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disneyfan2008
disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
in Breast Cancer #1
While going through radiation I made chart of how many days I completd and how many more to go etc..

so my question is: Has anyone else made a scrap page (NOT WHOLE BOOK) in ref; to BC?

Oddly as it sounds I did...I put in my little charts I made, My ID swipe badge from cancer center...rad grad certificate etc..

good or bad it was part of my life...

JUST curious

Denise
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  • skipper54
    skipper54 Member Posts: 936 Member
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    no energy
    I haven't had the energy but have been keeping all kinds of little things and plan to. I've kept a journal with my feelings etc. too and copied all the postings from my Caring Bridge website.
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
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    skipper54 said:

    no energy
    I haven't had the energy but have been keeping all kinds of little things and plan to. I've kept a journal with my feelings etc. too and copied all the postings from my Caring Bridge website.

    I did journals too...
    I must
    I did journals too...

    I must say I was very lucky if you want to call it that..I did not have any side effects from radiation..

    NO burning, rash, chapping, NOT tired...I TOLD my doctors I THINK since I am such a HIGH energy person perhaps it would even me out to someone my age...hehe...then 48 yrs old.

    I even worked full time and packed friends house of 35 yrs (moved to another state) alone after work...

    Denise
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
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    skipper54 said:

    no energy
    I haven't had the energy but have been keeping all kinds of little things and plan to. I've kept a journal with my feelings etc. too and copied all the postings from my Caring Bridge website.

    caring Bridge?

    caring Bridge?
  • cahjah75
    cahjah75 Member Posts: 2,631
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    Denise
    I have saved everything. I even kept a journal since being dx. I am a scrapbooker and plan on scrapping a couple of pages.
    Char
  • pinkflutterby
    pinkflutterby Member Posts: 615 Member
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    cahjah75 said:

    Denise
    I have saved everything. I even kept a journal since being dx. I am a scrapbooker and plan on scrapping a couple of pages.
    Char

    I have in my head LOL I
    I have in my head LOL I have pics of friends/family doing the walk with my name on their signs, just havent done it yet, someday, maybe Ü
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
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    pinkflutterby said:

    I have in my head LOL I
    I have in my head LOL I have pics of friends/family doing the walk with my name on their signs, just havent done it yet, someday, maybe Ü

    no I didnt but perhaps I
    no I didnt but perhaps I will regret not doing so.
  • 24242
    24242 Member Posts: 1,398
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    Sorry Can't Imagine it
    I on the other hand wanted no reminders my scars are enough. I made sure there wasn't even a bald pic around of those days.
    Tara
  • teresa41
    teresa41 Member Posts: 471
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    24242 said:

    Sorry Can't Imagine it
    I on the other hand wanted no reminders my scars are enough. I made sure there wasn't even a bald pic around of those days.
    Tara

    i have a special journal
    i have a special journal i wrote everything in it from the start of my first time and second time of being diagnosed until the end.


    teresa
  • Hippiechick58
    Hippiechick58 Member Posts: 320
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    teresa41 said:

    i have a special journal
    i have a special journal i wrote everything in it from the start of my first time and second time of being diagnosed until the end.


    teresa

    What a great idea! I never
    What a great idea! I never thought of doing one, but now that you've brought it up, I think I will! I've saved everything and have a journal so it should be easy peasy to put one together! Thanks for the suggestion!

    Dianne
  • skipper54
    skipper54 Member Posts: 936 Member
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    disneyfan2008 said:

    caring Bridge?

    caring Bridge?

    caringbridge.org
    I'm going to post this info as a new discussion topic for those who aren't familiar with it.
  • emamei
    emamei Member Posts: 146
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    Keeping track...
    Hi there.

    I have kept journals off and on since I was child. I started keeping an online journal, a blog, from the time my breast cancer journey began last year. I'm still going through treatment and will continue to keep it for some time afterward. I decided to keep a blog initially so that I could keep friends and extended family up-to-date with my journey. Writing about my journey has also helped me cope with it all better. For anyone who is interested, you can read my blog at www.personalexploration.blogspot.com

    I've also found that writing about each step has been easier for me than trying to articulate it all over the phone to others.
  • Cat64
    Cat64 Member Posts: 1,192
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    emamei said:

    Keeping track...
    Hi there.

    I have kept journals off and on since I was child. I started keeping an online journal, a blog, from the time my breast cancer journey began last year. I'm still going through treatment and will continue to keep it for some time afterward. I decided to keep a blog initially so that I could keep friends and extended family up-to-date with my journey. Writing about my journey has also helped me cope with it all better. For anyone who is interested, you can read my blog at www.personalexploration.blogspot.com

    I've also found that writing about each step has been easier for me than trying to articulate it all over the phone to others.

