The Graduate

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  • Marcia527
    Marcia527 Member Posts: 2,729
    Good Vibrations
    I'll send some of my good vibes. Right now I've got plenty. My DH just found a job after being without for a few years. So you better be sitting cause they are strong super vibes. I think we are allergic to mold also. Isn't Good Vibrations a song by the Beach Boys?
  • MyTurnNow
    MyTurnNow Member Posts: 2,686 Member
    Congratulations, Ayse!!
    Good job on finishing chemo, I remember that day well. I, too, am sending all the positive vibes I can in hopes that your docs can discover and treat (get rid of) the symptoms you described. Hopefully, once the chemo is out of your system, this task is easier and the culprit is identified. One step at a time. But, in the meantime, completing chemo calls for a celebration.
  • Dawne.Hope
    Dawne.Hope Member Posts: 823
    Congratulations on being
    Congratulations on being done with chemo!

    That is something huge and so worthy celebrating!
    Get your "Namaste" on and your party hat! ;)
    Don't think those two normally go together, but you
    so deserve both! :)

    I love the image Lynn posted above, "Boxing with shadows."
    Does the fear and anxiety ever go away?
    Maybe with time.

    Prayers for you, dear sister!
    Peace, life, hope and health!

    xo
  • Dot53
    Dot53 Member Posts: 239 Member
    Congrats!
    Ayse - so happy you are done with your treatments.. You are one of the reasons I come back to these boards each day.. I love reading your positive comments and compassion for the others here.. you seem like such a wonderful person that I wish we could meet in person..(but NY is a long way from AZ!!) I am sending you big hugs and good vibes dear sister...

    Love,
    Dot
  • PinkPearl
    PinkPearl Member Posts: 280
    Congratulations!
    Yeaaa! I tried to send good vibes yesterday but my computer was not in good vibe mode! Have you tried a chiropractor for the sinus and chest pain? It might help. I never have been to one but my daughter was referred to one after childbirth for should and neck pain and she and I were amazed that it helped. If you decide to go to one be sure to get some recommendations from your doctor first--not all are created equal in that field.
  • CypressCynthia
    CypressCynthia Member Posts: 4,014 Member
    Sending you healing vibes
    Sending you healing vibes and lots of prayers. I think it is normal to freak out as our therapy ends--we all want to be doing something--and when we stop it is scary. Even though, of course, we have to stop and stopping is a wonderful graduation to be celebrated. When my breast surgeon, after like 15 years ;-), said to quit coming, I cried.

    And if you really believe something else is going on with your body, remember that you have the right to see someone else. It never hurts to get another opinion.

    But, for today, go out and celebrate--you deserve it!
  • Double Whammy
    Double Whammy Member Posts: 2,832 Member

    Sending you healing vibes
    Sending you healing vibes and lots of prayers. I think it is normal to freak out as our therapy ends--we all want to be doing something--and when we stop it is scary. Even though, of course, we have to stop and stopping is a wonderful graduation to be celebrated. When my breast surgeon, after like 15 years ;-), said to quit coming, I cried.

    And if you really believe something else is going on with your body, remember that you have the right to see someone else. It never hurts to get another opinion.

    But, for today, go out and celebrate--you deserve it!

    Good, good, good, Good Vibrations. . .
    Ah, the Beach Boys! I now can't get the doggone song outa my head! So I shall sing (silently, in my head - I can't carry a tune in a bucket) to you and send those good vibrations your way. I hope the chest and sinus thing resolves on its own and just goes away because you're human and you will worry more about it now than before cancer.

    A year of chemo is behind you. My wish for you and all the rest of us is to never have to go there again.

    Suzanne
  • pokrydi
    pokrydi Member Posts: 99

    Good, good, good, Good Vibrations. . .
    Ah, the Beach Boys! I now can't get the doggone song outa my head! So I shall sing (silently, in my head - I can't carry a tune in a bucket) to you and send those good vibrations your way. I hope the chest and sinus thing resolves on its own and just goes away because you're human and you will worry more about it now than before cancer.

    A year of chemo is behind you. My wish for you and all the rest of us is to never have to go there again.

    Suzanne

    WOW how exciting to ring the
    WOW how exciting to ring the bell hope I will get to do that in time. only positive thoughts your way =:)
  • Findingout
    Findingout Member Posts: 132
    Dear Ayse,
    Yes, may it be a

    Dear Ayse,

    Yes, may it be a big NOTHING. Congratulations from a pre-chemo toddler to a graduate. I also commend the bell.. how awesome is that. Don't worry.... you have MADE it and right now it's time to celebrate! That day for me seems eons away...
    Hugs,
    Lin
  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member

    Dear Ayse,
    Yes, may it be a

    Dear Ayse,

    Yes, may it be a big NOTHING. Congratulations from a pre-chemo toddler to a graduate. I also commend the bell.. how awesome is that. Don't worry.... you have MADE it and right now it's time to celebrate! That day for me seems eons away...
    Hugs,
    Lin

    Health, Happiness, and Joy ... Congratulations
    on a job well done. I take from recent photo's, you just finished with Herceptin, right? After a year of chemo .. one tends to what to jump off of an airplane, and into life! Good luck .. Hoping that the positive vibes, and stars align up in your favor, everything comes out clear .. and by sheer luck, you can move back to New York City, to be closed to family and friends.

    prayers coming your direction, as well.


