Ladies Only Thread

[xenadanielle]

What was the name? Brenna's?

No, and I was wrong about it being in Trenton. 'Twas Mercerville: Hartmann Memorial Home. I just looked at the little card I took from the guest-book area.

[NJ Fan]

I was blown away today when seeing my friend Jen this morning (one of my doc friends).....one of my soccermates/friends (and Brendan is friends with one of the boys in the family) was just diagnosed with stomach cancer. For those on facebook, she is one of 5 of us at a road race in Central Park. Jen said it is unoperable. The cancer has already hit her lymph nodes. I started crying....I know what this means. 4 young kids, nice family, her husband Jim is a very popular surgeon in Connecticut (he did my bf Kelly's surgery for her breast cancer). This hit me like a ton of bricks....between her and our buddy Mike with Multiple Myeloma.....I don't know......it sucks and no one can do anything.....

So very sad. I am so sorry.

[GiambiRocks]

No, and I was wrong about it being in Trenton. 'Twas Mercerville: Hartmann Memorial Home. I just looked at the little card I took from the guest-book area.

You were five minutes from my house! I wish I had known!

[GiambiRocks]

I was blown away today when seeing my friend Jen this morning (one of my doc friends).....one of my soccermates/friends (and Brendan is friends with one of the boys in the family) was just diagnosed with stomach cancer. For those on facebook, she is one of 5 of us at a road race in Central Park. Jen said it is unoperable. The cancer has already hit her lymph nodes. I started crying....I know what this means. 4 young kids, nice family, her husband Jim is a very popular surgeon in Connecticut (he did my bf Kelly's surgery for her breast cancer). This hit me like a ton of bricks....between her and our buddy Mike with Multiple Myeloma.....I don't know......it sucks and no one can do anything.....

Good God I don't even know what to say.

[CoyoteYankee]

You were five minutes from my house! I wish I had known!

And mine!

[CoyoteYankee]

I was blown away today when seeing my friend Jen this morning (one of my doc friends).....one of my soccermates/friends (and Brendan is friends with one of the boys in the family) was just diagnosed with stomach cancer. For those on facebook, she is one of 5 of us at a road race in Central Park. Jen said it is unoperable. The cancer has already hit her lymph nodes. I started crying....I know what this means. 4 young kids, nice family, her husband Jim is a very popular surgeon in Connecticut (he did my bf Kelly's surgery for her breast cancer). This hit me like a ton of bricks....between her and our buddy Mike with Multiple Myeloma.....I don't know......it sucks and no one can do anything.....

Awww Vick. That sucks, I'm sorry. I hear too many cancer/illness stories lately. It makes me so sad.

[destelle]

I was blown away today when seeing my friend Jen this morning (one of my doc friends).....one of my soccermates/friends (and Brendan is friends with one of the boys in the family) was just diagnosed with stomach cancer. For those on facebook, she is one of 5 of us at a road race in Central Park. Jen said it is unoperable. The cancer has already hit her lymph nodes. I started crying....I know what this means. 4 young kids, nice family, her husband Jim is a very popular surgeon in Connecticut (he did my bf Kelly's surgery for her breast cancer). This hit me like a ton of bricks....between her and our buddy Mike with Multiple Myeloma.....I don't know......it sucks and no one can do anything.....

That is just heartbreaking. Thoughts and prayers to her and her family.

[Octoberbaby]

I was blown away today when seeing my friend Jen this morning (one of my doc friends).....one of my soccermates/friends (and Brendan is friends with one of the boys in the family) was just diagnosed with stomach cancer. For those on facebook, she is one of 5 of us at a road race in Central Park. Jen said it is unoperable. The cancer has already hit her lymph nodes. I started crying....I know what this means. 4 young kids, nice family, her husband Jim is a very popular surgeon in Connecticut (he did my bf Kelly's surgery for her breast cancer). This hit me like a ton of bricks....between her and our buddy Mike with Multiple Myeloma.....I don't know......it sucks and no one can do anything.....

Reminds me of when I found out that my cousin, who I was very close to, had pancreatic cancer. It really does hit you like a ton of bricks because of the feeling of no hope and of not being able to help in any way. I feel sad for your friend and her family.

[krystl]

Ladies...I know a few of us are fans of the Stephanie Plum series. This is awful, but last night we went to the viewing of my SIL's dear friend Kathy who passed away last week-- it was at a funeral home in Trenton. I couldn't help but wonder if a version of it appeared in one of the books as one of Grandma Mazur's haunts! It was a very old-fashioned funeral home. Actually her son Bryan told us how he wanted to have a nice video slide show, etc and they told him: "We don't do that!"

grandma mazur is one of the best characters in a book series. sad that you were there but that's too funny that you noticed that!

That's funny, even though you were at a sad event.
I can't wait for that movie to come out. I will be first in line to buy a ticket.

[krystl]

Vick, I don't even know what to say about your friend.

If there are no symptoms, how was she diagnosed? That's so sad.

