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Thank you Lizzie17 for the beautiful Ornament!
I was totally surprised by the package I received today from Christmasmouse.com. I want to thank Carol for the beautiful piano ornament! You stated it beautifully, may we always have a song in our hearts! Thank you Chenheart for organizing this super fun exchange : ) hugs, Chris
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Thanks Wanda Ornament recieved
Thanks Wanda from MA! I got my cute ornaments today. I was actually born in Mass. and spent a lot of my childhood on Cape Cod, so the lighthouse is especially nostalgic for me. Ihope your secret Santa was good to you too! Cheers! Dee from Tennessee
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not just another rough day at the cancer center
Part 1: another rough day at the cancer center - rads went well, but i was told to check in with the nurse in the breast care center before i left. okay, fine. turns out they did not like the looks of my labs yesterday - white blood cells really low, and something about the liver. so off i went to have a ct scan. just got…
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Just saying Hi to everyone...
I am new to these boards... I am to have surgery in the spring so I have been looking around all the boards to see what help/info is out there.. so if anyone has anything they can share with me good or bad I would be thankful.. Kezzie
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Is anyone else scared? After Elizabeth Edwards passing, I feel very anxious about a recurrence, and
I always have the thought of a recurrence in the back of mind, but, I don't allow it to hang around long. But, after Elizabeth Edwards passed away yesterday, I found myself so upset. And, it wasn't only for her, but, it was because it put the fear in me again. My sweet husband called me yesterday from work to see how I…
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I sent Scotch Freckles a basket of flowers and signed it from the Kindred Spirits and Pink Warriors.
Being as I have Scotch Freckles mailing address from the ornament exchange, my heart moved me to have an arrangement sent to her from all of us here on the boards. We don't always get the opportunity to reach out in a tangible way...and with her taking an understandable break from the boards, I really wanted to give her…
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Neuropathy in my fingers real bad
I need some advise - I am 2 months out since my last chemo (taxotere & carboplatin)and I have been having terrible pain in my fingers (not my feet) arthritis and carpool tunnel symptons. At night it's worse - very stiff, tingling and sharp stabbing pains. My dr.only suggest Aleve - but that doesn;t seem to help much. How…
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New board ???
I think I've missed something. I read posts like Kathi M today talking about checking out the "new board" ... and others talking about changes etc. Is there another place people are posting? I do NOT do Facebook ... and I'd hoped that this was still "home" for us ... but ... is there someplace else I need to go to check on…
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Dawn.Hope thinking of you
Just wanted to reach out and see how you are. I thought you said your procedure is scheduled for the 9th. Sending you strength and hugs. Justine
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oh how i miss you
I haven't been here for quite awhile...but recently i have felt kinda empty without all of my dear and kindred sisters in pink. I have been through many personal trials and turmoils...my cancer is still in remission (NED) so i thank God each day for that. I just miss you all so much ...yet it is strange i always feel your…
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RIP Elizabeth Edwards....
May she rest in peace....and being reunited with her son Wade.... Praying for strength for her children..... She made a point of telling women not to skip mammograms......she hadn't had one in years when she discovered the lump.....A lesson to all......encourage all the women in our lives to have a yearly!
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Stephanie ...
Stef ... I received your package and love what you sent! And ... the note you included was beautiful ... indicating the butterfly is for all the changes we are experiencing in our lives ... and the heart because we are all sisters in our hearts. So true. And ... I will not be putting the butterfly or heart away after…
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Who has what I have?
Dcis and idc. 2cm tumor and two or 22 lymph nodes affected. One node showed going outside capsule into perinodal fat tissue. Stage II. Modified rad mastectomy with lymph node disection on 09/29/10 , chemo evey 3 weeks started 11/18 qnd then six weeks of five days per weeks rads. I feel great otherwise and see a bright…
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I don't feel strong, am I failing at this "war"?
Everything I am reading, hearing, seeing is having a very weakening effect on my psyche. I feel like I'm going in the opposite direction from those of you "fighting the cancer war". I want to fight, I need to fight, I usually am strong but, something must be wrong with me. I feel too scared to fight, I want to run and hide…
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Elizabeth Edwards Wrote This On Monday
On Monday, Edwards, 61, posted a Facebook message to her friends. "I have been sustained throughout my life by three saving graces – my family, my friends, and a faith in the power of resilience and hope," she writes. "These graces have carried me through difficult times and they have brought more joy to the good times…
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Thank you, secret sister!
