Hi, Liz, glad to hear you have passed on the pity pot and keeping busy. I
love visiting the small organic farmers markets too... we usually get
bread,no-diary, lots of grains and heavy brown type. I do eat honey so can
usually find a cinnamon bun or a non-diary pizza roll to munch on. Tempted
by all the flowers too but our gardens are producing all the flowers we
need now. They also have some wonderful lotions and soaps. Our favorite has
different tiny flowers imbedded in the soap. All natural products. I would
love to try the dried nectarine...can we do a small batch in the oven,
somehow?
I am with Carla on the docs (yes, plural) exploring between your thighs...
I would rather have a colonoscopy. I had a colon resection in 1990 and had
a colonoscopy every 3 months for a year, then 6 months, then one year. The
pentothol let me forget the whole thing, too. I do the stretching you
describe and you held it for 30 minutes! You really feel it there. Tomorrow
is the Dragon Boat festival here in Victoria and I hope I will be able to
catch part of it. Breast cancer survivors (even radical mastectomy
survivors) usually have a boat in the races. There is a Native American
celebration at the British Columbia museum too and hope to see some of the
Nishga dancers and nibble on dried salmon and bannock.
Anyway, I will keep you and all Molers in my prayers. God Bless, Jeanne
At 06:56 AM 8/7/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I have been reading all your posts about tests and vacations, etc. and I
>can sympathise with the dread of colonoscopies, and all other procedures
>that carry with them that fear of the unknown. I am glad they give you
>relaxants for some of them. I believe I had that procedure several years
>ago but I hardly remember it since the relaxant put me to sleep. "ain't
>science wonderful."
>
>I was "measured" for my radiation therapy this week. If there is anyone out
>there who is having breast surgery and preparing for radiation, follow your
>doctor's orders about exercising your arm to restore mobility. I had mine
>in pretty good shape and I still found it hard and quite tiring going
>through that procedure. Try lying on your back and holding both arms above
>your head with your hands together behind your head. (for 30 minutes).
>During this time they draw pictures on your body and measure you and take
>xray after xray. Nothing they do to you hurts except staying in that
>position so long causes your shoulders to ache a lot.
>
>Okay Lil, I know I sound like I'm on the pity pot again, but I'm not
>really. I have been busy because this is the end of the summer school
>session and I have lots of research papers and essay style tests to grade.
>I finished my last class last night and they think grades should be in by
>4:30 today. I am not going to make it. They'll get them at 7:30 Monday
>morning.
>
>I want to thank you all for the wonderful research you share with all of
>us. I have a file for it and after reading it once it goes into the file to
>be saved and reread.
>
>My friend Jane had her surgery (a lumpectomy) on Tuesday and I stopped by
>to see how she was doing. She seemed to be doing well. I will pass on
>information to her that I have gleaned from your posts(and from my own
>experience).
>
>Now the heat wave seems to have broken and temperatures are in the 80's
>instead of the 100's enjoy the summer. I love summer. I think I'll head for
>the lower valley and hit the produce stands. I like the drive through the
>farm country as much as I like the fresh vegies I buy there. We have one
>place in the valley called Kruegers Pepper Farm. They raise all kinds of
>peppers plus tomatoes, squash, melons and concord grapes. People come from
>all over the state to get their peppers, etc. for home canning since it is
>a u-pick farm and the whole family can get involved in the experience. I'll
>also be looking for nectarines to dry. If you haven't tasted dried
>nectarines, you have missed one of natures (with man's help) truly great
>pleasures. You have to dry them yourself because as far as I have been able
>to find, no one is doing it commercially. Same with peaches.
>
>I guess you can tell I am feeling lots better. All the major pain that
>immediately follows surgery is gone and I only have soreness under my arm
>and an ache in my shoulder, but nothing unbearable.
>
>Love to all
>
>Liz
>
>
>Liz P. Of Yakima
>
>
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