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Donna 
Hi everyone,
It has been a very long time since I was last on this site, and I have lost touch with everyone and all that has been happening here, and for that I am very sorry! I tried to catch up a bit, but am way too behind to read all messages and return all hugs and prayers....so bear with me while I get caught up.
What's going on with me......well, going on 6 years of remission from Metaplastic breast cancer, for one thing! And that's a very wonderful thing! I am still working on my divorce, and I suspect that it will all be taken care of in a few months. I am still losing weight......nearly 100 pounds to date, and, yes, I had it to lose. I've gone through a barrage of testing, the result being that I guess I'm lactose intolerant, I am depressed, and my body hasn't yet adjusted to the loss of my gall bladder.
I had scheduled my bilateral knee replacement surgery for March 28, and it's coming up way toooooo soon!! Just the thought of it scares the dickens out of me! I know, God will be with me, and I must trust that all will go well......but, I'm still scared.
With the divorce, I will be losing my secondary insurance, (which is a very excellent one, by the way...no copays and extremely inexpensive meds). I am already finding it nearly impossible to survive on the income that I have, and will now have to get Medicare Part D and start paying copays. Again, I don't know how this is possibly going to work.....and, again, I have to trust in the Lord to get me through.
Well, that was a brief update. I will try to get back on track here and be of some support to those of you who are in need. Just bear with me a bit. And again, thank you all for all of your warm wishes, thoughts, hugs and prayers! God bless you all!
Donna
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I am so happy to hear from you! I was worried about the last entry and then nothing for so long.
I am lactose intolerant, too. I take Dairy Digestive or Lactaid so I can have some dairy from time to time. I also find that I need Beano to eat some onion and other veggies.
I am sorry to hear you need surgery, but hope it will be a relief when you are healed.
I know how worrisome financial problems can be. I can't afford to see a doctor or dentist and it is scary. Something has to change in this country. Hardly anybody I know has insurance and it seems that most that do are getting jerked around or worse. It stinks, but you're not alone.
I'll be thinking about you and praying for you.
Bobbee
I'm so happy to hear that you are ok. I also wanted to let you know that my partner had a bilateral knee replacement on Nov 27th. She is doing great. She actually went back to work part time starting today. The first couple of weeks (about 4) was kind of rough. She was in pain but not unbearable. She stayed ahead of the pain by taking the pain meds and that worked out well. She too had, and still has, to lose weight. She used a walker for about 6 weeks and is now using a cane. We're figuring in a couple of weeks she will be walking normal and won't have to rely on the cane anymore. She is also pain free at this point. She goes to physical therepy 2 times a week. Try not to worry so much about stuff that you have no control over. Everything will fall into place eventually and you will be surprised at the outcome. Good luck to you and I'll be here for you. LOTS OF HUGS!!!
emanon
glad to see that things are somewhat normal like alot of us on here
you just take one day at a time thats all we can do
hugssssssssssss
gerri
gjones