I received a box from 'The Bowl Company.' I thought it was a mistake. I hadn't ordered it ... couldn't think of who/what it could be. I opened it and inside was the most beautiful ornament! I knew it had to come from one of my pink sisters here. It's a Wedgegood ornament, blue and white with santa and his sleigh flying…
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Lost My Best Friend
Ladies I must share with you how wonderful my best friend is. My best friend was always recoginzed as one of the good guys. He would give the shirt of his back to any one in need. He held my head when I couldn't during chemo. He did his best to suffer with me, he wasn't good at that, though tried to out do me with shingles…
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Had my final chemo today
and I'm so happy to be done. I go for my last Neulasta shot tomorrow afternoon. I meet with radiologist on Friday to see if I need rads (hoping not). I go for blood labs and nurse eval for the next 3 weeks and in January I meet with onc again to discuss which aromatose inhibitor to take and to have my port flushed. He told…
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new, just diagnosed today
Hi All...new here, just diagnosed today...was on the board under Thyroid cancer...had my thyroid removed, found another nodule and am waiting to see what's next...had enought to worry about...now a routine mamogram found an enlarged lymph node...an ultrasound showed a tumor, biopsy shows invasive mucinous carcinoma. I…
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First Treatment
Had my first chemo treatment last Wednesday...still feeling really ill. Not sure if this is totally normal. I thought maybe a day or two I'd not feel well but this has been horrible. Any advice getting over the first hump and staying positive?
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Ornament recieved
I recieved my Christmas ornament from...grandma Sue b. Thank you Sue for the crystallizee heart shaped ornament. It is beautiful seniment to our cause. Hanging proudly on the front of my tree. I love it. Will be mailing mine probably Thursday. Dont lose hope my dear ornament friend. Its on its way. Love to all this…
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RIP Elizabeth Edwards
I have just heard the news that Elizabeth Edwards lost her battle with Breast Cancer. I saw that there was already a post opened about this but i wanted to also start a post since I am so saddened and shocked. I have just read that her cancer spread to her bone, then her liver. At Thanksgiving she became ill and was told…
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Thank you Dyan for the ornament
Dyan Thank you so much for the beautiful snowflake ornament. When I read it, i cried. I just love it and yes you made me feel beautiful when I received it. Once again thank you. Love Surf
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One week from today
I will have phase 1 of my reconstruction. I am so excited about it, I can't wait to get my boobs back!!! I just had some MRI's done so if everything comes back clear tomorrow, I will have the green light for my surgery. There is no reason to believe that they will find anything, so I am planning on the surgery!
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Heading somewhere to the West Coast..... ummm
There is a package being shipped (went out today)... somewhere west.... somewhere in a sunny state... ummmmm wonder who its addressed to??? Anticipation... gotta love it! ~T
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Winter has arrived in my part of the world
Close to 10" of snow and more daily. Could be worse (could be better)! How about your neck of the woods? Sue
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Strange day, strange feeling
My surgery was a year ago today. So, it was a strange day. When I would look at the clock, I thought, Well, I was doing the wire guide thing or the dye injection, or in surgery. I feel like I have relived the whole day. We even had a lot of snow that day. I wasn't dwelling on this anniversary, but it really crept up on me.…
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FlexiTouch MLD (Manual Lymphemdema Drainage) Machine
I just got a call from my Lympedemologist to go up tomorrow to get measured for my machine. Don't know when I'll get it as it has to be scheduled when the Factory rep can be there. It's been a bit over 2 weeks since he said he was ordering it but Thanksgiving fell in the time and he had shoulder surgery on Dec 1. ANYHOO -…
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A Sister In Pink Lost Her Battle - Light A Candle For Her?
May Elizabeth Edwards rest in peace now. Praying for her loved ones. Let's light a candle for her please. Megan
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Merry Christmas
Hi everyone, though I don't come on to the boards as often as I did, you are all in my thoughts and prayers every day. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and yes we do have much to be thankful for...just being on this site is one of the many things I'm thankful for, but I also wanted to wish each and every one…