well thank god the last one is over with hooooooooooraaay! it went ok. so far I am wondering if it was been better as I have no fear of having it again. I know I am still on the streroids and they keep my head above water and I will probably be entering the black pit this week but as least I know it is for the last time. So hopefull Lily your experience will be the same.
I had my radiotherapy mapping yesterday that was a delight walked into the room to be confronted with a young man and young woman who looked the same ages as my kids but at least you can have a laugh with the youngsters they are more receptive to being light hearted (haven’t been too smashed down by life) anway I now have my permanent tatoos why can’t they be brown to blend in with skin tone or freckles instead they are purple black and look just like blackheads delightful! and then to add insult to injury they wanted to take my picture o.k. there I am bald wearing their lovely hospital gown and suffering from really bad conjunctivitus my latest problem. Looking delightful I then have to stand against the wall displaying my name and number so I felt like a convict! why couldn’t I have the photo prior to changing when I had my hat and own clothes looking a bit (I say that loosley) more normal. The only good thing is that hopefully that ghastly photo wont look anything like me in a few months time (I can but hope).
Anyway girlies good luck for the coming week will sign off now for a few days as will be blobbed out on the sofa.
Well done Bev you made it. You all keep crossing that ole finishing line. still be here to cheer on Lily and Julia (I know have the image that chemo is like a round of gladiators or something… my mind is already trying to block out the memory
Anyway I hope you all enjoy halloween, or as our pagan ancestors would say all hallows eve, ie tomorrow is the pagan new year (samhain) so we will be celebrating the oncoming year and getting as far away from this one as possible. So happy halloween everyone.
Lisa… hope you’re on your way home and it all went well, let us know when your back.
Bevy - lucky you, hope you get on OK with the last lot of side effects. Lily and I have to wait until the end of Nov for that. Am off to have scan and rads setup this afternoon - just hope the place is warm as it is bloody freezing around here today. Could have put this off for a while as am not starting the fryer until beg of Jan - I’ve got time off for good behaviour!!
Hi Lily - are you OK haven’t seen you on here for at least a day - most unusual!
Haven’t bought any sweeties for the trick or treaters - did last year and nobody came!
Take care all, have an interesting Halloween and keep warm.
Well done Bev - another one to stand the other side of the finish line and cheer on the ones still going strong. Hope you recover well, it took me ages but got there in the end
Lorraine - forgot to mention how sorry I am to hear your sister is also going through this awful chemo ordeal. I hope it works wonders for her and she doesn’t feel too bad - however we all know that’s not always possible. Also sorry to hear you’re not getting many lighthearted moments. I think it’s so difficult to underestimate how this affects our OH’s - maybe he’s suffering? Hope you get to cheer up soon though - you have such a positive input here so I’m sure you are a very upbeat person however much Sh*t we have to deal with.
Well, I had a better day today (sort of!). Hospital appt at 9.30 (for bone strengtheners). V quiet ward - very strange! Straight in, got my 1 good vein to work and hey presto all over with by 11.30 - about the quickest it can be. Also I didn’t feel nauseous this time as my brain has worked out that I won’t feel sick after. However I did have to make an appt to see my GP later as the hospital can’t give me my hormone tablets so I had to get them from my GP - so why wasn’t I told this last time? Also I’ve got my head around what I need to do about my ticker and will get an appt to speak to my onc asap (I’m not due to see her until December) to see if I can change to another A I which doesn’t set off palpitations like Letrozole (Femara) does. My friendly junior doctor from cardio came to see me on the chemo ward today to let me know I don’t need warfarin (hoo-bloody-ray) which was what set me off blubbing on Tuesday - too many blood tests involved for my liking.
Have carved my pumpkin - my ‘little’ girls still insist we have one (19 and 17 yrs old respectively!) and will see if any trick or treaters venture down our unlit lane! Probably way too scary for them!
We’re off to see French and Saunders ‘Still Alive’ show tomorrow in London - could do with a good laugh, so really looking forward to that.
