CancerCompass message board discussion started by Bayshore on 3/1/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,21541,0.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Hi Cath,Hope you are well, I think of you often.  May God Bless You always,Susan, Denys little sister Bayshore Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Thank you for your kind words Susan!  At the moment things are a bit bleak because I have had three kidney stones and these are extremely painful!  Hopefully these will clear up over the next few days and I'll be back on track!!  I too, often think of you, and send a prayer that you and your family are coping with the loss of Denys.  It was all such a trying time, and I do hope that you gradually come to grips with the situation.  If there is anything that I can do -- albeit from afar, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Best wishes always, Love, Cath poppy/cath Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hello Susan~~Sorry it has taken me so long between messages, especially at this difficult time for you when you must be thinking of Denys many times a day and remembering your loss.  Hopefully you are starting to be triggered in your memories with some happy things, and these happy memories are making you smile once and a while.  Gradually these more happy memories should over whelm any others and you should have a warm happy smile on your face when thinking about Denys.  Of  course, all of this takes time!I have had a very uncomfortable month with the kidney stones and they were finally 'blasted' a couple of weeks ago.  This was supposed to have left me with a kidney full of sand, which should have painlessly passed.  But this has not been the case and it has taken me all this time just to get a bit of health back.  At the moment, Bob has to take the wheelchair in the car just in case I over estimate my walking ability.  Unfortunately, I can only go 10-25 steps before having to sit and rest for up to 5 minutes -- not really very good.  Oh well, I'm not complaining because I really am getting a bit better -- even it is only a BIT!!  I have to have another CT scan in two weeks, then the doctor will decide what will be done next.  I don't know if this is related to the MM or not, but it certainly doesn't help!!  My thoughts and prayers continue to be with you Susan as you travel the road of grief and loss.  I do pray that things are starting to ease for you and that Denys - her name and memories,  bring a smile to you more often than not.  Time does heal - trite though it may sound - and hopefully that happy memory smile will come.  Best wishes, Cath poppy/cath Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT