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  • SISKimberly
    SISKimberly Member Posts: 762
    edited January 2008

    JapanLynn-I'm so jealous of your travel experiences...WOW!!! What do you do that you've been living in Asia and Europe...and can travel during spring break to Cambodia? Something in education would be my guess with the spring break reference?



    I'm not a football fan, but I'll take your word that the Giants going to the Super Bowl is a good thing. :-)



    SIS Kimberly

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2008

    I lived in Thailand for 3 years when I was a child and my dad was in the army.  I loved Pattya Beach and would like to go back but I've heard it's not so nice now.  In my mind I remember a beautiful tropical island with lots of seafood places and icecream!

    Suzanne Pleshette just died at age 70.  She underwent chemo in 2006 for lung cancer.  I loved her in the first Bob Newhart show.  Remember when she reprised her role in the second Newhart show and Bob woke up telling her about his crazy dream of running an inn?  That was priceless!

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  • JapanLynn
    JapanLynn Member Posts: 471
    edited January 2008

    Kimberly,

    I teach for the Department of Defense...we serve military dependents all over.  It's really been a great experience.  After a long time in high school special education, I switched to elementary when I moved to Asia...now I spend my days mostly teaching reading to learning impaired kids, but I'm also responsible for any special needs preschoolers that come along; I have one right now.  You're high school English, right?  I seem to remember that from one of the threads.

    Charlene, I love Thailand...I haven't been to Pattya Beach but I've been nearby.  I, too, have heard that it's pretty seedy...catering to the navy people who stop there, I guess.  Kind of sad.

    I spend a week in Koh Samui about a year and a half ago, and really loved it there.  Such a beautiful spot!

    Oh, well...back to reality.  Gotta get to work...

    Lynn

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  • SISKimberly
    SISKimberly Member Posts: 762
    edited January 2008

    How rewarding to work for the Dept. of Defense to ensure our military's kids are well educated. My mom taught Special Ed for many years then worked her way up into Administration and then Asst. Superintendant before she had to retire due to pancreatic cancer. She was involved in the International Bacalaureat(sp) schools that started in Switzerland. I teach junior high...did teach high school for two years when I first started 21 years ago, but have been at the 7th/8th grade level for the past 19 years.



    So, I just went and saw 27 Dresses with my twin. So funny! Great chick flick.



    SIS Kimberly

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  • sccruiser
    sccruiser Member Posts: 1,119
    edited January 2008

    Kimberly--You might try submitting a poem or two to THE SUN magazine. it's a great literary magazine WITHOUT any advertising!! You can probably find info on them online. My sister-in-law's partner has had a subscription for years. They also publish wonderful photography. Never hurts to try--after all, what can they say but no?!



    grace

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2008

    Lynn ... my father worked for the Dept. of Defense in the Army!  He had a top secret job and couldn't even talk about what he did.  We were in Bangkok from 1972 - 1975.  Too bad about Pattya Beach but I have wonderful childhood memories of it.  I don't recall Koh Samui but will keep it in mind! 

    Kimberly ... You're a twin??  I'm a twin also!  Fraternal.  Which kind are you?

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  • SISKimberly
    SISKimberly Member Posts: 762
    edited January 2008

    Thanks for the info. Grace. I'll check it out.



    Charlene, what a small world that your dad worked for the Dept. of Defense and Lynn does work for them. That means you went to schools like the one Lynn teaches in? I'm an identical twin. Are fraternal twins as close as identical twins as far as feeling bonded?



    Kimberly

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2008

    Kimberly:  Bonded oh yes.  But my twin and I were very different  growing up.  I was shy but liked to party as a teen.  My twin is very outgoing and belonged to youth group and swam.  We had some same friends but hung out with different crowds.  But in the end we were always there for each other and we are extremely close.  It does sound like I may have gone to schools that Lynn taught in.  I went to ... damn, my fuzzy brain can't think of the name!  I'll be back when I think of it!  Maybe Lynn can name the schools where she teaches if they are in Bangkok.

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  • JapanLynn
    JapanLynn Member Posts: 471
    edited January 2008

    How fun to have a twin!  Y'all are really lucky, IMO.  I have a sister who's 4 years older...we weren't close as children, but we're incredibly close now.

