Hi Tracy,
I am fine this evening, just waiting to see how it changes over the next few days. I am a cross between be positive you will be well and get prepared so you are not disappointed! That is my mad state!! If it stays like this I will be over the moon. By madness I mean I get very emotional and my spelling goes beserk as I cannot focus on the screen properly for long, that is just for a few days then I wake up back to normal. Yes you can eat chocolate but some people don’t like sweet things as they taste unpleasant for a while, not everyone though.My taste moods go through changes while on chemo, a lot of people like very salty things at first. After the first week I am on meringues and cream just can’t do chocolate, a personal thing and very annoying.My Grandson was a surprise one but one of the best surprises I ever had.
I went privately to speed up my appointment as my Mum offered to pay but I think we would have done it anyway. I would suggest you ask the BCN if this is possible, ask what tests would be involved and then ring local private hospitals for quotes to see how much it is. Some people quote £1150 but mine was £450 for some reason, not sure why so low. Don’t get your hopes up until you know it is possible.
Good luck
Lily x
Hi lily,
So glad that you are fine this evening. sometimes im like that being positive and being well and looking at everything that can go wrong. my hubby keeps saying to go private but then i have to start from the begining again so think im better of staying as i am and just waiting. its not long to wait. my tests are the day before my youngest goes back to school the day after so just got to hope im not to bad. today ive not been to bad but my hubby doesn`t want to talk about but it makes me feel better to talk about it makes it more real to me.
going to bed now take care hope you feel this good tomorrow…
big hug.
Tracy x x x
hi tracy had my biopsy today under mamogram it wasnt nearly as bad as i thought it was going to be ihad to have 5 done and even gave them 2 extra for research it really didnt hurt at all the worst part was the mamogram but it wasnt as tight as it was when they did my second mamo on monday hope this puts your mind at rest a little and hope all goes well bablicious
Hi Bablicious,
Thank you that makes me feel a lot better i really am not looking forward to it. my mum is coming with me. did you have anyone with you. did you bleed a lot. time to put your feet up.
Good luck
Tracy x x
Hi Tracy,
still feeling fab on day 2, can it last?? I hope so. Tomorrow my son gets his GCSE results so very side tracked by that at present. Men generally don’t like to talk about it. Drives me mad when he won’t discuss it and drives him mad when I keep wanting to talk about it. This forum is my outlet to say whatever I feel and so helpful. I went NHs, then private and then back to NHS. As long as you are ok with the dates that is all that matters.
Love
Lily x
hi tracy mine didnt bleed a lot once the dressing was on when i left the clinic went for a coffee in hospital cafe took 2 paracetamol so that when the anesthetic wore off i would be prepared and 4 hours later i did the same and i can honestly say i didnt feel a thing i have no pain whatsoever this morning i know every one will be different and it depends on where they are going in mine was right on the edge of my nipple they did warn me that it would be painfull nerve endings and all that but i promse you it really wasnt i hope that puts your mind at rest bablicious
Hi lily
So glad you still feel good just hope it stays that way. it must just be men in general as my hubby is the same he wont talk and thats all i seem to want to do. found out yesterday what tests im having done so went looking for information on them when he got home he didnt want to look at them. not sure what to do with him we have only been married a year but have been together over twelve years just dont know what to do with hime.
Hugs x x
Tracy x x x
Hi Bablicious,
It sounds like you have the same broblem as me thats the place that mine is and we are having the same tests. just hope mine goes as well as for you. so glad it wasnt so bad for you that second mammogram was so painfull she just kept saying are you sure you can cope with it i said ive had two kids and a tattoo i don`t think it will be a problem but when she did it i thought i would cry i seem to be all over the place at the moment i just keep shouting at my hubby but all i want is a hug and he just wants to work its just been very hard for him as i have some lovely ladies to talk to he has noone just wish he would talk to me sometimes…
You have put my mind at rest thank you just hope you get good results.
Hugs
Tracy x x x
Hi there.
I have not had breast cancer (thank God) but I have had several scares and two benign lumps removed - had the same experience with my OH. We have been married for 45 years but he wouldn’t talk about it and refused to think about “what ifs” all I wanted to do was to talk but he wouldn’t. I think it is men in general. We face things before they actually happen and they are ostriches for as long as they possibly can be.
Hi,
Men just dont to seem to want to know it seems that if they dont talk about it it wont happen but women seem to need the information that makes it easier on them to understand it all and how they cope. but men just dont know how to cope think they are all ostriches for as long as they can.
Tracy x x
Hi ladies,
well they don’t talk, men that is, but I have been mighty glad that he doesn’t react and stays calm on a number of occasions when things seemed to go wrong. Just keep chatting on here. It is the waiting that messes your head up, once you know either way you are keen to get started. I never got the chance to walk with a ‘you are ok’, that sounds wonderful and hope everyone still waiting gets that great news.
