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

[3goodeggs]

Coyote, I will give that a try. She will have to slow down to find the kibble. I have some large smooth -too big to swallow- rocks. I just have never had dinner 'time' be in the nanoseconds before. It is disturbing.

I had a dog that would swallow the raw hides and pig ears whole, and then spend the week at the vets, so I am watching her carefully. She has the sharpest, largest carnassial teeth that I have ever seen on a dog. I think she needs to chew. She was eating the rubber bits from the tennis ball (ex tennis ball) and I decided raw hide would pass easier than ball shards. The Shepard plays with the smallest little bit of dead ball. She'll bring you fluff to toss for her, but Sadie just eats it. maybe once Sadie knows that food will always be offered twice a day, she'll ease up on the ingesting of 'non food' items.

 

[3goodeggs]

This is the pack in the barn at the nursery

Sadie at home

...on big Sis's bed

So far I get tails and noses. once she learns some people words we should get better pictures.

 

[Lunachick]

Oh she's gorgeous! I love that black muzzle on a pooch

She looks happy and content like she found a nice home! I guess she did

 

[CoyoteMagic]

Oh she is pretty!! Part Shepard? Part Lab? Part Ridgeback? Part Hound? I can see all of that in her. Lots of the dogs up in the shelters here a part pit, but I don't see any of that in her. I know some people love them, but they just aren't for me. They seem to be doing well together. I'm so happy for you!

 

[CoyoteMagic]

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Congrats on the great recovery!

I'm still fighting. My Breast Cancer is HER2+++. Thought we were done with all the chemo, sugeries, etc.. but it decided to sneak back in last October. So now I stay on the Herceptin indefinately. Oh well, I sleep through it most times, lol.

I am a firm believer that attitude will see you through anything. I think these guys just keep me around for their amusement, lol.

 

[3goodeggs]

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Congrats on the great recovery!

I'm still fighting. My Breast Cancer is HER2+++. Thought we were done with all the chemo, sugeries, etc.. but it decided to sneak back in last October. So now I stay on the Herceptin indefinately. Oh well, I sleep through it most times, lol.

I am a firm believer that attitude will see you through anything. I think these guys just keep me around for their amusement, lol.

yup.

 

[Orange Ribbon]

Hi Luna Chick. I'm new here, and just hit on this post. I didn't read the whole thing, but I see where you started and where you are now. I am a cancer survivor myself. I was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia over 3 years ago. I am now in remission and doing well as far as the leukemia goes, but I take what is essentially a chemo pill every day which causes various painful side effects. I must take the medication for the rest of my life, but I just go with the flow. I've never gotten too excited about it, although my wife has worried herself silly at times. I always just figured that what ever was meant to be would happen, and my faith in the Lord and what awaits me if I pass on has sustained me. Still, I now realize that I was somewhat negative in feeling that way, because I have not felt very good for years. I also have spinal stenosis which is very painful, and was born with a heart defect. Last fall a doctor realized that there was more wrong with my heart than previously thought, and I was astounded afterward to hear so many heart specialists tell me that I am the oldest person they know of alive with the condition I was born with. I am going on 50, and the oldest person any of them knew with this was 19 years old! Anyway, they caught it just in time, and if I had waited even a few days longer I probably wouldn't have made it. As a matter of fact, I was told later I wasn't really expected to survive the surgery! But I had surgery last October and they had to rework several things in my heart, replacing a narrowed valve being one of them. Guess what I got: A pig valve! Now I stick my face in my plate and go "oink, oink" at the dinner table. Drives the wife mad.

Anyway, what I'm getting at is now I feel so much better than I ever have in my life, and I am enjoying being alive more than I have in years. Yeah, I have cancer and other medical problems, and I will live with it from now on, but who cares? I still have my faith, just started raising chickens, and I'm free as a chicken on Sunday. So, I hope you continue to do great, and I wish you a most enjoyable day today, and everyday. Not everyone is lucky enough to know what it's like to have such a medical challenge and come out the other side breathing air that seems to be fresher and more invigorating than it was before.

Oh, by the way: I decided on the user name "Orange Ribbon" because orange is the ribbon color of leukemia.

 

[#1California Chick]

Hi Orange Ribbon!!

Welcome to BYC!!

Thanks for sharing your perspective! It is interesting that you feel so much better after treatment for a problem that wasn't treated for 50 years!!!
Just goes to show that SOME ONE ELSE is deciding what happens to us all!!

Hope that your treatment for Leukemia goes as well!

Enjoy your chickens!

Best

Cindy

 

[CoyoteMagic]

Hey Orange! Welcome to the Crew of Survivors and Supporters! This is an awesome bunch that has helped me a lot. Just being able to talk about what is going on in our lives is great.

 

[WriterofWords]

glad to have you here to tell your story!