Nope, just a computer glitch! I am now so itchy to get this over with! Hope to get a chance to talk to you while you are recuperating. Take it EASY
and heal!
The weekend was busy, good busy, and my feet were aching after we went dancing on Friday. I think my ss is banned from the 'puter however because it was not running right after he was on Runescape. Who knows, maybe he went on a site he should not have, for a change (please note sarcasm).

As a fellow gardener, you are the expert compared to my black thumb, I thought you might like to see the hyacinths that bloomed today. The tulips in front of them are getting ready and there are irises to the right.

Dawn, the surgery is 2 weeks from today...Yikes...May 7th. Thanks for your good wishes too. Anytime you want to talk about the prophy surgeries, let me know. I am sendign a pm with my number.

Sounds like your hands are full today. My ds was always the one who waded into the pond before anyone else. I had to buy extra pairs of sneaks and still do. Walmart is a wonderful store for that kind of thing, even if he does wear a size 11 mens!

Beth, thanks for your email. I appreciate it. My ds takes a size 11 1/2. He's 6'2 and still growing at 24!!! Yes they children do love the water, but it's still freezing cold water here in NY -probably the same in PA. One of them found a poor salamander on the bank so we each got to "pet" it gently and then left him there. This afternoon when we went back though poor "sally" had stiffened up and died. I gave him a "proper" burial at "sea" when the kids weren't looking. They were sad that he died. I told them he must have been very sick.
Jule-you are so bad....I know when it gets warmer, I WILL be in the water with them too. That's the kind of gramma I'm training to be also (LOL):}} I just love kids. They give me so much to look forward to. Makes me feel guilty that my DH has to work at a real job everyday. I have to say some days are just as trying as when my kids were little, but I wouldn't trade this job for the world. I know I'll cry tomorrow when the 2 four year olds to to their preschool for the first time.
You ladies have my heart already. Same sense of humor, love kids, love gardening. I'm so glad to have "met" you.
You keep me sane (whatever THAT is)!! Take care. Sounds like we've all had lots of positives today. Gotta get some sleep. Keepin' the faith...Dawn

Tricia - I kill or loose several plants a year - several years ago I almost lost all of Grandma's ferns (common fern that my mom got from my Dad's mom, then I got them from my Mom and someday I hope my girls get some). I like that about gardening - figuring out why I'm killing them .

Jule - glad you are bored - that means you are healing quickly!!

Beth - your Hyacinth is beautiful - I love spring - though at my house we are back in mid May - course I lost a lot with our early season and then big freeze

We had a software upgrade on Sunday that has caused lots of problems. I'm so behind on my regular stuff at work.

My positives are

Day 2 of no nausea meds - could it be that I'm adjusting to the tamoxifen?

My son cuts yards around the neighborhood instead of working minimum wage somewhere. Yesterday the road commissioner of our town (the whole mile) hired Mahony to cut the Town grass and fix pot holes. We don't know how much $$ that means yet but I think he'll be set for the summer.

Wow, do I have 3 positives that cannot wait.

First though, Tricia, have I ever said hello and welcome to you? If not I do apologize, it was unintentional.

so, my ss finally is talking to dh. He showed up at dh's work again and he gave dh his new cell number. It has been since before Thanksgiving. Long story on it and I am going to try to accept it and move ahead. I already vented so I feel a little less angry at ss.

Number two, I had a great talk with Dawn! I will try to get back to you another day. It is so great to connect like that. I have to call Jule too and check in on her recovery/boredom time. I hope you can relax a little bit, Jule!

Third, I managed to post how I really felt on anohter thread and tried to be diplomatic. I could not sit idly by and not put in my 2 cents. If nothing else, this disease does draw everyone together to fight a common enemy.

Forgot one other thing. i talked to my mom and she is trying to root a dwarf rose bush she was given. It is getting a nice nest of roots and will need to be potted. Quite frankly, I have no clue but my SIL does. So I told mom to ask her to help. I jsut think it si high time she and my brother do a little more day-to-day help and be prepared for it better when I have my surgery. sort of my version of tough love on another level. OK, I vented again. Thanks be listening you guys! You are all the best.

Well, I am confident that something positive will occur before Friday.

Hello to you all!
It's been a while since I've posted but I have been reading alot! My 2 boys are keeping me very, very busy with baseball and I just started back to work last week! It feels so good to be back! Along with that positive -- I met with my ps last week and scheduled my 1st reconstruction date on 6/12, which was the earliest they could get me in, and I was happy since it meant that I would have 2 boobs for the summer! When I made the appt, I asked to be on the cancellation list and low and behold they call me this past monday and ask, "How's May 8th"? Of course, I grabbed it -- now I'll have 2 boobs for Mother's day AND the summer! I am really excited about this part of it all!
I also just scheduled my annual mammo for my good, right breast, in June and let me tell you, I am very scared already but I know I have to do it and if it wasn't for mammos, I would not have found my bc to begin with!
The tamoxifen doesn't seem to be bothering me and the hot flashes have really subsided to almost nothing, so I guess that is also a positive for me for this week (and every week)!
Have a great weekend to you all!
I will keep reading and try to post more often!
Hugs,
Pam

Hi Pam, I'm glad you will have 2 boobs for summer.

Jule, how are you feeling?

Beth, I am glad you had so many positives this week!

My positive is Friday is my birthday, and the girls at work are going to take me out to lunch. My husband and I will probably go out for a nice dinner. He already gave me a beautiful pair of earrings.
Tricia