SoCal Gathering of Support – check in here if interested

TraciInLA
TraciInLA Member Posts: 1,994 Member
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Dear ones,

To say that the last few weeks have been difficult for all of us...losing Heidi and Moopy so suddenly, bad news and setbacks for others...there’s probably no way to put our sadness and anger and fear into words that would be enough.

When words fail me, I wish –- and many of you have wished aloud, too -– that I could just give each and every one of you a big hug. Maybe a few of us can.

I’m going to plan lunch at a local restaurant next Saturday or Sunday –- either Saturday, January 22nd or Sunday, January 23rd. I’ll find a good place in the Woodland Hills area of the San Fernando Valley. I know that only a small group of you are nearby, but any and all who can make it are invited to share hugs, tears, memories, and support each other.

Please let me know if you’re interested, and which day you would prefer.

Traci
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  • cindycflynn
    cindycflynn Member Posts: 1,132 Member
    #2
    You read my mind!
    I was just longing to hug (and get hugged). Just feeling a need to connect with each other.

    My parents are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on the 22nd, so I couldn't make it that day, but if it ends up on the 23rd - I'll be there!

    Thank you for thinking of this, and for now sending CyberHugs,
    Cindy
  • RE
    RE Member Posts: 4,591 Member
    #3
    :-)
    I wish I could be there, you will all be in my thoughts, love you all.

    RE
  • aisling8
    aisling8 Member Posts: 1,627 Member
    #4
    RE said:

    :-)
    I wish I could be there, you will all be in my thoughts, love you all.

    RE

    Was thinking
    same thing. I'm in for either day. Worth the drive!!

    Much love,
    Victoria
  • outdoorgirl
    outdoorgirl Member Posts: 1,565
    #5
    Wish I
    could be there too! But I will be there in spirit...
  • chenheart
    chenheart Member Posts: 5,159 Member
    #6
    The 23rd is Reggie's
    The 23rd is Reggie's birthday, so our weekend is pretty much booked. But thank you for arranging this; when you see each other and hug, please hold on for an extra nano second from me....

    Chen
  • pinkflutterby
    pinkflutterby Member Posts: 615 Member
    #7
    chenheart said:

    The 23rd is Reggie's
    The 23rd is Reggie's birthday, so our weekend is pretty much booked. But thank you for arranging this; when you see each other and hug, please hold on for an extra nano second from me....

    Chen

    put in a hug for me. I
    put in a hug for me. I would so live to be there
  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #8
    pinkflutterby said:

    put in a hug for me. I
    put in a hug for me. I would so live to be there

    I am trying to re-organized my schedule .. It's my son's
    birthday .. I'll let you girls know .. if I am able to attend.

    Thank you for the suggestion, TraciinLA ...

    Vicki Sam
  • New Flower
    New Flower Member Posts: 4,294 Member
    #9
    VickiSam said:

    I am trying to re-organized my schedule .. It's my son's
    birthday .. I'll let you girls know .. if I am able to attend.

    Thank you for the suggestion, TraciinLA ...

    Vicki Sam

    Good idea
    You read my mind. Saturday will work much better for me. Pleas put me on you lust.
    Hugs
    New Flower
  • Jennifer1961
    Jennifer1961 Member Posts: 137
    #10
    I'm right near there, near
    I'm right near there, near West Hills. It's my mom's birthday weekend, but I'll do my best to make it. I think we're all feeling raw and hurt and scared. Keep us posted.

    Jennifer
  • Bella Luna
    Bella Luna Member Posts: 1,578 Member
    #11
    Muscl Girl Regrouping
    Yes a gathering of "Muscle Girls" is so needed now. It has been an absolutely grueling time of loss for us.

    It so happens I will be attending a Celebration of Life on Saturday, January 22 in Los Angeles. Jana passed away in December from breast cancer. Sunday, January 23rd works better for me.

    If the majority decide with Saturday, run with it. I will make the next gathering. Thanks for making the arrangements Traci.
    Ines
  • TraciInLA
    TraciInLA Member Posts: 1,994 Member
    #12
    Jennifer1961 said:

    I'm right near there, near
    I'm right near there, near West Hills. It's my mom's birthday weekend, but I'll do my best to make it. I think we're all feeling raw and hurt and scared. Keep us posted.

