Dear So and So

[jelee1311]

Mimi sending good thoughts your way, take care.

[Crankin]

Yes, we were supposed to lead our first ride for AMC exactly a week after his surgery. He started walking 2 days after the surgery (2 stents put in), 2-4 miles, and then did a couple of flat rides. I got someone else to help me lead the ride, and after the first half of the ride, found him sitting on a stone wall at the top of one of the biggest climbs in Harvard, MA. I was pissed, but figured if he hadn't already croaked, we were good. I was more worried about the incision than anything else.

[Sky King]

not on the same level but my DH rode 25 miles the day after his vasectomy ...

Mimi, i am a huge card sender would love to send something funny. Will send you a PM for address

[Possegal]

Mimi - after many years working in oncology, one of the things I always tell people is that they need to be sure to tell their doctors any problems they are having. I find that people seem to think "chemo, so I am supposed to feel horrible". Not that chemo isn't horrible, but we have a lot of medications that can ameliorate many of the worse side effects and there is no reason to not avail oneself of them. I call it the "hollywood effect", where people just suffer in silence because that is how it should be. I remember coming home one weekend and finding my sister looking like crap. No one had called me. No one had called her doctor. She hadn't eaten in days because of nausea. I got her some Zofran and the next day she sent me out for a burger for her.

Take home message - no need to suffer in silence. Tell the doctors, as there may be some medication to help.

Thinking of you both and sending many prayers and good thoughts your way!

[NbyNW]

Good luck Mimi and RaleighDon. Tell those rogue cells who's the boss.

And let us know if you need anything.

[tulip]

Dear Irene,

Good Night, already!!!

-tulip, who really is tired of being afraid that a tree is going to fall on her house with her and her lovely dog inside.

[jelee1311]

Tulip and all TE peeps on the East coast, Helluva last few weeks. Good luck and please stay safe.

[jelee1311]

Dear girlie bits, so sorry I ran out of chamios cream and got talked into using DH european menthol stuff before the 25 mile ladies ride. There wasn't a smell to it so I didn't know,never again will you have to feel minty fresh coolness and burning. I already bought a new tube. Love ,me

[Biciclista]

minty fresh coolness and burning?

Possegal, that's one of the good things about him STARTING in the hospital, he'll have lots of drs and nurses observing him in the first couple days. Thanks for your great advice.

[Owlie]

Dear body:
Come on, it's not like I've been trying to lose weight. Now most of my jeans are huge on me, and the two I can fit into are too tight in the thighs--only slightly, but it's more than "I haven't worn these for three months"-tight. I can't really do only two pairs, even if I wear them multiple days in a row, and I'm too poor to afford new ones!

Dear TE women:
How do you all find jeans?! If I rode any more, I don't think I'd be able to fit into any!

Dear fashion industry:
When did you decide that "bootcut" jeans means "this far away from being skinny" jeans?

Dear deer:
Running in front of cars is not very nice, for you or me. Please modify your behavior accordingly.

[jessmarimba]

Dear body:
Come on, it's not like I've been trying to lose weight. Now most of my jeans are huge on me, and the two I can fit into are too tight in the thighs--only slightly, but it's more than "I haven't worn these for three months"-tight. I can't really do only two pairs, even if I wear them multiple days in a row, and I'm too poor to afford new ones!

Dear TE women:
How do you all find jeans?! If I rode any more, I don't think I'd be able to fit into any!

Dear fashion industry:
When did you decide that "bootcut" jeans means "this far away from being skinny" jeans?

Dear deer:
Running in front of cars is not very nice, for you or me. Please modify your behavior accordingly.

Gap ones seem to now stretch to fit me fairly well, but the fabric is thinner so they won't last as long. And I'm a thrift store expert. I have two favorite pairs right now and a few more that occasionally rotate in. I have a much harder time finding khakis, which I'm "supposed" to have for work. (Fortunately, "khaki" means "any non-denim pants" and since I usually wear them while wandering around in the woods, I have a few REI pants that work)

[jessmarimba]

Dear coffee maker:

I was upset with you for quitting on me, but you've been forgiven. And forgotten. Now that I've been forced to start using a french press in the morning...I will never go the way of a drip coffee maker again.

Blissfully yours,
Ms. Over-caffeinated

[Owlie]

Gap ones seem to now stretch to fit me fairly well, but the fabric is thinner so they won't last as long. And I'm a thrift store expert. I have two favorite pairs right now and a few more that occasionally rotate in. I have a much harder time finding khakis, which I'm "supposed" to have for work. (Fortunately, "khaki" means "any non-denim pants" and since I usually wear them while wandering around in the woods, I have a few REI pants that work)

I like Gap's jeans--in fact, I bit the bullet and bought some today, as well as some "nice" pants, at a discount. My only problem with the fabric, since I'm relatively gentle on my clothes, is you have to buy at least a size down. I have 8s (granted, from two years ago) that are a little loose straight out of the dryer, but will fall off if worn for more than an hour. My 6s are fine (at least, as far as I know), and the jeans I bought today were size 4!

[Biciclista]

I tend to shop at good will and value village for jeans because they are pre-shrunk. Anymore, I get men's jeans because I can't stand the tight cuts and short rises on women's jeans anymore.

[Owlie]

Heh, I like lower-rise jeans. My torso is so short that if I wore regular-rise jeans, the waistband would be somewhere around my rib cage!