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Thank you!
I want to say "thank you" to all who read and replied to my recent post "TriciaK checking in". Each reply touched my heart like an unexpected phone call from a dear understanding friend. I don't post very often anymore because maybe I guess I am feeling "survivor's guilt"---I think that at age 80 I am probably the oldest cancer survivor on this board. But then you remind me that perhaps my posts can give hope to others, just as I received hope from so many other posts in the past years since I found this wonderful Her2 board. I am so grateful to Christine and Joe for providing it for us. I got through the first twenty years of fighting cancer without it, and I can tell you it has meant a lot to me in the past 5 years while fighting my 3rd cancer,her2.
It is almost funny that now other ailments absorb as much or more of my time and energy as cancer: coronary artery disease, fibromyalgia/arthritis, scoliosis of the spine, gastrointestinal problems (recently had gallbladder surgery), and now I've been diagnosed with asthma! (Someone once said that as you grow older you can count on any new pain or symptom staying on forever! My 95-yr old father-in-law often said "old age ain't for sissies". He's the one who, when asked if he was going to an old friend's funeral said "Why should I? He ain't going to go to mine!")
I now use a walker fulltime---but I have a racy little red fold up 3-wheeler so streamlined that people stop me to ask where I got it. ( It used to have a label on it from the NOVA company, but I took it off when I realized "no va" means " won't go" in Spanish!)
I've come a long way from the days when I went dancing 4 nights a week and had a full-time psychological practice with my husband. This August we are planning a 2-week Hawaii cruise with our oldest son and daughter-in-law. They are so much fun to be with. (They're just kids, only 55 and 60!)
I have decided I want to live until 2020---it's only 10 more years, and that date would look so neat on my tombstone. When people say "It's good to see you" I often reply "It's better to be seen than viewed."
I will try to post more often. You are all so special to me. I do love you, and send hugs and prayers to each one of you! Tricia
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