The Grim Reaper took another swipe at me !!

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Re: The Grim Reaper took another swipe at me !!

Postby justin case » Sun Apr 19, 2015 5:17 pm

stu wrote:Frenchie,
You can tell your wife that I have worked with people with life limiting conditions for ten years but I have never met anyone who rolls with the punches quite like you. You make me want to be a better human being and laugh more. More power to your elbow as my Irish daddy would say.
Peanut... what is that in your back garden!!! Seems your giving them their daily fluid intake? I loved the photos of your home, showed them around, wanted to visit, but the scared Scott in me might just have to stay put.
Love to all.
Stu

My wife and I talk about elbows all the time.
It seems in Monterrey Mexico, you would crawl on your elbows, to save a few cents.
7/11 diagnosed Stage 2 colon and rectal cancer
chemo/rad
lar/temp ilio
Reversal & port removal
21 round of chemo Folfox 9tx, 5fu 12 tx
Last treatment July 2012

Nik Colon

Re: The Grim Reaper took another swipe at me !!

Postby Nik Colon » Sun Apr 19, 2015 5:26 pm

Frenchie wrote:Ok, so I have these pictures in my hands now. What do I do now ?? How do I put
These in an e mail ?? Yes folks, I am that dumb when it comes to stuff like
this. I don't know anything about computers. I'm old school all the way. Where
Do I start ??

So actual photos, not on the phone or computer, do you have a scanner or know someone who does?

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Re: The Grim Reaper took another swipe at me !!

Postby peanut_8 » Sun Apr 19, 2015 5:27 pm

Do you have a scanner Frenchie? I'm guessing these pictures are not on your camera, right?

You may want to mail them to CR Guy, or you can to me. Let me know , and I will PM you my mailing address.
peanut

edit, I see Ritz is on the same track that I am.
female, diagnosed Jan 14, RC stage 2a, age 56
MSS
April 14, 28 chemo/rad with Xeloda
June 14 adjuvant Xeloda 6 rounds
currently NED

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Re: The Grim Reaper took another swipe at me !!

Postby CRguy » Sun Apr 19, 2015 5:35 pm

If they are originals you want to keep ?? I would :

find a friend with a scanner
OR take them to a Staples, UPS Store, Kinko's etc
and have them scanned for you all at once, put them on a disc or USB thumb drive to upload to your computer
OR have someone take picture of them with a smartphone

and then email those to me or Peanut

lemme know bro'
CR

( do you have a printer for your computer ? if so, some scan directly to your computer ..... many Canon and HP for sure )

Nik Colon

Re: The Grim Reaper took another swipe at me !!

Postby Nik Colon » Sun Apr 19, 2015 5:38 pm

CRguy wrote:If they are originals you want to keep ?? I would :

find a friend with a scanner
OR take them to a Staples, UPS Store, Kinko's etc
and have them scanned for you all at once, put them on a disc or USB thumb drive to upload to your computer
OR have someone take picture of them with a smartphone

and then email those to me or Peanut

lemme know bro'
CR

Yes, the pic of the pics, good idea too, duh, I should have thought of that :roll:

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Frenchie's Wife
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Re: The Grim Reaper took another swipe at me !!

Postby Frenchie's Wife » Sun Apr 19, 2015 6:18 pm

Now we are talking ! My legs refuse to listen to me today. I will have to go
To Staples tomorrow and have them put on a thumb drive so the misses
can send them off. By the way, what the heck is a thumb drive ?? Is it that
little stick on the side of the computer ?? Yea folks I'm actually that dumb
When it comes to computers. I gave 2 away because I never used them.
I refuse to learn. For the life of me, I don't know why. I have been fighting
Them for over 20 years. Go figure !!
Caregiver to DH 59 yr, male, Stage IV at Dx
Dx Sept 2009
Liver,bladder mets, 5 surgeries
Lots of chemo
Inoperable lung mets nov 2013
Stopped all treatments in February 2014 due to QOL issues
I am in God's hands now !!
Feb 2015 - too many new mets to count !
At peace July 9, 2017

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Re: The Grim Reaper took another swipe at me !!