    Cue music..."It's a Small World".  So you were a military brat in Bangkok!  I know we used to have bases in Thailand, but no more...and so no schools there.  I know some DoD teachers who have been around since God was a child, and I've never heard of a school in Bangkok.  I'm wondering if you went to an international school on the gov't.'s nickel...that's what they generally do for dependents overseas when there's no DoD school close by.  If I could live and teach in Thailand, I'd sign up tomorrow...beautiful country, and gorgeous people...I think they're the prettiest in Asia.  Great food, cheap...what more could one want?

    I wish, too, that we would be allowed to have a base in Australia...love that country.  So diverse, and such wonderful people!  Oh, well...I can dream.

    On a different topic (hijack alert)...I'm so bummed by the death of Heath Ledger.  Such a good actor, and so young.  Sigh...

    Lynn

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2008

    Lynn:  I remember now and it's so simple and you're right ... I went to ISB which stands for International School of Bangkok!  I'm sure it was on the govt's nickel as it was all military dependants.  I'll always have great childhood memories of that country.

    I agree, that's so sad about Heath Ledger.  I believe he left a two year old child behind with his ex, Michelle Williams I think.

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  • SISKimberly
    SISKimberly Member Posts: 762
    edited January 2008

    Hey Charlene and Lynn,

    OMG about Heath Ledger...an overdose of sleeping pills? How does that happen? So sad....



    Charelene - I'm stealing Lynn's music cue..."It's a Small World"....I was the shy twin, too. Kath was so outgoing, and still is. You'ld think being the first born that I'd be the one out front so to speak, but I'm more of a hang in the background kind of gal unless it's important to get involved like in a training or in my former position as grievance chairperson for our union. Kath can talk to anyone...me, not so much-getting better at it. She's the business analytical brain and I'm the creative abstract brain. She's supporting the big wigs in her company and travels back and forth to the umbrella company in Tempe from Sacramento. Her company makes, markets, and maintains credit card machines in the stores that you slide your own credit or debit card. I'm a teacher. We both love dance and lots of the same music and theater. We shared a few friends, but also had friends that we didn't share. We went to the same college and lived together there. Being away from her is hard...we had several years where we didn't get to see eachother everyday...but then she moved and we literally lived right around the corner from eachother and a few miles from our older sister Terrie. Now, I live about 45 minutes away...bought a house to be closer to my school, but we still see eachother a lot and talk almost every day.



    Lynn, I have an older sister- 2 years - who I wasn't close to at all when we were young, but since the untimely death of her husband at 57 a few years ago (still don't know the cause...he was a three time Viet Nam vet who was experiencing symptoms we believe were caused by Agent Orange...but they weren't life threatening...just really annoying from what I recall), we got a lot closer. Now with my bc diagnosis, we're even closer.



    SISTERS ROCK!!!!...OK, as long as you get along with them, as I'm sure there are people out there that don't get along with their sisters...sad as that is.



    SIS (Sisters In Survival) Kimberly

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  • karla42
    karla42 Member Posts: 9
    edited January 2008

    Hi gals!

    I'm the new Kid(I'm sure I started out that way) I am glad that I found this thread.  

    It seems that ever where you turn there is Cancer.  Here you can just be and say what makes you happy.

    ThanksKiss

    Sharon 

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2008

    Welcome Sharon.  Just tell us what's on your mind.  :)

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2008

    Kimberly:  Wow, cueing that music from Lynn also, "It's a Small World" as I was also the first born by 4 minutes!  My twin and I were so different though.  She went off to college while I went right to work after high school.  Stayed with the same company for 23 years!  She dropped out of college and joined the Air Force!  She then traveled all over the country and we were so very far apart.  Now she's in Maryland about an hour and a half from me and worked very hard with 3 kids to become an RN.  I'm now a stay at home mom who just had her last baby at the age of 40. I couldn't do that with my first child so it was nice to be able to do now.  Especially since I was dx'd with breast cancer.  When my baby was born her oldest was turning 21!  I have 3 other older sisters and I get on well with all of them but they don't all get on well with each other!  But you're right SISTERS ROCK!

    Sharon:  Nice to meet you.  This is a nice thread, you can bring up whatever you feel like here!

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  • SISKimberly
    SISKimberly Member Posts: 762
    edited January 2008

    Hey Sharon...just read your poem on my thread Poetry Anyone? Nice!



