Dead right Kim!! la vaca ridente…or some such. ha ha
Lulu X
HI All
Had a great day at the LGFG and the bag they give you is very good. Olivia thinks the bag should be for her told her we would share. Then called into work and what a greeting I got they made me feel so special . What wonderful people I work with. Cant sleep so up having a cuppa.
Emma - so pleased all the treatment is over, here hoping Monday brings you good news. Your a special lady
Lulu I am so jealous of you off to sunny weather, enjoy girl.
Kim hope the second chemo is ok with not to many SE.Would have called in to see you if I had realized you where at Freeman.
Looking forward to meeting up
Love to all
Margaret xxxx
Kim is the tablet you referring to called cyclazine? i havent taken it but have used it loads with good effect at work , but my oncologist recommended Emend as it was more for nausea especially related with chemo, so if its no good ask for this one xx take care all . xx Julie
Ps enjoy your Hols you deserve them girl xx
Emma glad your tx finished mine will be Thursday woo hoo
Margaret your daughter sounds as bad as mine she ran off with 1/2 the make-up aswell xx glad you enjoyed it ,its a great pick you up and lovely to meet others for a natter xx
Hi girls
Just thought i’d drop a post to say hi and hope your all ok whilst I can keep my eyes open.
Julie - yes that’s the tablets, haven’t took them yet as they are supposed to supress your appetite and i’m trying to eat more as I am losing weight.
Hope you all have a nice lunch. I will get to meet you all one day
Love and hugs kim xx
Ive been and had a lovely lunch out with my daughter and hubby to celebrate the last zap of radiotherapy today woo hoo 7 months of long hard treatment over and not another appointmnet for 7 weeks. Ive also had a lovely long soak in the bath and all the multi coloured dots and dashes have finally been all washed off. BLISS xxx hope everyone else doing ok and hope you all have a lovely weekend xxx Julie
Honey I am back!!
Yes ladies, back in the UK from sunny Mallorca. A bit of a drop in temperature on my return (read HALF the degrees!) but at least it was sunny today in the North East. It kind of softens the blow.
You’ll be glad to know everything went well: no trips to Palma’s hospital during my stay. Weather was fab: sunny and warm. Just what the doctor ordered then.
Only problem was, and I have already mentioned it on my September chemo thread, I left half of my clothes in the B&B where we were staying. I stupidly forgot to empty the bottom drawer of the wardrobe. No wonder my suitcase was shutting without me having to sit on it…Well, not quite but you know what I mean. On top of that I left my cardy in the hired car. My hubby was NOT impressed.
“You are not going to blame it on the chemo brain, are you?” he asked. Funny you should mention it.
Anyway these things don’t upset me anymore. It’s only clothes, isn’t it? REplaceable, unlike other things in life.
Julie, I am glad you reached the end of your rads. I hope you celebrated in style.
Kim, I hope you don’t feel so tired anymore.
Margaret I am sure you had a lovely week off with Olivia and your hubby.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone.
Lulu XX
Hi lulu
Glad you had a grt time despite losing half your wardrobe.lol.
Its been quiet on the thread without your funny posts.
Im still struggling with tiredness it really gets me down but hey ho.
Xfactor time( sad I know)
Enjoy the rest of your weekend
Julie - congratulations on finishing your rads hope you got spoilt at lunch
Love and hugs kim xx
Hi all
Lulu am glad your holiday went well. When is your next chemo?
Kim hope you are ok and having some good days. My muscles still ache from tax. Am seeing my bcn tomorrow to see if I have got lymphedema. My hand is all puffed up and has been for a few weeks.
Herceptin tomorrow, have to sit there for six hours. Going to be a long day.
Take care. Debx
Hey Deb
sorry about the puffy hand. I hope it’s not lymphodoema (spelt right?). My next chemo is on Wednesday. I’ll be exactly half way through it then. YAY! (I’m being sarcastic in case it’s not apparent)Tomorrow I’m seeing the onc and have my blood tested. Here we go again!Feels like I’m on the merry-go-round from hell sometimes.
I can see I’m going to hate hospitals by the time I’m through with all the various treatments.
Didn’t realize that herceptin meant a hospital visit. I thought it was a medication like Tamoxifen (i.e. you administer it yourself) but it doesn’t sound like it. How does it work? Do they inject it like chemo? And how many sessions do you have to have?
Just curious…
Enjoy Halloween ladies. I reckon we don’t even have to dress up. All we need to do is go out without wigs/scarves, etc. That would scare a few neighbours…
Lulu XX
Hi Lulu
I feel like uncle fester from the Adams family, perfect for Halloween. Yes herceptin is an infusion like chemo, but it only takes half an hour to go in. After the first two I can have them at home as they contract them out. Not sure how I feel about that. Good luck with your bloods and chemo. Debx
Hi Girls
Deb - I hope your arm is ok and easy to sort out for you.x. Im having herceptin eventually so would be interested in how it all goes for you. Ive read its nothing like chemo re se so with a bit of luck you will be fine.x. I asked if i can have mine at home, i think once you have the first two you are fine to have it at home. Saves a lot of visits to hospital over 12 months anyway.x. After the 3 fec how does the tax make you feel?
