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am so happy to find your site. I am a 65 year old (4 year)survivor of 3rd. stage ovarian cancer. My husband died this past Nov.2009 and I feel so alone. I want to start to live again and this seems like a wonderful way to start. Thank you so much. Joann P
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ReginaLove, that is SO great to hear! As for soy, it may help with menopause symptoms -- it it controversial. The best way to use soy is in the form of whole fermented soy foods (miso, tempeh, tamari and natto). Non-fermented soy foods such as soy mi
Agreed. I never thought I was vain until I had a mastectomy at age 39. I was devastated and told the doc I wanted to wake up with implants. Now at age 60, I am lopsided and wondering if I was just avoiding the inevitable. You get what you get and you
Sounds very interesting.Spike, you are awesome! Love your perspective, thanks for sharing.I will turn 53 in 6 weeks and still break out.
May I also assume that your skin is still quite oily and shows no or very few wrinkles? If so...
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS!
1) Your skin doesn't look like beat-up luggage now, and probably never wi
Hi Joanie P. This site has gotten me through so many times when I needed to reach out and feel loved and touched. Say what’s on your heart and someone will resonse back to you that will raise your spirits and often make you laugh. Welcome to our circle of vibrant, wise and loving women.
Hi Joanie P, Glad you joined, this site is really amazing. Very supportive and honest.
Welcome, Joanie P. I’m happy you’ve found this site because I believe you will share my sense of good fortune to be in the company of an amazing group of women. VN is a never-ending source of delight and support to me and I am so grateful I found it. I hope you feel it is as rewarding as I do. Post whenever you like and whatever you like, and you will get some wise and wonderful responses, I guarantee it!
Welcome Joanie P! I’m so sorry for your loss but very glad to hear of your victory from cancer. We’ll all help you in any way we can – so many, many wonderful women here!
Hi Joann!
You are right! This is a wonderful way to start! First of all, I want to tell you how terribly sorry I am about the loss of your dear husband. It’s always difficult but just before the Holidays makes it absolutely unbearable. You will find a lot of gals on this site who can really empathize. And, Vibrant Nation is a very nurturing place to come and share your joys AND your sorrows.
Celebrating 4 years of being cancer free is a huge step! One more to go and you should be home free. Isn’t that right? Again, you will find so many women who can share their stories with you on the subject of cancer.
I’m so happy you found us. VN is a sisterhood of wonderfully intelligent and caring women. Don’t be shy. We’d all love to get to know you!
Welcome – as the ladies have said this site is full of nuturing and wonderful women who are not afraid to share their sorrows and joys.
Welcome Joanie P: We’re looking forward to getting to know you.
Let’s hear from you. We truly care.
Joanie. I’m so sorry for your lose and so thankful for your restored health. This is a remarkable community.
A group of us are starting an online book club next week. We are reading Marrying George Clooney by Amy Ferris. She is a very active member of VN and will participate in the discussion. Could be fun for you and a way to connect regularly with a group of women. Please join us and KNOW that we are all in this together. Women need Women.
Joanie P, A Big WELCOME to you. These women you will meet, make this site rock!! Jump in!…TRACK
I join the others in welcoming you. Having lost my husband also, I know that a live support group is really important, too — hearing other stories, getting hugs, getting the perspective of the leaders who deal with this on a daily basis. Are you in one?
One-on-one counseling was also essential to help me through the gur-wrenching grief. I don’t know how I would have pulled through without it. I hope you’ll make use of every bit of support that’s available in your area, Joanie.
- Joan
Welcome Joanie P. I’m so sorry to read about the loss of your husband. You have survived cancer and I have a feeling you will be able to start to live again-you have demonstrated strength before and can do it again. We will all be cheering for you.
As women, breast cancer is a common thread that connects us to one another. If we haven’t been diagnosed with the disease, we have loved ones who havebeen and weall live in fear of finding that lump ourselves.
I am a writer, and working on a piece that has various women telling their own unique stories. Breast cancer is a story that needs telling, over and over again until there is no more breast cancer.
I am interviewing now and would appreciate speaking to any of you who are interested. You can send me a private message and I will get you my personal email and phone number. This has been a remarkable project to be involved in and I am honored by the trust placed in me.