Traci is Riding off into the Sunset

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Hello Ladies,

Just sending you my private address. It's prowlermeow@.... I

am also on Facebook as well as MySpace, www.myspace/prowlermeow.

All of you mean so much to me and I am so greatful for your love,

friendship and support. This past year has been quite a roller

coaster for me. I can't get over how these tupperboobies almost cost

me my life.

I would love to stay in stay in touch privately and if there's

anything I can ever do for any of you, please reach out to me and let

me know.

I am still fighting an infection but this time seem to be winning. I

still have an open wound which gets packed once a day by a nurse. I

am back to work half days which started at the beginning of this week.

My recovery is still very scary to me because I've had so many

setbacks. I have implant illness but implant illness doesn't have me.

I still have my challenges such as my hypothryoidism, too much weight,

up and down depression & anxiety, the infection and of course getting

my breast cavity to close. I also need to get back to getting my

strength and stamina back up.

I don't want to add to the additional messages and I think it's

important at this time for me to start moving on with my life. I love

all of you and again would love to stay in touch privately but not on

the board. Now having said this, if there are any implanted Canadian

women that come on the board, please feel free to give them my e-mail

address and I will do whatever I can to help.

Patty, could you please add my name under Dr. Brown's name as

I am still under his care. He saved my life and I know I wouldn't be

here now if it weren't for him. This board has also saved my life and

Patty, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for founding it.

I'm also fighting to get back to riding. I really miss the horses and

they have helped me so much. Please check out www.ridetheranch.com if

you would like to see more about where I go riding.

Please feel free to send me any jokes, uplifting stories or anything

else you think looks good.

I don't know what the future holds for me but I embrace it with open arms.

I thank each one of you and love you all,

Traci

> >

> > Ladies,

> > I need to bring this subject up once more. I lightly made

> mention of this recently, but I need to again, as I have gotten more

> than one complaint about the unnecessary posts on our group.

> >

> > I know how uplifting this support group is, and I am thrilled

> with the encouragement we give each other. It's doing what it should

> do.

> >

> > But it is sometimes sidetracked with other little posts that

> don't pertain to healing. Here are some of the complaints I've

> received (I'm not sharing names, of course):

> >

> > " I've noticed lately that a lot of ladies are posting things to

> the group that are unrelated to implants or recovery. I really don't

> mind it once in awhile, especially if it is something really

> uplifting and encouraging to us w/what we are going through. But

> some of it is just kind of unnecessary and I think distracts from

> what the group is there for. "

> >

> > " I have been a member of Saline Support for a couple years, but

> you know... the posts get over whelming to keep up with. I know

> everyone needs support in different ways, but it just seems like a

> vast amount of posts aren't about support or healing at all, but

> rather personal conversations that would be nice if taken to email ---

> since people who need to find information must sift through all of

> them to find the actual implant related posts. I don't mean that

> negatively, just saying -I don't have the energy to sort through the

> volumes of posts per day as it is, and when you add all the personal

> conversations amongst them it just makes it impossible. I don't know

> how some of the gals do it so faithfully. I've tried, and it just

> takes hours I don't have. "

> >

> > Ladies, I really want you to make an effort to keep these

> struggling women in mind. If you intend to make a non-informational

> post about a personal item, please consider making a list of women

> from the group you want to correspond with, and email it privately.

> Alternatively, if you want to respond to a post with a non-

> informational reply, then please do so privately and not to the whole

> group. For instance, if you want to say thank you to someone who

> posted something, say thank you privately.

> >

> > I don't want to rain on our parade here, but I do think it would

> be helpful to cut down on the " fluff " posts that impart no helpful

> information. Some women are very desperate to get better, some women

> are not very good with computers or don't have easy access, so their

> time may be very limited or very precious. Let's just keep them in

> mind, out of compassion, shall we? We can still have a fun time

> here! But we just need to become more frugal with our number of

> public posts. Thanks for your understanding!

> >

> > Hugs,

> > Patty

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > ---------------------------------

> > Never miss a thing. Make your homepage.

> >

>

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Traci,

It's wonderful to hear you are moving on with your life . . . even if you aren't 100% yet. . .

Please check back with us periodically and let us know how you're doing! . . . There's nothing that gives new women more confidence than hearing from women who have been there, done that, and have gotten so much better.

Hugs and prayers,

Rogene