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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Cancer / November 2007Happy Thanksgiving
I want to wish all of you a happy Thanksgiving. In our family we go around the table and each person says something that they are thankful for. Since I'm starting, I'll take 2: I'm thankful that I am still around with no evidence of disease. I'm thankful that the places where my body was mutilated are healing well and I am back living my life, accepting the differentness. We were away for several weeks on a trip to Australia and New Zealand. It was my survival gift. It was a wonderful trip, though the first stop in Hell a year ago, would have been better avoided. I see all the docs on December 10. If all the scans, x-rays and tests are good, I won't have to go back to Horrible Houston for another year. Hugs to everyone. Janet  SignatureJanet Wilder Bad spelling. Bad punctuation Good Friends. Good Life > I want to wish all of you a happy Thanksgiving. In our family we go > around the table and each person says something that they are thankful [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Bad spelling. Bad punctuation > Good Friends. Good Life You have a wonderful Thanksgiving....how was your cruise? Good luck with your scans, alex > You have a wonderful Thanksgiving....how was your cruise? > Good luck with your scans, alex You, too, Alex. Cruise was great. I'm still organizing pictures. SignatureJanet Wilder Bad spelling. Bad punctuation Good Friends. Good Life >> You have a wonderful Thanksgiving....how was your cruise? >> Good luck with your scans, alex > > You, too, Alex. Cruise was great. I'm still organizing pictures. Hope you are going to post a review on the CC forum. Would love to read it! Alex >I want to wish all of you a happy Thanksgiving. In our family we go >around the table and each person says something that they are thankful [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Janet Janet Happy to you and Honey. I know you will enjoy this holiday even more. I am dying to see the photos of your trip! Figger is getting snow today. Hope she has everything she needs and dosen't have to go out. Be a shame to mess up her cute car for a pound of butter. Yankees do have a decent chance next year. Your Honey has made a baseball fan of me. Betsy > Janet Happy to you and Honey. I know you will enjoy this holiday even > more. I am dying to see the photos of your trip! Figger is getting snow > today. Hope she has everything she needs and dosen't have to go out. Be > a shame to mess up her cute car for a pound of butter. > Yankees do have a decent chance next year. Your Honey has made a > baseball fan of me. Hang in there, Betsy. I'll email you the links to the web sites where the pix are. Outlet mall and ice cream this summer! Love ya, Janet SignatureJanet Wilder Bad spelling. Bad punctuation Good Friends. Good Life >>I want to wish all of you a happy Thanksgiving. In our family we go >>around the table and each person says something that they are thankful [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Betsy Have a great Thanksgiving, Betsy. We did get a few inches of white, but nothing major, nothing requiring a shovel. The cute little car is undergoing major surgery following a hit & run a few weeks ago. She was packed to the gills, as I was heading to the airport later that day, but trip did not happen. Then Monday night I came home to discover my home had been ransacked. I am not sure anything was taken, maybe an MP3 player, but they sure made a mess. House next door similar, but they are out of town & no one knows where. I think they didn't get much from me because of some security doors I got front & back that require a key to get in or out. So they were either limited to the window they broke or would have had to go out throught the garage which faces the street. Two other houses in the neighborhood did not come out so well. My kitties are fine & not traumatized & I am slowly getting things put back away. So now the focus turns to cooking the big meal & being thankful for all we have & all the friends we share with. I am trying to rent a Lexus that does tricks, but they are in high demand. Maybe over Christmas...I can always use help parking! Fig >>>I want to wish all of you a happy Thanksgiving. In our family we go >>>around the table and each person says something that they are thankful [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] > > Fig Sounds like you need a Warm Hug Fig with car crashes and burglaries, are you ok? Warm Hugs Alayne >>>>I want to wish all of you a happy Thanksgiving. In our family we go >>>>around the table and each person says something that they are [quoted text clipped - 63 lines] > > Alayne Tired of my new 'victim' status but OK. We are looking into ways to arm the windows with things that the kitties won't set off. Police think monitored security systems that many of my friends have are a waste of money. By the time the security company makes the required 2 calls to try to locate you & then notifies police, dispatches police, transit time, whatever the problem was, it's all over by the time police arrive. Burglers