Hi,
Lorraine it is MD with toothache and YD with the sofa eating dogs. Trouble with having 4, people always get muddled. I often call them the wrong name if I am hurrying. You are right about the clenched teeth though and that is one thing they thought might be happening but her face is very swollen and she has a lumpy area too. Sending her to the doc tomorrow first thing.My ear seems ok, fingers crossed. Is your Grandaughter a lot further away now? I hope not. You are getting me into a frenzy with your wrapping parcels as I am totally unprepared this year. I have told my 4 I am not doing sacks for them but they are all fighting me about it and trying to tell me how lovely they are. I had 11 to dinner tonight and said to all the chaps i think you should do them and they all said āno chanceā.YD says but ED has had 5 more than me and 8 more than her brother!
Lisa sounds like you enjoyed Liverpool did you get much shopping done? I was reading that Femara and arimidex are non-steroid but aromasin is a steroid tablet so wondering if that changes the side effects. Must study this in more detail.I also read that I need to move off tamoxifen and on to an AI to improve my odds so hoping that will happen in the new year when I see the onc.I chuckled about your Dad seeing the email!!As to x factor I am only voting for Joe even though Olly lives near us. Sorry but I was pleased that Jamie went but mostly as it annoyed Simon. Canāt stand either of their hair.My prediction is that when Lloyd goes in the next couple of weeks, all the little girls will vote for Joe instead and he will win. What do you think? I watched celebrity too and hoped Kim would do the challenge. Looks like it might be interesting this time and will vote Price to do everything nasty. How can a guy as old as George still be a hunk? Amazing.
Well I will have to get my school work done quicker with all these programmes to watch.Have a good week everyone. Nicky if it is coming up, good luck
Lily x
Hi all
At least yesterday was a much nicer day, but back to the wind and rain today! ED did her run yesterday, it was over an army training ground and she really did go through water up to her neck - I donāt think any short people could do it - they would drown! She had a great time but did get a stick (or something) stuck in her shin in the water so had to go to A & E when she got home just to get it checked out and tetanus checked as well. Luckily OH and her werenāt too long so we did get to eat last night! I could imagine them being there for hours with all the sunday footballers! YD seems to be doing well now in Paris and has managed to get a part time job looking after a young girl after school for a few days a week. This will help hugely with the cost of living out there so she will be able to do a few more things now. My tooth is calming down but I did have a big bruise on my face where they must have put quite a bit of pressure. Not a good look and looked as if OH had given me a backhander! The whole area is calming down now, so with any luck the pain will be a thing of the past. Lily - hope MD ges sorted soon as well. Thereās a young chap at work with toothache and his appointment isnāt till December - I canāt understand that and certainly couldnāt put up with it till then. I only had to wait as I had to go to the hospital to get it done.
Hope everyone had a good weekend. Lorraine you sound like you had a great party - people like that are such an inspiration arenāt they? Iām not into all the x factors etc and have decided not to watch celebrity - maybe Iāll get suckered in if you all keep talking about it though. Lisa - sounds like you had a great time, I hope you got some shopping done and werenāt in the pubs all the time 
Did you say Hi to my cousins LOL Good old scousers. Hope things pick up again with John, fingers crossed, Iām sure having had experience of cancer and chemo with his brother it wonāt be such a difficult thing to understand and deal with. Well, Lily, you are guessing right that my appt is this week, Iāll let you all know how it goes. I try not to think about it but, by whatever-day, Iāll be really nervous Iām sure. Whatās so scary about it is that depending on my results it determines my next 6 months (or so) and how you live it, either more treatment or not - lets hope āNOTā.
Take care all, a busy week with work for me meaning Iām in most days even if just a half day which Iād rather not do as it means not having full days off. Oh well.
Nicky xx
hi there buddies
lily 2000
my hubby voted for joe on xfactor first time hes phoned up. i cant believe Lloydd is still there he is so out of tune. at least the twins are entertaining. watched im a celebrity cant believe sam fox, hows she kept her figure. she seems very strong. i think its going to be interesting this time, so get on top of your work, dont want to miss anything.
lisaf
well im so proud of how your handling this john thing. but i dont think any of us waste much time worrying about anything now, our days are so important. and our love lifes are a small part of it, you have so many things going for you.
nicky
hope appointment goes well, im in for another scan wednsday, like you i always dread incase they say more treatment, how do people do this chemo thing regularly. shame you have to work so many hours, how many days off will you get at christmas?
been around the shops today, but not spent anything, oh i tell a lie, i brought family christmas cards and they came to Ā£15, it was a new shop and they never even had a bag to put them in
well off to wash the dishes, before corrie, speak later.x
hi all, good luck to those going for scans and tests this week, thinking of you all xxxx
Off to docs tomorrow, think i might have tonsillitus again, yellow spot but still got this persisent cough which im trying not to freak out about.
