To be honest I don't really spend too much time thinking about pool boy. He is not a big concern of mine. If I did see him on fire, I definitely would cross the street to piss on him. That would be the humanitarian thing to do. I wouldn't call 911 to get him to a burn center though but that's mainly because I don't own a (working) cellphone any more. I'm sure some other passerby would take care of it.

Thanks for the visual Pio, you made my night:)

WH has kids for the night so I am spending quality time with me! Cheers

Hi to all the wonderful people on TKO and MB.

Firstly, I wish to thank you all for your best wishes and for thinking of me. I have been trying to catch up on your lives and it warmed my heart when someone would mention my name in a post - thank you. I am sorry it has taken me so long to be up to posting here. I am having trouble sleeping these days so decided to take the step this morning and do something worthwhile with my time.I think Liz told you that I had a double mastectomy. The cancer was only in one breast but they advised the removal of both as a prophylactic measure. Depending on many things I may have reconstructive surgery in the future.

My dear friend Liz printed your replies to her post and brought them to me to read. We spent a lot of time discussing you all so if your ears were burning that is why! Liz is now one of the many lurkers on MB. She is astounded by the attachments you form. So Liz if you read here - Yes you are my best friend and my strength and I love you with all my heart.

I am doing quite well now. Still having radiation and lots of physical therapy as lifting my arms these days seems one of the hardest things I have done in my life. I think it will be awhile before I try paddling... This has been a tough one to handle both physically and mentally but I am coming along thanks to the wonderful support of my loving family and incredible friends. Plus as always, I am wrapped in the arms of my Lord.

I have been trying to catch up on TKO/MB but am way behind so will post again soon when I know what is happening with you all.

I do have one request though. I have added a link here that I hope works. It is to a site to sign a petition to stop drive by mastectomies. I was treated so well and came home to home nursing. Some poor women go home the same day as the surgery due to insurance and their families do all their drainage changes etc. This petition is to mandate a minimum 48-hour stay in hospital. I really would appreciate you taking the time to sign the petition.

Thank you again and I hope the New Year has started well for you all.

Love Beth

http://www.lifetimetv.com/breastcancer/petition/signpetition.php

Hi Beth! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> so happy to see you here again! You were missed.

I'm so sorry for all you are dealing with.

I substituted an art class the other day. All the kids in the school keep a journal in which they write responses to specific prompts. The prompt this day was "If I had one wish my wish would be...". Of course, being middle school, many of the wishes centered around money, fame, shopping & becoming a sports hero. However, there were several that were thoughtful & heart breaking to read, having to do with the health of loved ones.

I thought of you & your boys, Beth, in reading these, knowing how much love these kids have for those they hold dearest to them.

Pio, did I really "get you started" & is that a bad thing or is the posting you're doing an excellent way to sort through & understand what's happening in your internal life?

Forgot to mention I'm back on match.com & had a date Friday. He is nice, he wrote me a sweet email the following day & phoned me. We have both said we'd like to see each other again. If there's anything to report, I will.

((((2Regret)))) - so glad you're on the road to recovery.

Beth,

Welcome back...I am soooooooo happy you have returned and are on the road to recovery. I have NO DOUBT that you will whip this just as if it were a marathon or triathalon with surg/XRT/Chemo as the phases. Reconstruction??? If you do it, do it for you and you alone, not for any other reason.

How are you, the kids, WH? Has this challenge pulled you all closer together? Sounds like your best friend has been battling along with you. What can we as your TKO family do to aid in your recovery? I have missed your inspiration and insightfulness not to mention your company!

Take your time, take care of you and give us a holler when you feel up to it.

Hugz and prayers,

2mhb

wow 2regret, this is a serious mix of emotions. We're just glad you are back and we can hear from you again. You certainly put my problems in perspective for me. I don't think I am violating any confidence here since it is a matter of public record but Todd apparently got a driver's license. Between you and me, I would avoid the greater Atlanta metropolotan area for a while.

Nams, yes you did get me started but I didn't mean that to be a criticism. I seem to be undergoing a sort of evolution in my whole way of thinking. This last two weeks may have been the strangest of the last two years. In a nutshell, deciding to divorce may end up being the very thing that saved the M. Time will tell.

In watching the guy with the kick wheel, I now see where I may have made some miscalculations with the inverted drill press. It was spin rate. I have a new contraption that ties a spindle through a belt to the back wheel of DD2's bicycle. I propped up the back wheel so she can spin without moving. I admit I got the idea from Gilligan's Island.

{{{{{Beth}}}}}

So glad you're back and doing OK. You've been missed.

Beth! I sent you an email a while back, did you get it?

Hi Faithful,

I'm sorry FF I haven't yet read my emails. I lost my way there for awhile and was stumbling around in some strange world. Believe me you wouldn't have wanted to hear from me! My aim is to catch up this week and I thank you for thinking of me.

Beth

Welcome back Beth - Liz - if you are reading - please register and post on TKO - we need some more nuts on here!!

Hi again TKO,

I am slowly working my way through the posts that I have missed and am actually saddened and surprised that there are not more. It appears that TKO has suffered through a very turbulent time. Thank you to those faithful ones that kept the thread alive while so many were absent.

I have decided to take the easy way out and concentrate on one poster at a time. Due to my shock and disappointment you are first Todd. I am so upset to read you have decided not to post at the moment. I understand you feel that your privacy has been invaded by your WW and I am very sorry.
I must admit to being awed by her tenacity and ability to find you but I so wish she hadn't.

In the same breath I also hope that reading here may have caused your WW even a fraction of the pain she has inflicted. It cannot be enjoyable for her reading your posts regarding your M and I just hope that it awakens in her a new understanding of her deceit and betrayal.

I will really miss you Todd; your humor has cheered me many times and I could do with some of it now... I also pray that you are doing well. I hope that someone will keep us updated on you until you can return. I wish you well Todd and will always keep you in my prayers.

Beth

Hi BigK,

Thank you for the welcome back... not too sure about the nuts comment though!

Your post appearing above mine really accentuates my slow typing. It wasn't there when I began my post. lol
Mind you my post was twice that length I had to clean it up as I realized I was venting at Todd's WW...

How have you been BigK? Is it a good summer so far?

It's wonderful weather here Beth. We are ALL nuts on this thread. It's a fun safe place to be. I'm so pleased you posted.

MrsK and I are really well. Very much looking forward to our trip stateside at the end of February. It's not long now.

Actually BigK, I've been led to understand that we are totally klueless.

I have been wanting to post just couldn't manage it till now. I guess you don't realize what muscles are used for what until you find out the hard way. I still have days when I don't want to get out of bed.

I loved your country and hope to come back one day. I envy you your summer it has been incredibly cold here - not normal for us. My garden has been destroyed by frost/ice.

I remember you are heading to Vegas but where else are you going? Have you ever been over here before?

LOL Pio. Totally Klueless Outsiders

hahahaha

Been a couple of times for work Beth. LA>Dallas>Orlando>Washington>Vegas>LA in 3 weeks.