Lulu, thats the best news, you’ve been in my thoughts all day.
Now you can have a fantastic christmas
Love Nicki
Lulu - am thrilled for you, you had me so worried, but am over the moon that its all turned out ok. Go celebrate lovely.
Girls, I’m sorry I haven’t posted on here for so long, but I think about you all loads and loads. It’s just that I get scared coming on here sometimes and its hard not to open up the posts from the other threads, its compulsive, so I’ve found that I haven’t been logging on. Facebook is great though and keeping up with you guys through that is wonderful.
I’m now one day post FEC no. 5. The SE’s aren’t getting any worse, but I do get more weepy in the run up and of course my veins are so sore, hard, black and lumpy.
Have finished work now until March. Was taking its toll and I know I won’t be able to do the children justice with RADS every day. Some time for me as well.
And now am coming to CP too!!! Hooray!!!
Nicki, Caro, Reemie, Sal, Jayney, Becky,She, Brighteyes - love to you all and anyone I have missed.
Al
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Oh yey Alison, that’s FAB news about CP!! Can’t wait to meet you, and we’re all gonna have a toast to Lulu : )
Shenagh xx
Al im thrilled to bits you are coming to cp…looking forward to meeting you in real life
shenagh im on the champers xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Lulu…your news has put the biggest smile on my face !! So so happy for you hun…you deserved that news !! Now enjoy Christmas with your family and keep smiling…loads of hugs xxx
Im over my swine flu now…infact Im going back to work tomorrow ! Saw occupational health last week and Im doing 4 hrs a week…ha ha I think even I can manage that! Itll be lovely to see everyone again and will keep me occupied a bit before surgery!
Jayney will be thinking of you on Fri and sending lots of positive vibes your way! Hope you have a speedy recovery and enjoy your christmas as we all should be! I love this time of year…infact I quite often am that distracted and enjoying myself that much for a split second I forget all this rubbish…its a nice feeling whilst it lasts !
Al and Nicki…hope your getting through your swamping and come out of the other side with enough time to down a few christmas spirits and have a good one!
Caro hope your feeling better now and the breathless ness has eased off! Thats not something Ive struggled with…although Ive certainly had my fair share of crap! Hope you got to your meal and got to enjoy the food and had a good drink or two…xx
Bright eyes I cant answer your question on recon…not yet anyway. Am seeing my surgeon tomorrow to discuss my masectomy ! Not a conversation Im looking forward to…but want to get on with it all the same! Am definitely having the surgery in Jan…which is why I couldnt commit to coming to CP !! Am so jealous guys…please have a few for me and fingers crossed if you do it again…Ill be on the list to come !! xx
Love to everyone else xxx
Lulu
I have been reading your posts as well as everyone else’s and I am so happy to hear your good news.
Wendy x
Lulu, how’s that hangover from the champers?! 
Sal, really glad you’ve recovered from the oink flu. I still haven’t had the vaccine! Not sure I’m going to bother tbh. Good luck today with your appt re. mastectomy. Really sorry you can’t join us at CP this time but I’m sure there’ll be many more!
Jayney, hope you had a lovely time last night. I was all geared up to go out for dinner with the ladies from the support group, but then one of them fell ill so we cancelled it again 
Ended up going out with hubby though, so all was not lost. Had some false eyelashes put in yesterday so didn’t want them to go to waste! Will be thinking of you tomorrow hon; another hurdle over with!
Al! I was wondering where you’d been! That’s fantastic news about you coming to CP (I was one of the people who suggested asking you btw :-))!!! We are gonna have such a ball. I’ve already been stocking up on champagne to bring with me, let’s hope it survives the next 4 weeks!
Love and sparkles to you all. Caro xxx
Sal, hope your appt goes well today. Thinkin of you
Al - so nice to hear from you and you’ve done No 5 - way to go girl. So pleased you are comin to CP - we get to meet at last. We will have a ball.
Lulu - hows the hangover???
Caro - that champers won’t last, I think you may be re-buying in Jan!
Hi to all you lovely ladies! Have great weekends!
Love you all
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hi gals thanks for all your lovely posts… im feeling fab… no hangover either as i fell asleep after a couple of glasses… partly from worry induced insomnia and partly cos im suh a lightweight these days LOL
jayney hope your op goes well tomorrow.
al im so glad your oming to cp but such a shame the sues arent coming now, sal it would have been great if you ould have made it too… but im sure we will have another one… glad you have got over piggy flu.
caro i had my swine flu jab 2 weeks ago but os have been on chemo we apparently need two shots so my next one is due on christmas day but think ill be waiting till after xmas cos it gave me a bloody sore arm.
