Guest guest Posted February 18, 2003 Report Share Posted February 18, 2003 Hi!!!!!! :-) I just wanted to smile at all of you!!!!!!!! GOOD MORNING!!!!!!! :-) It's a beautiful day!!!!!!!!! Do you know the difference between cancer and other stuff????? CANCER DOESN'T GET OUR SOULS. Fight..... fight back....... Cancer cure? Yeah sure, it's life........ life is the cure for cancer...... living, smiling, getting laid, working, studying, loving, playing music, writing a poem, learning to speak spanish (so i won't have to write in english!!), traveling, being a better human being each day....... and maybe, we'll get to be old guys and gals and we'll c that........ yeah... life was the cure for cancer. SMIIIILEEEEEEEEEEE, GOD DAMNIT!!!!!! gotta go.... gotta live :-) Rodrigo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2003 Report Share Posted February 18, 2003 > Hi!!!!!! > > :-) > > I just wanted to smile at all of you!!!!!!!! GOOD MORNING!!!!!!! :-) > It's a beautiful day!!!!!!!!! > > Do you know the difference between cancer and other stuff????? CANCER > DOESN'T GET OUR SOULS. > Fight..... fight back....... Cancer cure? Yeah sure, it's life........ > life is the cure for cancer...... living, smiling, getting laid, working, > studying, loving, playing music, writing a poem, learning to speak spanish > (so i won't have to write in english!!), traveling, being a better human > being each day....... and maybe, we'll get to be old guys and gals and we'll > c that........ yeah... life was the cure for cancer. > > SMIIIILEEEEEEEEEEE, GOD DAMNIT!!!!!! > > gotta go.... gotta live :-) > > Rodrigo Rodrigo, igualmente! You are right. This blizzard was a blessing in disguise. This weekend my overworked husband was housebound with us (3yr old son and I) and we got into this conversation about what the attraction was b/w us when we first met. I told him it was his smile (and good looks) that got me. He told me it was my spunk (and nice legs...LOL) Anyway, my " spunk " has been in hibernation since my son was born ,lack of sleep... and then...diagnosed 4 months later. It has been a rough 3 yrs. but when he told me this I realized to be happy is a choice. This weekend I " chose " to be spunky and decided to join my husband and son outside to play in the snow. We all had a good time. (Just one example;)Hint: did 6 from the above list! The point is he did notice and it feels good to be noticed. Muchas gracias para la sonrisa:)) Sandy in NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2003 Report Share Posted February 18, 2003 Hey..that was a beautiful thing!!! I am saving it and hopefully it will make me feel better when I don't. I am a 60+ grandma who was diagnosed with Thry-ca 7 years ago....had a total Thyroidectomy and then 3 months ago a small growth was found...that is out. Anyway just want to let you know how much I like your thoughts... Thanks, Saletta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2003 Report Share Posted February 18, 2003 Hey..that was a beautiful thing!!! I am saving it and hopefully it will make me feel better when I don't. I am a 60+ grandma who was diagnosed with Thry-ca 7 years ago....had a total Thyroidectomy and then 3 months ago a small growth was found...that is out. Anyway just want to let you know how much I like your thoughts... Thanks, Saletta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2003 Report Share Posted February 18, 2003 Hey..that was a beautiful thing!!! I am saving it and hopefully it will make me feel better when I don't. I am a 60+ grandma who was diagnosed with Thry-ca 7 years ago....had a total Thyroidectomy and then 3 months ago a small growth was found...that is out. Anyway just want to let you know how much I like your thoughts... Thanks, Saletta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2003 Report Share Posted February 18, 2003 Gracias Rodrigo! Exactly what I needed today. I am just 24 hours into RAI isolation at Albany Med after 150 mci I131. Two techs, a nurse and two doctors later I now how the reason to get out of bed today. I'll start with today and hopefully tomorrow will be easier. Had some diarrhea and nausea about six hours post RAI drink and this am. Now I just feel really tired. My husband seems to have relaxed a bit with me and the kids gone too. Maybe things will get back to a new normal some day. TT 11/27/02 RAI 150 mci 