Hope all of you have a good weekend, whether you’re slug-like, crispy fried or just recovering. A cheer for Lily and Julia as they can wake up tomorrow in November and know the end of chemo is in sight.
Take care all
Nicky xx
Hi,
well I think I have more or less seen number 7 off, just a bit of a delicate tum, so need to not go off the rails and scoff everything in sight too soon. I can now eat cake so happy munching. I am stilll very cheerful and a bit manic about how many days to go till I finish. 178 days on chemo done and 17 to go before the big day. The latest dose of tummy trouble has taken my weight back to what it was when I started, but still not what it should be of course. That will take a lot more work. I have a theory, estrogen receptive cancer cells are fed by estrogen. They like us all to go through menopause as the ovaries are the main source of the estrogen for women. However, we still get about 10% of estrogen, which our bodies make and I read that this mainly comes from the fatty cells. So does this mean that if we have less fatty cells, we get less estrogen? This also came from Susan Love’s comment that being overweight seems to be the biggest connection to recurrences. It does not work for those who are not hormone receptive though. I am going to discuss this with my onc when I see him and maybe that will be enough to keep me trying to lose weight.
Julia, I had to dash off yesterday just as I was about to post. I am really fine, hope you are too. Huge chips, yum, good job I am not near enough to visit them every day! Are you as excited as me about finishing? I was interested that you are having planning so soon, and is it at your request to wait till Jan for rads? I was called on 24 Oct for planning and phoned up. I think they forgot I was on a 8 dose and when they realised, put me off. So not going till late Nov now as the surgery to take my port out will no doubt leave me with a hole in the chest and could change the tangent angles for rads. I am down to start rads on 3 Nov but that will be delayed too. I am keen to get them done and my husband has 2 weeks off for Christmas so he will be around to drive me, if I don’t want to drive myself. I am also planning to return to work asap as my salary nosedived from mid Oct and losing a lot of wages now. I am about to start incapacity benefit now I have had 28 weeks SSP. It is not means tested and apparently your right to claim so why not. It is about £64 so not like wages but better than a kick up the backside!
Bevy I am so pleased for you, all done. Congratulations and well done you have been through a lot too on chemo. I can’t believe you have completed planning too, you are really racing along now. I cringed at your story and thought yep that will be me soon. I remember Lisa had a young man for hers and hated the photos too. I will be sure to do my best eye pencil that day. Then my eyes will water and wash it off.LOL Take care on your last battle with chemo. Lisa I hope you are home and that everything went as well as could be hoped. Perhaps you are still with your parents and hopefullly being fussed. Hope it is not too uncomfortable. Angie I had so many trick and treaters, all very polite too, that I only had one chocolate eyeball left. My son took my little Grandson out to a few houses that had pumpkins in the window and he was showered with sweets and money. He looked really cute but kept ripping the cobwebs off his costume as he thought they were loose threads! Lorraine, I think he needs to get all his feelings out to someone, it sounds like your husband might just be bottling it all up. Is he religious too as if he is, the church would probably help. Hope your sister gets on ok with her recovery from surgery and the chemo. My gasman had bowel cancer and is working through chemo and has not lost any hair. He is on capecitabine (Xeloda). How are the heat surges and falls going? My temperature is low again, so shivering all the time.I am gradually bullying my hubby into going abroad for a holiday next summer, as it takes ages to talk him into it. Then when we get there, I am worn out from planning it and he has a whale of a time! I think it is a plan he has made up!! Last year I found an all inclusive holiday in Malta, where you could literally eat and drink all day plus lots of buildings for him to look at, he is an architect so buildings are always a pre-requisite to get a yes on a holiday! Anyone got any good ideas how I can tempt him out next year. It must have the sea for me though? Joanne still no word, we are anxious, how are you?
