Hi
Hope everyone is well. Rads look like starting at the end of nov. Never mind. Oh, better go children causing havoc. Debx
Am back havoc over.
Can I just confirm at the mo we are meeting on the 15th at Panis. It is not far from the Theatre Royal, just a bit further down Grey Street, but on the same side as starters and puds was. Let me know if anyone needs more specific details. It was one of my old haunts, pre children. As yet we don’t have a time, but lulu and cazza have to get away early ish. Anyone not on face book, Theresa has set up a group for messages so if you would like to be pert of it let me know. Nicola are you able to come?
See you soon dDebx
Hi Guys
Great to catch up with you all and to read how very well everyone is coping with the various stages they are at. We should be very proud. I really laughed at the funny stories. This thread would make such a good book. Am so glad that we are going to meet upagain on 15th. I really enjoyed last time. I am on week 3 after first tax. Had some hellish days with the worst mouth ever. Thanks so much for advice re meds - especially for ulcers. Am now feeling great and so enjoying it. Trying to cram 3 weeks acitivities into one week. Anyway, all the very best to each of you and look forward to seeing you on 15th. Cazza x
Hi everyone - hope you are all doing well.
Deb - would you mind if I joined you on the 15th? Never been able to join you before as started back at work in Sept, but don’t work Mondays. Would be lovely to meet everyone as I have followed your stories for many months, although I finished my treatment in May.
marli
Hi Marli
Great that you can make it. Monday seems like a day that suits people as Monica doesn’t work that day either. We still don’t have a time yet though. Will be lovely to see you. Please let me know if you need more details on where Panis is. Debx
It would be GREAT to see Marli too! You have always given such invaluable advice I’d love to see you in the flesh. The more the merrier, I’d say. And as Panis is run by Italians the noise making we will no doubt produce won’t be a problem. lol
Would 11.30 be too early to meet? I am conscious of the fact Cazza and myself will have to leave early to be at the Freeman for 2. Obviously other ladies can stay on even if we have to shoot off.
But look at me: 7.20 and I’m already on the BCC website. Is it tantamount to an addiction, I wonder?.. mind you Deb logged on even earlier…
Bracing myself for number 3 EC today. HEEEEEEEELP! But as no cold cap will be on the menu today I’ll be in and out in a flash.
Emma, any news about your results?
Hugs to all
Lulu XX
P.S.Wendy where are you? Aren’t you due one of your epic postings? We miss you
Cazza, nice to know you are feeling better!!
By the way Deb, when you book a table for us add another 5 places for my many personas…ha ha
Hi lulu
I don’t know if you can actually book at lunchtime at Panis, so going early might be a good idea anyway. There is a post on fb from Emma on the north east breast buddies. Good luck with EC today. yes, was awake at vomit o clock this morning, don’t you just love hot flushes. Debx
1/2 way mark to today Lulu, good luck with no.3 hope it goes well . xxx which persona will you be bringing out with you on the 15th???as we may not recognise you.im going to see my sister today bless her she put a hair dye on at the weekend and had to go to A and E she has had such a nasty reaction to it shes covered in a rash all over really itchy and sore, and her face and eyes are all swollen up shes had loads of piriton to no effect and they have now given her 8 steroids a day ( she’ll definately be hyper with them ) she can do my ironing during the night aswell ha ha x.It was supposed to be a henna one aswell ( oh the joys of not having to dye your hair girls)i think i shall be giving this one a miss ,I might just stick to the mousey with silver highlights option xxxx Julie
Blooming heck Julie! But isn’t henna supposed to be a natural vegetable dye?? That sounds SCARY!!
Obviously I’ll be bringing the glam one with the funky looking wig (she is called Lilly) as I’m going to the LGFB session afterwards. No potato pickers peasants would be allowed at the workshop I fear.
I hope your sister feels better soon and does all your ironing courtesy of the steroids.
I am spending my mornings surfing the net these days, checking my FB account, etc… really I ought to be ashamed. The things you can do when you are off work,eh? I am getting as bad as my students…ha ha
Lulu XX
apparently even black henna dyes ( natural) can contain a substance called Phenylenediamine which is the chemical that usually occurs allergic reactions so she had to becareful and avoid this substance in the ingredients and make sure she does a skin test before.x julie
Hi girls
Hope everyone is ok.
I know its a bit of a random question but does anyone know if we can eat mayonaise?
Julie - hope your sister is ok
Lulu - hope today went well
Love and hugs Kim x
Hi everyone
Good to hear everyone seems in good spirits and coping well with treatment.
Congratulations Lulu on getting to the halfway point already – well done you. Hope tomorrow goes well for you. I’m looking forward to meeting Lilly on the 15th!
Hi Deb, how are you getting on? Sorry to hear that your rads have been put back, what a nuisance. Still, it sounds like you’re getting the state of the art treatment, I wonder how they coped before all these fabulous machines were around? Did you get anything sorted out with your Uncle Fester hand? (lovely description by the way!)