2/17/03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2003 Report Share Posted February 18, 2003 Gracias Rodrigo! Exactly what I needed today. I am just 24 hours into RAI isolation at Albany Med after 150 mci I131. Two techs, a nurse and two doctors later I now how the reason to get out of bed today. I'll start with today and hopefully tomorrow will be easier. Had some diarrhea and nausea about six hours post RAI drink and this am. Now I just feel really tired. My husband seems to have relaxed a bit with me and the kids gone too. Maybe things will get back to a new normal some day. TT 11/27/02 RAI 150 mci 2/17/03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2003 Report Share Posted February 18, 2003 Gracias Rodrigo! Exactly what I needed today. I am just 24 hours into RAI isolation at Albany Med after 150 mci I131. Two techs, a nurse and two doctors later I now how the reason to get out of bed today. I'll start with today and hopefully tomorrow will be easier. Had some diarrhea and nausea about six hours post RAI drink and this am. Now I just feel really tired. My husband seems to have relaxed a bit with me and the kids gone too. Maybe things will get back to a new normal some day. TT 11/27/02 RAI 150 mci 2/17/03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2003 Report Share Posted February 18, 2003 Rodrigo, Sandy & all, Couldn't resist chiming in here!! Just this morning I was beginning to feel a little guilty for having it so " good " . You never would have convinced me a week ago, that's how things would be in just 7 days. What a difference a week makes!! Last Tues: a gray, gloomy, chilly day Today: brilliant blue skies, warm sun, already 60 degrees at noon! (see what I mean about guilt, you snowbound folks, LOL) Then: I was 2 weeks post-op, struggling with decisions about endos, treatment plan & had my 1st day back at work, more a mental struggle than physical Now: though still a possible change of endos down the line, I am completely at ease with the suggested plan for the next few weeks & have been able to relax about all that. Then: I had a 2nd surgery looming, knowing I would be quite hypo by then. Now: That's now behind me, with no ill effects! Then: Floundering a little emotionally that while my family had been through a lot in the last 6 months (a whole other story), & didn't need to be burdened with " my troubles " , I nevertheless needed & deserved their support. Now: Have pretty much worked thru that one, finding that both myself & they are a lot stronger than I guessed, & that by allowing them to help in small ways I could probably have handled myself or with just my husband's help, I am giving them the gift of participating actively in a loved one's recovery. Because, if you would pardon the expression, I'm damned well GOING to recover from this (I know a " life-long " disease, but prob die of something else decades from now). I figured out that reading about heart disease, understanding HDL vs LDL, doing low fat cooking & postop nursing at home X 3, were great ways for me to both vent frustration & actively assist my husband after his bad vascular diagnoses last Aug. I think this applies to all of our families & friends too, when they get those " I'd just like to fix it for them, or endure it for them " frustrations going. Then: worrying about if I was prepared to suddenly start my LID, at least 10 days sooner than planned, if I would gain a lot of weight while hypo (still thought I might have to wait 4 more wks for RAI, & had just finished losing 70 lbs by last fall, took 18 mths to do!), & how I would do with the diet. Now: I just enjoyed a wonderful lunch of LID Cookbook Meatloaf, fresh summer squash stewed with onions, & strawberries with chocolate syrup (meets LID standards, found at health food store) for dessert, & found this a.m. I'd only gained 1 1/2 lbs in 3 weeks of going hypo. There goes that guilt thing again ;-) !! My 78 yr old mom has been cooking up a storm for me, actually writes every ingredient she uses on top of container! I have enough food in the freezer to last until my T4 kicks in, a few weeks from now, LOL. But enough of counting my blessings, I'm going back out into the sunshine to rake a few more leaves. I'm so surprised & grateful I actually feel like doing that, with a TSH probably in the 70s or 80s! But there I go counting again, hehe. I hope you all have a beautiful day, whatever your weather!! Tardie, age 48, Mobile,AL FNA 11-02 (reported benign) TT 01-28-03 with central node dissection,both lobes & all nodes positive for thyca Positive neck nodes remained in lateral neck (endo told surgeon to leave them!) Clear chest xray; PET scan 2-10-03 confirmed 2 nodes I had found TSH 2-11-03 was 45 already! 