are in home 5-6 minutes. False alarms are now $250 charge by police & most alarms are false. http://www.preventsecurity.com/category.asp?c=28 hee hee! So a collection of these, screamers on windows & stickers/signs/outdoor security lighting & I will have done about all I am willing to do. I already had lights on timers, which is good. Turn radio on. Add a safe. Then try to forget about it. This has opened up some discussion about how we want to live our lives. I listened to the pitches from security companies, was tempted to sign on, then realized that I really don't want my daily routines to be fear- based & revolve around arming/disarming security systems. I came up with the idea of leaving a $20 bill on a table visible from the front door. My pet sitters & I can glance there before opening door. If money is gone, call 911. Thanks for the Warm Hug. It is greatly appreciated. I am ready for dramas to end. House is an unbelievable mess. Fig >>> Zealand. >> [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Fig Hmmm, it's always difficult deciding what to do for the best, I think you're right about deciding not to live looking over your shoulder, you could end up living in fort knox and then get mugged in the street, what about getting a dog or better still recording a friends one barking and play that occasionally when you go out? Warm Hugs Alayne - looking for a better label for you ;-) Agree with Alayne......a nice BIG dog is the answer. There are plenty at the local humane society just waiting for a good home. I don't mean pit-bull either. A nice friendly BIG dog with that wonderful deep deep bark. And if the robber peaks in the window he sees a BIG dog. (He has no way of knowing that this dog is a pusssy cat who would lead him to the silver!) The adopton agency can check for cat friendly, etc. And you don't need a pup. There are great adult/older dogs that have lost their owners that are waiting for a HOME. Consider it. I guess for those of us left behind, the holidays will never be the same. Enjoying friends and family, sure...but so much is missing! Thinking of you at this time of year. Blessings. > Agree with Alayne......a nice BIG dog is the answer. There are plenty > at the local humane society just waiting for a good home. I don't [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > same. Enjoying friends and family, sure...but so much is missing! > Thinking of you at this time of year. Blessings. I have to agree. I have had a 50+ pound dog living with me most of my adult single life. And I can't tell you how safe it makes me feel. It doesn't matter that my current dog is a big love who has never hurt a human, she looks and sounds scary when someone comes near my home doors or windows or anywhere in sight. Anyone in his/her right mind would not try to break in with my dog barking at them and looking fairly mean as if she wants to tear them limb from limb. That said, it is a major commitment and if you travel frequently, Fig, it is a big hassle to deal with boarding, etc. I always feel incredibly guilty when I drop her off at the kennel. And when I'm traveling, she's not there, which sort of defeats the purpose of her protecting my abode, doesn't it? Oh well, I feel safe when she's here with me at least. Sorry to hear of your recent events Fig. I know the victim thing myself and hate hate hate it. But this too will pass. Belle On Nov 23, 5:23 pm, Belle Gin <""no$pam\"@no$pam.net"> wrote: I always feel incredibly guilty when I drop her off > at the kennel. One thing I learned from the Dog Whisperer.....we needn't feel guilty. That is "human" and not in the dogs world. All they know is it is a change of scene and you aren't there. And they are really glad when you reappear. I travel quite a bit and lengthy trips...and my two never seemed to hold it against me when they had to be kenneled and eat regular dog food! turtletrot1 <turtletrot1@bellsouth.net> wrote in news:3ec7eb3b-07b8-4c83- a4ec-af043cf9a39e@w34g2000hsg.googlegroups.com: > On Nov 23, 5:23 pm, Belle Gin <""no$pam\"@no$pam.net"> wrote: I > always feel incredibly guilty when I drop her off [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > my two never seemed to hold it against me when they had to be kenneled > and eat regular dog food! Me thinks cats do hold it against us. I have had several cats over the years. Some misbehave when left alone. Others try to remain aloof upon our return home only to disolve into a frenzy of trembling hugs once we break their 'if you can do without me, I can do without you' barrier. Some are just so glad to see us they jump into our arms with squeals of delight & prance happily. They all forgive. I have thought of a doggie, but I have always had kitties, never dogs, & I don't live the kind of life I think a dog would be happy with - as in away a lot & get home very late very often. It would take a major adjustment. I also have no fence & building one would be very expensive & not very effective as the yard drops way off at the property line. I am considering all options, & appreciate suggestions, however, & may adopt a dog if I ever settle down. Fig |
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