    Enamei
    Hi,
    Just wanted to comment on your pic! I have the same pic framed on my wall in my office! This is so me in the morning! (Only without coffee) Love It!
    ♥ Cat
  • Kat11
    Kat11 Member Posts: 1,931 Member
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    Cat64 said:

    Enamei
    Hi,
    Just wanted to comment on your pic! I have the same pic framed on my wall in my office! This is so me in the morning! (Only without coffee) Love It!
    ♥ Cat

    Why not, we journal, scrap
    Why not, we journal, scrap book. I save calenders.
  • BioAdoptMom
    BioAdoptMom Member Posts: 358
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    I have two binders with all
    I have two binders with all of my emails, cards and Facebook posts I have received, along with my reports (so far, got a lot further to go still) and instructions, etc. It is a great comfort to me to pick it up and read everyone's messages when I am feeling down. I like your scrap page idea. That could be done for each new BC "adventure".

    Nancy
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
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    Hippiechick58 said:

    What a great idea! I never
    What a great idea! I never thought of doing one, but now that you've brought it up, I think I will! I've saved everything and have a journal so it should be easy peasy to put one together! Thanks for the suggestion!

    Dianne

    I don't have a journal, but,
    I don't have a journal, but, I have all of my records inre to everything I had done, my rads grad certificate, letters and cards from friends and family, cd's of my scans, everything related to my bc. Actually, I have a lot saved.


    Jan
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
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    BioAdoptMom said:

    I have two binders with all
    I have two binders with all of my emails, cards and Facebook posts I have received, along with my reports (so far, got a lot further to go still) and instructions, etc. It is a great comfort to me to pick it up and read everyone's messages when I am feeling down. I like your scrap page idea. That could be done for each new BC "adventure".

    Nancy

    wow what a response from my "AM I THE ONLY ONE"?
    I didn't go crazy with my 2 pages..just something (like all my pages) I have done! I did it when all my treatments were over like the end of that chapter!

    Thanks for replies...
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
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    BioAdoptMom said:

    I have two binders with all
    I have two binders with all of my emails, cards and Facebook posts I have received, along with my reports (so far, got a lot further to go still) and instructions, etc. It is a great comfort to me to pick it up and read everyone's messages when I am feeling down. I like your scrap page idea. That could be done for each new BC "adventure".

    Nancy

    @nancy
    Just simple (not over the top) but I remember the day i was done and didn't need to carry my ID swipe for treatments....so that went in on my page for sure.

    ID card with MY picture of the first day I went to dry run! each time I walked in I swiped and went to get ready. Also I was given a dammit rag doll with little saying attached so I took that little card off (since doll wouldn't fit hehe) and put on scarp page...
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
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    24242 said:

    Sorry Can't Imagine it
    I on the other hand wanted no reminders my scars are enough. I made sure there wasn't even a bald pic around of those days.
    Tara

    @Tara
    Sorry...I HOPE this doesn't offend you or anything...I guess we each handle things so much differently!

    To me my last day of radiation is the DAY I REALLY Remember!
    THE END!

    Denise
  • mwallace1325
    mwallace1325 Member Posts: 806
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    disneyfan2008 said:

    @nancy
    Just simple (not over the top) but I remember the day i was done and didn't need to carry my ID swipe for treatments....so that went in on my page for sure.

    ID card with MY picture of the first day I went to dry run! each time I walked in I swiped and went to get ready. Also I was given a dammit rag doll with little saying attached so I took that little card off (since doll wouldn't fit hehe) and put on scarp page...

    Kept the calendars
    I kept the calendars I had, one at home and one at work, showing every appointment. For rads I'd cross off treatments by week. I later transferred everything to one list and keep that with the info sent by my cancer center about the diagnosis and treatment. I could never decide what to do with my rads certificate. Part of me wants to frame it, but then again. . .

    marge
  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
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    mwallace1325 said:

    Kept the calendars
    I kept the calendars I had, one at home and one at work, showing every appointment. For rads I'd cross off treatments by week. I later transferred everything to one list and keep that with the info sent by my cancer center about the diagnosis and treatment. I could never decide what to do with my rads certificate. Part of me wants to frame it, but then again. . .

    marge

    @marge
    MY little Rad Diploma came in little frame which sits on counter etc..I keep mine right on my TV stand...with famil pix....means a lot to me...I am sure to everyone else just certificate..

    Denise

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