TIME TO CIRCLE THE WAGONS GIRLS

(((((CY))))) ...  I think about you all the time.  I am so so sorry for what you are going through and wish I could come and give you a big gentle hug.  You are such a good friend and sister to all of us.  I'm praying you get better.  This is so unfair to you.

((((Sloanedeb)))) ... I hope you went to the doctor?  I'm worried about you.  Please don't wait until you can see your onc next week.

((((Gracie))))... I know things are so hard for you right now.  I just want to give you a hug.  It's hard to think about a year from now when you have to deal with the moment.  But hold onto that year from now thought.  Time flies and before you know it, it will be here.

Candie ... I hope the medicine you got helps.  It's good you're getting the US of the Gallbladder though, just in case. 

Mary ... Welcome to the Circle.  I can tell how nervous you are but you don't need to be.  I lurked a long time before joining and I was welcomed with such warmth.  The support and love I found here was unmatched and it became my lifeline.   I'm sure you'll find the same.

Thanks to all of you thinking and praying for my surgery and recovery.  I'm managing pretty well.  A little fuzzy and tired from the meds so I'm not posting much.  Take care everyone.  Hi to BooSue and everyone else.

Love and hugs,

Charlene

CY, thank you so much for posting and updating us.  I wish I could do something to take your pain away.  Hopefully, your port will heal and you can start your chemo again.  Just like Deb said, remember our healing circle at Pinkstock.  ((((CY))))

Is that how they make refried beans????  For real?  Learn something new everyday.  I really thought they were fried. 

Slonedeb--hope today you are eating more

Charlene--did I thank you for suggesting the Eucerin calming cream--has done wonders for the eczema!! Like a miracle.

I must read and I will post this weekend.

Hugs and prayers,

Candie 

Shokk, it must be the thespian in me......... LOL This may be hard to believe but my weekend is wide open.  Well, I'm working the concession stand at the theatre tonight and I guess it is possible for a last minute thing to come up but otherwise I'm resting up from Halloween.  I don't have the stamina I use to!!

well i am back from my appointment no worse for wear LOL.  Still feel like crap...back on antibiotics, pretty sure I have pneumonia again.  Thinks maybe I didn't get it totally cleared up last time (even though I took the full 10 days of antibiotics), then I had the flu shot which lowered my resistance even more and whammo.  No xrays or anything, just blood work that looked lousy...chemo really did a number on me I guess...anemic on top of everything else.  guess i gotta get my act together and get healthy somehow. 

gonna curl up on the comfy couch...pop some drugs...drink some tea and sleep the afternoon away. 

BBL...love and hugs to all

Vickie

Good afternoon everyone!

It is finally Friday and the only thing that  could make this day more beautiful  would be if I didn't have to work tomorrow.  I am glad to

see more people posting and confirming what this circle is about.  When I was first diagnosed, I came here mainly to find information on breast cancer.  I found the info complete and easy to understand.

I found the discussion boards quite by accident, but soon grew to be

a loyal reader and poster.  At the urging of my several dear sisters,

I came to the circle.  At first I couldn't keep up and felt a bit out of

sorts, but soon enough I was welcomed and tucked into the center

of the circle.  This place has been comfort for me when I was in treatment, when I lost my mom, and the most horrible time of when I lost my son.  I came here and could say whatever I wanted or needed to and no one scolded or judged.  Sisters just joined hands and surrounded me with love and compassion.  In April of this year, I had to have a couple of biopsies and fear reared its ugly head again.  My sisters wrapped me in a hugaghan and got me through.

All families go through hard times.  This place is no different.  I don't know if you have experienced it, but my sister or my brother and I may disagree and even come to blows.  I can call her every name in the book when I am hurt and angry.  But no one else better try it, because after all, SHE IS MY SISTER.  We are similar here, but we are human and we often forget we are all here for the same reason.

We hate the beast.  We despise what is has done to us, to our lives and the lives of those we care about.  We hate the fear or the sick feeling that comes to our stomachs when we hear of recurrences.  But we still move forward.  We tighten our grips and we lean on each other.  I am so glad to have this place.  I am so sorry that all of you have had to suffer and continue to suffer from breast cancer.  But I am so honored to be here with you and for you.

Welcome to new names and faces.  Stick with us.  We are for real.  Just in a rough place right now.  We all have them in "real life," so why should we expect this to be any different?

Candie.. I felt like perhaps radiation had burned my esophagus at one point.  I had finished chemo, but still had that awful burning, sick feeling.  My onc. prescribed prevacid or prilosec or something like that and it made all the difference.  I think a lot of times we don't realize our symptoms are treatment related and just don't ask.

I hope you feel better really soon.

Hugs to you, Brenda.  Praying that your load is lightened as well.

Peter, so glad to see you posting again.  Hope things "down under" are warming up for you since winter is over.  Hope you are enjoying

long walks on the beach.

Marsha... had to laugh because I was just talking with someone else recently about an old Osmond song... "He Ain't Heavy....He's My Brother."  When I was a child my mama always put Boys Town Stickers on our Christmas cards and all of them said that.

CY... I agree with the others.... immediately to the center of the

circle.  We will all lift you up and comfort you through this.  Saying a special prayer that God will ease your pain.  Please continue to let us know how you are.

Sweet Sister Vickie..I think we may have to exorcise pneumonia demons from you.  This is a definite warning to s  l   o   w   d  o w n.

You are always doing so much for all of us and others as well.  Not to mention your work.  So rest this weekend my friend. 

I have missed many.. but please know I love and care for you all.  I have been frequently absent because my net is down at home and boss is too frequently in fly by mode in my office (been calling him Captain Crazy Duck). 

Gina... thanks for beginning this home away from home.... See you all in the center.... Pam

Very nice, Lisa!  Were those pics taken with your new camera?

Good evening circle girls and Peter

Yeehaw!  The weekend is finally here. 

Lisa -- I think your camera takes great pictures.  Of course, alot of it is the skill of the photographer too.

Vickie --  how are you feeling?  I hope you enjoyed you afternoon snuggled on the sofa.

Sheri -- are you back from your conference yet?  I know you had a great time.   Its nice to be able to get away once in a while.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. 

Winston Churchill

CY:  I was just taking a walk around the perimiter of the circle.  Saw a wonderful site.  Many women, holding hands - encircling you and giving you a whole lot of love, strength, and comfort.

As far as pain management, you might want to consider a Duragesic Patch.  When do you see your onc next?

Love ya

Nicki

Ah gentle hugs, Peter.  I was getting a bit worried about you.  Too many people getting the creeping crud here.  I just got my flu shot yesterday.  Don't want any of that mess that's going around.