Nicky glad to hear the appointment went well and that those veins are not on strike. You have done really well to last this long without a port or line. I always have a better week when things go smoothly in the unit. Have the palpatations stopped yet? Warfarin is a pain, my Mum has a similar drug following her stroke and even a dentist visit is a big procedure. Thanks for cheering Julia and I on. I am really so pleased to be getting nearer. I hope it all goes to plan or I will crash down with a big thud. Have a great time at the show.
Enjoy the weekend everyone and here comes November, the last month of chemo, 3 cheers.
Love
Lily x
Happy Samhain everyone… .the end of one year and the start of another… I bet it feel like it Lily. This month chemo ends WOO HOO.
Right am going to have a nice bath in a mo, but no bubble bath… arrghh. 1 week and I can argue that one with the rads dept. First they say no pate on chemo and now no bubblebath, they’re weakening my resolve. Apparently it’s still ok to put oils in a burner so your bath room can smell nice just not in the water but they didn’t sound too sure about that being a problem but it’s only a few weeks, I can have boring baths for a few weeks.
Hope it’s lovely and sunny for all of you it’s gorgeous up here.
Angie
PS Lisa… hope you’re home and just not online and hope you’re recovering.
bevy well done! huge sigh of relief, the end is always in sight, but when you reach it its a wonderful feeling.
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glad you feeling a little better, bet you cant believe the end is in sight!
time goes so quckly, (when your having fun,) ha ha, if only hey , but i did manage to have some fun along the way,
my hubby keeps calling me skunk, at moment because i have a grey streak down centre, and rest of my hair is jet black. ( hes still being loving as you can see) i actually dont mind when hes in a joking mood, just wish it happened more, but like you say its difficult for everyone, and he isnt religous so he as no one he talks to really.
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hope you have a wonderful time, i would love to go and see them, a laugh will do you good at moment. im so glad you havnt got to have walfrun like you say you do get fed up of taking loads of meds. im suprised your not taking the bone strengthners in tab form, i have to take two in the morning, two hours before food according to onc, but it says one hour on box so i hardly ever wait till 2. (greedy or what!) and i have to avoid milk at that time, do you? only thing is it cuts down on milk consumption because i mainly had it on cereals. oh all these rules and regulations, but if it makes us well, whos going to argue, not me?
take care everyone, have a great weekend. x lots of fun i hope of the innocent kind!
French and Saunders were very funny - as you’d expect! I laughed so much when Jennifer did her Madonna ‘bit’ all pink leotard, high heels and flicked up blond hair - it could have been the real Madonna! There was quite a mixture of ages in the audience and we did feel that this was the highlight of some of their lives let alone their year! Shouldn’t mock the ‘oldies’! A real treat and a lovely theatre as well - Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Just wish we’d had more time to mooch around Covent Garden as it is right on it’s door step. Coming home was a different matter though, traffic was awful and raining all the time.
Hope you are all having a good weekend, despite the weather.
Lisa - hope all is going well with the recovery and you’re just resting up rather than anything more worrying as you’ve not posted for a while.
Angie - meant to answer you question about Ramsay’s (and forgot, of course!) yes, we thought it was worth it. The restaurant is very light and airy, not shoved into some dark corner as usual. Food was of course great, not unreasonably priced and service was good as well. We treated ourselves as these days you get nothing on a flight to Paris - well, a Jordan’s nut bar if you’re lucky! So we thought it would set us up so we weren’t starving by the time we’d got to our hotel and set off sightseeing. Also a treat for our 2 girls as they’ve had a pretty sh*t time this year with no family holiday which we’ve always done up to now.
Lorraine - I’m on IV bone things as my onc prefers to prescribe them. She thinks the tablet ones aren’t as good (don’t get worried about this bit) but reading on hear I don’t think that’s the case as it’s been discussed on other threads and I really think it’s down to preference from the onc. As it is, if my veins don’t improve I may go on to tablet form at some point. I think the avoiding milk bit is to make sure the tablets are absorbed properly and milk would slow it down. I’ve added a comment onto Angie’s hair thread (Fuzzy Felt!) so know what you mean! I’m waiting for it to get a bit more established and then will put a colour on it, have seen the natural ones in health food shops so will try one of those 1st. I’m still covering it up with my wig or ‘hats’ so not too worried yet. When I have to go out in the big wide world with very short hair I will want it to look better than it does now!
