[swimangel72]

Hi Ladieeeeees,

So many of our names end in the long E sound - like my 22-yr-old daughter calls me "meeeeeeeeeeee", short for "mommy", this will be my new way of saying hello to all you dear ladies! (Not that YOU aren't included Bill - or anyone else who's name doesn't end in the E sound - you are all so dear to me!)

My neck pain is getting better today because I was able to take off the steri-strip. Also 600mg of Motrin helps too (at my doctor's advice). My chest area is all yellowish-black-n-blue, but I'm trying not to be a wimp. Isn't it amazing how doing boring laundry and housework can take your mind off these things? I still haven't returned to work because of the open abdominal incison - but that's healing up too, so I have so much to be thankful for. My mom will be coming tomorrow to visit me for about a week which will be wonderful. She's 84 years old today and getting more frail but has always been a wonderful source of strength to me.

Thank you all again for your support and prayers - I'm praying too that I'll find the direction God wants me to take in this BC journey - I'm stumbling along here and often find that words fail me which is really funny since I was always the "motor-mouth" in the family. Must be inherited - my mother kissed the Blarney Stone in her native Ireland many years ago!