Postby peanut_8 » Sun Apr 19, 2015 6:22 pm

Yep.
female, diagnosed Jan 14, RC stage 2a, age 56
MSS
April 14, 28 chemo/rad with Xeloda
June 14 adjuvant Xeloda 6 rounds
currently NED

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Re: The Grim Reaper took another swipe at me !!

Postby Frenchie's Wife » Sun Apr 19, 2015 6:29 pm

Today was the 15 th anniversary of our first kiss. That is the only anniversary
that we celebrate regarding our union. As far as we are concerned, that was
the beginning for us.

We were going to go out and celebrate,but my legs are giving me trouble.
Some close friends got together and came over with a complete steak
dinner with all the fixings, wine, cake, red roses, dessert and more !!
They cooked the stakes on our barbque, set the table, layed everything
Out for us and left ! We enjoyed a lovely supper on our anneversary.
I feel very fortunate to have friends like that !!
Caregiver to DH 59 yr, male, Stage IV at Dx
Dx Sept 2009
Liver,bladder mets, 5 surgeries
Lots of chemo
Inoperable lung mets nov 2013
Stopped all treatments in February 2014 due to QOL issues
I am in God's hands now !!
Feb 2015 - too many new mets to count !
At peace July 9, 2017

peanut_8
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Re: The Grim Reaper took another swipe at me !!

Postby peanut_8 » Sun Apr 19, 2015 6:54 pm

Hoe you're going to get a couple more kisses in before the night is over. wink wink wink
female, diagnosed Jan 14, RC stage 2a, age 56
MSS
April 14, 28 chemo/rad with Xeloda
June 14 adjuvant Xeloda 6 rounds
currently NED

Nik Colon

Re: The Grim Reaper took another swipe at me !!

Postby Nik Colon » Sun Apr 19, 2015 7:00 pm

peanut_8 wrote:Hoe you're going to get a couple more kisses in before the night is over. wink wink wink

HOE? That's not nice! ;)

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Re: The Grim Reaper took another swipe at me !!

Postby peanut_8 » Sun Apr 19, 2015 7:33 pm

:oops: :oops: :oops:
female, diagnosed Jan 14, RC stage 2a, age 56
MSS
April 14, 28 chemo/rad with Xeloda
June 14 adjuvant Xeloda 6 rounds
currently NED

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Re: The Grim Reaper took another swipe at me !!

Postby Frenchie's Wife » Sun Apr 19, 2015 8:30 pm

MY LIVING WILL

I have seen a few close friends die from cancer this past year. I had no
idea I was surrounded by so many people who developed cancer during
the time I have had cancer myself.

My brother and I (not telling the wife which one) have made a pact years ago.
True Story.

If either one one of us was ever to become a vegetable, we would take care
of business. We agreed the end should be swift and merciful, if somewhat
Accelerated !!

We have a plan in place, it involves coffee !
I may finally get that free coffee after all !!

When the time comes, we will send our respective wives to fetch a cup of coffee.
During this time, the Grim Reaper will have come and gone. That's all I have to
say about that.

My brother has a plan B. If the wife seems suspicious, he will switch it up
with orange juice !! BLONDS !!
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Caregiver to DH 59 yr, male, Stage IV at Dx
Dx Sept 2009
Liver,bladder mets, 5 surgeries
Lots of chemo
Inoperable lung mets nov 2013
Stopped all treatments in February 2014 due to QOL issues
I am in God's hands now !!
Feb 2015 - too many new mets to count !
At peace July 9, 2017

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Re: The Grim Reaper took another swipe at me !!

Postby Frenchie's Wife » Mon Apr 20, 2015 2:32 am

Peanut, we had a lot of girls in our high school.
Half of the girls were ugly and the other half were pregnant !

I am French. I would never eat frog legs.
I was in a resteraunt in Paris once. The waiter came up to the table
next to ours with a silver platter. He lifted the cover and there was
half a freaken frog laying there with its little legs and tiny feet
dangling there !!

