Lovely pig in mud!

I've just given you your 13 thousandth flower!

Love and blessings Chris

Hello dear friends,
I'm relatively new on this forum but I must comment on the outstanding comraddery, support and sharing.It warms the heart.
May G-d always give us love and kindness to share.
Starlet

Amen to that

Not quite yet, still waiting on tenterhooks, for the finance approval.
I hope to exchange contracts next Monday then it should only take 4 weeks to settlement.
One day I'm up, next day I'm a little down. :-)

It's quite amazing how each obstacle that is placed in our path I manage (thankfully) to clear them away quite easily, so it seems more and more that we are meant to have this house. Like we are being given signs.
Hugs n love, Meg

CONGRATULATIONS Mildred! That is so amazing dear.

All I can say is stay positive and never give in to worrying or despair over it.

There are far more conquerors out there than we realise because everyone has a sadder tale they will want to tell you.

Please, take my advice and DON'T LISTEN! Tell them you don't want to hear negative stories, then if they insist on being negative you need to avoid those kind of people.

You are already a winner!

I am loathe to tell you, but everyone who has cancer runs the risk of its returning, (I have another 4 years probation and ongoing, daily, medication before I am supposed to call myself a survivor) but you must not dwell on that or it will control you and dominate your life.

Do what you have to do, stay strong, stay positive and focus on all the things you still want to do with your life.

I want to teach my granddaughters how to sew and cook and I want to watch them grow into beautiful young women and I want to be here to celebrate my youngest Granddaughter's 21st birthday, (she's 6 months old). I want to see them finish their education and see what kind of careers they choose.
I want to teach my Grandson how to fish and maybe how to ride a horse. I want to see which one of them is musical and play duets together on my organ.
I want to be there when they get their first car and graduate from college.
I want to spend Christmasses together and have them sleep over and have bar b q for breakfast.........

I'm holding on to those things, they keep me strong and give my life purpose and I'll fight with every fibre of my being to be here long enough to share in it all.
Hugs n roses, Meganne

I think they are called Cuties. :-)
Hugs n roses, Meg

There is a valid reason for the five year cancer free period being a requirement to being a 'survivor'.

Many breast cancers are caused by the Oestrogen in a woman's body causing growths to form, cells to mutate, and become cancer.

This is called being Oestrogen Receptor Positive.

After having either a lumpectomy or mastectomy or even just having chemo, this particular group of women are required to take a further five years of medication to completely rid their bodies of Oestrogen.

Mostly this treatment is extremely effective and if there are no more cancerous cells formed during the 5 years on the follow-on treatment they can be almost guaranteed they will not get cancer again.

If secondary cancers grow during this 5 year treatment, well it can have various outcomes.

My aunt had breast cancer/mastectomy in one breast, then same thing again in the second breast within five years, then she got cancer in the jaw and died from it.

Her death would have been prevented today because she would have been put on the 5 year follow-on treatment.

The Oncologist told me that the 5 year treatment is as important as, if not more so than, the chemotherapy itself.

So I hope you now better understand why SOME women are on a 5 year 'wait and see' probationary period.

Hugs n love, Meg

Ooooh, I like that, it's a step up from Meg the barbarian. LOLOLOLOL!!!!!