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  • fauxma
    fauxma Member Posts: 3,577 Member
    #22
    Cricket64 said:

    Not that you need any more

    Not that you need any more suggestions, but there is one anyway.  Be certain that your closest, and truest friend(s) are included in your survival kit.  They will be thankful if you actually let them know the ways they can help, instead of trying to guess at what you want/need. 

    Cricket,
    that is a great

    Cricket,

    that is a great suggestion and I wonder if posting a list of things that would be appreciated would be appropriate.  Like a sign in sheet. It could include whatever someone needed or wanted done:

    Shopping, Cleaning, bring a meal, going for a walk, driving to a medical appointment, etc.  This type of list would be specific to her needs.  As a friend, I would love to see what needed to be done and to sign up to help.  That way someone doesn't 5 people showing up on the same evening with dinner (although freezing is possible) or 4 people coming on the same day to do wash or cleaning.  When my best friend was ill I brought over meals and did grocery shopping for her.  These ere the things that she wanted help with.  She also liked to have someone there who would just listen when she ranted about her doctor, her illness, and anything else that was bugging her.  All I did was listen and at the end of her rant, I gave her a hug and asked her if she wanted to break a few dishes.  She broke into laughter and said that was the perfect thing to say.

    You are right that most of our friends and family would be happy to have something specific to do.

    Stef

  • coco2008
    coco2008 Member Posts: 418
    #23
    fauxma said:

    Sandy,
    You sound like me. 

    Sandy,

    You sound like me.  Humor is my tool of choice for dealing with stuff (nearly all stuff) and sometimes it gets goofy, weird etc.  My best fried and I both have serious health issues and we kid about that neither of us can die because we haven't learned the words to Wind beneath My Wings.  We also threaten ulogies (wild made up stories) that would make us roll over in our graves so that keeps us going.  Once when I was having my ears examined and the doctor was looking at my left ear with the scope I raised my hand to the other ear and waved at it.  He almost dropped the scope he was laughing so hard (for those that don't readily get it I was pretending my head was hollow and he could see from one ear to the other)  But then everyone probably gets it.    I liked the training the dogs to wash the floor.  Perhaps if you sprinkled wet dog food all over they would like it clean.   It's much easier than teaching them to use a broom or mop.  LOL

     Use whatever helps you get through this.  I think most people get it when you are this nervous.

    Stef

    Actually the dogs do a good

    Actually the dogs do a good job on the floor if I sprinkle shredded cheese on the floor.  They give it a good shine.

    My daughter has inherited my sense of humor.  When I spoke to her a couple months after this journey started I was fussing about showing my chest to so many people.  She said, "Yeah, and at your age you have to pay them to look."  I laughed so hard my stomach ached.

    Humor takes the sting out of everything.  When I go out, I'm going out with a giggle.

    Sandy

  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #24
    fauxma said:

    Cricket,
    that is a great

    Cricket,

    that is a great suggestion and I wonder if posting a list of things that would be appreciated would be appropriate.  Like a sign in sheet. It could include whatever someone needed or wanted done:

    Shopping, Cleaning, bring a meal, going for a walk, driving to a medical appointment, etc.  This type of list would be specific to her needs.  As a friend, I would love to see what needed to be done and to sign up to help.  That way someone doesn't 5 people showing up on the same evening with dinner (although freezing is possible) or 4 people coming on the same day to do wash or cleaning.  When my best friend was ill I brought over meals and did grocery shopping for her.  These ere the things that she wanted help with.  She also liked to have someone there who would just listen when she ranted about her doctor, her illness, and anything else that was bugging her.  All I did was listen and at the end of her rant, I gave her a hug and asked her if she wanted to break a few dishes.  She broke into laughter and said that was the perfect thing to say.

    You are right that most of our friends and family would be happy to have something specific to do.

    Stef

    Sandy ... We are thinking and

    surrounding you with love, and prayers.   Please share how things are going once, you are able.

     

    Strength, Courage and HOPE for a Cure.

    Vicki Sam

  • elthia
    elthia Member Posts: 11
    #25
    thinking of you

    Thinking of you and hoping all goes well. I have not had a mastectomy yet, so no advice just well wishes

  • Treecy1106
    Treecy1106 Member Posts: 144
    #26
    Wishing you the all the best!

    Things will be fine and this too shall pass!

    My BMX was by far the best choice I ever made in my life aside from having children and that wasn't easy at first since I had 2 C-sections.

    You are in my prayers for a speedy recovery!!!

     

    ((HUGS))

    Patrice

     

  • SIROD
    SIROD Member Posts: 2,194 Member
    #27
    coco2008 said:

    Lobster sounds yummy.  Is it

    Lobster sounds yummy.  Is it swimming in butter?

    Hope All Went Well

    Lobster rolls usually aren't but if you want a lobster, then it could swim in butter.

    Hoping all went well.  Thinking of you,

    Doris

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