Go for it Melissa! My husband has brain cancer and we've been travelling as much as we can since his diagnosis. We don't know how much time he has, so we try to make the best of it. Life is so short, do what makes you happy
Go for it Melissa! My husband has brain cancer and we've been travelling as much as we can since his diagnosis. We don't know how much time he has, so we try to make the best of it. Life is so short, do what makes you happy
Melissa - April 29th for us for a week
Melissa, I remember you from your posts as 3 little bird! We have 4 ladies, 1 couple, and 1 guy who will be there April 9 - April 18. All in our 40's - 60's (well, 1 of the 60+ girls acts like she's 30!). We stay in a beachfront rooms at Gail's place (NTH). If you will be "home" the same time we are, please let me know via post and we will make arrangements to hang out, especially if you are cliffside. It would give you a nice, comfortable place with cool people to hang with and a/c and clean restroom literally steps away on the beach. I really connected with you via the rum creme exception to drinking! The only time I touch booze is Bailey's/rum creme in the my coffee in the am. We are pretty low key, but fun if I do say so myself. We have lots of local friends who stop in with local fruits and juices. Not exactly a party, but we do have music!
I treated my mom's best friend (more like an aunt to me), my mom, and my daughter a few years ago to a trip to Oahu because my "aunt" was in end stage breast cancer and we wanted to have a "girls" trip to remember. At the same time my age 17 daughter was just cleared of the cancer that she had been diagnosed with at age 12 (we also went to a specialist at MD Anderson) so this was a combination of the celebration of that incredible news and our last girls trip with "auntie". The trip was physically difficult for my "aunt" but we always just did things at her pace, spending a lot of time on our ocean front deck and we ended up having the most wonderful trip. She truly cherished this until the day she passed. The memories created for us are priceless. She taught us so much on that trip! She showed us how to live with dignity and grace under the most extreme physical hardship and also how to accept what was coming (very soon for her, but inevitable for the rest of us) with the same dignity and grace. This was so important for my teenager who had also had many surgeries and radiation, to see. I sense that you carry that same spirit that my aunt had and I always embrace the opportunity to be in the presence of someone such as yourself. Please, please contact me if our dates work. The other member's of our group talk WAY TOO MUCH! I'm hoping they can learn something from you as well! LOL. I only say that because you seem to have a wonderful sense of humor.
Regardless of whether we are "home" at the same time, I wish you the best and I am so honored that you are willing to share your story with your Boardie brother and sisters. Know that everyone you have touched with this post is a little better human being because of it. Always remember, you made a difference in our lives! - Michelle
Melissa, you are an inspiration! You have taken this board to whole new level, and that's saying something! Your spirit and spunk are amazing! You are a super trooper, girl!
Wish we were headed down there, as I would love to chill with you, and you would have the most awesome assortment of boardie family around you, I can just tell. Go for it, Melissa, and have a super time.
You have put many things into perspective, I am sure, for a lot of us!
Wish you the best and I will keep you in my prayers!
Maggie
Melissa, thank you for sharing your story with us.
Your courage is beyond strong, keeping you in our prayers.
My wife is a cancer survivor (28 years) and I have been cancer free for a year now. We are the lucky ones.
Negril has always been the place we run to when our health has gone bad. It means that much to us as well.
Go and enjoy every second of it. And blessings to you and your family.
OMG OMG OMG it's a done deal ya'll, so excited! Arriving April 15 thru April 22, so happy! Gonna be going back thru the threads & see who all will be there around that time and we'll get together! I'll be coming by myself for this trip, but daughter says we'll work something out in June & she'll come down with me then, so we've got it taped, I'd say!
Yup I have bought the tickets, have my cabin rental set up, now it's just the fun of packing and re-packing half a dozen times LOL!
my best friend died this past week after fighting cancer for 9 years.he went in the hospital(mayo) every year to receive cemo for a full month.when he got out he was fine again for a year,then he went in again.when this last time came for him to go receive cemo,he told me he didnt think he would keep on with this for too many more years.he went in and after about a week of cemo he developed a high temp of 103.so they put him in intensive care.one by one his organs started to shut down till he finally had had enough and died.i hope this does discourage you at all.he had the best aditude right up until his death.he knew he was going to die,but still lived life like nothing was wrong.so live the rest of your life to the fullest.it does help both you and all the ppl. close to you.god bless you and keep up the fight against this horrible disease.
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Melissa go have a wonderful spiritual healing. So nice you are going back so soon. And then you have a trip to plan with your daughter in June. You are in my prayers.
Oh it has been so wonderful to read all your posts, all of you, my heart and prayers go out to each and every one with family and friends that have been through cancer or other debilitating disease! We muddle thru as best we can and just try to keep putting one foot in front of the other, LOL! I've had a good life, no regrets, raised a wonderful daughter and 2 absolutely outstanding grandsons, we are blessed blessed blessed! And I've lived much longer than I should, actually should have kicked the bucket many times with cancer before, but didn't .... and here I still am today, still kicking, LOL! And who knows, the doctor estimated a year but could be longer and even so, a year is a GOOD long time, so I feel double blessed again that I have a bit of a timeline to watch for (and surpass LOL!)
3 Little Birds, one of my longest best friends (my children's godfather) had the same kind of cancer that you have, he decided against receiving chemo, sold his house and moved to Dominica. That is "Domineeca" not the Dominican Republic. He loved JA but got sick of the place after his German friend was murdered in Grange Hill and his other Jamaican friend from Green Island has his eight year old son killed in a hit and run motor vehicle accident. He didn't tell any of his best friends of his cancer, he just decided to kind of "ignore it".... I wish you the best, enjoy life to the fullest, in JA the time goes by fast but joyously day by day. One day can be such a joy. A cane really helps with the "wonkiness" ... and they sell some really fine ones in JA, some really extremely beautifully hand made ones. Remember too that you can, without any charge, get a wheelchair delivery directly off the airplane through customs, to your taxi ride. After a long plane trip, it might be a really good option. My long time friend Harry-O used a clip board when he could no longer speak and it worked well for him. I am glad to hear that you are going back to Jamaica soon & I think it will do you a world of good.
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