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hi Maggie hope you got on ok today and got your last chemo, you are getting there.

Fiona, thanks for the new year message.

I was at the doctors this morning, ive came out in big red blobs on my body apparently its the radiation that caused it, he as signed me off for another 4 weeks then hopefully Ill get back to work.

Christmas was a nightmare as oldest took the vomitting bug, ended up taking him to hospital on boxing day, hes ok now

so good riddance to 2009, glad to see the back of it and wishing you all a very happy and healthy new year

love and hugs

Carol xxx

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Hi girls - had a lovely Christmas at my sisters. My family were there too and the kids were such fun and so good. The weather has been awful and EK seems to get it worse. My road is just loke an ice rink.

Sharon - you’ve done so well with everything and you look amazing.
Annie - not long to go now. Hang in there girl.
Maggie - hope you managed to get chemo today and everyting worked out ok.
Fiona - thank you for your lovely thoughts for next year.
Carol - so sorry your son poorly. Hope he’s feeling better now.

Getting chemo tomorrow. Had it put off for week so that I could enjoy Christmas. Extra week makes it worse - just dreading it and all the side effects.

Hope we can all meet up sometime soon.

Sheila

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Managed to get my last chemo…after a two hour delay, but I don’t care…it’s over. This morning I feel pretty Sh*tty but Ive had all my pills and potions so hopefully they should kick in quite quickly.

Isn’t it a strange thing leaving the hospital after your last one…you kinda expect a line of trumpeters lining the corridors and champagne bottles popping…ha ha ha !!!

love to you all today xxxxxx

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congratulations Maggie, you done it, it must be such a relief as you have had such an awful time

well I think 2010 is going to be a good year for me, as we have at long last traced down a chocolate brown cockerpoo pup, we have been trying for months to get one, we need to go to England to get him, he was born on christmas eve, we go down to pick him from the litter in 3 weeks and get him home on 18th February, boys have already named him Ozzy, he will also help me get the weight off as I can take him for long walks round the village, so excited, it has also given us all something else to focus on instead of bloody cancer.

hope you are all well

love

Carol xx

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Hi Girls

Happy New Year to everyone – I hope everyone has a good Hogmanay.

Fiona – I thought your NY message was spot on – I have to admit I had tears in my eyes when I read it too!!

Sharon – Have you finished your rads now? You’ve done absolutely fantastic and have been an inspiration to us all this year.

Annie – Sorry to hear your skin is starting to break up, just hang in there you’re nearly at the end.

Maggie – I’m really glad you managed to get your last chemo over with in 2009. I felt like skipping and dancing out of the hospital after my last chemo and would have done if I hadn’t felt so rough!!! Just take care and take it easy over the next few days. You’ve done great to get through it all especially as you’ve had such a hard time.

Carol – your puppy sounds so cute. Sorry to hear your son was so poorly over Christmas.

Sheila – how are you feeling after your chemo yesterday? I’m glad you had a good Christmas, it’s always hard when someone close passes away so near to Christmas. My dad died on Nov 25th about 6 years ago and the first Christmas without him was awful.

Yvonne – How are you doing? Have you finished your rads?

We had a lovely Christmas, spent it in our new house before heading down to Wales to my mum’s for a few days. Seren was fantastic and spent all of Christmas in her fairy dress pushing her dolls round in her new pushchair, with chocolate round her face – she’s so cute! And it’s great having girlie things about after years of just boy presents.

I start back to work on Jan 6th on a phased return; 1 day first week, 2 days the next and so on. I’m just doing a 4 day week and also hope to take 1 Thursday off a month too. I’m not sure how I feel about going back now, I was looking forward to it but I’m not sure now. I guess 20 months on mat and sick leave is a long time to be off, but I keep reminding myself that I did have the option to give up work when I got my CI payout.

Anyway, I hope everyone has a lovely time tonight and like Fiona, I’ll be raising a glass to toast us all and wish that 2010 is a happy and healthier year than this one!! I just want to thank everyone too for all your advice and support throughout this year, I’m not sure how I’d of coped without you all. Take care and hopefully we’ll be able to meet up soon

Love and Hugs

Helen
xxxx

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Happy New Year to everyone. Hope you all had a good time and managed to have a wee celebration drink.

Maggie - so pleased that you have finished chemo. It does feel strange when it’s all over - you thing what next.
Helen - have a good time at your Mums. Please take care going back to work. Emotionally and physically it is hard.
Carol - your dog sounds so cute. Bet you can’t wait to get him.
Sharon - are you OK - have you finished all treatment.
Annie - hope all ok with you.
Fiona - did you have a good time with the boys. Are you still doing your wig fitting

Got chemo last Wednesday and just feeling rubbish. It was a quiet new year. Skin on my feet has started to peel - never had that before. I just use plenty cream at night then cotton socks.
Sheila

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Hi Everyone,

Happy New Year!!!

