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Hi Ladies! Kourtney that is awful! I hope she gets better soon! I recently experienced moving around my TBR. I am trying to lighten it. I have finished chemo and tomorrow celebrate both the end of chemo and my birthday. I hope to talk to the surgeon next week about my upcoming surgery. I am trying to find out if details have changed. Have a great weekend!
I'm hoping you get awesome news next week Jencey.....and early happy birthday to you too!
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She's probably going to get a lot of stuff being at daycare. Not all parents follow the rules and keep their children home until they're no longer contagious. When Morgan was little, she got sick a lot until she had to have tubes put in her ears (twice) and had her adenoid & tonsils removed. Then that part of getting sick got better. But then she'd get a bladder infection every few months. It was bad enough at one point when she was around four, that she went to a specialist to have her kidneys looked at. Didn't find much other than one is slightly bigger than the other. And then, the infections happened less and less. It's finally been over six months (almost a year) since her last one. I think she is starting to grow out of them or something.
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I know exactly what you're saying. I was shopping last weekend with some friends, and one has two little girls. It really made me miss shopping for Morgan when she was little. All the cute, frilly, little girl clothes. I said I wanted to adopt a baby girl so I can do it all over again.
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Happy Birthday Jencey, and good luck next week!!! Keep us posted!!!
Happy birthday Jencey!!! We are all keeping our fingers crossed for you!And lil nugget seems to be getting better slowly. Still lots of congestion and now mommy is sick too! YAY! Last weekend before I go back to work and my head is a bowling ball. But that means daddy is on duty and mommy is in bed READING! :)
Stacy wrote: "Kourtney wrote: "Alone time what's that?!? Right after I posted this the lil nugget came down with a head cold. She's being kept away from daycare until I go back to work on Tuesday. Sometimes li..."
Stacy wrote: "Kourtney wrote: "Alone time what's that?!? Right after I posted this the lil nugget came down with a head cold. She's being kept away from daycare until I go back to work on Tuesday.
Sometimes li..."
I also have a little one in daycare. She is almost three now and started daycare when she was 8-9 months old. That first year is really the worst in terms of them getting sick all the time. I also ended up getting ear tubes for my daughter, and that definitely helped. And their immunity builds over time. My pediatrician told me there is no way around the sickness issue. Once they are with other kids they get sick. So either it happens when you put them into daycare, or it happens when they start pre-school, or it happens when they start regular school. I know when your kid is sick it's miserable (for both of you), but it does get better (eventually), so hang in there!
Kourtney, I’m sorry your little one is sick! I hope you are both feeling better by now.Jencey, happy late birthday! What did you do to celebrate?!
We went to the Cheesecake Factory and I had lunch with friends and family.
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That sounds like a good time! Are things getting better?
Kourtney - I'm hoping everyone is feeling better!!!
Stacy-Yes it did end up being a good time. I getting prepared for surgery so the hope is to get a lot of reading done in the next month. I will be having two surgeries a mastectomy and one on my neck to remove a mass. I am not convinced that it is cancer considering that NONE and I mean NONE of the tests that I have had done say that the tissue is cancerous. My surgeon for my neck tried to tell me that I have had cancer for 15 years just because she couldn't get any records from my 2001 surgery. The more interesting part of this appointment is when she had me take a pregancy test. I wanted to say come on! I have had 8 rounds of chemo. I have no husband so I have imaculately conceived a baby? I protested and the surgeon told me this is required. So I went to the lab and told the lady drawing my blood that I am here to prove that I have not imaculately conceived a child. I will get a new surgeon after this surgery if need be.
Oh my gosh Jencey.....what a hassle. I agree with you about getting a new surgeon after this surgery. Your doctors are supposed to work with you to try & reassure you, make you feel better, help you on your road to recovery.....not argue with you and irritate you.
Thanks Julie! I am back from surgery. It is official: NO CANCER IN THE NECK! I got the official report from the surgeon yesterday. I still haven't heard anything on pathology for the breast. I have two lovely drains that are keeping me company until next week and then we got to Florida.
Yay! That is wonderful news.....and about time you had some! Florida sounds like it will be a nice reprieve. My family & I were just there on vacation from 10/17-10/24 and we all had a fabulous time!
That sounds great Julie! Yes, I am enjoying the break from the medical.
Yay! What great news! If this was Facebook I'd like this message up a storm!
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There's a kind of funny story behind that. I was never asked that until I had my daughter. Of course, I've been asked every time I have anything done now, but that was the first time and my initial thought was, "Do they know that my husband can be a dick?" LOL I have more colorful words for him now, but I won't get into that.
Jencey, great news about your neck! Keep us posted on how everything is going. And haha, Stacy. You crack me up.
Stacy - I got asked that question for the first time at my last appointment! My doctor's office switched to a new company or something and now they have to ask this long list of questions, including that!
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Yeah, my doctor's office now asks a ton of questions, and some of them get pretty damn personal - how many partners and anal? I feel like those answers are my private information, but then again, it IS my doctor's office, so if anyone other than me should know, I guess it should be them....