Lulu xx
Lulu i am so happy for you …that is great …relax now and have great Xmas …did you put up the pink Xmas tree ?
just a quick one, I’m home with “dolly” the drain. Doin ok, just a bit uncomfortable and sore and the drain is cumbersome. Back xmas eve to get it removed (all being well).
Hope you all have a fab xmas and a happy, healthy new year!
Much love
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Hi jayney. Glad you are home and hopefully feeling as comfortable as possible. Thinking of you and hope you manage rocrnjoy Christmas. Lots of love. Al x
Al - good to hear from you - how are you doin honi???
Bottle now gone (back to hosp twice in last 24 hours with leakeage from site) now have a bag, so dolly will be with me til after xmas
Oh well, no sparkly dresses for me!
Love to all you loverrrrrrly ladies
Keep warm and keep those vests on!
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Jayney at the risk of sounding old beyond my years…sparkly dresses ??? Its too blooming cold for anything other than my fleecy pj’s at the moment ha ha !
Hope your being waited on and totally spoilt by the hubby!
Wishing you all a very Happy (and Merry) Christmas and heres to the end of this crap year (well it has been for me!) and to the start of a new and hopefully happier and healthier year to all you lovely lovely ladies !!!
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Oh and girls the mx is booked for 14th Jan…just aswell I didnt confirm for CP !!! Can you all have a glass for me whilst Im lay recovering ha ha xx
Hi Sal. Will be thinking of you on the 14th and will def drink for you in CP - not a problem!!! Hope you have a lovely Christmas babe.
Loads of love
al xx
Sal, thinkin of you on 14th!
Hope you had a nice xmas girlies???
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Hi Jayney and everyone else !
Well I think I’ve been in contact with everyone via phone, facebook or text…but to those I havent hope you’ve all had a fab christmas! I know I certainly did…it was manic and I found the build up very emotional at times (for some strange reason I found myself very weepy!) but I was determined to make this Christmas really special! Cant wait to see the end of this year…the last 6 months have been so crap so looking forward to the end of 2009!
Jayney how are you recovering from your op? Did you still manage to have a good christmas? Ive been and had my herceptin this aft and must say that Im having no side affects from it at all…is anyone else?
Got my mx on 14th Jan…just having ‘the one that has let me down’ (my surgeons words ha) off for now…then rads…then Im going to have the other one off and recon at the same time. Through all of this Ive been very much tell me what I need to get done and Ill do it…but starting to feel very nervous and unsure about the op, although I want it over and done with at the same time! My doc has told me that the op is no worse than the lumpectomy and lymph node removal that I had done in June…is this true? Wud welcome any tips and advice about the op and post op from any of you girls that have had a mx???
Just put my 6 yr old to bed and she asked me…when are you going to be normal again mommy? I asked her what she meant and she said well nobody elses mommies have to keep going to hospital and have operations and medicine…to which I reminded her it was what was making me better…and she said I just want you to be you again and not have you go to the hospital cos the house isnt the same without you here So sad that she is having to go through this…grrr !!!
Anyways love to you all xx
Hi Sal, Jayney and everyone,
Well that’s Christmas done for another year - its always over so quickly.
Like you Sal, I really want to put this year behind me and am looking forward to 2010 being so much better.
Sal - I understand completley how you feel about your daughter, my 6-year old son is the same and likes to talk about what colour I should have my hair when it grows back. He says when my hair grows back I will be a real Mummy again. It’s heartbreaking, but we just have to keep reassuring them and staying as happy as possible in front of them. Save the tears for our hubbies and other grown ups, although I have to say my hubby is starting to feel the strain now and I find that I’m keeping more and more niggles to myself to spare him.
For example - I have always felt a hard lumpy area where the orginal lump was removed. The surgeon assured me it was scar tissue and I know I have titanium clips where the lump was - do you think it should still feel hard now??? Think I will post a new thread as I am worried, but think I’m being a bit silly.
Anyway, I’m rambling. We’re off to Canterbury for 3 nights to see in the New Year, so Happy New Year to you all, it certainly can’t be any worse than this one can it???
Al
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Hi salsal 21
As well as the support you receive from the other forum users you may find the BCC booklet ‘your operation and recovery’ helpful. It explains what to expect before, during and after surgery and has information on breast cancer operations. If you would like a copy or to read this on line just follow this link:-
breastcancercare.org.uk/upload/pdf/your_op_and_recovery_07_web_0.pdf
I hope this helps
Kind regards
Sam (BCC Facilitator)