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StephN · 02-23-2010, 03:23 PM

Hello everyone -
How are you enjoying the Vancouver Olympics?

Have been a fan of the Olympics since junior high when I made a scrapbook of the winter games in 1964 (I think). Coming from a sports-minded family and being a skier since I was 6, the attraction is natural.

While living in new York City in 1980, I was able to go up to Lake Placid for a weekend and take in a ski and women's skating event. There was no place to stay so rode the bus back all night!

This time the rooms available were VERY expensive and the event tickets were bad enough at $200 each for 4th row seats. The border crossing luckily had only 5 minute waits on Friday. We made it back home by 1am, with clear skies and NO traffic.

The US team is doing well and leading the medals count. What happened to Russia this year??

Enjoy the efforts of these dedicated athletes.

I heard that the "ice crystals" of the torch are covered in tin foil.

02-23-2010, 03:23 PM	#1
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	OLYMPIC GAMES - anyone else watching? Hello everyone - How are you enjoying the Vancouver Olympics? Have been a fan of the Olympics since junior high when I made a scrapbook of the winter games in 1964 (I think). Coming from a sports-minded family and being a skier since I was 6, the attraction is natural. While living in new York City in 1980, I was able to go up to Lake Placid for a weekend and take in a ski and women's skating event. There was no place to stay so rode the bus back all night! This time the rooms available were VERY expensive and the event tickets were bad enough at $200 each for 4th row seats. The border crossing luckily had only 5 minute waits on Friday. We made it back home by 1am, with clear skies and NO traffic. The US team is doing well and leading the medals count. What happened to Russia this year?? Enjoy the efforts of these dedicated athletes. I heard that the "ice crystals" of the torch are covered in tin foil. Attached Thumbnails Attached Images __________________ "When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." H.D. Thoreau Live in the moment. MY STORY SO FAR ~~~~ Found suspicious lump 9/2000 Lumpectomy, then node dissection and port placement Stage IIB, 8 pos nodes of 18, Grade 3, ER & PR - Adriamycin 12 weekly, taxotere 4 rounds 36 rads - very little burning 3 mos after rads liver full of tumors, Stage IV Jan 2002, one spot on sternum Weekly Taxol, Navelbine, Herceptin for 27 rounds to NED! 2003 & 2004 no active disease - 3 weekly Herceptin + Zometa Jan 2005 two mets to brain - Gamma Knife on Jan 18 All clear until treated cerebellum spot showing activity on Jan 2006 brain MRI & brain PET Brain surgery on Feb 9, 2006 - no cancer, 100% radiation necrosis - tumor was still dying Continue as NED while on Herceptin & quarterly Zometa Fall-2006 - off Zometa - watching one small brain spot (scar?) 2007 - spot/scar in brain stable - finished anticoagulation therapy for clot along my port-a-catheter - 3 angioplasties to unblock vena cava 2008 - Brain and body still NED! Port removed and scans in Dec. Dec 2008 - stop Herceptin - Vaccine Trial at U of W begun in Oct. of 2011 STILL NED everywhere in Feb 2014 - on wing & prayer 7/14 - Started twice yearly Zometa for my bones Jan. 2015 checkup still shows NED 2015 Neuropathy in feet - otherwise all OK - still NED. Same news for 2016 and all of 2017. Nov of 2017 - had small skin cancer removed from my face. Will have Zometa end of Jan. 2018.