Lulu - I think i requested you as a friend on facebook unless it was some other random person?lolx
Hope everyone else are well
Love and hugs Kim x
Hi Kim
Tax is quite different. For me the big plus was no nausea. But I did get quite down for a couple of days, like the dementors had got me. Also ulcers, bone and muscle aches oh and the runs. But most of these did not last too long and they took a while to get going, so actually only felt bad for about three days, then just tired. I found fec hard going. Hope you are well. Debx
Hi Deb
I see, that is different.
I had sore body to touch with my first fec so I think I know what that may be like.
Im okish thanks its just the tiredness with me, just seem to flit from the sofa to bed some days. if I dont spk before I hope all goes well on wednesday. Love Kim x
KIm
I have added you as a friend on FB. Yes, it was me! I was hoping to see what you looked like in real life but NO. Still the teddy bear as the profile picture…
What a bundle of ailments we all are,eh Deb? You get the runs, I get the opposite. And while I was on holiday it was even worse! The intestines were on general strike. Perhaps they thought they were in France? Ha ha…
Take care
Lulu XX
Hi Lulu
Phew glad it was you.
I haven’t got many up to date pics of me but I will try and put one on and kill your curiosity, your not missing much. ha ha
Love Kim x
P.s. Im the same intestine wise it must be all the laughing cow cheese
I didn’t tell you Kim: they had it in my B&B in Mallorca for brekfast, amongst other things! I contained myself though. Mind you: a box is in the fridge waiting for Wednesday’s chemo taste buds alteration.
As for the chemo brain…well, I’m becoming care of the community faster than you can say “penny for Halloween!”. Went into my garden to get a couple of bay leaves to use with my poached salmon. Then I spent ages looking for them in the kitchen, only to find them in the bin where I had absentmindedly chucked them as soon as I got back in the house. OH dearie me!
I’ll be dribbling soon…
Lulu XX
Did they and you resisted, gold starfor you mrs. ha ha
aslong as you have your supplies roll on wednesday I say
Care of the community, you make me laugh lulu. At least theyd look after you and your dribbles ha ha
I was like that before chemo brain so god help me now
love kim x
Ha Ha Lulu thats me and you both for care in the community ,when i was going for Rads i had transport to and from hospital sometimes it was a taxi and others an patient transport ambulance and i got on the wrong ambulance and was sitting with all the little confused biddies and my ambulance man was hysterical laughing at me through the window ,he came on and led me by the hand to the right one and strapped me to the seat and said" stay there you’re worse than the confused pensioners " then the next day i got in the wrong taxi. God how am i going to manage going back to work .Glad you enjoyed you’re holiday well deserved break for you .good luck with the next chemo Wed. Deb,Kim and everyone else still on-going chemo, and well done Emma for finally crossing the finishing line Also Margaret glad you enjoyed your lGFB session bet you look stunning in that fab posh make-up . xxx love to all Julie
That’s SOOOOOO funny Julie! It made me laugh the idea of the ambulance man holding you by the hand and leading you to the right vehicle. “There you go my dearie!! And have you remembered your incontinence pads today?” LOL
I think me and you should never meet or God knows what disasters we could get up to! Meeting in wrong places, leaving bags behind, forgetting to pay the bills in cafes, etc. I often joke with my sons that the reason why sometimes I’m a little bit soft when it comes to help them financially is so that they’ll choose a five stars nursing home for me when the time comes (God forbid!!). ha ha
What have you got in store now that you have finished rads? Are you going to be taking Tamoxifen? Herceptin?
Lots of love (and laughs)
Lulu XX
I started Tamoxifen about a month ago Lulu I’m not having herceptin cos i was HER2-VE.It feels really strange this morning getting up staying in my dressing gown having a chilled morning as no hospital or appointments till 1st Dec ( don’t know what I’m gonna do with all this time) Ive been asked to go in by BC nurse on the 9Th cos the new ladies starting chemo have their monthly meeting and they asked me to go in and share experiences with them as they needed some cheering up and positive people to talk to ( i was quite flattered)she had told them that she wished they could meet " the two Julies" ( we sound like a couple of cowboys in a john Wayne film) but that is haw we were known , but it will be so sad not to have my little partner in crime next to me to banter off.We used to have everyone hysterical with our stories .I also got a lovely card from one of the other ladies i had radiotherapy with and it said" thanks for making radiotherapy such a pleasant experience," bless her it made me cry, I’m such a wet blanket these days.PS you’ll have to send me a private message and name and ill add you on facebook.
PS I now have to go to the vet ( no not for me ) my daughters class rabbit has got fleas,( she’s a teacher aswell) i think its probably from the little blighters at school ha ha, i think she thinks I’m his school nurse too maybe we should send a letter out to his Mum ha ha xx Julie