2nd surgery, removed 2 additional nodes done 2-14-03 (awaiting path report) TSH & Tg sch for 2-20-03 Going hypo for RAI 2-25-03! (moved up), doing LID as of 2-11-03 >.... :-) > > I just wanted to smile at all of you!!!!!!!! GOOD MORNING!!!!!!! :-) > It's a beautiful day!!!!!!!!!..... >Rodrigo Rodrigo, igualmente! ..You are right. This blizzard was a blessing in disguise. ........Muchas gracias para la sonrisa:)) Sandy in NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2003 Report Share Posted February 18, 2003 Rodrigo, Sandy & all, Couldn't resist chiming in here!! Just this morning I was beginning to feel a little guilty for having it so " good " . You never would have convinced me a week ago, that's how things would be in just 7 days. What a difference a week makes!! Last Tues: a gray, gloomy, chilly day Today: brilliant blue skies, warm sun, already 60 degrees at noon! (see what I mean about guilt, you snowbound folks, LOL) Then: I was 2 weeks post-op, struggling with decisions about endos, treatment plan & had my 1st day back at work, more a mental struggle than physical Now: though still a possible change of endos down the line, I am completely at ease with the suggested plan for the next few weeks & have been able to relax about all that. Then: I had a 2nd surgery looming, knowing I would be quite hypo by then. Now: That's now behind me, with no ill effects! Then: Floundering a little emotionally that while my family had been through a lot in the last 6 months (a whole other story), & didn't need to be burdened with " my troubles " , I nevertheless needed & deserved their support. Now: Have pretty much worked thru that one, finding that both myself & they are a lot stronger than I guessed, & that by allowing them to help in small ways I could probably have handled myself or with just my husband's help, I am giving them the gift of participating actively in a loved one's recovery. Because, if you would pardon the expression, I'm damned well GOING to recover from this (I know a " life-long " disease, but prob die of something else decades from now). I figured out that reading about heart disease, understanding HDL vs LDL, doing low fat cooking & postop nursing at home X 3, were great ways for me to both vent frustration & actively assist my husband after his bad vascular diagnoses last Aug. I think this applies to all of our families & friends too, when they get those " I'd just like to fix it for them, or endure it for them " frustrations going. Then: worrying about if I was prepared to suddenly start my LID, at least 10 days sooner than planned, if I would gain a lot of weight while hypo (still thought I might have to wait 4 more wks for RAI, & had just finished losing 70 lbs by last fall, took 18 mths to do!), & how I would do with the diet. Now: I just enjoyed a wonderful lunch of LID Cookbook Meatloaf, fresh summer squash stewed with onions, & strawberries with chocolate syrup (meets LID standards, found at health food store) for dessert, & found this a.m. I'd only gained 1 1/2 lbs in 3 weeks of going hypo. There goes that guilt thing again ;-) !! My 78 yr old mom has been cooking up a storm for me, actually writes every ingredient she uses on top of container! I have enough food in the freezer to last until my T4 kicks in, a few weeks from now, LOL. But enough of counting my blessings, I'm going back out into the sunshine to rake a few more leaves. I'm so surprised & grateful I actually feel like doing that, with a TSH probably in the 70s or 80s! But there I go counting again, hehe. I hope you all have a beautiful day, whatever your weather!! Tardie, age 48, Mobile,AL FNA 11-02 (reported benign) TT 01-28-03 with central node dissection,both lobes & all nodes positive for thyca Positive neck nodes remained in lateral neck (endo told surgeon to leave them!) Clear chest xray; PET scan 2-10-03 confirmed 2 nodes I had found TSH 2-11-03 was 45 already! 