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Afternoon All! Don't know what all this bots and spammers is all about. Will go check when I leave here and see if they are gone. All day at chemo yesterday so didn't make it on myself. Really Eric, you have more activity than anyone I know. I'm really jealous that Judy and Ann are attending Christmas performances. I'm stuck with getting Christmas all done before I leave tomorrow for Orlando. Visit with the kids in PSL then Ovieda, scans and results Mon and Tue, back to PSL to pick up Dominick. Should be back here the 22. Whew. Guess my claim to fame this year will be having all the cleaning (not me lol), decorating and wrapping gifts done by the 16th of Dec! Good job Judy, that's me congratulating myself.Have to go now. Still have to go get my shot at the hospital at 3. The wait usually drags a two-minute shot into an hour. I'll have to be pretty ready for the party at 6pm. I'm not sure I took my steriod this morning. After a very bad night's sleep, I'm slipping fast. Have a great day everyone. Judy in KW

Afternoon All! Hi Bud, good to see you. Know what you mean about trying to get ahead of 2012 deadlines. Hope you make it home before that storm. Ann, no not on the road with the band--yet anyway. I already have the bus though. Hope you have better luck with that cold than I do. I'm way better but the intermittent nasty cough and need to blow my nose is hanging on. I want to be ALL better. Stan and I waiting all day and evening for AT&T Uverse tech. No show. Stan was on the phone trying to find out what's what for almost an hour. Our appointment got cancelled. No one knows (or is telling) by whom. Big joke is they gave me a website where I can check on our appointment status. All is says is "you are scheduled" and they are "sorry for any inconvenience." LOL No status as to when between 8am and 12pm they are coming. No surprise there, it's already almost 2 pm. I am trying to get it together to leave on Saturday but am not making much progress. I'm busy doing necessary stuff in the computer and washing linens. The cleaning lady will come the day we are returning and if I didn't do these, I'd have six sets when I got back. Not fun. Hope you all have a good day. I'm off to check on Mike's scan report crossing everything I can cross. Judy in KW P.S. Am editing in a hi to Steph who posted just when I did. Great to hear you were swimming. Think on the positive side, maybe that rude swimmer kept you from overdoing. Thanks for the heads up on the DOD. I assumed it was something for work. Don't get side-effects from compazine but I only take it at night during chemo week. Bye now.

Morning All! Sorry I didn't get in after my company left yesterday. Our cable and internet (both AT&T) were out all night. At least until we went to bed. My cousin/sister and her daughters finally got here from their trip for a wedding in Marathon. They didn't have a lot of time but we had snacks and went to town. We did a whirlwind tour of KW, from the Gulf to the Atlantic. I made sure we made a stops. They wanted their pics taken at the Southermost Point bouy and the younger ones needed to do some shopping. When we got back, Stan had the company table set in the dining room and dinner was served in about 15 min. I was really impressed. Now he can do my job and his job too lol. Judy, glad you got those new glasses and that you all are not too cold in MI. I usually buy my gifts too but wasn't happy with them so sent them back (twice!) to JJill. Ginny, congratulations to your grandson. And Christmas ready and healthy too, sounds like you are batting 100 or whatever that would be called in golf lingo lol. Ann, hope Thursday passes gently for you and you can perk up for Christmas. I know those grandkids will help there. Feeding a newborn--a very special thing. Hey Mike, we don't know what it was but thanks for the effort. Still holding our breath for you on the scan. Have a great day everyone. Judy in KW

So sorry you have to be hear. I know how devastating it must have felt to get his dx. When you hear a 3 or 4 stage LC (advanced), that's all you hear at the moment and it seems dire. There are many advanced lung cancer survivors today. It is no longer a death sentence. Give us some more info on his cancer and we'll try to share experiences that may be relevant. Judy in KW

Morning All! This is try three--after this, no more. My family arrived in Marathon last night. They have the wedding today and I'll see them tomorrow. Trying to figure out how I can go to town with them without wiping out. I know I can't keep up with the younger women or even my 71-yr-old sister/cousin. She still goes white water rafting with Big Brothers/Sisters. Judy, I'm gathering you never had to retrieve a password or get a new one after changing servers. It's like a circus--definitely circular. Give us your email and we'll email you a new password but the email is wrong. No place to change it. Site ID? Can't join again because you are already signed up. Any of you out there who've encountered this know exactly what I'm talking about lol. Stan's hip is acting up badly again. Don't know what set it off but it's not good. He does have an appmt with an orthopedic dr but not til the 30th. Have a good day everyone. Judy in KW P.S The third try on this post was a charm!

