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

[deerman]

You girls hang in there.....I know test and test, can really make you worry.......and the waiting. That one thing about cancer , it hard to find without test, but even with fear of return main thing catch it early.



Luna, just got done taking my first 2 weeks of the chemo pills, so this week i get a break off of them. Will find out later if the pill will put a cap on my cancer, as the doc says. Don't get sick on them, hair thins a little , but I still have more than most guy my age, just wish I could pick where it would come out, like NOSE, EARS .

 

[3goodeggs]

you are funny. I like your attitude.

 

[jjthink]

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Good plan

JJ

 

[Lunachick]

How'd that massage go Coyote? We have a massage therapist right next door to our office, man is she a kook. I would love to go over there & get a massage now & then, but not with her......too bad, so close yet so far....

This will seem strange to some of you, but here goes:

Last year at about the same time I was diagnosed, my brother was going through his cancer scare. He has renal cancer - no chemo, no treatments of any kind, just regular scans and cut out the bad stuff. There is no cure. So far he's been fine since his surgery last year, physically - but mentally he fell apart. Depression was a big one for him. They prescribed meds but they didn't do much so they upped his dose which caused his serotonin levels to skyrocket (he was allergic!) So he's manic most of the time, got let go from work......the meds to offset the manic part makes him sleep all the time. Without going into too much detail, his luck has been pretty bad for the last few years, to the point where all of us (siblings) were wondering what else could go wrong for him? When we think back it's been 9 years of bad luck for him & his daughter mostly.

I just found out that he made a trip a few weeks ago from Fla to New Orleans to return something to the old cemetery there. I asked why, what the heck .......? It turns out that 9 years ago he and his wife & daughter (age 10 at the time) were visiting the old cemetery there "Cities of the Dead" they call it. My brother spotted something stuck between to graves that looked like a small figure of a man made totally of one long wire. The "wireman" intrigued them and he got his 10 y.o. to squeeze between the stones and get it. (bad,bad,bad) They took their "cool find" home with them. This "wireman" is about 12 inches tall, one single wire shaped like a man and wrapped all the way around each leg, arm and head etc. ( I never saw it) My sister touched it when she was down in Fla visiting him. While she was there, he started to put 2 and 2 together about the coincidences of "wireman" and his & his family's bad luck.

So he drove up to N.O. and found the exact spot and returned it. I am SO curious to see if things turn around for him & his family. Interesting, no?

 

[Lunachick]

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Fabulous! I love your doo!
Hugs, JJ

Opops, unintended double post but I guess that meant it bears repeating!

Thank you JJ! You always say something clever!

 

[sfw2]

Luna - Kudos on the hair - it looks great!

The "wireman" story had the hair standing up on the back of my neck!

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for all of you undergoing treatment/recovering.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

He was in New Orleans, the land of Voodoo, HooDoo and all kinds of magical arts, and he had his daughter remove an unusual object from a graveyard????!!!!

He didn't get the smart genes of the family now did he!!

Now that he has returned the object he should do cleansing ritual to remove any lingering negativity. Could be a simply as walking room to room saying prayers to having a priest come in and do a blessing of the house. After it's done, sprinkle a bit of salt or white cedar around all entrances (windows, doors, chimney, etc...) to keep anything from coming back.


Massage was wonderful!! I had another one today!! She is working on trying to get "something" opened up for "things" to flow. I got off the table today and I swear every joint that can crack or pop did. OOOOOOOOOOOOO it felt so good!!


It's been kind of crazy around for a few days. Lurchie and I went on bit of a Rescue Mission late this afternoon. Once I saw her living conditions, there was no doubt she was coming home with us!! We have another dog, lol yeah again. Her name is Icee for her icy blue eyes, it was also the nickname of a lady that lived at Lurchie's grandmothers boarding house. She was also blind. Yup, my Icee is nearly totally blind, she has the same birth defect of her eyes as my 3 of my kitties. One eye is like the kitties, and one she can see some with but it is very light sensitive. She is also partially deaf. Icee is what is called a "Lethal White". Some idiot bred 2 merle dogs (2 dogs with the spot pattern she has) doing so just about guarentees you are going to have half a litter that is deaf, blind, or like Ice, deaf & bind.

Long story short, her owner got pregnant moved in the future Mr. and moved the dog outside. Not into a fenced yard! NOooooooooo! Just out into the backyard with a very busy state highway less than a half mile from the house. In the backyard she was having to deal with the other dogs who didn't like her and kept beating up on her because she is so timid. She's been outside in all kinds of weather for nearly a year! (We were snowed in for 3 days last month, I can't imagine her being under the trailer for that.) Thankfully she gotten her fixed recently, but only because the future Mr's hunting dogs were going bonkers when she was in heat. When we went to meet her today, they had put her in one of the dog kennels that they have for the hunting dogs, it was full of feces! I had to leave my shoes out on the step when we got home.

She's adjusting slowly. Her and Katie have had a few tussles, but they also play from time to time as well. Too ruff of play to Icee feels like an attack. We will be working on that.

 

[3goodeggs]

oh, poor sweet icee.
I am glad you have her.
there will be a lot of 'undoing' that will need to be done.
It takes a long time to trust and relax and believe that everyone isn't the same as what they came from.

Yeah, wireman needed to go back. voodoo or not, it wasn't put there for them. I hope your brother's family improves. I think some apologies need to be made to the cosmos, it can't hurt.

bad keeps happening to me. Not sure if I ever crossed an evil line. I have decided that I was just born into it, and as soon as I can love just the bits I gathered, and stop trying to help those who want nothing to do with me, then life will turn around. I think that was my lesson this go through. Eventually I needed to learn how to 'fold them' and walk away. But, It is hard to give up hope.

or, maybe it is just really hard to pull away from the black holes. I don't know. I have always allowed others negativity to affect me in a physical as well as mental way. I want to help them and fix them and make life better for them. It took me a long time to realize that they were really happy miserable. It just wasn't logical to me. Their misery made me miserable, but it made them happy.
I think that's over now. I have treasures for friends and husband and child. My extended cousins and aunt..angels on the earth.. that stuff in the middle...

But My point is, those of you going through the really tough health issues, please surround yourselves with love and joy and the people that are givers not just takers.

Love is bouncy. it has to go back and forth. If the love balls are not returned, you will run out.
You need to keep some love for you and those that return it.
you all have my love and you are in my prayers and positive thoughts.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

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I just love this!!!

Please know I do love you my friend, you have been one of my biggest cheerleaders through all of this. If not for you, and others like you, I probably would have given up long ago

 

[verthandi]

Icee is beautiful CM. I bet she will settle in soon. What a tough life she has lived with her difficulties. I'm glad she is with you now.