Date time again tomorrow, first time Ive seen him since telling him some basic stuff
xxx
Hi,
Nicky Iām very glad to hear that your mouth is improving after the extraction. Anyone who knows your husband would not even think anything like that for a second! Your poor daughter getting an injury and horrible not to know what got her. I have noted that short people would drown and will be careful not to ever attend anything like that, ha ha :)MD saw the GP today and he thinks it is her sinuses and that she was on the wrong antibiotics from the dentist. I phoned her this morning to nag her to phone early before all the appointments had gone and her new boyfriend had stayed home to take her to the doc before he went to work. So he is shaping up well. Although I phoned her tonight and she said she was fine until she took little chap to football and the cold set it off and her boyfriend keeps making her laugh which hurts too. Little chap caught wind of this and the two of them were following her around making faces and she was really struggling not to laugh. I know how hard it is as yesterday I made her a vic inhaler to breathe in and every time I looked at her I started laughing too and had to walk out the room. She looked like a nun with the towel on her head! Anyway everything crossed all week for you Nicky to make sure I get the right day. B results canāt stand the run up to them!
Lorraine I am enjoying the programmes. Kim the cleaner makes me laugh but I think she will get annoying over time. Wonder if Price will say anything about being chucked off the asda campaign while on there. Did you say it was a CT scan on Wed. Good luck with that and ask for the nice water if it is and not the yukky thick drink. Donāt know if you remember when i went for mine, my friend who had Bc at the same time came with me. She was absolutely speechless when they handed me the water as she had gone in previously and had prepared me for the nasty drink. I just said Iām on chemo, I canāt do it and that was that - water for me. She just had another and the same thing happened to her again and she had to have the thick one!! Couldnāt help laughing. How could that happen!
Lisa, good luck at the docs and you know you have not rested and taken it easy since the whooping cough and it is a big ill ness to shake off. That is probably why you are picking more up. Tonsillitis is just that! Would worry free Lisa please surface!Just checked my medical book and it is highly infectious and the cough can last up to 3 months. Good luck at the docs and with John.
Nothing much else to report, just an ordinary day with alot of rain again. Had to be the day I was on duty outside at the entrance gate, of course. No chance of retiring early as son has declared he is def going to uni now if he gets the course he wants.
Lily x x
hi there everyone
well a nice day here in the midlands, sunny dry, and people tell me its cold, but not feeling it too much, cos of hot flushes, knew there was going to be some benefits, from tamoxifen. not looking forward to scan tommorow, i was told about that nasty liquid lily is talking about but luckily ive always been given water, but i still hate the scan, and am always nervous. even though this is my 3rd.
got a lovely pot of stew on the boil.got nearly every veg you can think of in it. even baby sweetcorn, but sad to say no dumplings.
so off to finish it off, in time for the hungry mouths returning. speak to you all later x
Hi,
Lorraine canāt believe you left the dumplings out! Sacrilege!!Good luck for tomorrow and hope you get the nicer drink.
Nothing much has happened here - just an ordinary Tuesday but my lovely day when ED comes to visit each week. We love the same programmes and cuddle up on the sofa and watch tv non stop until she goes. She has ordered her wedding ring this week as it is being made. Everything is slotting into place, bit by bit.Have you noticed they are very fancy these days and hers has diamonds on it. You wonder whether they will last a lifetime of washing up? Not very romantic thought ha ha. Then on the news came a report that they have accidentally let a murderer out of our local prison eeek. Thats me not sleeping now and will be driving around with my doors locked just in case.I hate things like that as they play on my mind.
Nicky hugs for this week. Lisa how did you get on at the docās?
Lily x
hiya al
Good luck Nicky and Lorraine - thinking of you both, fingers crossed.
Nurse said just a virus, felt okay when I was in but night time and morning my throat is so sore and the tickly cough doesnt stop - bring on the strepils, coughed like mad in doctors surgery, ribs aching so chill out for me until Saturday.
John been round but only stayed about 2 hours as he is still hungover. He didnt mention anything Id told him via text and i didnt mention his drunken sloppy texts on Saturday - it was all a bit wierd and like starting again, not sure if I can imagine being totally relaxed with him, and maybe my paranoid state but heās coming back on Friday and then we are out on the big group date (that we have kept secret) on Saturday so wondering if heās just waiting till that is over - or maybe when we have both had a few drinks and relax on Saturday we might chat more about that sort of stuff!!!
Nite all, off to realx xxx
Hi
Good Luck Lorraine, I now get the water/squash type drink when I have my CT scans - thank goodness - the āsmoothieā was disgusting. Hope youāre not too nervous, Iām OK with that bit itās the bit after (results) when I get nervous arhhhhh.