Can’t believe it’s all over and done with now!! kids back to school tomorrow! Everything was nice and quiet for me… Aidan has a chest infection, so maybe a trip to the doctor’s for him tomorrow… I hope everyone is doing ok? Helen good luck with going back to work, I’m sure you’ll be ok…phased return sounds a lot better, at least it’ll give you a chance to build yourself up but like Sheila says it is hard so be prepared for a bit of bumpiness…it will sort itself out…

Carol, the puppy sounds lovely!! I’m thinking on a new kitten…but I need another one of them like a hole in the head!!! so maybe not!! I quite like these curtains!!

Big Hugs to everyone who hasn’t been on in a while…we miss you.

Pauline…Happy Birthday for tomorrow. I know I’ve already said it on FB. but you’re only 40 once…so HAPPY BIRTHDAY again!! there’s s few big birthdays on here this year!!

Still cracking on with the wig shop. Start on Thursdays in a couple of weeks… I swear to god I still don’t know all the styles! there must be 100 different styles of wigs!! wish I had my memory back!! could really be doing with it!! well practice makes perfect eh?!!

ok,take care everyone… won’t be long till Spring!!!

Fiona xxxxx

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HI Everyone

Happy New Year - I hope everyone had a good time. We were down in Wales at my mum’s and had a great one.

Pauline - Happy Birthday, I hope you have a great day.

Take care all

Helen

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hi Pauline, Happy 40th to you, that was my best ever birthday.

well so much for going back to work this month, I have been signed off for another 4 weeks and my own doctor is waiting to see what the surgeon says next week as my lump in my neck is getting bigger!!! oh the bloody joys.

Helen, good luck back at work for you.

Sheila, Annie, Maggie, Sharon, Fiona, Yvonne and anyone else, hope you all have a much better year

Love

Carol xx

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Hi girls

Happy New year to all.

Any chance of meeting up again soon?? think it would be nice sometime this month as Jan always seems to be a downer after party season.

My weekends seem to be free

Sharon xx

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would love a catch up, before I go back to work!!! whenever that may be and before our wee pup Ozzy arrives which will be in February.

one of my friends has found a lump and has an appointment next week at the breast clinic, it brings it all back, I hope she is ok as she doesnt cope very well with illnesses of any sort!!! I can only be there for her and help in in anyway that I can

Cant believe ive not had a drink of alchohol this year, well it is only the 7th January but thats good for me.

getting a bit peed off with this bloody snow, ive not drove for 2 weeks as cant get my car out of the estate!!! hope you are all coping with the snow, supposed to be the coldest weekend coming up, wonderful

hope you are all cosied up in your houses

love

Carol xx

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If you want to have a coffee at Gartnavel next week Carol, give me a shout. I start on Monday.

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Hi Girls

How is everyone? I’m totally shattered after being at work yesterday and Seren being up in the night. It was such a relief not having to go back in today! – but having said I did enjoy being back, felt like life was finally getting back to normal! – although I did miss the kids.

I had my 6 week post rads appointment on Tuesday. I was totally mortified as I had to show my boobs to the oncologist!. I know that sounds really silly as I’m really not bothered who see thems now! but I just wasn’t expecting an examination(wore a dress - dooh!). I think I had just compartmentalised all the consultants and everyone I’ve seen and Dr Canney (the oncologist) was someone that dealt with the chemo and treatment and wasn’t someone that would ever see my boobs!

Anyway, I can’t believe how cold it is, it was -7 when I picked the kids up from school and tonight’s meant to be the coldest night so far – nightmare.

I’d love to meet up soon. John works shifts so can only make 2 weekends in every 4.

Keep warm

Helenxx

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Hi Girls,

Just a quickie…would love to meet up, whenever suits. Sharon keep us posted with treatment, I’m sure we can all fit in when it suits you. On iPhone in bed and hate typing on it! Will come back on tomorrow. Take care everyone and keep warm.

Big Hugs

Fiona xxxx

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Helen just you tell us when you are free and we can work round you xx
The oncologist just wants to see how your boobs are bearin up with the Rads.
Glad you enjoyed feeling of normality it will get better for you

I can’t do 16th or 30th, free 10th,17,23,24 and 6,7, 13 20 Feb
I know some back at work so maybe weekend would be best??

Sharon xx

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Hi Guys

Happy New Year!

Sorry been missing in action - had family up over New Year, nursing bruises from the accident I had on 23rd (my back and hip are black and blue, though no longer too sore) and finished rads - on Wed joy, oh joy, oh joy!!!

Pretty burnt, even on the collerbone. Looks like I have had a lovebite from a vampire now that it’s bleeding. Letting the air get to it to granulate and it’s healing quickly, just unsightly.

