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

[Lunachick]

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What a great idea! I think I'll go find the narliest tattoo rub on and do that!

This could be fun, why not?

Thanks for asking about my brother 3goodeggs.

Supposedly his type of cancer you don't treat with chemo. It wouldn't work, what he has to do is go for check ups to make sure no new tumors are growing and deal with it as it comes (or doesn't come

) Catch them early and snip them out. I don't know all the details yet. He and his wife are nurses and when they call they speak "nurse speak" and half the time I'm not sure what they're talking about.

I email him, but he doesn't email back, I did receive a note from him in the mail the other day. I think he sounded kinda depressed, I'll send him a note back. I'm not sure of his prognosis and he isn't saying. I guess I could google renal cancer, but I'm not sure if I want to. I'll wait til I hear from him. My siblings and I aren't really phone people, but it doesn't mean we don't think of each other.

 

[WriterofWords]

You are my hero! My friend Marcy shaved her head before her hair fell out and bought a bunch of doo rags to wear with skulls and cross bones,, flames etc. She said it would be easier than losing her hair bit by bit.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

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DITTO!!

 

[verthandi]

ME Three!

 

[Damummis]

Yup, yup, yup.

Luna,
You are an inspiration to us all, I think.

 

[redhen]

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Yes, she really is..

 

[Lunachick]

Hey, are you guys trying to keep my spirits up? Cause it's working....

I'm not that inspiring really....... I'm not sure why you guys think so?

How did Coyote do it? Or anyone else that has had to deal with it? They inspired me, so I could talk about it as it is only because it is a reality for me at the moment and I choose to speak about it as it comes along. Believe me, I DO appreciate the cheering squad! I don't know how I would be right now without you people. I might be a sniveling cowardly hump in some corner right now, not dealing really well, who knows? But I am dealing with it well because of all your support.

I DID take a pic of my bald head yesterday, but I didn't like it......not the bald part, I think it's the reality of it, it's too soon. I didn't delete it yet either.

When I came home today I was ready to rip the wig off. It didn't bother me all day, but the ride home made me itching to take it off - The more I thought about coming home and taking it off and just putting a silky scarf on the more itchy it got.

I went outside and wondered what happened to all my Irises....I couldn't see them at all and when I looked closer I realized that they all had been knocked down from the darn wind so I had to stake them all.....weird weather it's supposed to be 38 tonight and only last week or so it was 85 and 58 at night. Good thing I didn't plant my tomatoes yet.

 

[OrpingtonManor]

Same weather here, Luna. It was gorgeous last week. Now, it's cold and rainy. My pellet stove is going full blast and I'm wearing a wool sweater. Crazy!

I'm not shaving my head quite yet, but I am getting a haircut on Thursday. The image of you itching to take off your wig and slip into a nice silk scarf reminds me of how nice it feels to put a freshly showered body between clean sheets. Heaven!

 

[CoyoteMagic]

Haven't turned the heater back on, but it's gotten chilly here too. Had to cover my 'maters last night. I had just put the chicks out in their run with a doghouse as their coop for now. They were at the fence yelling for their breakfast when I went out there this morning. Tonight we are getting rain, another expirence for them!


When it comes to this horrible disease, you've just got to keep swimming. Just when you don't think you can swim any more, someone comes along and throws you a life preserver so you can hang on. You catch your breath and start swimming again. When you are able to see over the big waves, you realize you aren't alone. There are a bunch of us out here bobbing around. None of us ever really get out when we reach the shore. We stand there with our toes still in the water, encouraging those that are still out there to keep swimming. 10, 20, 50 years from now, we will still be standing there with others who have made it.

 

[#1California Chick]

My cousin went through this whole process last spring. She also had wigs for working and going out in public. But she soon tore off the wigs as soon as she got home. Now she has very short hair and is happy to be cancer-free!!

I want you to know that we are here for you -- especially as things get a little more difficult in the weeks to come!!

I told my 21-YO daughter all about you today!!! About how I am so proud of you and happy to support you!!!

Cindy