Morning All! Am just not myself these days. Having trouble getting to sleep (for me after 10 pm is late) and waking up by 6 am. I miss my 10 hrs. My family never made it to FL flying stand-by yesterday. They'll try again today. If they make it, the visit will be Monday. I hoped we might go to the eating meeting with the Club for lunch today or John's for dinner with neighbors tonight since the company has cancelled. That doesn't look likely since Stan was already making dinner when I got up. Sigh. Funny story about auto-correct Katie. Steph, will be looking forward to hearing about the new onc. Hope you aren't rushed in and out. Eric, one door closes, another opens. Too bad one was dinner with friends and the other is an outing requiring tools lol. Judy, I'll get to your care pages when I have more time. It requires what looks like a lengthy sign-up and I expect problems. I'm sure I was signed up before I changed servers (following Wendy I think) and that usually is a challenge. Have a great day everyone. Judy in KW

Thanks Kasey. I was beginning to feel that downward slide with scan time looming on my horizon. Judy in KW

Judy, sorry you are still waiting. I thought the onc said if you didn't hear from him by yesterday afternoon that you should call him? Tomorrow is Friday, I'd call in the am so you might get a response before the weekend. Stephanie, the "I'm still alive" idea is funny but I can't believe people stopped sending cards because you told them you had cancer. That is not funny! Did my errands but couldn't get the two gifts I wanted to knock off my list. Got the groceries but of course am always thinking later, wish I'd gotten this or that for the company coming on Sat. I'm NOT going to the store again tomorrow. Have a great evening everyone. Judy in KW

Morning All! Back into my warm robe this morning. Down in the sixties--not bad, Ann may be in the 50s. Eric, when I was reading last night I realized we must have posted at about the same time yesterday but didn't cancel out. Or some nice person merged us. I thought I was opening and didn't see your opening post til later lol. I am exhausted but finished a task I thought I'd never get to. My right hand is so bad with arthritis that I can't make out cards anymore so I use labels. I use labels badly too--I never have the right computer program for the labels I have. So it's a challenge. I didn't send cards last year so wanted to do it this year. I'm done but for the few for which I need to get addresses. Didn't finish til 6 pm. Late for me to be still working. Have to go to town today. Hope I can get myself off my chair. Have a great day everyone. Judy in KW

Ronnie, so glad you still come here. We get it. It's good to hear your have Erica to care about you and support you. We know she doesn't replace Pat but her empathy having lost her husband will help ease the pain. Have a wonderful Christmas reunion with her and your girls. Judy in KW

Eric, I think what you do is terrific! Wish I had half your energy and get-up-and-go on behalf of LC advocacy. Thanks for the link. I'll have to check it out tomorrow. Judy, before I leave I'll look to see if you got any results. Judy in KW

Morning All! Thanks for all the well-wishes on my cold. It does feel a tiny bit better but still up stuffed up in the night. This time I went back to sleep. I want to sleep a whole night through! Stephanie, I can't believe you were up ALL night again. I should complain--not. I have a niece who lives in Miami whose boyfriend is a salesman (to restaurants I think) of Italian food products. I should hook you up. Judy, from what I know, it is not good to expose infants to lots of people. Don't remember where the age cut-off was. I do believe that's where the Catholic practice of not taking the baby out or having company until it was Christened. Diane, I love my PCP and my daughter referred me to him when she still worked at the hospital here. She didn't like him but felt he was the best. I agree but like him too lol. She and I have decided it's time to take off the gloves. If he mentions doubt in my treatment again, I'm telling him I don't need the stress and ask, does he not want to give me my medicine. If not, what are my options in Key West. I'm not going to let this bozo make me travel to Miami. It will be 3-4 hrs each way and at least one overnight. Time and cost prohibitive! Have a great day everyone. Judy in KW

Morning All! Good to see so many coming into JFF yesterday. I read this morning. Yesterday was a tough one. I went and saw that d@m# KW onc and he is so arrogant. I told him I'd tossed and turned a number of nights trying to figure out how to tell him Dr T at MDA has to be my primary. I kept pouring my guts out and he just sat there making direct contact with that blank face. No reassurance, just "well sometimes at these big centers people are just told what to do and they do it." Then instructions to make an appointment the first week of January after my next scan and then "we'll see what she says," meaning Dr T. I really dislike him. My cold was full blown yesterday and night. Coughing, sneezing, runny nose, sore throat. I was up at two, couldn't get back to sleep by three so got up. I watched TV and drank herb tea til after 4 am. Thank goodness when I went back to bed, I slept til almost 8. I am really miserable with this cold. Can't remember having one like it in ages. I'm not running a fever and when I blow my nose the mucus runs clear so I'm not taking an antibiotic. Have plans for doing quiet mostly sitting work today. I want to respond to everyone but just can't so--Judy hope your scan results comes thru soon. Eric good luck on Sunday. We know you'll be great on stage. Is everyone ready for Christmas lol. I'm on the GMA Made in America for Christmas bandwagon. I've already ordered a knife Stan wanted made in MA, an assortment of honey for him made in NJ and a homemade Strawberrry Rubarb Jam (mine from Kutztown is gone and I ordered the last jar on this site!) for me. Have a great day everyone. Judy in KW

Morning All! Woke up with the chickens again, at least with the garbage truck. I'm tired already when I get up and my throat is still sore. Have an appointment with the Key West Onc today. The one whose been upsetting with his forceful disagreements with my real onc at MDA. Stephanie, that is weird. Maybe in your hurry to go on your trip you forgot to lock it. If so, still they must have been in a hurry not to be seen if they missed the quarters. Maybe kids. Hope you can get that ashtray without it costing a fortune. Sometime silly little replacement things do. Judy, will be thinking of you today. I hate the PET because of the food restrictions the day before and morning of. Hope you get the results soon so you can post them for us. We're waiting with you. Have a good day everyone. Wish I could just stay right here in my chair. Judy in KW

