Firstly, I must say I am in agreement with the majority of posts concerning “fed up to the back teeth with…”, then I thought hang on, I’m actually starting to feel much more cheerful,
I have more appetite (after losing a lot of weight because food tasted of tin cans to me!)
I’ve finished Chemo!
I,ve finished Rads!
I’ve seen my Surgeon, and, unless I am worried about anything, will not see her again til next Dec.
Tablets for Hyperthyroidism, seem to be working.
I am starting to put a bit of weight back on my boney frame!
I’ve Wrapped all my xmas pressies and posted cards.
I have lots more energy since a blood transfusion a few weeks ago…
In fact I could go on longer, but won’t bore you further!
Suffice to say that things DO improve, and I send lots of love to all of you out there who are still waiting for this to happen…
I hope you all have a peaceful and enjoyable Christmas
Hugs,
Heather.xx
I want to know how to mark a thread as a favourite, as I want to come in here and read all the GOOD stuff as often as possible.
Reasons to be cheerful:
Having a lovely bunch of ladies at the end of my keyboard that I can sound off to without thinking they don’t understand. (You lot understand more than I do, I’m still reeling and getting used to the idea.)
Having a lovely family. I’m just so proud of my four kids, they’re brilliant.
That’s enough for now, I’m going to sit and think nice things about my kids for a while.
Hi Girls,
Finished chemo last Dec and Rads in march sat waiting for my hair dresser to come to cut my hair a christmas pressie that i would have killed for last year!!
Have a great Christmas,
That’s brilliant, Jane! It’ll be months before mine will need cutting, but the time will go, and i’m just glad to see the 5 o’clock shadow on my head!
xx
Ok, having to rack my brains a little today, but decided that finding the positive each and every day, in amongst all the cr*p is actually a v.v. important exercise.
OH - so wonderful - even my mother is impressed and she hasn’t had a good word to say about him in twenty years… actually rang him the other day, not to speak to me at all, but just to say thank you to him for looking after her daughter so brilliantly.
Kids - total nightmare at times, but every hug or cup of coffee, or just coming to sit quietly and watch telly with me… all appreciated.
Dogs - who can fail to laugh at a small dog snow drift diving? Or a large dog running away from snow flakes?
Forum - thank god for this forum, such a life saver, and for all the wonderful women on here who help keep me (relatively) sane
Mastectomy… I no longer have one south facing breast and one much smaller perky breast… just the small one left now, so can walk around braless at home without scaring the neighbours… also, when went in for PICC, could walk through corridor in surgical gown without having to hang on to offending left breast to stop it swaying in the breeze.
Work - not there at mo, but have been overwhelmed with support and love from the people I work with - have never felt so appreciated and missed!
There, that’ll do for today. For each and every rant in future I shall try to find a positive to balance it out… maybe I should only have posted one positive today tho, as finding more at the moment might be difficult…
Well done, Sophie, you managed to find positive things to think about, in spite of being newly post chemo. Your OH must be chuffed that your mother rang him, especially to thank him, the other day!
Dogs and kids! What would we do without them?
Amazed at your confidence, walking through a corridor with one of those hospital gowns on is a tough job, and I just hope you remembered about your rear end and didn’t let it peep out!
Hope you feel OK now, and will be better still tomorrow.
Heather.xx
I finished chemo/rads in March 2010. I have had 2 haircuts!!! such a lovely luxury that I could only dream of a few months ago.
I have a new grandbaby due in February (but it looks like it may be coming earlier than that).
My youngest daughter is getting married in April in the lake district and we have booked a cottage for 2 weeks. The wedding is in Ulverston and the reception opposite a lovely quiet beach.
The world does go on and after a few months you start to rejoin it. I have only 4 more herceptin to go and then FREEDOM.
Marian - a lot to look forward to! May 2011 be wonderful for you.
Heather - lmao - I kept my jeans on under the gown for the PICC insertion - so the worst anyone got was a peek of the tattoo on my back… but it was so great not to have to clutch one wobbly boob to my chest. Another positive thing (I’m turning into Pollyanna) - I have always been lopsided, so I haven’t had to get used to that!!!
That’s all good news, Marian, it’s great to be able to look forward to such nice happenings, and I know I enjoyed reading the positive things when I was having chemo( as well as needing to know side effects, etc). It shows that after the drudge of the active treatment there is still plenty of good times to focus on in the future. We are all in a similar boat, and the support we can get on here is amazing.
Keep it up lovely ladies!
Heather.xx
Hey Sophie! How come you was allowed to wear your jeans?? When i had my grommet inserted a week and a half ago I could only wear knickers under my gown if they were cotton!! It was under local anaesthetic, too, but I don’t wear cotton ones, so was knickerless!
You’ve got to laugh, haven’t you!
Heather.xx
No idea, but very glad I was!! It was COLD in that room! I did take my boots off though… but only once in the surgery bit, so must have looked seriously stylish clomping down the corridor in skinny jeans/lace up boots and a fetching pale green gown… oh, AND they let me have a second gown worn as a dressing gown, so in retrospect, not even any back flashing!
The things they don’t tell you… will be sure to wear cotton knickers in future! Wonder if your knickers would just have been too distracting… but no knickers even worse!!
Lol! What a lovely pic that’s conjured up in my mind! What is your tattoo of, by the way?
I didn’t like to tell them I had black sloggis on, so sneaked them off, but at least they took me to theatre on the bed, so no flashing for me, either! Hehe!
xx
Had a lovely day today, and was able to forget about cancer for a little while. Still feeling good, so thought I’d share.
Took OH’s collie out for a walk on the common and it was really pretty with all the snow. Silly dog adores sticks so when we got to the pond she gaily ventured out to pick up the very tempting stick about 10 feet from the edge, slipping and sliding all the way on the ice doing a fair impression of Bambi, which made me laugh. Took a lovely picture and MMSed it to OH who was at work, telling him his little dog can walk on water. His reply: “never mind THAT picture, I want the one when you have to go in and rescue her!” Fortunately the ice was very thick so he didn’t get his picture, something else that made me happy! Grumpy dog who normally gets a bit stressed with other dogs was really well behaved with another dog who we walked with for about half an hour, which was lovely. And I just had a lovely day where “normal” meant something, even though I did some more “dealing with it”. Had my eyes tested and ordered a new pair of specs which I really need. Spenny, but I haven’t bought any new glasses for ages so felt I deserved a treat. Unfortunately the massage I had booked was cancelled because of the flipping snow, but I just shrugged my shoulders and said so what. So even THAT was a good thing.
Yeah, so tomorrow could be seriously pants, but today was a FINE day. Thank you again Sophie for giving us a place to celebrate our “reasons to be cheerful”.
Hi Sophie,ChocciMuffin and all,
Any new cheerfull tidings today?
We did a big shop today… our, comparitively tiny, Tescos was heaving! Not like normal, and I am feeling good that I’ve got that over with and shan’t set foot near the place until we just about run our of food! ( That’ll be about 6 months then!)
I’m a little bit flat this afternoon…why? Who bluddy knows? One of those things.Haven’t said anything to OH, because he would say that I’ve had all my treatment, and should be fine now! Some men don’t understand sometimes. However, I’m hoping you will tell me anything daft you might be thinking about today, because I’ve has such a laugh on here!
Heather.xx
