So....talk about.....CANCER SUPPORT THREAD !!

[redhen]

 

[Lunachick]

Thanks for the hug redhen.

How are you doing?



Today is my wedding anniversary. I feel a kind of sadness today ..........DH has not been feeling well lately, some kind of bug/infection, he's going to the Dr. tomorrow. On Thursday, the day I got the news, that morning I had a strange dream that I gave birth to a stillborn dragon - It was reddish and I remember seeing the teeth and claws on that thing. I hope that's a good sign.

 

[GaNewChick]

Happy Anniversary ~

Wishing you a speedy and successful surgery. I have a close friend who has cancer ... she like you, has a huge support base. The other night she was feeling overwhelmed and we were talking about several things:

a: Do not feel obligated to constantly thank, write and call everyone who does something nice or helps you in your time of need ... it puts unneeded pressure on you and true friends/family will understand if you don't get back immediately.

b: It's OK to have a bad day ... it is unreasonable for people to constantly tell you to be positive and puts too much pressue on you to "have a cheerful/positive" attitude 24/7.

You'll be fine ~ you'll just have to find a balance that works for you.

 

[CedarRidgeChicks]

Dear Luna, I have held back on posting as I have not had a hysterectomy but I have had three surgeries on my breast to remove small masses..they were all benign but I do know the feeling of...defeat (for lack of a better word)..I had lost my mother to breast cancer and thought I was doing everything "right" but I did not find these masses by self exam but by mammos..but I can tell you that there was great relief after having the surgeries in knowing the threat was gone..albeit temporary..every time the 6 mo. mammo rolls around..there is some fear. I also was able to have some peace through my faith that God was in control.

I will keep you in my prayers and am here anytime you need to chat.

Sandi

 

[Lunachick]

I just remembered..........last night DH & I were looking through an anatomy book to get a good picture of the uterus and everything.......he wanted to know what it all looked like and I was explaining to him how they would do it. Then later on I was getting dinner ready and had a pepper I was cutting.....so I performed a hysterectomy on the pepper to give him an idea......

 

[jeaucamom]

Sense of humor? Check!!! Holy cow... that was funny!!!!!!!!!!

 

[redhen]

How are you feeling today Luna? Good tutorial with the pepper..

 

[CoyoteMagic]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!! How many years?! Today is 17 years for my and the DH.


The pepper..................you are going to be just fine.

 

[maplesky7]

My sis had the cutting kind last March because she had something like 7 or 9? masses.... fibroids and cysts and a chocolate cyst that they had to remove and check for cancer. All of it was benign. No cancer. woo hoo. I think it was suggested like 6 weeks of recovery but she went back to work after 3 weeks? She's a hair dresser and on her feet the whole day. It was sore and she couldn't do stairs or lift heavy stuff. And the gas pains were a problem for her no matter what she ate.

But now she's back to her active self.... working, in a bagpipe band and in parades..., hiking, cross x skiing...

And we (me and her 2 other sisters) named her chocolate cyst, Herkimer, and we wrote funny poems and odes to Herkimer. sick and twisted and funny... that's us.

She watched a lot of old movies and was on the computer and read books a lot.


Hugs and prayers for you sister Luna,
love,
Gretch

 

[Lunachick]

Hey gretch, thanks for the email jokes