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Reply to So. I have breast cancer. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Thanks Anthony, I really appreciate that. :)

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Thanks KFC. You are such a sweetheart. I went today for some pre-op tests...woo hoo. Nothin like taking your shirt off in front of strangers.... Strangely, I don't feel forsaken by God because of this. Right now, I don't feel much of anything. I'm a bit on overload. We buried Aunt Shelby (who rai

Reply to So. I have breast cancer. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Ok, you can't see them here. Not like I'm gonna lift my shirt..but trust me....diet exercise and cancer, at least for me, for awhile = flat abs.

Reply to So. I have breast cancer. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Thanks B and Dr G. I'm in the best shape of my life. Speaking of which....it's kind of morbid...but I was wondering why now, when I've worked out my entire life pretty much, but why NOW I actually have some serious flat abs. Seems cancer may be an anti-flab on the belly cure. [e digicons]8(|[/e] I mean seriously. [e digicons]:rolleyes:[/e] <span style="f

So. I have breast cancer. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Found out today. Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (HERS 2 overexpression ER+/PR+). Big ass word for holy-crap-I’m-41-and-have-two-kids-to-raise! They say it is the “aggressive” type. They say Monday is my first operation. They say I have radiation and chemotherapy in my future. They say I have cancer. But you know what? I say cancer has me .

Reply to September 11th Will Not Be Forgotten in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I knew we were under attack, even before the second plane hit. I waited for my husband to return (he was training for the Boston Marathon and doing a long run that day). The first thing I said when he finally came back home was, "We're under attack." He was supposed to be off that day. He got right into uniform and reported to work. I went and took Hunter out of school. Just in case.

Reply to Drama Cleansing Thread in Elemental Dev Journals JoeUser Forums

It concerns me that someone, anyone, would wish death on a husband and father over a GAME. Hang in there Stardock and Brad! I have every confidence you'll not only fix the problems, but do so in such an innovative way...all the haters will try to copy it. Best wishes.

Reply to A Chocolate Cake With A Beet To It in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote] especially Tova since he's in med school[/quote] You may have me confused with someone else here. I'm not in med school. I just finished a Master's Degree, but that is a step beneath a PhD. No worries. Just didn't want to let that stand.

Reply to HYPERBOREAN WANDERER in Misc JoeUser Forums

The Army is fortunate to have him. The screw thing ~shivers~ my kid would do something like that but it'd end up being all about surgery and well....heh.

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[quote] So maybe if I quit that I'd have an easier time, but it's not going to happen[/quote] Yup. Yup. [e digicons]:D[/e]

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So far, age hasn't affected me one way or another. I did research before I started weight training years ago. At 35 you start losing about 2lbs of muscle per year, unless you do weight training to retain it. Even though muscle doesn't burn a huge number of calories on its own, it's still more metabolically active than fat and very important for weight loss. In fact, one study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology found that, though weight training doe

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For me it all boils down to calories in vs calories out. 1500 calories a day, with a solid hour of exercise (That requires constant sweating, panting, and the inability to talk is = to about 400 calories expended) every single day, and then a couple of those days I also do an hour of weight training. I'm 5'4" and depending on WHAT I eat, that regime keeps me between 117-121 pounds. I have a horrible sugar addiction, and when I can get it out of my diet I sit at

Reply to A Chocolate Cake With A Beet To It in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote]How can you survive with no carbs? Never? Why can't you have them? [/quote] A lot of people do this for weight loss. Personally, I can't. I get sick, like my body is poisoned if I don't get carbs...but I am pretty active so I need the energy. I detest beets. But I may try this. What a great way to get the nutrients without the taste!! I made a cake this summer using muscadine juice I bought in Mississippi. It was so yummy!!!&n

Reply to From Teens To Kiddos in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote]ya, it's funny how having children changes your worldview of them doesn't it? [/quote] Well Hunter didn't...if anything, he re-enforced the idea that good parents make good children. And while I don't disagree with that sentiment now necessarily, I do concede that sometimes children play a bigger part in who they become than others. lol

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[quote]all of them? [/quote] Yes. There were about 8 of them...and it was BG tho...that's what I call my worldview on children...BG and AG (before and after Gavin)...now I'd probably pat them on the head, sigh, and imagine what wonderful parents they must have......hahahaha.

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I think most churches struggle with SS teachers for the kids. I was roped into it once, put on a rotation, but when the parents came to get their kids, they were all in time-out...hahahah....so they took me off the rotation. (Of course that was before Gavin....and don't think I miss the irony!) This may be a way to prepare you to teach your grandchildren. I expect their parents will attempt to do

Reply to Courteous Incompetence in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote]Tova... I think this kind of postitivism is what most encouraged me. Being Christian, we can put it all in Our Lord's hands and that too is mighty comforting.[/quote] Ah thanks Lula, that's very nice to say. [quote]Beware the "can't miss" policies or people. They always do.[/quote] Yeah, sounds a lot like a teenage boyfriend, "Come on baby. There's no way you can get pregnant the FIRST

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[quote]This coming Monday, I'm scheduled to have a surgeon diagnose a lump in my left breast. [/quote] Good luck Lula. The lump wasn't the only thing going on with my breast either. I found my lump (it didn't show up on mammo, my breasts are too dense, so they said) but it did show up on ultrasound. Oh well...guess I'll wait and see how it goes. Kee

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[quote]Biopsying a palpable/visible lump is a different matter that I wouldn't expect would require sono guidance.[/quote] I think it's AF policy or something. And the fact they didn't want to miss it...hardy har har. Thanks tho!

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[quote]Like trying to stab a small pea in big block of Jell-O while looking the other way. If they have it available at a regional facility, might ask for a stereotactic biopsy if another go at it is necessary. [/quote] It's the size of a large marble, and I have B cup breasts (Sorry if TMI). When I'm on my back, you can see the lump pushing up just a little bit. It distorts the natural curve if you know what I mean. <span sty

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[quote] That is still legal, although not for long under Obamacare[/quote] What's scary is Obamacare is using military healthcare as a sort of "best practices" for national health care. The women in this country are in for a rude awakening if that happens. What they can't just cut off, they ignore. lol

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[quote]Interesting point about the thyroid and cancer link. My wife had colon cancer is 2006 (now in remission). When she came to the US in 2008 she was diagnosed with a thyroid issue, which she now takes medication for. Wonder if that was part of the problem (it wasn't hereditary).[/quote] I don't know if there is a link between colon cancer and thyroid. I've read breast, ovaries, and thyroid are all so hormonally linked that ANY hormonal imbalan

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[quote]If it's any consolation I have a friend who has "lumpy" breasts and not cancer. But please keep us informed and in the meantime let's just pray that this lump disappears. [/quote] I don't tho. What I do have is thyroid (translates into hormonal) problems. And most breast cancer is caused by hormonal problems. No one in my family has ever had it tho. And I read 80% of lumps are

Courteous Incompetence in Blogging JoeUser Forums

There I was; lying topless in a cotton gown that opened in the front, staring up at the off white ceiling, wondering how, at 41, I was in such a predicament. After all, I work out, eat fairly well, take care of myself. The doctor came in, along with the ultrasound tech, and one female chaperone. (Though I always think its kind of funny when the female chaperone is nineteen, maybe twenty.) Along with all the medical equipment hummi