Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
Llama, best wishes & luck for your cousin 🐘🐘🐘 🍀🍀🍀. May she also receive good news.
Llama, prayers sent!
It is very hard for me to share any information about my health because my mom as a hypochondriac. Everyone always knew when my mom had medical issues. I HATED that.
I have been going through the same thing. Biopsy in April, found LCIS, Lumpectomy in May, found DCIS. Have two options, another lumpectomy to hope for a clean margin, followed by six weeks of daily radiation. Or mastectomy. I am leaning towards the later, followed by reconstruction. Rural areas are not great for finding this sort of care. Closest I could get radiation is 60-65 miles away, and daily, I don't think so.
Next appointment July 6 for surgical planning.
I am so happy for you. You must feel so relieved. Wonderful news!
And Gershun...... thank goodness!
Llama sorry about your cousin, Prayers for her too.
Llama, sorry to hear about your cousin - offering prayers and best wishes.
I am so sorry that you are in this situation. I understand that you value your privacy. My husband felt the same way when he was diagnosed with his prostate cancer. It took him awhile before he could speak about it to others. His mom wasn’t a hypochondriac. His grandmother was though and caused a lot of stress for herself and the family.
You bring up an important issue regarding location. People in rural areas have a much larger challenge than those who live in a more populated community. I can tell that you love your area and I adore reading your posts about your garden. It sounds absolutely lovely! I admire your dedication.
You remind me of my grandfather who had a green thumb and gardening was his passion! My fondest memories of him was helping him in his garden. He grew the most beautiful roses! Grandma always had beautiful flowers on her kitchen table.
I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
We will support you, and pray for you!
You will be fine Glad and I will pray for your good health.
And I'm happy for you Gershun,, take care of yourself!
Do you have anyone in your circle of friendship or family to help you? Do you have a Gilda's Club locally for strength and friendship among people in similar situations?
And I do have cancer insurance which looks as if it will make up for all of my out of pocket expenses, travel and lodging if I go that route.
GA I will check on Gilda's club. I have found breast cancer.org that has discussion similar to AC. I have checked it a few times and there are some there that are scared to death and emotional which I don't find at all helpful. Sometimes I get impatient with the whiners here too. Just getting old I guess and not as patient as I once was.
But you sound like you have the right attitude to get through this.
Um. You are allowed a little private whine if you ever do feel like it, you know!
Trying to negotiate among dealerships, because right now, the whole Costco "get a set price" thing isn't working because of the chip shortage. My 2012 car is suddenly worth a fortune, so I thought that this might be a good time to do a deal.
Alas, at the last moment, the "stealership" (as we call them on Bogleheads.org) told me that they had the wrong zip code for taxes. In point of fact, I included the zip for taxes in EVERY SINGLE EMAIL I sent them.
Have a complaint in to BBB and sent an email to my legal service account through my union.
Disappointed, but I'm not getting mad. Will try hard to get them called to the carpet for fraudulant practices.
It’s not an evacuation type of situation like we have for strong hurricane force winds with flooding and so on.
I hope you have a little time to find out all the options and weigh them. Godspeed as you're sorting this out and making your choices. 💕
And they will look better than they ever had!