PSA! - Check Your Boobies!!!!

kcherub

Lisa...

I am glad it was found early. Please keep us (or at least, me) updated! I am 18 months out from it. If you haven't been, http://www.youngsurvival.org is a pretty good place to get some info on what others have been through.

I did the whole shebang, and it was a bitch, but I am glad I went through it to be here now!

TAKE CARE!!!

small town beck

L,

I had NO idea. I am glad to see you back in these parts and you are sharing with us so we can all be informed.

Kick that cancer's ASS!!!

xx


doodle

Fifthelement

Thanks for posting - best of luck to you Stay strong.

who's_pearljam?

jamainiac wrote:

BREAST CANCER...

It's a tricky, mind twisting shituation!

(believe me... until you wear these shoes... you have NO IDEA what the psychological ramifications are like!)



Take care of your Boobies... and the rest of you!!

Lisa

Dear Lisa,

“Sometimes blessings come from the strangest places”

Yup, I've worn those shoes before and I know how you feel and how hard it is to deal with people. I felt like I had to educate them on how to deal with me. Never before was it so much a pain in the ass to have so much love!


Well you're getting some love from ME now and there's nothing you can do about it!

I’m thinking back to when the first time I knew you were an awesome woman. Balloon ride smiley art and red wine, good food, good music, good jokes. Yup.
I’m sorry you are facing this, but one thing I DO know, is that you sure know how to do things right!
It’s a pivotal moment in life when you stand with your doctor and hear the words, “You have cancer”. I remember that moment so clearly and my life timeline is divided by that moment, Before cancer and after cancer.
I’m so glad you posted this and you are facing this with the grace, dignity and your thoughtfulness. It’s something that so many people face now, and it seems to be just as much a chore to have it as it is to deal with people around you. I found myself surrounding myself with people who gave off the good energy and took me for who I was at the time (Haha, a goofball with cancer, I guess! )


When I found out I was in big trouble with cancer, stage 4 melanoma, I was studying guitar with Robert Fripp, if you've ever heard of him. He sat with me in his studio and his first words were,

“Sometimes blessings come from the strangest places”..

An odd Frippian thing to say and in the long scheme of things, he was right.
I’m still here 7 years later, and still enjoying life even more than before. Even though I loved life before the big C, it was a great reminder to continue on loving it.
Some of the many blessings that came to me were that I was reacquainted with the little things that count. The kids in the neighborhood, a cool flower on a path in the woods, a funky roadside stand with an interesting person behind the counter, being late for things because something on the way was interesting. I guess we all appreciate different blessings!

Another blessing? Before cancer, when I did something weird, people would go, “WTF is he doing now!!?” After cancer, if I do the same thing, they go, “Awwww look at the way he takes in life!”
It’s a great excuse to enjoy life! Milk it!

Lisa, you completely and utterly rock and you know you have a dude on the East Coast pulling for you and sending you his very very VERY best. I also know you have an awesome dude pulling for you right there and tell him I said hi!

Love
Bob

SENROCK

jamainiac wrote:

IMO the best thing you can do is offer SUPPORT

You have ALWAYS been one hell of a lady and I have always hadd nothing but respect for you. Its huge of you to say this out loud and i hope it does help someone else. Your attitude feels positive and i'm gladd becuz believe it or not, it makes a difference! I hereby offer my support to you!!!

facepollution

That is a pretty amazing attitude to have, good for you! All the best with your treatment, sounds like you're gonna be just fine.

Just as a little side note, I was reading about the effect of sugar on health yesterday, and there's some very interesting stuff about sugar and cancer that pretty much everyone should read, I had no idea.....

http://www.healingdaily.com/detoxification-diet/sugar.htm

Lizard

Kudos to your bravery and thanks for sharing your story.

My best to you~~~~~~>

Vedderlution_Baby

Fuck Breast Cancer






I'm Vedderlution_Baby! and I approve this message

Steve Dunne

lisa thanks for sharing...

(thinks of my mom, my gram, my aunt...)

hang tough and you will always win...(and i'm sure sennin will be happy to check every ounce of you for anything else!!! )

in all seriousness...good to see your names again...and good luck

jamainiac

who's_pearljam? wrote:

Dear Lisa,

Yup, I've worn those shoes before and I know how you feel and how hard it is to deal with people. I felt like I had to educate them on how to deal with me. Never before was it so much a pain in the ass to have so much love!


Well you're getting some love from ME now and there's nothing you can do about it!

Thank you Bob (and everyone else!) for all of your kind words/thoughts/wisdom ...

I think one of the hardest things (so far) in all of this is how to find some 'comfortable ground' for all involved. You hit it right on the head Bob, to say 'never before was it such a pain in the ass to have so much love' You don't want to push people away... or make them feel their concern is unappreciated... nor do you want people fawning over you... You don't want people telling you they 'know exactly how you feel'... because they don't ... (my feelings have changed so many times over the past couple of months I couldn't keep track myself!)but at the same time you don't want people to be afraid to connect with you...

*sighs... smiling*

This too shall pass...

Cree Nations

You go L!!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing.
Wish you and yours nothing but the absolute BEST!