Lisa - glad itās ājustā a virus but sorry youāre feeling rotten. At least John is still seeing you even though it may be a bit awkward at the moment. Hope all goes well on Friday and Saturday, maybe being out in a big group will lighten things off a bit? It seems the coughing virus is doing the rounds, I had it a few weeks back and Iāve spoken to my YD and a friend of mine who both have it as well. You cough so much you think you will be sick - sorry folks if itās breakfast time!
Lily - keep those doors locked! When I was young we lived within hearing distance of the Broadmoor alarm which went off if ever a (politically incorrect bit here) loony escaped, which did happen a few times! We all had to be collected from school etc by parents if anyone was on the run!
Hi to everyone else on here, Peacock I hope youāre picking up after the downer you seemed to have last week.
Nothing happening with me atm, Iāve managed to change my hours this week so Iām off today and tomorrow which is nice but back in on Friday. Lorraine - I donāt do too many hours, donāt worry! Itās just if I end up doing some half days it means Iām up and dressed (smart) every day and it stops me doing anything Iāve planned to do that involves more than an afternoon. Iām off to Ikea today with my Mum - we joke that itās her birthday treat, which is partly true a my Dad hates the place! Weāll check out their Christmas decorations etc - which were rubbish last year btw - and grab a cheap lunch.
Speak soon
Nicky xx
hi there
lily
how nice to have daughters, to have girlie days/nights with. i dont think my boys would appreciate me cuddling up to them. lol.
talking about the wedding ring,most people have a dishwasher now anyway, i think im one of the few that dont. if she hasnt maybe that could be a condition of accepting his ring, (that he does the washing up for the rest of their married life), hed have to be a good catch for that one, or sheād at least get a dishwasher thrown in!
strange you say about escaped prisoner, we had one a few weeks ago. but dont worry hes probably well away by now.
nicky
i must be lucky ive never had that smoothie, before the scans, dont sound like im missing much. but im dying for a cuppa at the moment, i had a drink in the pub at 2. and am only allowed water till 6. then i have to drink loads as you already know. like you im not normally too bad with the scans but after my funny turn the other day im a little scared. and of course were all nervous of results now. i do wish they would get in touch if things were ok as well, because its nice to be reasured. i had last scans in june, and never heard a word. im not down to see oncologist till jan, but he may see me after the scans this time,. i hope so anyway.
i love going around ikea but my hubbys like your dad, he hates it. even though he loves shopping more than me.
anyway going for a drink of water,. erhhh. speak to you later x
Good luck all with scans xxxx
Anyone watching jungle, I actually think they should give Katie a break, getting boring, want to see someone else do a trail.
John coming back on Friday and then we are on our blind date saturday, hee hee, payback to the medlers! Still dont know much about him yet but early days, maybe we will relax with a drink!!!
Hi,
good luck and everything crossed from me too for first time vein hunting and good results. I feel unsettled for you as I know exactly how I feel when I go for results myself.
Lisa I think you probably just need to fuss yourself a bit when you are ill and EVEN take a day off work - unless of course you are superwoman? These bugs are taking a long time to go and most people at my work are off a week and still look pasty when they come back.By the way does Robson like John? Dogs are good at things like that. I think you might have met your soul mate in John you know - he can only say exactly how he feels when heās had a few for dutch courage or when not face to face. Hmmm who does that remind me of? Anyway good luck and have a good laugh at the othersā discomfort on Saturday. Missed jungle tonight, curses!
Nicky I would have been scared living near that place! I told the kids at school to be careful, because of the murderer and some said they were scared now. Tricky to know whether to warn people or not worry them. Glad you get the more palatable drink and good luck tomorrow if it wasnāt today :)Did you get carried away at Ikea, it is easy? Anyway thinking of you x x.
Lorraine - thinking of you too for your scan and good luck, everything crossed and hope they tell you a bit more this time. My imagination gets completely carried away if left to imagine things! You know my son is the cuddliest of them all, probably growing up in a house full of sisters. He is so much bigger than me I get suffocated! ED has him sorted to share all the jobs. She does not trust him to wash her designer outfits so she washes and he does the washing up. He irons all his own things. Wish Victor did!
Ok I need a volunteer to do all my Christmas shopping for me. Anyoffers? I thought not.
Love
Lily x
Hi all: Just a quickie ā Lily donāt like the sound of Aromasin being a steroid ā hadnāt realised that. It will explain why I have been feeling odd and CANāT SLEEP AT NIGHT! Before I read your post yesterday, I had a terrible night Monday and Tuesday, and actually thought to myself āthis is just like being on the steroids during chemoā. Will have to do more research as I was quite happy with Arimidex ā apart from the fingers ā and I donāt think that is caused by the AIās, rather think it is arthritis. If I donāt like the sound of Aromasin will get him to put me back on Arimidex ā still have three monthās supply of that so have plenty of time to sort out.
