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  • icemantoo
    icemantoo Member Posts: 3,361 Member

    I pray I live to see Cooper

    I pray I live to see Cooper turn 18 and my twins turn 45.  What joy you must have in your heart! 

    Happy Easter, Iceman!

    Happy Easter

    Happy Easter to Sindy and everyone else as well as Happy Passover to all of my Jewish brethern,

    May everyone have a happy and healthy holiday and future ahead and may we all have the best health possible for not only this year but years to come.

    Icemantoo

    PS As the grandchildren get older sometimes they do not have as much time for us as when they were younger.

  • APny
    APny Member Posts: 1,995 Member

    APny, thank you!  You are

    APny, thank you!  You are very kind.  I hope you're feeling great and having a wonderful Easter weekend with family and friends.

     

    Sindy

    Thank you!

    Hope your Easter weekend is joyous as well Smile BTW, I thought that was you son in the picture. I would never have guessed grandson. You look fabulous.

  • twinthings
    twinthings Member Posts: 409
    APny said:

    Thank you!

    Hope your Easter weekend is joyous as well Smile BTW, I thought that was you son in the picture. I would never have guessed grandson. You look fabulous.

    Why, thank you APny, thank

    Why, thank you APny, thank you very much!  I'm turning 50 in June so, you just made this old lady's day!!!!!

  • icemantoo
    icemantoo Member Posts: 3,361 Member

    Why, thank you APny, thank

    Why, thank you APny, thank you very much!  I'm turning 50 in June so, you just made this old lady's day!!!!!

    Sindy is turning 50

    Sindy,

     

    As I said on my post "Turning 70 and Kidney Cancer",  "50 year old women look a hell of a lot better than they did 50 years ago".  And that applies to you as well.

     

    Icemantoo

  • twinthings
    twinthings Member Posts: 409
    icemantoo said:

    Sindy is turning 50

    Sindy,

     

    As I said on my post "Turning 70 and Kidney Cancer",  "50 year old women look a hell of a lot better than they did 50 years ago".  And that applies to you as well.

     

    Icemantoo

    Thank you, Icemantoo! 
    It

    Thank you, Icemantoo! 

    It really just recently hit me that, the road in my rearview mirror is longer than the road ahead of me.  Probably normal to feel this way when one turns 50, regardless of one's health. 

  • ConnieSW
    ConnieSW Member Posts: 1,677 Member

    Thank you, Icemantoo! 
    It

    Thank you, Icemantoo! 

    It really just recently hit me that, the road in my rearview mirror is longer than the road ahead of me.  Probably normal to feel this way when one turns 50, regardless of one's health. 

    Turning 50

    was bothering me a bit because I was looking at the road thing.  Then I went to work and had a patient who was turning 100.  She was a wonderful woman who looked a good 25 years younger and acted ageless.  I felt like she was a contemporary.  Changed my attitude entirely

  • APny
    APny Member Posts: 1,995 Member
    ConnieSW said:

    Turning 50

    was bothering me a bit because I was looking at the road thing.  Then I went to work and had a patient who was turning 100.  She was a wonderful woman who looked a good 25 years younger and acted ageless.  I felt like she was a contemporary.  Changed my attitude entirely

    Wait till you turn 60

    Fifty will sound like a young whipper snapper Wink

  • twinthings
    twinthings Member Posts: 409
    ConnieSW said:

    Turning 50

    was bothering me a bit because I was looking at the road thing.  Then I went to work and had a patient who was turning 100.  She was a wonderful woman who looked a good 25 years younger and acted ageless.  I felt like she was a contemporary.  Changed my attitude entirely

    turning 50

    Hi Connie,

    Turning 50 isn't bothering me in the least bit.  I have always been grateful for every year, no matter the age.  If I struggled (only slightly) with any of my b-days it seems to be the last year of every decade, ie, 29, 39 and now, 49.  And only because it's the end of my 20's, 30's and now, 40's.  I will never be 40 something again.  Having said that, I relish the idea of being 50 something, for the next 10 years.

    Isn't it nice tho, to meet someone who can have such a profound effect on you?  She sounds like a wonderul woman.

     

    APny, I'm looking forward to it Smile

     

     

     

  • rainsandpours
    rainsandpours Member Posts: 136

    Thank you for the kind words,

    Thank you for the kind words, Annie, but you give me too much credit.  I am very expressive but most people don't see it as a gift, just an annoyance. 

    Happy Easter!

     

    Sindy

    we all know that palpable

    we all know that palpable fear.  It's paralyzing at first.  And no amount of reassurance at first seems to help dissipate it.  Part and parcel with cancer I'm afraid.  The good news is you've found your issue early.  It's small, but changing, so your dr is spot on referring you to a Uro.  Be advised though, these are not "warm and fuzzy" physicians.  Most are no nonsense and quick to the point.  Mine runs an assembly line in his office.  There could be 30 people waiting, but never more than 15 minutes.  He moves them in and out.  I come here for the extra info he has no time for.

     

    My tumor was 1.6 x 1.2 x1.1 cm.  Small by all accounts.  I had 3 drs tell me it only had either a 70%/85/90 % chance of being cancer.  In fact, it had a 100% chance. The original CT evaluation distincltly said renal carcinoma, no other consideration.  But I had 2 uro's recommend a biopsy anyway.  They perform these more and more now, and although very unpleasant, I'm glad I suffered through it.  I was trying to avoid a major surgery if possible.  Looking back now (6.5 months after Open partial) I should have just insisted on surgery and skipped the biopsy.  I turned down the option of RFA, as the followup schedule was intense and due to the location of my tumor I ran a signifigant chance of partial nerve paralysis along the Soas musccle (runs down the thigh into the lower leg).  Not somethng I was willing to chance.

     

    And as Sindy said, and I agree, all the poo-pooing can be a little irritating.  We can only feel what we do.  I think the natural instinct is to expect people to agree with you, not minimize it.

     

    Take care, and keep us updated.  You WILL pull though this.