[jlw1980]

I was blown away today when seeing my friend Jen this morning (one of my doc friends).....one of my soccermates/friends (and Brendan is friends with one of the boys in the family) was just diagnosed with stomach cancer. For those on facebook, she is one of 5 of us at a road race in Central Park. Jen said it is unoperable. The cancer has already hit her lymph nodes. I started crying....I know what this means. 4 young kids, nice family, her husband Jim is a very popular surgeon in Connecticut (he did my bf Kelly's surgery for her breast cancer). This hit me like a ton of bricks....between her and our buddy Mike with Multiple Myeloma.....I don't know......it sucks and no one can do anything.....

I'm so sorry, Vick. I don't even know what to say. (((Hugs Vicki))))

[jlw1980]

We had a wonderful time in La Jolla and San Diego. Bummer to be back to reality!

[NJ Fan]

We had a wonderful time in La Jolla and San Diego. Bummer to be back to reality!

Welcome back and CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
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[Yankeegrrrl77]

I'm kinda hungover today. I can still hang with the best of 'em but it sure takes more out of me than it did in my early 20's.

[Octoberbaby]

We had a wonderful time in La Jolla and San Diego. Bummer to be back to reality!

How did the wedding go?

[xenadanielle]

I somehow missed the post about your friend, Vicki. I'm so sorry!

Congratulations, Mrs. Jenn!

GR/Nicole: we should've met for a drink! I could've used one.

Anyway, ladies. Doesn't this sound scammy/pyramid scheme-y? A woman who used to work with me sent this on Facebook. What do I even say? Uch. Why me.

Subject: Thought you might be interested......

Hey Danielle,

How have you been? I just wanted to let you know that my friend showed me something that you just have to see. It's a way to save money by buying your household items online for less than what you buy in the grocery store. It works something like a Sams club or a BJs only you don't have to buy in bulk. I just started doing this myself and my stuff arrived last week. Hey, I'm gonna save wherever I can.....lol. For example, one bottle of laundry det washes 96 loads. That's = to about 3 bottles of the det you buy in your grocery store. Also, these products have no harsh chemicals like products in the stores.

And, if you choose, you can take it a step further and make some extra money by introducing this to others (you don't have to though). I already signed up to be a customer and now I made a choice in taking it that step further. Hence me letting you know about this

If your interested, we can set up a webinar w/my friend B----- (he's the one who introduced this to me) as he can give you more details on this. Think about it......all you doing it changing where you buy your stuff and saving money while you do it. What do you think?
W-----

[krystl]

I don't know, Danielle. I would google the name of the company and see if it pans out or if people say it's a scam/pyramid.

Usually when someone has to "recruit" others, it's a typical pyramid thing, IMO. But if you don't have to, and can just buy products, it might be different.

[GiambiRocks]

Danielle, Sounds like Amway or Shaklee. Most definitely a 'catch' involved.
Sorry I didn't know you were in the area....we could have met up! I would have enjoyed that.

[4bronxbombers]

Thanks for all the kind words and good thoughts on my friend.

Danielle, I guess I'm cynical but when I see stuff like that I want to run the other way. It all says, "scam" to me.

[yankeeschic12324]

Thanks for all the kind words and good thoughts on my friend.

Danielle, I guess I'm cynical but when I see stuff like that I want to run the other way. It all says, "scam" to me.

Ditto.

[4bronxbombers]

Vick, I don't even know what to say about your friend.

If there are no symptoms, how was she diagnosed? That's so sad.

Back in late Nov she had a persistent cough. She finally got put on prednisone. Then she had trouble swallowing, they did a cbc and her hematocrit was 25. They did further blood test and eventually a CAT. That's when they discovered the cancer. It's called gastric adenocarcinoma. Right now she's going through chemo to shrink the tumor but it's not encapsulated which is bad (that means its spread). The survival rate is about 35% but usually this happens in people much, much older so they are hoping since she's young (46) and in good shape, maybe there is hope. If she does survive, they will have to remove the stomach at some point. From what I know and what I've heard, her chances of survival are quite slim.

The irony.....her husband is a GI Cancer surgeon/doc and he can't do anything to save her. He's about the nicest guy you've ever met. Just back from working in Iraq - helping injured soldiers. They have 4 young kids...ages 4-14. She's a fighter and she's very positive, hope that helps too.

I did hear today from my SIL that she was a pretty heavy smoker for about 20 years or so, maybe even more (before she moved to CT). That made my heart sink too. One of the risk factors in this type of cancer is smoking.

Life...

[4bronxbombers]

Ditto.

You're too young to be cynical, Lindie.

[yankeeschic12324]

You're too young to be cynical, Lindie.

I tried the whole 'giving everyone and everything the benefit of the doubt' thing but it didn't work out too well.

[krystl]

That's awful, Vick, and so scary because it's something you can have and not even know it for so long. I really hope she can pull through, even though the prognosis isn't so positive.

[4bronxbombers]

I tried the whole 'giving everyone and everything the benefit of the doubt' thing but it didn't work out too well.