I don't drink and drive, I can't afford both !

The misses had to use her trusty pads recently. She found one that someone
Had written inside it !! It said "you will prosper in love" she said to me, not
This week I won't !

I have a few platonic girlfriends. You know, the kind you don't sleep with.
They are good to have around. They can explain how the female mind works !

For my 65 birthday, I want to invite every girl that I've ever dated.
Would that ever be something to see !
It would be a big party.

The wife said to me "You spend too much on booze before I got sick.
I replied "I wast too much money at the gym. At least I go to the bar
Every day ! Her boobs are not really small, her arms are just too far apart !!

I was not quite honest with the wife before we got married.
One night I said to her "I have been with 4 girls before you my darling .
Her eyes opened wide and she replied excitedly " Oh my God, I have been with 4
Girls too !!

I told her"Vibrators are bad for you. She replied " Vibraters are bad for you !
Every body at Shoppers Drug Mart wonder why she has started using so
many batteries recently. Could she be stock piling perhaps ???
Caregiver to DH 59 yr, male, Stage IV at Dx
Dx Sept 2009
Liver,bladder mets, 5 surgeries
Lots of chemo
Inoperable lung mets nov 2013
Stopped all treatments in February 2014 due to QOL issues
I am in God's hands now !!
Feb 2015 - too many new mets to count !
At peace July 9, 2017

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Re: The Grim Reaper took another swipe at me !!

Postby Frenchie's Wife » Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:20 am

TIC, TOC, TIC, TOC, do I dare open my eyes today ???
What new crises will develope today I wonder ??
I am gonna keep my eyes closed and just pinch myself to see
if I'm still part of this world.
Ouch, that hurt !
I don't hear the clock ticking clearly, am I in a coma !!??!!
No, I am not in a coma, that darn cat is sitting on my face again !!
Should I chance opening ONE eye ? What if she just forgot to set
the clock again ??
No one is stirring in the house?? Are THEY all dead and only I survived ??
Did Mrs Frenchie go postal and kill everyone in the house, THEN purposely
not set the clock before she committed suicide and is laying there
dead beside me. Should I chance a quick glance ???
After all, it was our 15 anaversery, did she decide that 15 years with old Frenchie
was all she could take ?? I thought I heard her tell her friends "I can't take it
another day of this". Did she crack under pressure during the night ??
What time is it anyway ? Am I early ?? I am not moving a finger until that darn clock
goes off !! I am not taking ANY chances today !!
TIC, TOC, TIC, TOC, come on ring already, I have to go to the bathroom !!??!!
Caregiver to DH 59 yr, male, Stage IV at Dx
Dx Sept 2009
Liver,bladder mets, 5 surgeries
Lots of chemo
Inoperable lung mets nov 2013
Stopped all treatments in February 2014 due to QOL issues
I am in God's hands now !!
Feb 2015 - too many new mets to count !
At peace July 9, 2017

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Re: The Grim Reaper took another swipe at me !!

Postby Frenchie's Wife » Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:38 am

Peanut, the clock went off, I 'M ALIVE !
Mrs Frenchie had set the clock a half hour later today !! I was sure I was a
goner when I could not hear it ring !!

Did you know that I can not fart around Mrs Frenchie ??
If that should ever happen,she would leave me on the spot !!
She would say something like "It's not you, it's me" and Poof, she
Would be out that door in a flash !!!!!!
It's just one of her quirks I guess .

I went to a gay bar last week. No, I'm not gay but the beer was a buck
A bottle nite. You have to save where you can these days. Our oil is
worthless. (Really now Peanut, can you imagine Frenchie in a gay bar ???)
Caregiver to DH 59 yr, male, Stage IV at Dx
Dx Sept 2009
Liver,bladder mets, 5 surgeries
Lots of chemo
Inoperable lung mets nov 2013
Stopped all treatments in February 2014 due to QOL issues
I am in God's hands now !!
Feb 2015 - too many new mets to count !
At peace July 9, 2017


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