    Charlene- 6 minutes older...and those minutes count! HeeHee That is so great that you have the chance to stay home with your baby. I was a single mom in college...my baby is 24...willbe 25 in August...time sure flies. Neither sister had kids, so Jonathan is their baby, too. They often tell me after seeing me in labor...no drugs... that they appreciate my going through that for the girls...and are perfectly content with our one and only child. He is pretty terrific if I should say so myself. ;-)



    Hyjack-

    So, yesterday, I went and got my wig fitted and cut. My sisters and hubby think it makes me look hot! HeeHeeHee. I still think I'll be au natural most of the time, but have this for events like Terrie's (older sis) belated birthday dinner at Ruth Chris' last night. Yummy meal, but not as good as Mortons.



    My poor hair is starting to leap off my head in herds, so I think I'm shaving it off this weekend. Called my gal to see if she's available Sat. If not, I'll have Greg (hubby) do it. I'm so having pictures taken...thinking of shaving it off into funny styles as we go...why not have fun, eh?



    My scalp literally hurts...so that saying " I hurt all over, even my hair hurts"-although I don't hurt all over- is true! Who knew losing your hair would be painful. And...hey...what's with starting my period today...36 day cycle...I was so hopeful at day 30 thinking whoohoo, I'm done with that whole thing....psych! What happened to chemopause? Geeze! Maybe the chemo perks are doled out slowly...wouldn't want to get overly excited too quickly. This month, you get to lose your hair- no styling worries, getting ready will be a breeze- and then next month chemopause. :-) I wonder what the prize is in March?



    I have my last "fill-up" this coming Monday and my second treatment on Tuesday. I'm a little anxious as a few of the gals on the website breastcancer.org I chat with, who are taking Taxotere, have had allergic reactions during the second infusion. One gal, a nurse, says that the second infusion is the one you'll most likely have a reaction to if you're going to at all because your body now recognizes this drug as foreign. I'm soooo hoping I don't have a bad reaction. Greg is going with me for this one, and I know the nurses are really good and will be on top it if I do have a reaction. I plan to ask them to do the drip really slowly at first to prevent that potential reaction.



    I've felt pretty darn good this week compared to the last two weeks...just in time to do this again next week...but knowing that I have two weeks to recoup between infusions is nice. I can't even imagine doing this every two weeks and having only one week to recoup. I still tire easily compared to before all of this, but I know that this is all temporary inconvenience. I can do this kicking cancer butt thing for the next six months or so.



    Ok, now that it's been all about me...what's on your minds?



    SIS Kimberly (soon to be a baldacious babe with serious balditude)

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  • ravdeb
    ravdeb Member Posts: 3,116
    edited January 2008

    Oh..when I was on chemo I didn't get chemopause-turned-menopause til about 3 months after I started chemo. In fact... those were the worst non-chemopause EVER in my LIFE! And then it just stopped. never returned but I was 51.

    Snow on Mt Hermon in the way north of Israel. Kids were outa school for a snow day and were building really neat snow houses up there. Not my kids..just kids in general. My kids are big kids!

    Cold but clear here. One soldier son is home for the weekend and another one is expected home tomorrow.

    I don't have a twin but.... I drive a Safari van..a burgandy colored one. I used to have black hair (before chemo) and somebody saw a woman back then with the same kind of van, same color, who looked just like me driving it and they waved but of course, she didn't know who the heck they were. Weird! I think we all have twins or look alikes in the world, don't you?

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2008

    Kimberly ... those minutes sure Do count, especially when my twin is 3 inches taller than me ... I just say well I'm older hee hee.  My oldest is 9 and my youngest is 2!  With my first I was actually pregnant with twins but lost one in the first trimester.  I couldn't dwell on it as I had tried for 7 years to have a baby and I accepted that nature took it's course and only the strong survived.  When my oldest is much much older I will tell her.  Wow, the only one with children in your family and what??? no drugs???  oh my, give me that epidural every time!  I'm just in awe of woman who go with no drugs and also wonder...why??? LOL   My goodness I didn't realize that you are going through chemo.  Wish I could help you but I opted out of that (against my Oncs wishes).  Big hugs to you!  You have a great attitude and are so funny!