Lily - you’re right about where oestrogen comes from and it makes sense that the more fat there is the more oestrogen can be made. This is where the A I’s come in as they are meant to stop this process happening and have been shown to be very effective. However they don’t work with oestrogen made by the ovaries hence only used in PM women. Glad you’re back and enjoying cake again, at least you can have something nice to eat. Remember the strawberries and meringues when we all began chemo - what a lifetime ago that seems! I’m avoiding alcohol at the moment as it does seem to trigger the heart problems - half a glass of wine set me off the other night. I want to see what effect it has but I really thibk it’s down to the AI’s I’m on and will get an appt to see my once to change them if poss. Otherwise, if it’s something I have to live with now, I’ll make sure I have the right medication to stop the problems so I can have a glass or 2 of wine. Life will be so bad and boring if I can’t! Sound like a real alcy don’t I? As to the holiday I’d go down the line that he deserves a break after the tough year he’s had this year and how you appreciate his support etc! Not to mention your rubbish time! Good luck and it’s nice to have something to look forwards to. I intend to make up for this year by having a few short trips earlier next year and hopefully a bigger one later in the year for just OH and I when both our girls have gone to uni. Hope you feel good this time round and not long to go now - yippee!
Hi to everyone else on this thread, hope you are all doing well.
Take care
Nicky xx
Hi all: Just a quickie - am babysitting Christmas puds today so am tied to the kitchen.
Yes Lily it was my idea to wait until after Christmas but my Prof agreed to waiting until we could do three straight runs of five days rather than having odd days here and there over Christmas. Had the scan thingy on Friday which was OK. The doc said that if I had had a walk in the park with chemo (which I have) then it would be a run in the park with the rads. Not convinced but we will see. Have the little tattoos and it looks like they are just going to do the boob and not the lymph site.
Going to check the puds now - everyone have a good weekend and hope everything is going well for Lisa - take it easy.
It’s GORGEOUS out there today, at least it is in Cumbria. Perhaps that’s why lisa’s so quiet (hope so).
Nicky, know what you mean about life with out any wine being boring. I’m rather a fan of a nice glass of organic shiraz. But it’s started to slide towards a bottle rather than a glass so need to start having more nights off and was chatting to my Ma yesterday who gave me a recipe for a mean non alcy bloody mary style drink. V8 carrot juice, splach of worcester and a stick of celery… yum. Just needs Vodka LOL. I also need to drink less to shed some weight so am also going to try and wean myself of lucozade and onto green tea.
Glad the show was great… going to see bond at the end of this week I think. Assuming I make it past Wednesday… genetics, US election results and rads… Loooong day.
Julia I Love christmas pud but have never actually made one, must do that, mum used to make her own until life got way too busy.
Lily… The end is so close I bet you can smell it… I can’t believe how much my hair has just kick started… everywhere!
hiya all, soz for absence, op went well ouch!!! in tue, op wed and long journey home thursday, up and about just hurts to laugh and still, so im shuffling about - my computer out of action so just borrowed brothers for 5 mins - will catch up later - love to all
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Hi,
Lisa - so glad to hear your op went well. I am sure you are being really brave but you sound positive and at least it is done now. Are you back at home yet with woof? I bet he missed you. How long do you have off work, please don’t be a hero too soon will you. Anyway big hugs for feeling even better very soon. Hope your neck is improving now. Angie - not long to go till you can soak yourself in the bath in whatever you like. How many rads to go and how is your skin holding up? Thinking of you re the genetics appointment, keep us posted. I am not sure whether to go that route or not, as onc is not keen. Not sure why really. Is the tiredness increasing as you go through the rads? Not sure how you will convince yourself to trade vegetables and worcester sauce for the hard stuff. Good luck!! Nicky - I bet all that laughung did you the world of good. I have not been to the theatre for years. Oh commutes every day so very hard to persuade him to be in London even longer. I guess you might have to try the veggie alternative if it helps keep your heart happy. Maybe low alcohol might be a compromise, have not tried it myself though. Yes I fondly remember the strawberries and meringues but cannot tolerate any fruit or veg on CMF. I have decided the trots are definitely more debilitating than quick drying cement of the bowels. I love going away and it is ironic that this is the only time I could go away out of expensive term time but have not managed to get away at all. I am continually dropping hints that I want to go abroad next holiday. I just have to come up with an interesting place to go that is not too expensive. It is a good year to go somewhere that is not too hot, so maybe Iceland or Norway? Anyone been there in the summer? Keep having fun.