2nd surgery, removed 2 additional nodes done 2-14-03 (awaiting path report) TSH & Tg sch for 2-20-03 Going hypo for RAI 2-25-03! (moved up), doing LID as of 2-11-03 >.... :-) > > I just wanted to smile at all of you!!!!!!!! GOOD MORNING!!!!!!! :-) > It's a beautiful day!!!!!!!!!..... >Rodrigo Rodrigo, igualmente! ..You are right. This blizzard was a blessing in disguise. ........Muchas gracias para la sonrisa:)) Sandy in NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2003 Report Share Posted February 18, 2003 Rodrigo, Sandy & all, Couldn't resist chiming in here!! Just this morning I was beginning to feel a little guilty for having it so " good " . You never would have convinced me a week ago, that's how things would be in just 7 days. What a difference a week makes!! Last Tues: a gray, gloomy, chilly day Today: brilliant blue skies, warm sun, already 60 degrees at noon! (see what I mean about guilt, you snowbound folks, LOL) Then: I was 2 weeks post-op, struggling with decisions about endos, treatment plan & had my 1st day back at work, more a mental struggle than physical Now: though still a possible change of endos down the line, I am completely at ease with the suggested plan for the next few weeks & have been able to relax about all that. Then: I had a 2nd surgery looming, knowing I would be quite hypo by then. Now: That's now behind me, with no ill effects! Then: Floundering a little emotionally that while my family had been through a lot in the last 6 months (a whole other story), & didn't need to be burdened with " my troubles " , I nevertheless needed & deserved their support. Now: Have pretty much worked thru that one, finding that both myself & they are a lot stronger than I guessed, & that by allowing them to help in small ways I could probably have handled myself or with just my husband's help, I am giving them the gift of participating actively in a loved one's recovery. Because, if you would pardon the expression, I'm damned well GOING to recover from this (I know a " life-long " disease, but prob die of something else decades from now). I figured out that reading about heart disease, understanding HDL vs LDL, doing low fat cooking & postop nursing at home X 3, were great ways for me to both vent frustration & actively assist my husband after his bad vascular diagnoses last Aug. I think this applies to all of our families & friends too, when they get those " I'd just like to fix it for them, or endure it for them " frustrations going. Then: worrying about if I was prepared to suddenly start my LID, at least 10 days sooner than planned, if I would gain a lot of weight while hypo (still thought I might have to wait 4 more wks for RAI, & had just finished losing 70 lbs by last fall, took 18 mths to do!), & how I would do with the diet. Now: I just enjoyed a wonderful lunch of LID Cookbook Meatloaf, fresh summer squash stewed with onions, & strawberries with chocolate syrup (meets LID standards, found at health food store) for dessert, & found this a.m. I'd only gained 1 1/2 lbs in 3 weeks of going hypo. There goes that guilt thing again ;-) !! My 78 yr old mom has been cooking up a storm for me, actually writes every ingredient she uses on top of container! I have enough food in the freezer to last until my T4 kicks in, a few weeks from now, LOL. But enough of counting my blessings, I'm going back out into the sunshine to rake a few more leaves. I'm so surprised & grateful I actually feel like doing that, with a TSH probably in the 70s or 80s! But there I go counting again, hehe. I hope you all have a beautiful day, whatever your weather!! Tardie, age 48, Mobile,AL FNA 11-02 (reported benign) TT 01-28-03 with central node dissection,both lobes & all nodes positive for thyca Positive neck nodes remained in lateral neck (endo told surgeon to leave them!) Clear chest xray; PET scan 2-10-03 confirmed 2 nodes I had found TSH 2-11-03 was 45 already! 2nd surgery, removed 2 additional nodes done 2-14-03 (awaiting path report) TSH & Tg sch for 2-20-03 Going hypo for RAI 2-25-03! (moved up), doing LID as of 2-11-03 >.... :-) > > I just wanted to smile at all of you!!!!!!!! GOOD MORNING!!!!!!! :-) > It's a beautiful day!!!!!!!!!..... >Rodrigo Rodrigo, igualmente! ..You are right. This blizzard was a blessing in disguise. ........Muchas gracias para la sonrisa:)) Sandy in NJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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