    RavDeb:  I believe you're right about the fact that we all have a look alike or a twin somewhere.  My brother was friends with a girl who he said was the spitting image of me and when he showed me a picture I was amazed!  She looked more like me than my twin did!   Enjoy your son's homecoming!  :)

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  • dawnjs5k
    dawnjs5k Member Posts: 111
    edited January 2008

    I have really enjjoyed the twin stories.  I have triplets that are getting ready to turn 13.  I have 2 boys and 1 girl.  The 2 boys seem to be pretty close some times, but the youngest boy and the girl are really close.  Sometimes they freak me out as they all seem to have the same thoughts at the same time.  Rock, Paper, Scissors can be really interesting.  Keep the twin stories coming.  It helps me to know what I have to look forward to.  I also have 2 others and they are not nearly as close to the triplets.

    Dawn

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  • Barb1953
    Barb1953 Member Posts: 479
    edited January 2008

    hello everyone, I have twin boys--22 yrs old--surprise,surprise---I had a boy and a girl , and Didn't plan on anymore.! Well I got pregnant again, didn't find out till the end of my fifth month that it was twins !!! Never dreamed I'd have twins. Their personalities are like night and day---Sometimes they can't stand each other, but if anything goes wrong, they're always there for each other.

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  • SISKimberly
    SISKimberly Member Posts: 762
    edited January 2008

    Good Morning Ladies-

    RavDeb-I totally believe we all have a twin somewhere else in the world- in my case a triplet.



    I'm so looking forward to chemopause...so if I only have to have two more of these periods...I can hang with that. I'm 46, have had my kids, and am so ready to not have a period anymore.



    Enjoy your visit with the boys this weekend.



    Charlene-Yeah, I think I was just young -22- and nieve. The nurses told me that they had a small window of opportunity to give me drugs if I wanted them...they checked my dialation...nope, too soon, and then disappeared for a long time...came back and checked again...oops, missed the window (not that I was begging for drugs or anything, but if I wanted them...my window was really never open...on purpose maybe?) 14 hours of labor...not too bad.

    Do you suspect your daughter knows deep inside that something is missing?



    Dawn-Triplets...bless you!!!! I can't even imagine having three little ones all at one time. Having one when I did was hard enough.



    Barb- I'll say suprise! My parents were shocked as well...well, my mom kept telling her doctor she was having twins and he told her she wasn't- no ultrasound or anything back then. She said it was either twins or an octopus. hahaha. The doctor actually prepared to leave after I was born, and the nurse said...Doctor there is another one. My mom was huge...how could he deliver a 3 pound baby and think that's it?



    Take care gals...I'm off to have my head shaved.

    SIS Kimberly

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  • lvtwoqlt
    lvtwoqlt Member Posts: 6,162
    edited January 2008

    The only twin story I have is from my grandmother. When she was delivering her 2nd (ha ha) child, the doctor said that it was a healthy boy. She then said I feel another pain coming, and out popped the twin boy. they never realized that there were two. The doctor only heard one heart beat the whole time she was preg.

    Sheila

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2008

    Dawn:  Wow triplets .. I have a cousin who had triplets 4 years ago.  She kept working and her mother came to live with her to help. I'm sure my cousin got the easier job there!  LOL  I can see how they wouldn't be as close to the other children since they have each other and they're all the same age.  3 kids turning into teenagers at the same time ... yikes!  :)

    Barb:  That's something not knowing you were having twins until your fifth month!  What a Big surprise that must've been! 

    Kimberly:  OMG, the window of opportunity for the epidural ... I almost missed mine with my last daughter because even though they could have given it to me the anesthesiologist was tied up with an emergency (or so they told me!).  I wasn't young and naive at 41 and was insisting to the nurses that they get me the epidural!  I was in labor for 24 hours and they got it to me just as I was dialated to 8cm's!  What relief that was, I had been in so much pain!  Lucky they did because my daughter's shoulders got stuck on the way out and they said that would have been excruciatingly painful had I not been drugged!  I would not have been a happy camper had I felt that!  LOL

    I Do suspect my daughter feels something is missing.  She is such a sociable person.  She'd much rather interact with people then do things on her own and she's always been that way.  I think that may have something to do with it...if she had her twin she's always have somebody there to interact with.