Julia - you make me feel like a slug, Christmas puddings, very impressed with your hive of activity. So our good week coming up, hope you have a few nice things planned for it. I am planning something for every day, mainly catching up on eating!! I am getting myself prepared for a bad stomach next time as it gets worse each time. Still that will be number 11 done, can you believe it? I thought we were stuck in a loop.LOL . I just want to finish this and it can’t happen soon enough for me. I just wondered whether you felt or knew that it was better not to have gaps inbetween the rads. I was a bit concerned that i will have a 4 day gap over Christmas and was going to query this. Lorraine - I had my Grandson here for the weekend. I haven’t had him to stay for ages, although i see him almost every day. He is mad about dogs and tells everyone that our dog is his brother. So I put 2 leads on the dog and we both walked him around the block, he was very impressed and thought he was in charge! Little chap slept almost 12 hours so that was an easy visit this time. Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? Bevy where are you, we all want to cheer. Are you ok?
Things seem to be starting to go back to normal here, I am not sure why as I still have things to tick off my yuk list of treatment. I think it is because so many people on here as well as socially have finished. I am genuinely pleased for all of you of course. Both my BC work friends are back at work and you can feel the change just talking to them. It brings a sort of distance and ending to our closeness, which I find sad. Perhaps it is a good thing as it will not be such a shock to go back to the narrow confines of working in a school. I don’t always quite fit the mould and like to treat them all as if they were my own and sometimes it is more important to sort a problem out before they explode and get excluded, than completing an exercise. So many new rules have been brought in since I was last there. Still I have my own new big room now rather than sharing so can make it like home. It is a big sunny room but not being there I was given one on its own with no nice view like the others, across the fields. Still it is very close to the ladies and kitchen, which will be a big bonus as no rushing up and down stairs so often. I have not been allowed to put one foot in the door since the end of March so I have felt isolated apart from the 2 friends. It has been like being sent to prison really.
Not sure why that sad mood came on me tonight. Must focus on my good week to get the happy neuts flying high. Have a good week everyone
Lily x x
Hi girlies, thanks for the congrats on completing part of the most horrible journey of my life and thank you all so much for your continued support and advice. Glad the op went well Lisa but be gentle with yourself. Lily I am o.k. although I have had the outbreak of cold sores again which make me quite poorly with a temperature and then for some strange reason I have a really sore bright red trobbing big toe? where did that come from and my arm always plays me up after each session. So apart from feeling physically hammered mentally I feel better just knowing that is it apart from rads and thinking of you Julia and Lily looking forward to the end of Nov!
Hi,
well it is pretty quiet on here tonight. I have been out to dinner and had 2 courses, hooray. Well it is all going down ,181 days on chemo and 15 to go, how good that sounds. I can’t believe I am going to do number 8 after all the fuss I made and threats to stop after 6! Just shows you shouldn’t look too far ahead, just keep chugging along. I think chugging would describe my route through chemo nicely. I am buying Christmas pressies as the op might keep me in or be uncomfortable to drive with. last time I had a lump, this time it will be a hole, yuk. I am going to offer my big tum for fat harvesting to fill it. LOL. Well the biggest news is that the hairdresser is booked to come round tomorrow and dye my hair. It is just an organic copper colour to cover the grey and warm it up a bit. My daughter has told me the have an M haircut from the new Bond film as she says I have enough hair for that - just! If it goes to plan I am ditching the hairband and going it solo. The hairband is catching on my new hair anyway and it keeps popping up and moving so I think I have nits or a spider on my head!! LOL. Will let you know how it goes or whether I am back in hats to hide it.