My son got 10 higher level GCSE passes so can continue with his plans for A levels, that was really good news today as he was taking them all through my surgery and starting chemo. Obviously heading to be another head in the sand man!!!
What would we do without them
Hugs to everyone
Lily x
Hi Lily,
Congratulations to your son,I bet you are very proud, must of been very hard for him especially with you having your treatment,
Totally agree with all, “head in the sand man” sounds a good description, my husband has been the same, totally amazing and supportive but does find it so hard to talk about anything, especially the what ifs, I need to talk and be in control, thats where this site is so useful, you can ask questions, or talk about worries and chat freely with people who understand,
I was dx last July and have just finished my rads, it has been abit of a slog but other than being tired I feel brill and am feeling oh so much more like me again.
Take care all
Dawn x
Hi lily,
sounds like you are a proud mum he has done very well for himself even with all that has been going on for him and you.
it is all the waiting its getting to me just want to know one way or the other so i know if i need to fight this thing. my mum was the first one to say to me that she will come with me for my test she has been so good i know its very hard for her as she only lost her sister to bc two years ago my aunt knew that she was terminal but didnt tell anyone she didnt want anyone to treat her different. i miss her a lot but i know she is her for me.
How are you feeling now you don`t sound to bad how is the new drugs are they better hope so.
Take care Hugs.
Tracy x x x
Hi,
Dawn thanks and it is lovely to hear from ladies coming out the other side. So many disappear and it can seem like the good bits disappears sometimes. Well done for battling through all your treatments. Are you on tablets or anything else next?
Tracy,thanks also, I was very proud of him and had a bit of a cry. He is now celebrating!! My Mum finds this really hard too and wants to do things but is not really up to it after a stroke a few years ago. She does shopping and some ironing but I don’t think she would cope with medical appointments. Glad yours is able to help. Will you take your OH too?
I have been good still but starting to get a horrid dry mouth and taste, which is my usual old friend. I am so much better than my last drugs so feeling fortunate so far, time will tell. I am quite tired since I stopped the steroids so napping during the day.
Try to forget it all and enjoy the weekend if you can
lily x
Hi lily
Don`t think i will take OH as im an asthmatic and took him to the clinic with me for a check up and all he did was moan about how long it all took i was seen in less than an hour and he just moaned the whole time so think i will just take mum. also its the day berore my youngest goes back to school that i have got my tests so OH is going to look after him for me.
he is going to get all his stuff ready for school this six weeks holiday have gone so quick. so glad you are feeling not to bad. the steroids do that to you i have to take them when my asthma is very bad. will enjoy the weekend as its unusial as my OH is home for the weekend and not working. take care.
Tracy x x
Hi lily.
How are you now hope you feel better but is it when you feel better then you are on to the next set of chemo which isn`t good.
Take care.
Tracy x x
Hi Tracy,
I am pretty good thank you, so if it stays more or less the same I will be able to walk in for the next one on Tuesday. They have to check blood counts on the day before each chemo. more needles!! so it does depend on that. As it is a Bank holiday I will have it all done on the same day and have to wait for the results. I usually nip in on th Monday and then go straight through the next day as everything is ready and checked. My eyes have been a bit funny and I got caught out while driving so taking it easy at home this weekend. I am going to Brands Hatch next weekend to watch the Indy races and Lewis Hamilton will be there, so trying to make sure I am as well as poss. It was a thank you pressie for my hubby.
Enjoy the weekend
Lily x
Hi lily,
That sounds like a good weekend wish i was going with you to brands hatch my hubby thinks lewis hamilton is one of the best, you have to be well for that. saw my young nephew tonight it was lovely to see him they live a long way from us so dont get to see him very much hes only a year old had big hugs from him he has learnt to stick his finger up his nose because everyone laughs at him so he does it more. Take care
tracy x x
Hi,
I bet you wish he lived nearer so you could kidnap him for the afternoon more often. I love the nose bit. My Grandson is a nudist given the chance, so we keep buying him pants with pictures on so he wants to wear them! Another weekend gone by and trying to wear myself out so I don’t think about the hospital when I go to bed. Back in for more in the morning. Fab!!
By the way do you work? That always helps to take your mind off things for a while.
Lily x
Hi lily,
No i dont work i gave up work when my eldest was born as i was on my own for quite a while. and now my youngest is still a bit young i would be working just to pay someone to look after him. did try night work but then i was so tired that i couldnt do any thing else. hope you dont mind me asking but how often do you have to have chemo. good luck with it all hope its not to bad. getting more and more worried about the biopsy next week im really not looking forward to it i don`t like injections at all. a few years back i had a blood clot in my lung and had to have so many injections that i now hate them so much. take care.
Tracy x x