Morning All! It was pretty apparent by yesterday that it's a cold when the coughing continued. Was up in the night with congestion. Up for real at 6 am--yikes, it's Sunday for goodness sake. Diane, my husband was always scrooge about Christmas decorating, especially the tree. The first Christmas after my dx, drugged on heavy chemos, I just didn't want to think about it. He dragged the tree and the ornaments out and waited. He told friends he waited and when nothing happened after a few days, he started decorating it. After he broke a couple of ornaments, I took over lol. Have been doing it ever since. Stephanie, if I were you, I would stay in vaca mode for as long as possible. At least thru the weekend. Don't overdo as I've been doing until you are certain you avoided getting a cold on the plane. We were just talking about flying to CA with the kids when they were about 4 and 7. It was a big jet and we were sitting near Mohammed Ali and his wife. They were so nice. My son asked him for his window seat and he gave it to him. It put him behind us and he chatted and did a little drawing for my daughter. Judy, I know how you feel about connecting with your friend's family. I did that with my friend Jim's family when he died. I still go to town and visit with them in Feb when they come in for a winter visit. I really cherish my time with them. He's been on my mind so much recently. There was no competing with his Christmas decorating. It was the highlight of the season when he said it was done and I could come visit. I'm jealous reading about that meal R made for you. My chef is in OH. Going to put this house together. What's done is done. I have to box the things I removed to accommodate the decorations and put all the boxes back on the shelf. The cleaning lady will come Thursday and I'll be all set for my family on Saturday. I can't wait! Have a great day everyone. Judy in KW

Morning All! Alan and Judy, you asked for it, so this weekend post is especially for you. I'd just as soon curl up in a ball. I hope it's my allergies and not my grandson Ian's cold since they left last Sunday and I've been suffering for days. I'm congested and have a sore throat but the worst is my eyes are burning out of my head. The tree is done and maybe even the jumping up and down to move ornaments an inch or so lol. I've don't most of the decorating I'll do. I started making it easier last year. I'm looking forward to starting to put empty boxes back up on the shelf. I'm going to chill in fron of the TV for awhile. I'll wear my big black glasses to soothe my eyes some. Have a great day everyone. Judy in KW

Thanks Becky, I haven't been on FB either. Funny (not ha ha but strange) that I thought of Lily and her family immediately with the news of CA's wind tragedy. Now I'm thinking, she's in LA? In any event, I wish them strength in this most difficult time. Judy in KW

Gina, good for you standying by Chris wiith his dx so early in your relationship. You know some people would have run screaming. He is lucky to have you. You say you've been lurking awhile so you know us. We're good people and we're here for you and Chris every step of the way. Keep us posted. Judy in KW

Donna, one of my beloved survivors. Thanks for posting this. We really need it at this particular time. Judy in KW

Thank you Richard. I always think it is so kind when member's family takes time from their grief to speak to us. It also gave me a chance to see that smiling photo of her I loved so much pop up on our site. May the days pass gently for you and yours. Judy in KW

The young ones are the saddest loses. Judy in KW

Morning All! Morning Bud and thanks for opening. I had some time before I need to go out but caught up in the bad news about Geri and Colleen. How did I know you probably weren't even remotely thinking of cutting down riding time lol. I really admire the steps you've taken to cut expenses before you retire. I keep telling my husband we need to do that. If I wait for him, it will never happen. First place I need to start is cell phone package, cable and internet. I'll surely use your suggestions as a jumping off place. Got to go folks. Lunch and shopping with a friend. Judy in KW

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Katie (((HUGS))) but no no no, you said Geri. Did I miss something? I almost always use "view new posts" so I don't know how. I need to go look. Judy in KW

I don't remember Eric saying anything about "snotty eggs." It was something and runny. Can never remember two words together lol. O.k. Mr Alan Smartypants, I was the one who inadvertently changed the topic on ajr lol. If he wasn't already overwhelmed by the humongous list we gave him.... Got to admit to someone and better you guys than Stan. I very carefully shifted/lifted the XMas trimmings boxes from the top shelf in my utilility room onto the sink, dryer and washer. Knew it wasn't a good thing so later when I heard my neighbor outside, I asked him to come carry them into the living area and get down the last one I knew better than to try. I had reached my limit. My friend who was supposed to come over yesterday then today, didn't. But I did tell her I wasn't putting a timeline on it. I lied. I'll be out for lunch and shopping at Pier 1 tomorrow with another friend (she has more physical limitations than I)and really want to be able to work on the tree on Saturday and Sunday. Time is ticking away til the 10th when I need to be done for family visiting from NJ. I am so excited. My sister/cousin and one of the two daughters who are coming have never been here so it will be great for them to see how the errant sister lives. Got to go. Am going to chill for the night. Tell you tomorrow about downloading a trial of Adobe Elements. Can't wait to hear about Stephanie's trip. Glad I'm not going out til after 11 am. Judy in KW