Bevy so so pleased you are done and thank you for thinking of us on CMF, it has been a long haul flight. I hope the Se pass, you do seem to suffer a lot. If you are like me , you just think why does it have to be the same B side effects. Why can’t it just leave certain parts alone. My stomach may never recover from this! Anyway big hugs and rest up till you are over the worst. Thanks for posting x. Lisa how are you now? Hope you are feeling better every day X.
Everyone else just wanted to say hi and hope all is ok with you, have fun if you can
Lily x x
I’m staying quiet today what with the US election, my genetic results tomorrow, the 1 year anniversary of me starting my job (the best job in the world as far as I’m concerned and some of the loveliest people too) and rads finishing this week (Friday) 4 doses to go… basically the chances of me making it to the end of the week without blubbing are slim to nill. blub.
Hope you’re enjoying yourselves and not too cold . Have fun with the hair Lily.
hi all, borrowed brothers lap top, bordem setting in as cant do much but hey ho whats new. Keyhole surgery is amazing, god im black and blue and feel like done ten rounds, stabbing pains and aching pains and god help me when I cough but… the scars are tiny, only got 3, got both ovaries and tubes out via left side. Got some co-codamol now as paracetomal just not quite doing the trick!!! had a few bowel issues in both terms, trots aint good neither when you quick dash is a slow shuffle!!!
Lily, cant beilive you nearly there, count down now. Hope it flies in. sitting with pooch today as stopping at parents with me not being able to bend or lift too much. aiming to get home at weekend though. docs wanted to give me a 6 week sick note, managed to wrangle them down to 3!! want to get back in before Xmasl, then have Xmas off. Good luck with the hair dye. mines a fuzz ball, would love it to be long enought to go scarfless at Xmas but very much doubt it. can see the shape of eyebrows growing back, cant beliueve it but will have to have them trimmed when back as they are going to be mega dennis’s!!!
Angie- good luck with genetics tomorrow, know you must be really scared about it, but I can honestly say, so far (waiting for menoposal systems to kick in) the op wasnt as painful or emotional as I thought so if you need them removed, you arent out of action too long. Countdown to last few rads, hope you have been okay with it, dont like to dampen things but no deodarant or bubble bath for another 2 weeks afterwards!!!
Bevy, glad you done just sorry you have side effects - take care.
Glad you are taking it easy and being looked after. Sounds like op was a success and no hiccups, just make sure you get looked after and don’t do too much. As for menopausal symptoms I think you’ll be OK for a few weeks and they’ll gradually build up. I’m post men now for 5 wks (with Zoladex) and the hot flushes are creeping up on me but not too bad at the moment. Get some short sleeved tops in - you won’t want to wear long sleeves for a while! Also, when I was going to have a mastectomy earlier this year (before everything changed!) I was told that taking paracetamol and ibuprofen at the same time is now as effective as some of the harder hitting drugs and is used post op these days. This came from my onc so not some random uneducated person.
Angie - good luck with results tomorrow - hope it’s nothing frightening or needing dealing with but you never can tell in this game. I’m due to start looking at genetics etc now my Mum is back from holiday and can fill in some blanks in the family history bit, then time will tell. Also I hope there’s no hold up to your rads. All over and done with by Friday - way to go girl! Lots of reasons for a good blub! I managed to embarrass myself over the phone to a relief onc yesterday! I am so frustrated by these palpitations they are taking over my life. Have now got an appt to discuss my A I’s with my onc on Thursday pm so hope I can cope till then. Just more and more appts for me!
