Treehouse glad you had cuddles with children and your mums burgers, nice bit of normal for a bit. Keep focused on recovery and getting home for Christmas, you are ? and can do anything you put your mind to. Mai, I didn’t think you’d be able to resist that mushroom necklace ?treehouse you have to get the treehouse one for you that’s brilliant. Well done with rads everyone???
shi xx
Not going to Coventry tonight after all.
Maybe tomorrow. Bed manager and coordinator not coordinating!!!
Happy to stay another night as hubby can visit here easily x x x
Hi all,another busy day.
Work finally “confirmed” phased return. All rather last minute for my liking. Given me 2 options one of which is stay on half pay another month. No thank you! Back to work 3 hrs on Weds mornings in Dec, the rest is annual leave so back on full pay. Got loads of leave so I am taking it as have to use 19 days by end of March, I only work 3 days (6 3/4 hrs each).
Youngest sons new bed arrived yesterday so we took everything out of his room and put in the new bed and then put everything else back in, very tidy now, wont last long. Hard work but worth it.
School and church had an outside carol service and lighting of the village Christmas tree. Lovely but freezing cold!
Going to bed early tonight as shattered.
Hope you are all ok.
Good luck with your hospital move Treehouse, another step closer to getting surgery and on the road to recovery. You are such a brave lady!
Heather
Buddyfan, I still have all my nails. They are a bit brittle but I have kept them short all through chemo and still do now. I dont file them as it can weaken them. I didnt use black nail polish on my fingernails. I have used a strength serum from Super drug. Used it every day on chemo but now use it weekly. No problems with nails except 2 white lines on each nail which I think show the 2 different lots of chemo. The lines run across the nails. Little toenails have gone white but they are tiny nails so if they fall off then wont miss them!
Heather
Heather, great news that you have finally got your work arrangements sorted. And you’ve started Christmas already!
I’ve resumed the dark nail polish, not for protection but because they look so awful. Still using the strengthener underneath and teatree nail oil. They have lifted quite a bit at the tips but so far they are still attached, and not too fragile. So I’m hoping for the best!
Treehouse, your escape was brilliant. You fooled the gremlins by talking about Sunday and then sneaking off on Friday. Back in Colditz now, but not for long. I hear there’s an escape tunnel from Coventry hospital so you can pop out anytime you like. I should know, my dad comes from Coventry.
Morning all
Not the best sleep. Thinking of you today Trish. You lovely lady I know you have a big heart and that this must be so hard.
We are here.
That is always a comfort to me x x x x x x
Hi treehouse, try and get a bit of catch up sleep today if you can lovely?? it’s escaping yesterday for a few hours made you restless for freedom, which will be soon after Monday darling. Lots of Hugs and ???For everyone ??shi xx
Big hugs to all us lovely ladies. Wishing u all a good weekend xx
Had a look at my new boobs yesterday. ( kind of forgotten about those this week)They have settled really well. Can’t sleep on my side yet but looks wise I would say they are 95% there.
If my journey had ended here as was planned I would have felt very lucky with my outcome.
Such a shame they will be separated by a scar but I have really changed my view of my body and how people see themselves and each other.
The most beautiful thing we have is to smile ?
Keep smiling ladies ?
X x x
Thanks buddyfan I will give it a go.
I did try meditation recordings when I was on the ward but they always make you focus on your body and breathing at which point all I can hear is my tacychardia in my ears.
Relax, focus on the fact that your heart beat is over 100. Breath in try not to start a coughing fit.
I need to take myself out of my body if that makes sense.
Treehouse glad you managed your escape, just a few hours of normality? will hopefully keep you going now. This is the worst time waiting for an op, it just dominates your every thought.
The relief afterwards will be massive, I was on a post surgery high, everyone said how I wouldn’t stop talking even though I was exhausted.
Good to hear you’re happy with your new boobs, has the shape improved over the last few weeks? My implant one still looks a bit squarish although they said it should settle with time. I had a good look in the mirror this morning, I have a hip to hip scar but it’s bikini line, they’ve just extended my c-section scar. Boobs still a bit bruised etc but overall I count my blessings that I could have it done. As you say it really changes the way you see yourself and others and to realise what’s really important
My niece came to see me yesterday to discuss her mastectomies and I really feel for her having to make the decision at 27, before she’s had a family, it doesn’t seem right but she has no choice.,
You did have an excellent response to treatment and have some perky new boobs, it’s really so unfair that you now have to deal with this but get this op out of the way and you can start to move forward again.
My mum always told me that life wasn’t fair and she was so right!
Feeling really emotional today. Singing Christmas hymns last night and thinking back to where this last year has gone. At the start of BC in Jan I kept telling myself it will all be done by Christmas, just keep going. Well I have got here and it is so overwhelming, I think through relief more than anything else. I am hoping that I get this out of my system before work on Weds, dont like being weepy in front of my colleagues.
Hoping Christmas shopping this afternoon with youngest will distract me, others have gone to watch football match for the rest of the day.
Heather
Emotional day allowed heather. You have full permission to look back and be proud and relived and a little overwhelmed by the last year. I am holding it together head down ploughing forward. But there will be a time when it all comes out.
IT IS HEALTHY!!!
Don’t fight it.
X x x
? hugs
Rosie my implants were odd shaped for a while. Left looked a bit square, right more triangle. The scars followed my old boob crease but the implants were much too hi high to start with so scars were very visible. I am 7 weeks post surgery and they are both more rounded and slowly dropping into place. Be patient and let gravity gently do its thing. I still wear a bra or hidden support vest 24 hrs.
Ha ha ha Mai
My husband and 2 step children just kidnapped me, took me to the hospital cafe(which is closed) and had dominos pizza ? delivered to the hospital!!!
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Back in time for 6:00 drip ?
Dominos pizza is my Friday night treat treehouse, hope you enjoyed it???rest up lovely. Love you Shi xx
Morning treehouse, sending ??to you, hope you got some rest last night darling. Get you oh to sneak you some lovely food in for Tuesday to give you something to look forward to, get tomorrow out the way and then goal is to be home for Christmas ???shi xx
Thanks Shi.
Head back in the sand x x x
Treehouse, you got through chemo (carboplatin FFS) you got through surgery and you will get through this. We are here for you. If you need a rant, melt-down or need to retreat to your shell we understand. Xx