    Vicki Sam
  • aysemari
    aysemari Member Posts: 1,596 Member

    Dear Ayse,
    Yes, may it be a

    Dear Ayse,

    Yes, may it be a big NOTHING. Congratulations from a pre-chemo toddler to a graduate. I also commend the bell.. how awesome is that. Don't worry.... you have MADE it and right now it's time to celebrate! That day for me seems eons away...
    Hugs,
    Lin

    Lin - I know it seems far off
    But honestly once the day is upon you, this is at least true for
    me, you are shocked that it is already over. I can't believe it
    has been over a year since my diagnosis, I was so fixated in
    doing all I can and learning about anything that can help me,
    I didn't even notice how fast the time went by.

    I am looking forward to the day, You will graduate and I
    can congratulate you.

    Hugs,
    Ayse
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    MyTurnNow said:

    Congratulations, Ayse!!
    Good job on finishing chemo, I remember that day well. I, too, am sending all the positive vibes I can in hopes that your docs can discover and treat (get rid of) the symptoms you described. Hopefully, once the chemo is out of your system, this task is easier and the culprit is identified. One step at a time. But, in the meantime, completing chemo calls for a celebration.

    Congrats Ayse on finishing
    Congrats Ayse on finishing chemo!


    Hugs, Jan
  • Ritzy
    Ritzy Member Posts: 4,381 Member

    Sending you lots of good
    Sending you lots of good vibes and so glad you are finally done. It is such a relief, isn't it?
    hugs
    jan

    Congrats chemo grad! You
    Congrats chemo grad! You just completed a huge milestone Ayse!


    Sue :)
  • DebbyM
    DebbyM Member Posts: 3,289 Member
    sea60 said:

    Ayse,
    I'm praying all will be okay.

    Congrats on your "graduation"

    Hugs,

    Sylvia

    Praying for you Ayse and
    Praying for you Ayse and sending big congrats!


    Hugs, Debby
  • KayNYC
    KayNYC Member Posts: 495 Member
    sending good vibes
    I hear you and I am sending good vibes and positive thoughts. sounds like a good time to pull out that yoga mat too.

    hugs, K
  • KayNYC
    KayNYC Member Posts: 495 Member
    congrats are in order
    I hit the button too fast...congrats on chemo graduation. Try to stay in the moment and plan something you enjoy this weekend. Sending a big hug.

    K
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    Sending big, strong, good vibes....
    Congrats on the graduation!!!!!

    As far as the sinuses, I always have had trouble with mine...blinding headaches at times....EXCEPT during my chemo! I asked about it, and was told that for some cases of migraine headaches, non-cancer related, chemotherapy is used!!!!

    Ibuprophen is my 'snake oil', the stuff that really works!

    American expatriate hugs, Kathi
  • Kylez
    Kylez Member Posts: 3,761 Member
    lynn1950 said:

    Congratulations, Ayse.
    Congratulations, Ayse. Finishing chemo is a big step. Since your diagnosis you've been a warrior fighting for your life.

    Once diagnosed, we are never the same...sigh.I think once active treatment is finished, we start feeling like we're boxing with shadows. It is so easy to be scared when we notice something not right with our bodies.

    Really...get out that yoga mat, girl! And believe me, it does get better and better with time.

    Sending you good vibes always.....xoxoxoxo Lynn

    Congratulations! Hoping you
    Congratulations! Hoping you will feel better very soon.
  • natly15
    natly15 Member Posts: 1,941
    Ayse you are one amazing
    Ayse you are one amazing gal. I thought you had completed treatment a while ago. You have a marvelous attitude and please dont let worry steal what you need to celebrate, you are a chemo grad. Congrats to you! Get that yoga mat out and relax and relax and relax.

    Sounds so strange but it was a happy and sad occasion for me as well when I completed treatment. Our doctors and nurses and staff become family and care just as much about us as our loved ones care. I felt so insulated and cared for during treatment no matter how difficult it was. It felt so good to ring the bell but it was sad to leave the family I saw so frequently. We of course continue to see them but not as often we hope.

    Sending prayers and positive vibes to you and hoping you are having a case of allergies and nothing more.
  • Angie2U
    Angie2U Member Posts: 2,991
    cahjah75 said:

    Ayse
    sending you good vibes. Glad your chemo is done.
    {{hugs}} Char

    Sending hugs and congrats!
    Sending hugs and congrats!