Okay! Good morning! Here is the best news. I got the pathology back on my breast. The surgeon said that they got all the cancer out! She had to remove four lymph nodes that tested positive. So now onto radiation. I am currently in Florida relaxing. I hope that everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!
That is wonderful news Jencey! So happy for you! Definitely something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.....
Great news, Jencey! Hope you have a wonderful thanksgiving.
YAY JENCEY!!!! So so happy for you!!
Stacy wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Stacy - I got asked that question for the first time at my last appointment! My doctor's office switched to a new company or something and now they have to ask this long list of que..."Haha Stacy, that post cracked me up.
I know I have been seriously MIA lately but I wanted to come on and wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year xoxo hope to me more involved in 2016
Dawn wrote: "I know I have been seriously MIA lately but I wanted to come on and wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year xoxo hope to me more involved in 2016"Great to hear from you, Dawn! Hope you had a great Christmas, and that 2016 is amazing. :)
Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year! I haven't completely disappeared. Just bogged down with work and raising a 15 year old.
Jill wrote: "Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year! I haven't completely disappeared. Just bogged down with work and raising a 15 year old."Happy New Year! What did you all do to celebrate? I hope 2016 is the best year yet! :)
I did absolutely nothing! It was awesome!My sweetie went to the coast for a long weekend with his buddies (I go down to join them tomorrow), and my son & stepson went to their uncle's house to dogsit overnight, so I had the house all to myself.
I curled up on the couch with my doggies, a warm blanket, junk food, and a good book!
What did you do?
For New Year's I was curled up under a warm blanket with a couple of scared cats and a good book.
Julie and Jill - that sounds awesome!I stayed in with my fiancé and cooked dinner, watched movies and relaxed. It was great!
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For New Year's, we were all supposed to play board games and card games, but my BF decided he was going to get sick and ended up going to bed before 10. So the kids and I continued to play games. At one point, I remembered to check the time and it was 12:07am. We missed the ball dropping. :( It made me kind of sad, and I felt a little gypped. I haven't missed a ball drop since I was a little kid. But, I was having fun with the kids, so I guess that's all that matters. And the BF was better the next day. It was either one of those 24 hour things, or food poisoning. But he was the only one to get sick, so I'm inclined to think it was the latter.
Congrats, Julie!!! I hope you like the book. :)Stacy, that sounds nice and relaxing. What games did you play? That sucks you missed the ball drop. Did you record it? Maybe you can play it back and relive it. Haha.
I am in a major reading slump. :( I've started 3 or 4 different books (all really good ones) and I can't get into any of them or stay focused past the first couple chapters. Uggggh. :( I don't know if it's because I'm so busy and stressed, or what. Usually I can get out of a slump pretty easily by reading a fun YA book or something, but not this time. What do you guys like to do to get out of slumps?
I will actually do anything but read when I hit a slump like that. I have tried to power through and continue reading, but then I give books a lot of 1 star ratings. So I stop reading (and then will go back and re-read the book if it was halfway decent). I watch TV. I do logic puzzles. I play with my dogs. Now there are adult coloring books (no shame here - I used to buy kid coloring books and would color those before it became fashionable to color!) do ANYTHING but read! Then one day you'll feel the call again and will find the want to pick up a book and read!
Kourtney - That is a really good idea and something I never even considered. I think I will do that! I actually have 2 adult coloring books. :) Thanks!
Suzanne-Sometimes when I am in a slump, I pull out and re-read one of my favorite books. Maybe that will give you the jump start to finish or move on from the books you have started.
Remember how I said I was in a major reading slump? A few hours after I posted that, I got laid off from my job. :( I can't help but think I somehow knew... I don't know. I am still in a reading slump. Haven't even looked at a book. Despite applying for jobs, having phone interviews and going to in person interviews, I still have some free time and I could be reading... and yet I don't want to read at all. :( This sucks! I have 2 job interviews this week that I'm really excited about and I just hope one of these works out.
Oh gosh.....what awful news. Keep your head up. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!
Oh Suzanne! I'm so sorry to hear that. I don't blame you for being in a slump with all that stress going on! Good luck on the interviews and let us know if you ever need any encouragement!!!
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Stacy, that sounds nice and relaxing. What games did you play? That sucks you missed the ball drop. Did you record it? Maybe you can play it back an..."
We played Exploding Kittens, Sorry, Chinese Checkers....I can't remember what else. LOL
I've gotten over it though. There's always next time. :)
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I LOVE logic puzzles! If they have more than four different things per box though, I usually end up cheating. LOL
I have a couple of the adult coloring books too, so does Morgan. We'll sit down together sometimes and just color. :)
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Suzanne, I know it hasn't been very long, but I hope things are starting to look up. You have my number, text me any time you need some encouragement, or someone to rant to.
There's a sales support position open at my company if you want to move to Michigan. ;)
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My "babies" are now 23 & 20 and they don't need me like they used to. My consolation is that I have a beautiful grandson that is 1 1/2 so I get to enjoy this sort of thing all over again!