Such good news from most of you, we are all getting a bit better now. Carol, love the idea of a puppy! You must be so excited. I have been told it will take at least a year for me to be ‘healed’ by Mr M, the breast surgeon yesterday, so I will be off for this year. I would love to get a dog, but they need so much attention and training that I would have to be here much of the time. And there my furry, purry posse to consider. 3 cats take rather a lot of attention and petting/lap time.

Not quite sure where I get my gel and dressings now - they were vague at the Beatson. I have been using Aloe Vera but my burns are quite bad under the boob and I have now scabbed under the armpit. Do any of you gals know if I contact my doctor? I am at hairmyres on Monday for Herceptrin so will ask there.

I was out last night for the first time in onks, too weak with Tax, too tired with rads, too scared of falling with the bloody weather … Anyway saw Sherlock Holmes which was SUPERB. I love Sherlock Holmes anyway, love Robert Downing and thought the fil was really good - scary, funny action all in equal measure.

I would love to meet up now that I can walk. So nice catching up on all the posts. Maggie, you are likely to need help when rads start and I will do all I can, even if it’s just to walk Jack while you are waiting. You can be waiting ages. Ask if you can have a morning appt. I found in my final week, which was in the morning, the wait was never more than half an hour or so. I have waited 3 hours before. So get your request in girl. And DO NOT be afraid to ask for help. Rads made me tired to the bone after the third week. So if there is anything I can do, I will. I promise.

Well just Herceptrin now, thought I would never get there!

Finished rads on Wed, slept till 1.30 on Thur, hosp to see Mr M on Friday, had LOVELY easy day today (watched streamed season 2 of Trueblood, Silent Witness etc) going for High Tea (yes… High Tea) tomorrow hosp on Monday for Herceptrin then NO HOSPITALS for 3 weeks HURRAH!!!

Helen I guffawed - loudly - when I checked the posts on my phone last night at the cinema. Loved the dress comment! I know what you mean. From being Ms Modesty, I didn’t even bother with the strip of paper latterly in the rads room.But you have to think about what you wear, got to pull off in a sec like a magician. I didnt put a bra on and just slathered on the AC, gel and dressings, and got dressed in the loo afterwards to save time. Did you know that only 10 mins are allowed per patient? No wonder they are running behind from the second they start. They work so hard, those girls (and guys)Did anyone else get a chap technition?

Anyoldhow, that’s the news from the front. Love to meet up whenever it suits. Looking forward to loads of wee breaks in the weeks to come and hope to feel my fingertips soon!!!

Annie xxxxx

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Hi All

Just a quick one as I’m trying to get organised for work tomorrow.

Sharon – I can do Lunch on 15th, 17th or 6th or 7th Feb – I can’t to do the 23rd / 24th Jan as John’s working. It’ll be great to meet up with everyone soon.

Hugs

Helenxxx

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Hi Everyone,

Hope you are all ok… snow starting to melt thank God!!

I can do 6th or 7th Feb as it’s a weekend…15th & 17th Jan sorry, no good for me.

Went to a “Active after breast cancer” class this morning, only to find out it wasn’t on :frowning: … they have changed the times to what was on the form so I’m a bit gutted about that…It’s moved to Fridays at 10am which is no good for work…I was looking forward to getting a proper tailored fitness program to get me back into shape! Hey Ho, will have to look for something else. Has anybody any Ideas? I’m planning on doing the 10K in May so need to get into shape…

Helen, Take it easy at work… Glad your enjoying a bit of normality.

Annie, Congratulations on finishing Rads, you’ll be glad of the rest.

Sheila, Hope you are doing ok? and the chemo isn’t being too hard on you.

Sharon, Any news on the trial? are you getting Taxol this week?

Carol, the puppy sounds lovely… you’ll have to post his picture up when you get him.

Love to everyone else…

Take Care
Fiona xxx

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well my return to work is delayed as I was at the hospital today and they have now decided that I need an ultrasound done to my neck lump, why they couldnt have done that months ago, ill never know so now need to wait on an appointment coming through!!!

defo would love to have a meet up with you girlies

hope everyone ok

Sharon, sending you a hug

love

Carol xoxoxo

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Hi Girls

It’s a waiting game at the moment, my Onc is still waiting to hear back again from Prof Cameron as to whether I can go on the trial or not. They don’t want to give me anything at the moment incase it scuppers my chances.

Carol - I have a cyst on my neck that I was supposed to get removed tomorrow but got a call last week to say the sugeon would be off sick, how does someone pre-book their sickness???
Hope you get answers soon.

Helen - good luck with work.

Fiona - Take it slowly with exercise, ease yourself in. I did take up yoga before I got diagnosed the 2nd time and also did cross trainer and treadmill. Yest I tried Zumba workout which is new to the gym, what a laugh, tonight I will be going back to yoga again. It’s great for stretching.

I can also do 5th or 6th, unless baby hasn’t arrived. Due 2nd.

Hope everyone else is ok.

Lots love Sharon xxxxx