    Sheila ... Now That surprised Everybody having the twin born, even the mom!  I couldn't imagine that!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2008

    Kimberly....How's the buzz cut? How is your scalp...still hurting? It all feels so bizarre and almost Twilight Zone-ish, doesn't it? I hope you're okay. Get yourself some duct tape or, better yet, a lint brush and you can help the process along. As sick as it sounds, it almost feels proactive to be able to pull the releasing hairs out. Kind of like you're saying "I'll show you...I'll just pull you lil muthers out!"

    OK, maybe I do have issues....Undecided

    ~Marin

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  • SISKimberly
    SISKimberly Member Posts: 762
    edited January 2008

    Marin and all- Check out my pictures of balditude on the January 2008...Ain't It Great thread. Pg 28, I believe.



    Charlene- I agree that your daughter being so social could totally have something to do with needing to be connected to people. And man, your cousin's mom is a saint. That is a big job! And 24 hours, 8cm before drugs, OUCH!!!! I have a pretty high tolerance to pain, I guess..but then again, Jonathan wasn't stuck...although he was three weeks late and labor had to be induced. He says he was just kickin' back watching the Kidney channel when all of sudden he's being squeezed out into the cold...what's with that? HaHaHa.



    Sheila- Wow, I'll bet your grandmother was relieved to know that her baby wasn't really a hyperactive gymnast afterall...there were two of them doing all that moving around.

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  • ravdeb
    ravdeb Member Posts: 3,116
    edited January 2008

    Kimberly..I went and looked on the 2008 thread...pictures are wild and fun and you all look great. YOu are a beauty, Kimberly..both inside and out..with and without hair...Keep your smile...:-)

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  • Barb1953
    Barb1953 Member Posts: 479
    edited January 2008

    Kimberly, You look great. And it looks like you really had fun doing it !! I never let ANYONE see me with no hair. I couldn't even stand to look at myself. I wish I could have been that brave.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited January 2008

    Kimberly:  "... watching the Kidney channel ..."  hahaha  My first was 2 weeks late and I was induced for her.  What a completely different experience!  I felt nothing since everyone was ready for me and drugs were flowing.  Audrey hasn't told me why she took so long but maybe she was looking for her twin. :).  Wow, your pictures on the Jan 2008 ... Ain't It Great thread are awesome.  You have beautiful baltitude baby!  Looks like you all had a fantastic time.  What an inspiration!

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  • twink
    twink Member Posts: 1,574
    edited January 2008

    Kimberly you look fantastic!  Your attitude shines through clearly.  Way to go.

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  • SISKimberly
    SISKimberly Member Posts: 762
    edited January 2008

    RavDeb, Barb, Charlene, and Twink- Thanks for the shout outs! It was a lot of fun and why not make this inevitable side effect an event? It has been quite empowering. I don't mind my bald head at all. I actually look good in a baseball cap now. ;-)



    I'm off witht he dh to our favorite winery to pick up our wine club shipment. They are a small winery in a small town called Fair Play in the foothills of El Dorado County. The owners are from Quebec and are just so fun. Robert is such an artist believing in quality not quantity. His advertisment is word of mouth...and that's the way he likes it. Week three of infusion has granted me use of my taste buds...whoohoo...so I plan to taste a little of the new releases.



    RavDeb- How's the dog search going? Your studio? Business plans?



    Marin- How's your dating ...the architect was it...coming along?



    TaTa for now,

    SIS Kimberly

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  • snowyday
    snowyday Member Posts: 1,478
    edited January 2008

    I'm hijacking this thread, anyone look at NY times and style.com well the 1970.s style leather purses are hot this year. And I still own two of them and they're in perfect shape so now I can use them and have a hot item, finally and at no cost.  And they have the light blue jeans coming back and I've always loved them, but have to lose some weight, and I saw the cutest red peasant blouse on the Neiman Marcus site, I have a white one like it, and I read in Flare magazine (it's cdn.) that short hair is hot again, Lucky for me because thats what I'll be wearing come spring lucky for alot of us.

    I was bored and thought just check out the spring styles so I'm covered for the basics except to lose two sizes but I will by then. Feels good to know that I hung on to those old purses so looonnnggg and now they're back.  I'm so into it because of I'm tired of feeling yucky and out of it, so thats my goal; to walk downtown the picture of health and style with my so new hot short hair. It's hilarious.Yessssss!pearl49  Anyone out there with any style goals for spring?

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