Hi all
What an awful time some of you are (still) having. Really feel for you, esp Lily and Kirsty, doesn’t rain but it pours syndrome.
Lily - dreadful the way they forget isn’t it. I know they all have a lot going on but it’s only our intervention that seems to keep things on track. Can’t even imagine what was going through your head at the morning stabbing, hope the bruises aren’t too bad and the memory fades enough to make next week bearable. Moan as much as you like, you know we all understand. Guess it may have freaked your daughter out at the one time she came to see what happens! Take cae and rest up, hope effects aren’t too bad.
Kirsty - great for finishing chemo even if it was ‘early’, there is a point where the good outweighs the bad and I’m glad your onc has decided not to put you through any more cycles. Sounds like you need a break. Maybe you’ll be over it all for your 40th (if I remember right)? Look after yourself post-chemo as you’ll still be susceptible to infections etc for at least 3 weeks, probably a bit more if your counts were low. I just threw caution to the wind after 3 weeks even tho’ I expect my neuts were below most of yours still going through chemo!
Angie - hope it’s nothing with the genetics but at least you’ll find out one way or the other and make whatever decisions are needed. I’m about to embark on that ‘adventure’ but need to wait for my Mum and Dad to get back from (another!) holiday to get the family lowdown - even though I know most of it I need to get dates right. I’m doing this for my daughters and actually a bit for me as I’ve read recently about treatments that are effective for BRCA BC as opposed to non-BRCA BC, so may be useful to keep up my sleeve for later. Hope rads go OK and you don’t suffer. Would love to know more about your case study etc so when it’s done you’ll have to let me (and anyone else) know by PM or email. By the way the wedding sounds fab, esp the dress. Let us know when the hen party is!
Lisa - woo hoo - rads over with. Well done. At least you must be due some sort of a break before any ops? If so enjoy the moment of not going to hospital all the time. You sound on really good form so I hope you are and continue to be so. Let us know what’s going on with ops etc and more importantly life in general.
Lorraine - good to hear from you. I think the weight gain on Tamoxifen can be down to it making you feel more hungry (I’m sure I read that years ago) so maybe you can get some low fat alternatives in? I’m trying my best as I think all hormone treatment affects us in the same way and need to keep things in check weight wise. I’m seeing how I get on with Femara as one of it’s side effects is palpitations and I’ve read a thread on here about them - so not quite as ‘less common’ as the leaflet tells you. I’ve had a few incidences to date (only been on it 2 weeks!) but I used to get them occasionally before I started Femara, so keeping a note and will report back to onc. I didn’t have any significant side effects from Tam (except high BP!) so hopefully you won’t suffer either. I also read that sometimes the brand you get given can make a difference so it’s worth noting what you’re given by the chemist each time if there’s a change in how you feel. Will keep you up to date. You are right tho’ - it’s nice not to be going through chemo any more - So Sorry everyone still on it, but you are all coming to the end of the poisoning.
Joanne, Bev and Julia - hope you are doing well or getting better at least.
Just a quickie about nails and hair. Hair is slowly returning. Worryingly I have a very receding hair line at the moment and hope it comes back in line with the rest pretty damn quick! This will not look good when it’s going commando time! A little bit like John Malkovich I think. Very fluffy on top (and all over) so not going out uncovered any time soon! Nails have lovely ridges on them, as someone mentioned on here (somewhere) a bit like lines in a tree trunk - you can see when chemo started! Also a lovely curve to them so when they get long they’re quite a nice hooked shape! Anyone else’s doing the same? At least I’ll be OK for Halloween!
The other ‘funny’ is a ‘moostache’ story! I’m not being (too) cruel about her as I’ve suffered with ‘upper lip hair’ since my teens but the other day I was at a plant nursery and had to arrange delivery. Well, the lady who I had to talk to had the most luxurious moostache I’ve seen in a long time and it was a bit like Austin Powers in Gold Member when he wasn’t meant to look at or mention the guy’s mole. Very difficult not to stare! Hasn’t she heard of waxing? And it wasn’t as if she was a little old lady either who might not have realised. Hmm very odd.
Well, off to work for me (mornings only thank goodness).
To all at the bottom of the black hole I hope you climb out soon and all those at the top enjoy the moment.
Nicky xx
