HER2 Support Group Forums - View Single Post

StephN · 08-22-2007, 11:46 AM

Whoever says "Life is for the birds" may not really know what they are saying. Birds do a lot to lift my spirits! Audrey had a hummingbird visit. We have several nests around.

Three years ago I put a hummingbird feeder hanging from a shepard's hook right next to the edge of our patio. I sit and read or ponder my garden and then I hear the whirring of their wings. Some times there are 2 or 3 divebombing me and while one feeds the others will land in the lilac bush and "stand guard." At times one will come close to my face and just hover in the air looking at me. I wonder which angel sent them...

We have two birdbaths and one is quite near the kitchen window under a sheltering Japanese maple. All kinds of birds visit our yard I got a field guide so we now know more about all the different birds that come. The Flickers peck in the grass, the sparrows take "dirt baths," the Jays come and chase off the others, Mr. Robin comes and hogs the birdbath, and the Finches, Siskens and Chickadees are among other regulars. At times we will see one of the rarer birds and that is always a treat to find it in the field guide.

08-22-2007, 11:46 AM	#38
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Birds ... Whoever says "Life is for the birds" may not really know what they are saying. Birds do a lot to lift my spirits! Audrey had a hummingbird visit. We have several nests around. Three years ago I put a hummingbird feeder hanging from a shepard's hook right next to the edge of our patio. I sit and read or ponder my garden and then I hear the whirring of their wings. Some times there are 2 or 3 divebombing me and while one feeds the others will land in the lilac bush and "stand guard." At times one will come close to my face and just hover in the air looking at me. I wonder which angel sent them... We have two birdbaths and one is quite near the kitchen window under a sheltering Japanese maple. All kinds of birds visit our yard I got a field guide so we now know more about all the different birds that come. The Flickers peck in the grass, the sparrows take "dirt baths," the Jays come and chase off the others, Mr. Robin comes and hogs the birdbath, and the Finches, Siskens and Chickadees are among other regulars. At times we will see one of the rarer birds and that is always a treat to find it in the field guide. __________________ "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.