Positive Girls Club

I have Lori's address and phone number and will be contacting her this week to set up a time when my mother (6 yr survivor) and I can go to Boone and visit. According to Mapquest she lives 35 miles from my house.

Sheila

Hi PGC's!  I have great positives!

1.  "Duke" has been only 10 cc's today and I am scheduled for it to come out Wednesday.  Fills I guess start the following Monday.

2.  The FORCE chat-a-thon fundraiser is over and our team did 135% over our goal!

3.  My ex ran like a scared rabbit when dh went to empty the trashcan as my ex was leaving.  I thought dh was going to have words with him but he behaved.

4. I had a great time having lunch on Sunday with 2 gals from the boards, Sunshine (I think that's her ID) and Shrink.

5.  Launched our family website and sent out emails to everyone on my address list.

Glad to see you Lori!  Hi MissS, Jule, Sheila and especially Bubbly1, our newest PGC!  Coming here makes me get my arse in gear and get my positives together.

Hi all. Welcome Bubbly and Barb. Good to see you back Lori and Miss S. Bubbly, it's always nice to get good results from tests. I'm due for my next colonoscopy next year.

My lunch last Wednesday was great. 15 ladies plus the instuctor's 2 year old daughter showed up. We had a great time. Some of us went shopping afterward at the gift shop a few doors down. I showed them a few things my hubby got me for Christmas from there.

Towards the end of the week I got a visit from my old friend constipation, but things were moving again by Sunday. Ever since Chemo it seems to sneak up on me when I least expect it. I'm taking my mineral oil and fiber and hopefully it won't bother me for a little while, now.

I started this week off by being good. Even with the cool, damp weather, I went to my water aerobics class. After I got home the hubby and I went out to lunch and picked up a few things at the store.

Beth, good news about Duke, glad he'll be outta there this week. Meeting on line friends is great, isn't it. Thanks for sharing your other projects, too.

I'll try to think of something more positive for next time.

Hello everyone, good to hear from all of you.

Lori, it's good to hear that you are bonding with your kids. Those panic attacks can be scary, now that you know what to look for maybe they won't be so bad for you.

Miss S, Making it through the week sounds like a positive to me.

Jule, I think they start routine colonoscopies at age 50. My PCP started with a sigmoidoscopy then, but switched to the full colonoscopy when I was 53. I liked the full deal lots better. Mainly because I was asleep during most of it and didn't feel a thing, even when the surgeon snipped out a couple of polyps.

After a dismal week of cool, damp weather here in Austin, the sun finally came out yesterday. It is supposed to cool off again towards the end of this week, but not nearly as much as last week. I'm glad that our cold weather in Texas lasts only a few days instead of a few months like it did when I lived in Wisconsin. On a positive note, even though it was damp and misty, there wasn't enough precipitation to freeze on the roads.

I made it to my water aerobics class all 3 times last week and the list wasn't full. I guess the cold weather convinced the New Year's resolution types to stay home.

I'm doing scrapbooking, too. Most months, I do 2 or 3 pages for my Aqua Angels Lunch group. I needed to get a new book for this month and found one I liked at Michael's. It will be our third book since we started the lunchs in June 2004.

I'm starting to get ready for a trip to California. My hubby and I spend half of the time sight seeing and the other half visiting my family out there. We were there about a year ago when I was between chemo infusions, so this year I'll be able to show off my new hair and do a bit more.

I hope you have a good week coming up. See you soon. 

Hello friends, I'm feeling better this week, I think it's because the sun has been shining the past few days ! What a difference that makes.



I've been trying to teach myself to crochet--it's making me crazy, but I'm determined to get the hang of it.



Debbie, water aerobics sound great. I use to love swimming, I need to find a place near me, I'd love to do water aerobics.



Julie my dr. sent me for my first colonoscopy when I turned 50. I had a polyp removed, so I had to have another one three yrs. later, which was last week--no polyps this time, so now I'm good for 5 more yrs.



Hope everyone has a great week!



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Hi PGC's! 

Barb, you and I keep bumping into each otehr on a few threads, lol!

Jule, yes, we have to catch up.  I am not too fast on im's but it is fun!  Sent you the email about the website.

Drain is still in so that is not too positive.  But I did get our family website up and running.  I still have more work to do and of course there are always more pics to upload.  Please take a look:  www.freewebs.com/larryandbeth.  I have lots of family pics and am trying to get more of the old tintypes to preserve online.  You can sign the guestbook and get on my mailing list to get updates.  I do have a blog on there but sometimes don't have much to say so there are gaps in time.  It has been my labor of love and has taken a lot of time to do.  It has kept me busy while recuperating.

Well, that is about as positve as I can get today.  Lots of money problems right now but we will get through it too.

TTYL kids!

Great news Beth, you got rid of Duke! I did not have any troubles during my fills, just make sure that they go slow. I had 60cc each fill but one. The 3rd one he tried 100cc and I was still tight a week later, with 60cc I was usually stretched out by day 4 or 5. Congrats on your third wedding anniversary. My dh and I just had our 11th in December, the day of my nipple surgery!

My good news is my insurance appeal came through for the use of AlloDerm for my reconstruction. I had to take it to the 2nd grevience level reviewed by an outside surgeon to verify that it is common practice to use the alloderm in recon. They now have to pay the full amount to the ps.

My bad news is I did not get my tattoos this week, the gun broke but I am rescheduled for Wednesday.

Sheila

Hi PGC's!  I was not up to par yesterday to post.  I had my first fill and was not really comfortable.  I took a vicodin and fell sound asleep.  It is still sore today, especially at the top of the expander.  But the good thing is I feel I am on my way to getting to the end of my journey!

Jill,"ran" into you over in the dreamers thread.  Most of the time we try to post positives but support of every kind is here too.  Stay and join in!

Deb, we got to watch so many great movies.  And yesterday was biography day movies.  The one about Mark Twain was really good, I had never seen it before.  And when I watched the Glenn Miller story, I turned it off before the end since I always cry over it.  Keep up the good work!  Take a pic of before with your hair and then again an after so we can all see the difference.

Lori, good to see your posts.  Have you ever wandered over to the craft thread?  I used to post there more often with pics of what I had finished.  The last group of knitting I did were scarves for holiday presents.  I am now making a sweater for our niece.  Then I have a special project for one of the gals here at bco who is expecting.

Sheila, is it you who is having the tattoo done?  The PA at my PS's office does henna tats.  I am still deciding about them.

Jule, our IM time has to be longer next time so we can really catch up!  Good "seeing" you!

Everyone enjoy the week.  I am off to get breakfast and on with my day!

Lori, you did not scare me off, I have been busy with activities around the open house of the Wig Bank of Caldwell County next month and have barely had time to turn around and breath. My tattoos are the finishing touches to my breast reconstruction. And guess what -- The ps office called yesterday afternoon to reschedule again!!!! One of the scrub nurses at his office is sick and won't be able to scrub today for his appointments at the OR. Hopefully I will get them next week.

Jill hope we will be able to help you through any rough times.

Sheila

They use the real ink. The nurse is trained in cosmetic tattoos, she does the permanent eyeliner, eyebrow and lip liner also. I am not one for make-up so I will not consider those procedures. I was postponed the first time because the tattoo gun broke, this time because of illness of office staff.

She did say that they would numb the area prior to the procedure unlike getting a tattoo at the tattoo parlor.

My son sent me an e-mail today they are at the hump day for the deployment! He thanked me for everything I am doing to help him during this deployment. I am sending care boxes every 3 to 4 weeks.

Sheila