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Again, so glad you're feeling better. Your fish dinner sounded very good to me. I'd love some nice fish.
We're in the Southwest part of the state, in the Shenandoah Valley, spectacular in the fall as I know NY is too. Except for living in DC for several years I've always lived here.
Looking forward to your rose pictures.
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We buy as much organic produce as we can, it's hard to find sometimes in a small city. I'm longing for summer fruits and vegetables. We have two very nice farmers' markets here, and are able to choose among three organic vendors.
Hope you enjoy your day.
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I will enjoy writing, I'm looking forward to getting started. It was cold and windy here over the weekend, but no snow. We are expecting a big snow on Wednesday, a little unusual this time of year but not unheard of. We went out yesterday and bought a little device that will heat a pan of water in case the power goes off (expecting winds of 40 to 50 mph}. As long as I can have a cup of coffee I feel I can face anything.
I know you must enjoy Kaiden, I loved having small children. I always thought of myself helping to raise grandchildren, but am surprised to have none.
I haven't paid attention to the track of this storm, just know that we're supposed to get it. I hope you don't have more snow, it seems like you've had your share this winter. Hope you enjoy your day.
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You are so right, it isn't too late. I had found a journal someone gave me years ago. I took it with me to Duke when I started chemo, thinking it would be something interesting to do during the infusion. I then learned that the iv would be put into the top of my right hand since I'd had a left mastectomy. Anyway, I still have the journal, a nice one with wide-lined pages. And I do have many intact memories.
I wish you a great day. It's cold and windy here, good day to make soup.
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I loved your roses picture. It's so nice isn't it to dream of spring and our flowers returning. One of my favorites are Japanese tree peonies. My husband just picked up the young plants at a K-Mart 37 years ago and they have been glorious every spring. They are in all different colors. I'm hoping our drought hasn't hurt them. We lost several dogwoods last year.
I hope you have a chance to rest this weekend. I'm cleaning the basement today. Yuck.
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Wish you a great day too,
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When is your hip operation, and what will they be doing, is it exploratory because of your pain and what showed on the x-ray? And three months is a long time to wait for your biopsy. If your brother went to a large medical facility and was pleased with it I hope you can go there. I had three well-defined lesions in my breast that were easily biopsied so I don't know how to interpret the dimensions of your lesion as they explained it. I also wondered if any doctor has taken another look at that lump near your elbow. If it's bothering you then you should have some attention. I have a lump, actually several in my arm, but they are lymph nodes, I was told. I actually had physical therapy at Duke for them as they bothered me a lot. Mine came from what they told me is axillary web syndrome, caused by my mastectomy. I know that this isn't your situation, but I'm just wondering if yours could be a random lymph node. Or just a cyst as one doctor told you.
Best of luck to you Chris, you've been through a lot.
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It seems that you and I have been on a similar schedule of surgery and treatment. I finished chemo late December, left mastectomy in early August. Being fairly new myself, I don't know that I can be of help in telling you what's going on, but I do know that with this history of pelvic pain, I wouldn't accept the explanation of possibly shrinking ovaries. I would grab a doctor on your oncology team and ask for examination, tests, whatever is needed. This is tough enough without having to worry about this pain.
Best of luck to you and I hope you get some answers.
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I too am very glad to hear from you and know that you're well. I'm amazed that you do so much. I was very interested in hearing about the workshop with your acupuncturist. At Duke I have consultations with a nutritionist, but now that I'm finished with chemo, in December, I won't be returning until April. Duke is a 3 hour drive for us and I don't like ask my husband to make extra trips.
Also, Jenna, I noticed your comment about Arimidex and wondered if you would give me the benefit of your experience with it. I am supposed to be taking it now, have the medication on hand but just can't decide if I want to do it. This decision has been kind of haunting me since my January oncologist visit. It feels like I'm living with an elephant who follows me around the house all day and then gets into bed with me at night. I am losing sleep over it. If you see this and don't mind talking about it I'll get more specific.
Jenna, I hope you kept your power during that snow. I have a nephew near Manchester, and I know they were hit hard. Hope you've kept warm and safe.
Best to all,
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You're right, I need to select the designated keeper of the book, my youngest son I think, he stayed with my Mom a lot while I was still working.
I'm the keeper of stories in my family, and this is true, every now and then one of my sisters will call me wanting the details of a story that happened when we were young, because another sister remembers it a different way. We gather every year at Nags Head and rent the biggest house we can find and fill every bed and the couches with children and repeat the stories we have shared over the years. One year, talking on the beach, we had the children convinced that we even had the stories numbered. They would challenge me, saying "ok, what's story #114?" and I would immediately launch into just anything I could recall. They were pretty much in awe of that until we told them the truth. Kind of mean, but it was funny at the time.
Have a great day yourself Roberta.
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