Lily - glad you managed a decent meal with no payback. Also I hope new hair colour is looking good. I’ve probably got another month to go until I feel I can show all by which time it will need some colour on it to hide the grey. Surprising little of it I must say and my natural colour is much darker than I’ve had for years which will take some getting used to. Can’t wait to highlight it again! Sorry to hear you were down the other night. I think it gets to us all every so often and it’s difficult to keep up with the happy faces etc especially when you’re still going through treatment. When you and Julia are chemo’d out we’ll have to start a new, happier thread to keep in touch.
Bev - take it easy, last one done, hooray! Don’t expect to bounce back as it took me (and Angie) a lot longer than we thought it would, but at least you don’t have to do it all over again in 3 weeks which a blessing. What’s next for you? (sorry if you’ve said before but I can’t remember)
To everyone else, hope you are all doing well whatever stage you’re at.
Take care
I nearly forgot… Lisa… nows the time to take arnica pills if you have some. It seems more and more hospitals are using them now, boots does em. Hope the aches and pains from it pass soon.
We’re getting ready for a long night with the election, followed by a long day of answers. Only 3 more rads to go though woohoo.
Hi,
well if I was a badger before, I would be a fox now!! Definitely not the glammarous type though. My lovely hairdresser came today, told me I had a lot thicker hair than her other BC lady - ha should I believe that! She then set about cutting off all my long straggly hair who I call the friends that stood by me and didn’t fall out. I could not believe the amount of hair on the floor and had a terrible urge to save them to stick back on! LOL. Anyway tonight I am sporting a copper tinted, dark, short hair do. It is a very short pixie cut but I have it on good authority from my girls that i look like a normal person again- thanks for that! So the hairbands have been flung across the room, wigs still wrapped in their box, scarves never used, and I am back with normal hair which completely covers my scalp. It is just over an inch all over with a wispy fringe and sideburns. She really massaged my head and cut the fine ends off the hair, which she says will definitely encourage growth. I was almost wincing after having barely touched my hair in case I made it fall out quicker. I wonder what state it will be in when I wake up? 14 days left to go. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
Lisa, so fab to hear you sounding so chirpy and that emotionally you have been much better than you hoped. Also hope Mum and Dad are fussing you and your dog, while you are staying there. You are so bad going back to work early but I admire you wanting to get back to normal. Have you got that new chair yet to help your back? Fab that the wounds are small but unbelievable that you had the bowel troubles back, old enemies from chemo days . Hope that has settled now. I love the mega Dennises, painful to tweeze out. Mine never went, just got thinner, which was a good thing. Blessed hair is sprouting everywhere and annoying me. Hope your hair is back soon so you can give Ratty to your dog to fight!!!
Angie, thinking of you tomorrow and hope it is not too bad. I am not really sure what you will find out, so just hoping there are some good bits in there, if possible. Why are you so affected by the US election? My OH’s family are over there and not happy as it may not suit their businesses. Well done for finishing rads this week. My you have roared past me now, I thought you had an older car, not a Ferrari!! Hoping there are not too many tears for you this week. Let us know how it all goes x. Nicky are you getting over your trip now? the palpatations would make me anxious too, especially after epi as it can affect the heart. I think you were wise to ask to see the onc, rather than just wait. Perhaps you could ask for some basic tests to check all is well before changing tablets, so they know it is definitely them causing it. I don’t mean to make light of it, but I really wish I was warmer as the shivering is painful and not like normal shivers. It is more like flu when you move slightly and it aches through to the bones. Thank goodness I will be out of this before it snows, I don’t think I could stand it going much lower, I already have the heating up really high all day and 4 blankets over the duvet at night with my bobble hat on!! Bevy are you starting to improve a little yet, hope the cold sores are not too nasty as they must make eating and drinking uncomfortable for you. Joanne are you ok? Lorraine I am eating cake for both of us this week before the final 2 dives down the dark hole.
Take care everyone
love Lily x x