    Jennifer

    So glad you all like the idea
    I know what you mean, Cindy....My girlfriend hates it when I travel for conferences, because she says she feels better when I'm "where I can put my hands on you." That's how I feel right now -- I'll just feel better if at least some of you are where I can put my hands on you.

    I'm torn -- it looks like Cindy and Ines can do Sunday, and New Flower can do Saturday. What do y'all think? Новая Цветка, if we made it a particularly early or late lunch, do you think you could make Sunday?

    I think faith_trust is also up for it. She's scheduled to be "portless" by next weekend!

    Jennifer, it will be so nice to meet you....are your doctors at West Hills? Maybe we've passed each other and not known it?

    Traci
  • Sally5
    Sally5 Member Posts: 87
    #13
    TraciInLA said:

    So glad you all like the idea
    I know what you mean, Cindy....My girlfriend hates it when I travel for conferences, because she says she feels better when I'm "where I can put my hands on you." That's how I feel right now -- I'll just feel better if at least some of you are where I can put my hands on you.

    I'm torn -- it looks like Cindy and Ines can do Sunday, and New Flower can do Saturday. What do y'all think? Новая Цветка, if we made it a particularly early or late lunch, do you think you could make Sunday?

    I think faith_trust is also up for it. She's scheduled to be "portless" by next weekend!

    Jennifer, it will be so nice to meet you....are your doctors at West Hills? Maybe we've passed each other and not known it?

    Traci

    So CA group.... Rocks
    Traci and the So Cal group,

    Great idea. I am in. I think Sunday would be better for me but I will try to make it either day.

    Keep me posted...

    Merry (Sally5)
  • Megan M
    Megan M Member Posts: 3,000
    #14
    TraciInLA said:

    So glad you all like the idea
    I know what you mean, Cindy....My girlfriend hates it when I travel for conferences, because she says she feels better when I'm "where I can put my hands on you." That's how I feel right now -- I'll just feel better if at least some of you are where I can put my hands on you.

    I'm torn -- it looks like Cindy and Ines can do Sunday, and New Flower can do Saturday. What do y'all think? Новая Цветка, if we made it a particularly early or late lunch, do you think you could make Sunday?

    I think faith_trust is also up for it. She's scheduled to be "portless" by next weekend!

    Jennifer, it will be so nice to meet you....are your doctors at West Hills? Maybe we've passed each other and not known it?

    Traci

    Sending my cyber hug to all
    Sending my cyber hug to all of you that can make it. Maybe you can all get together again really soon.


    Hugs, Megan
  • faith_trust_and_a_little_bit_of_chemotherapy
    faith_trust_and_a_little_bit_of_chemotherapy Member Posts: 319 Member
    #15
    Sally5 said:

    So CA group.... Rocks
    Traci and the So Cal group,

    Great idea. I am in. I think Sunday would be better for me but I will try to make it either day.

    Keep me posted...

    Merry (Sally5)

    Новая Цветка
    Hey, wait a minute. Is this code for Boris and Natasha? Should moose and squirrel fear the wrath of women coming down off steroids? Is this the only place within a 50 mile radius with a decent beet soup?

    Sorry, I will need something a tad more specific as my Google maps isn't updated to give me the maps of stars' homes, much less the hangouts of cold war agents. What about an olive oil importer on Ventura Blvd? (Just assume I'm pushing my nose to one side and breathing through my mouth)

    Leave the gun, take the cannoli.

    To be frank, I have no @#$%! clue what or where Новая Цветка is. For all I know, your keyboard shorted out.

    :)
  • New Flower
    New Flower Member Posts: 4,294 Member
    #16
    TraciInLA said:

    So glad you all like the idea
    I know what you mean, Cindy....My girlfriend hates it when I travel for conferences, because she says she feels better when I'm "where I can put my hands on you." That's how I feel right now -- I'll just feel better if at least some of you are where I can put my hands on you.