Lisa: My onc thinks Gluco-thingy may do some good but certainly would not do any harm. Iāve never heard anyone say the pills are meant to cause pain ā where do they find these people? On the subject of actually seeing your Onc ā my guy has a local GP helping out at his clinic, when they sent him in to see me I sent him packing and said I would wait for the Prof. Just make sure now I know who I am seeing each time!
For a quickie that was quite long!
Hugs all round
Julia
Good luck all, thinking of you, phew I think the longer you have a break off scans the more scary it feels when they come around, think I would almost faint at sight of needle now!!!
Founds some bottle called pulmo Bailly that is supposed to stop cough, not agreeing with me but didnt cough half as much last night!!!
Lily, even Ive started my xmas shopping, and that is saying something believe me, but I usually leave everything to last minute and end up wrapping and rushing round at 9pm on Xmas eve.
Hi ladies
Back from the hospital with good news - scan results all good, all stable - hooray. Onc even said I should have a couple of glasses of wine tonight to celebrate and wished me a Happy Christmas 
To say Iām relieved would be one of the understatements of the year. Thanks for all the positive thoughts, weāll now move them onto Lorraine! Will catch up later as out tonight and tomorrow plus work tomorrow as well. Have a good weekend if Iām not in touch sooner, Lisa - have fun!!
Nicky xx
hi nicky
.yippee, yippee
so pleased for you, you must be on cloud 9, i know i was last year when they said i was stable.
scan went ok last night, no hiccups like the kidney scan. just got to wait now, dont know how long.x
Hi,
Nicky that is fantastic news and you must be feeling really glad that you put up with those months on chemo.Bet the girls and hubby are excited too and maybe you can relax a bit more this Christmas now I know you have been really worrying and I am so pleased for you. It must be hard to trust your instincts after the shock of being told bad news previously when it was so unexpected. I will be expecting palpatations from the celebrations lol.
Lisa yes I think oh no when I have a simple blood test these days and a scan would send me over the edge too.I usually love Christmas shopping but my feet are just too painful and it seems if I have the time, they are at their worst. Hoping to see the podiatrist soon. Hubby had a phone call from the clinic today and they have transferred me to another hospital. Why would they do that? I am trying to walk as little as possible at work, which is not an easy thing to do.
Hi Julia. I have not read a lot about them yet but saw that on the web. Strange that I read and posted that just as you were having symptoms. Does it mention it in the leaflet with the tablets? As I understand it, you have to tell people if you are on steroids so maybe it is very small.Hope you get it sorted out. Thats the trouble with changing anything, sometimes better the devil you know! I must try that tactic as the Prof dodges me these days and sends me to a minion.
Lorraine, as Nicky says we are all thinking of you and please let us know when you are going to see the onc again. Hope the scan went ok and no after effects from the drugs.Enjoy getting out when you can, with the bad weather forecast.
Well Ed got shortlisted for the job I wrote off for but doesnāt think she will go for it. They want her to spend a whole day there doing tests and tours and interviews and tasks and they were a bit off when she said it was difficult to be off for a day at such short notice. Making her wonder if she would be happy with that working environment. The murderer handed himself in by the way
Love and celebration hugs
Lily x
Congrats Nicky, Im sitting crying for you, wimp or what, have a lovely celebration and Im raising a wine for you.
Love to all xxx
Ahhhh. Thanks ladies and, Lisa, youāre not a wimp just a caring friend (who likes a glass of vino as much as me!). I didnāt get to celebrate last night as I was already going out with some friends and had offered myself as driver. Tonight Iām also out, this time with work ladies where there will be some alcohol consumed! However will probably have a glass of bubbly on Saturday at home with ED and OH. ED, who is 21 in 3 weeks, says it the best present she could have - so thatās her sorted then LOL! I must admit is is a huge relief even if I did feel really good and no reason to expect any changes but you never can tell. It also means I should, fingers crossed, have a good run up to Christmas this year. If you remember last year I had my insides (sorry, my ovaries) ablated which called all sorts of side effects!
Will catch up with all the stories - particularly The Lisa Soap - over the weekend and thanks again.
Hugs
Nicky xx
having horrid day already - buts things into persepective. Took me over 1 hour to make the 10mins journey to work, floods okay at my house but town where i work, bridge collpased and all roads closed and policeman feared dead and others missing. Work for C Exec of housing association so currently rining round lots of poor people who have been flooded out of their houses, just 5 years since they were last flooded out, flood defences not working great and need to find rooms for them over xmas - so sadā¦