Re: Way OT /Cancer
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  • Subject: Re: Way OT /Cancer
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 20:34:09 -0600
can't you wear garden gloves and still get out there?

On 2/5/10, BONNIE_HOLMES <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> wrote:
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> No, nothing that might hide a fungus or mold spore, etc. This is more like
> what I was thinking.
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> ETN Zone 7
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "andreah" <andreah@hargray.com>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent: Friday, February 5, 2010 5:19:08 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Way OT /Cancer
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> Maybe you should just get a mini garden tattooed in the middle of your
> forehead???? ;-) LOL!
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> Reality-THAT SUCKS!
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> Can you eat fruit that doesn't have to be peeled like berries?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf
> Of BONNIE_HOLMES
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 12:58 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Way OT /Cancer
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> I think the medical people are serious. One of my nieces oversees cancer
> trials, attends seminars all over the country, Canada and Europe, and
> she says with my type of cancer that I could get by with fresh fruit if
> someone peels it. She is very serious about the garden work. She's a
> gardener like me and knows how difficult this will be for me. But it
> will be over by May. I'm not a painter. I like quilting and do some
> landscape appliques. Maybe, I'll work on my Baltimore as it has lots of
> flowers. You're right. It's not the same. I'm in heaven working in the
> gardens while listening to a good book on CD.
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> ETN Zone 7
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Cornergar@aol.com
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent: Friday, February 5, 2010 11:33:01 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Way OT /Cancer
>
> Bonnie, This is a crock!! But I like the notion of your head painted with
> flowers. Have you thought about painting (on canvas) flowers, landscapes,
> etc.? Can keep you connected to the earth...and you don't get dirt under
> your
> nails! But that's what's wrong with it, come to think of it. Kathy
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> In a message dated 2/5/2010 10:22:28 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> bonnie_holmes@comcast.net writes:
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> What gets me is that this is the third spring in a row that I won't be
> able to work in the garden as I want. When your white count is down,
> they don't want you in the soil or fooling with plants, such as roses,
> because of the fungi, etc. AND, I am restricted from fresh fruits and
> veggies for the same reasons. I will STARVE.
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> So, I am planning to get my head painted with flowers.
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> Bonnie
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> ETN Zone 7
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zemuly@comcast.net>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 9:27:39 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Way OT /Cancer
>
> Glad to hear from you, too! There are lots of us, survivors that is, out
> there. Remember Darwin's words: "It's not the strongest or the most
> intelligent who survive. It's the most adaptable." That's certainly not a
> verbatim quote, but that's the jist of it. My theory of survival has
> always
> been that I drive on the highway.
> zem
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 5:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Way OT /Cancer
>
>
> > Amen to that. Glad to hear from you Barb and know that you are doing
> > well!
> >
> > On 2/1/10, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Good to hear from you Barbara... it's been too long.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Feb 1, 2010, at 12:08 PM, <sundrops@earthlink.net> <
> >> sundrops@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi folks -- just had to jump in at this time. I have never been very
> >>> active on this list but withdrew myself in spirit summer 2008 when I
> was
> >>> being treated for breast cancer. Actually I enjoyed reading the emails
> >>> each
> >>> day and hearing about your daily ups and downs, but just didn't have
> the
> >>> energy to contribute.
> >>> Bonnie -- my thoughts are with you! This is Not Fun, but better than
> >>> the
> >>> alternative! Be sure to ask about anti-nausea drugs; they got me thru
> >>> in
> >>> great shape with my own regimen of chemo and radiation. Do whatever
> you
> >>> have to to keep your spirits up -- I believe it makes an enormous
> >>> difference
> >>> during and after. I am feeling great now, have hair back etc etc, but
> >>> the
> >>> lingering fear I suppose will always be in the background.
> >>> Garden-wise not a whole lot to report though enjoyed each small task I
> >>> did this past summer. Here in Calif we are all focused on rain
> amounts,
> >>> have had some big storms as you know, They are saying El Nino (= more
> >>> rain) is in effect. Here at my place have had average so far after 3
> >>> low
> >>> years; Sierra snow pack is above average for the first time in several
> >>> years. Tho have had a little snow at my altitude, thank goodness we're
> >>> not
> >>> dealing with the ice and snow and very cold temps that some of you
> are.
> >>> --Barb Tandy, Grass Valley CA
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Bush"
> <genebush@netsurfusa.net>
> >>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 12:01 PM
> >>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Way OT /Cancer
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Bonnie,
> >>>> I went through the cancer thing winter of 08. Thanks to all on this
> >>>> list and many others who send prayers and good vibs my way all is
> well.
> >>>> There was a tumor on the side of my neck and surgery could not
> >>>> remove it for it sat on the nerves that control the left side of my
> >>>> face
> >>>> and
> >>>> head. So, radiation and chemo both. Began in November and lasted
> until
> >>>> mid-February.
> >>>> Will not go into all the details here, but if you want to call or
> >>>> email in private would be glad to chat about the experience.
> >>>> Every experience is different, but no nausea for me...ate everything
> >>>> but the kitchen table legs. Just weak... very weak toward the last of
> >>>> treatments and after for about 6 months.
> >>>> Don't anyone talk you out of your feelings... it is scary.
> >>>>
> >>>> Gene E. Bush
> >>>> Munchkin Nursery & Gardens,LLC
> >>>> www.munchkinnursery.com
> >>>> Garden Writer - Photographer - Lecturer
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>
> >>>> Behalf
> >>>> Of BONNIE_HOLMES
> >>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Way OT
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks so much. I will take any prayers and good wishes. Had my 1st
> >>>> post-op today and tubes are now out. Yes!!! Shower will be easy.
> >>>> Thursday afternoon, I meet with the oncologist and discuss and
> arrange
> >>>> treatment. From what my surgeon said, it won't be over until around
> >>>> July. So, I just want to get started and get through it.
> >>>>
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> >>>
> >> Inland Jim
> >> Willamette Valley
> >>
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> > --
> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp TX
> > zone 8A
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-- 
Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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