    I'm torn -- it looks like Cindy and Ines can do Sunday, and New Flower can do Saturday. What do y'all think? Новая Цветка, if we made it a particularly early or late lunch, do you think you could make Sunday?

    I think faith_trust is also up for it. She's scheduled to be "portless" by next weekend!

    Jennifer, it will be so nice to meet you....are your doctors at West Hills? Maybe we've passed each other and not known it?

    Traci

    jus a minor correction New Flower is Новый Цветок
    New Flower is Новый Цветок,
    Я собираюсь к зубному врачу в Reseda Субботу, если все могу получиться буду рада подставить плечо (I can put my hands on you) and hug my sisters
  • TraciInLA
    TraciInLA Member Posts: 1,994 Member
    #17
    New Flower said:

    jus a minor correction New Flower is Новый Цветок
    New Flower is Новый Цветок,
    Я собираюсь к зубному врачу в Reseda Субботу, если все могу получиться буду рада подставить плечо (I can put my hands on you) and hug my sisters

    My feeble attempt to make Новый Цветок feminine...
    ...'cause you're a girl and all...I wish Aortus was here to defend me! :-)

    New Flower is helping me make sure my brain cells are coming back online since chemo, by forcing me to use them....so I'm sitting here with my Russian dictionary, and I got as far as you have a dentist appointment in Reseda on Saturday....but then I got lost.

    Where we are now is that the majority of folks who've responded can do Sunday....New Flower, what do you think?

    Traci
  • aisling8
    aisling8 Member Posts: 1,627 Member
    #18
    TraciInLA said:

    My feeble attempt to make Новый Цветок feminine...
    ...'cause you're a girl and all...I wish Aortus was here to defend me! :-)

    New Flower is helping me make sure my brain cells are coming back online since chemo, by forcing me to use them....so I'm sitting here with my Russian dictionary, and I got as far as you have a dentist appointment in Reseda on Saturday....but then I got lost.

    Where we are now is that the majority of folks who've responded can do Sunday....New Flower, what do you think?

    Traci

    Just asking...
    Seeing as it's a two-hour drive and all and I have a very loving, supportive husband, how do you ladies feel about him joining us?

    xoxo
    Victoria
  • faith_trust_and_a_little_bit_of_chemotherapy
    faith_trust_and_a_little_bit_of_chemotherapy Member Posts: 319 Member
    #19
    aisling8 said:

    Just asking...
    Seeing as it's a two-hour drive and all and I have a very loving, supportive husband, how do you ladies feel about him joining us?

    xoxo
    Victoria

    awww...new flower
    My chemobrain forgot about that!

    Well, if the FBI is not going to be dining in the next booth...although they might learn tons about drug interactions, constipation, reconstruction, and "to nipple or not to nipple."

    If your husband won't be too uncomfortable by the conversation, I say bring him along.
  • Bella Luna
    Bella Luna Member Posts: 1,578 Member
    #20
    aisling8 said:

    Just asking...
    Seeing as it's a two-hour drive and all and I have a very loving, supportive husband, how do you ladies feel about him joining us?

    xoxo
    Victoria

    Victoria... if your hubby
    Victoria... if your hubby thinks he can hang with the Girls, it's ok with me.
    BL
  • New Flower
    New Flower Member Posts: 4,294 Member
    #21
    TraciInLA said:

    My feeble attempt to make Новый Цветок feminine...
    ...'cause you're a girl and all...I wish Aortus was here to defend me! :-)

    New Flower is helping me make sure my brain cells are coming back online since chemo, by forcing me to use them....so I'm sitting here with my Russian dictionary, and I got as far as you have a dentist appointment in Reseda on Saturday....but then I got lost.

    Where we are now is that the majority of folks who've responded can do Sunday....New Flower, what do you think?

    Traci

    I can be flexible
    my doc is out of the city on 22. I made an appointment for 29, which means I will be in San Fernando Valley 2 times.
    Can we meet in Getty? or Santa Monica?
    Getty museum or Villa what do you think?
    Hugs

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