Did you have your herceptin treatment? How did it go?
Hi Cazza, glad to hear the worst of tax side effects are wearing off. It’s tough one, but you’re nearly there now! What a great idea about a book based on the forum posts, I love it! Now, who’s up for writing it? I’m available for proof reading – being hypercritical, I’m ace at spotting other peoples mistakes 
Marli, it would be lovely to meet you at long last. It’s usually great fun to get together with all the lovely ladies from here, we have such a good laugh. I’m not kidding when I say it’s the highlight of my social calendar (Mind you, the only places I frequent at the minute are the Freeman and Sainsburys……lol)
Margaret, how are you getting on? You’ve not posted for a while (say’s she who’s been absent for months) Are you still busy playing with all your lovely LGFB goodies?
Julie, it’s so good to read your posts, you really do make me laugh out loud with your stories. I’m sorry to hear about your sister, what a shocker! Here I was debating about whether to pop out to Lush to buy some henna for this grey fluff of mine – decision made now. Glad I popped in today to catch up.
I’ve got my last radiotherapy tomorrow. Thank goodness. These last 3 weeks I’ve been out of the house on average 5 hours a day (most of it spent on the bloody A1 –Grr) Anyway, it hasn’t been too bad at all, tiring but I’m sure that’s down to all the travelling more than anything else.
I had a bit of a scare at the beginning, as I found a huge lump in my ‘good’ breast, which had me really worried. I mentioned it to a nurse at the Freeman who had a feel and remarked ‘Hmm, well I can’t feel any pea sized lumps’ I wanted to shout at her that cancer doesn’t only come in pea sized lumps, but I controlled myself Anyway, saw my Onc who examined me and said he was sure it was just the glands and nothing to worry about. Sure enough, two weeks on, it’s disappeared, so big relief. I didn’t tell anyone, not even my hubby and I think that’s part of the reason I’ve stayed away from here for a while, it’s been playing on mind I suppose but I couldn’t bring myself to discuss it.
Anyway, how’s this for epic Lulu!!!
Take care everyone and apologies to anyone I’ve forgotten to mention. Looking forward to seeing you all soon
Wendy
xxx
Hi Kimmie
You can eat shop bought mayo as it’s pasturised (sp?) Just avoid the home made stuff as it’s from raw egg.
Enjoy, whatever it is you’re having!
Wendy
xxx
pea sized Wendy you should have told her that one of my friends when she had a feel of mine described it as a " surf board" ha ha. its been known as that ever since . i was just on another thread and chuckled out loud at one of the ladies who had just had her nipple tatoos done and she had taken the bandages off today and as she was working from home was doing her computer work topless ha ha her hubby said she should charge more for topless work .i thought that was hilarious ,hope the window cleaners didnt come ha ha xJulie
That’s the girl Wendy!!
Yes, I am very satisfied with the length.Thank you.
Sorry you had a scare and couldn’t share it with anybody! Mercifully it has resolved itself!
Re: banned food. I confess to being a bit cavalier. I live on the edge,me. Can’t say I have stopped eating anything, albeit I haven’t made my own maionaise for…let’s see…ever? So I’m safe there.
Had my third EC this afternoon and waiting for the nausea to kick in. So far so good. My hubby says I look the picture of health (read: there is no reason for me not to cook his tea…lol). “It is called make up. And PLENTY of it!” I replied.
Anyway take care all you lovely ladies.
I am still standing and I am officially half way through chemo now. YAY!
Lulu XX
yes Lulu theres nothing like a bit of slap to make us look good but unfortunately it can work against us cos we do then look SO WELL.My manager rang me the other week and left a message on answer machine cos she said " ill catch you later cos you’ll be out shopping and gallavanting, when i rang her back i said no ive been for radiotherapy im there every morning OH is it every day she replied. does she think ive just been swanning around enjoying myself for the past 7 months,??? julie
Lol Julie.
My chemo nurses told me I looked better at the end of treatment than I did at the start. Good stuff in those LGFB bags!
so glad your lump went away Wendy i can imagine how worried and sick you must have felt. when i still examine myself im so paranoid now even if i have a sore throat or stiff neck and hold my breath in case i feel anything else.I think it just brings back all those bad memories of diagnosis. glad alls ok though. I think we all look beter at the end than the begining of treatment. a bit more of a spring in the step, i think our worry lines are showing too much in the begining xxxx Julie
Hi all
Wendy glad your lump went. I am paranoid about my bumps and lumps. My good boob aches sometimes and feels lumpy. I have just been told it’s hormonal because of chemo and the menopause. I had a ultrasound, but every time it flares up I worry.
Btw my BCN came to see me when I was having my first herceptin and told me she didn’t recognise me because I had put on so much weight… Bless her! So I would be delighted if people told me I look better now.
Went for tapas in Newcastle yesterday, delicious, but won’t help with losing weight…
Debx