Candy we don’t hear much from you now are you ok??? how is the sickness??? did you ever get the new dog???
Thank you for the kind words ladies the funeral is on Friday, but my Parner, friends & family have all agreed that they don’t think I should go, so I am going to take their advice…I know that probably sounds horrible, but I don’t like funerals at the best of times, least of all now…and I don’t want to go on my holiday with the glass half empty!!!
I have been busy packing and can’t wait to get away, I hope the weather holds up but even if it does’nt the rest will be most beneficial…we went to Cornwall this time last year, little did I know what was in store for me 8 weeks down the line, but this year I feel more positive and happier than I have ever been and I am grateful to be able to embrace my future and do all the things I want to do…
I can taste the food at the Ritz already I cant wait…we had some food from Harrods last year it was so scrummy, so if it is as good as that I cant wait…
oh well must go off to supermarket to get some shopping…
Dear Lucy (I’d love to know if your surname is Lastic!)*
Have fun, we’re all envious.
I have a checkup with my oncologist this week, one year after chemo ended so by Thursday I will be in a real state and will probably mess up “my lines” and not ask the questions I don’t want the answers to.
Still, it was a beautiful day yesterday and I managed 11 miles on the bike and then had to “limp” home due to gears problems - it’s so humiliating pushing a bike when clearly the way to use it is to sit on the bl**dy thing!
Today, in the west, it is very windy and I’m supposed to be outside doing some tidying on the patio but I’m finding any old excuse to stay indoors! Good job I didn’t put any washing out, it might have landed in Dilys’s back yard by now! I hope it’s brighter further west/south for your trip.
You are right not to go to the funeral, people will understand. We had a phonecall literally just as I was leaving home for FEC No 2 to say my father-in-law had died suddenly. I carried on to the hospital (uncertain what else to do) and they offered to postpone my session but I went ahead (was already pysched up and had my picnic packed) but I wasn’t really fit travel up to the funeral and just would not have been able to stand there in any kind of control from thinking about my own mortality. If anyone had even cast a glance in my direction I’d have been wondering what they were thinking and been quietly cursing them. Up north they like nothing better than a good funeral, sorry to all northerners.
Right, it’s still blowing a gale but there’s some blue sky slowing creeping across so I’d better move myself.
Have a great time,
D
*Some years ago we had a position open in our office and some wag made up and sent the perfect CV from a Lucy Lastic!
In haste before the start of the Belgian Grand Prix! Lucy have a wonderful holiday. I envy you Carbis Bay in any weather. And you are right about the funeral.
Dahlia I will be thinking of you when you go for your check up. I have to write down everything I want to ask and know or I never say anything sensible, and forget the real questions. Have they been doing any tests that they will give you the results of then?
More later my loves. And Pauline - are you ok?
Oh and that lunch mentioned was actually Claridges not the Dorchester! Brain going. They do a mean afternoon tea as well!
I have a chum in her mid 80s* who has tried them all and reckons the Dorchester is the best but I expect we’d be delighted with any of them. Maybe I’ll research re: price and see if we’d get a group discount!!!
When will everyone be done with their treatment? Or is it practical to do it before then when folks are on their good days mid-chemo?
*I met this lady when I was doing some serious fund raising when living in Basingstoke. She was in the Army during the war and meets up with ex-fellow WRACs once a year for afternoon tea somewhere posh.
I have just had to hang fly papers in my kitchen the little blighters are out in full force thanks to this tiny blip of good weather we’ve had. I hate the way they poop on everything!
Enjoy the Grand Prix Dilys - perhaps we should forget tea and meet at the old disused bus station (Clapham?) for a go-karting session!!!
Lucy, I was so sorry to hear your news and of course you are doing the right thing by not going to the funeral if you would rather not. I hope you have a lovely time in Cornwall. It’s such a lovely county especially if we get a bit of September sun.
Dilys, I’m glad you are feeling better since your first taxotere. Personally, I found the first one the worse so hopefully it will be the same for you. I hope Pauline is ok.
We are still missing Candy and I do hope she is ok.
Dahlia, your posts do make me smile. I know you mentioned being west but I am not sure where. I may have missed something and you have already told us but just wondering where you are. (county or rough area will do). All the best with your oncology appointment on thursday. It’s still nerve wracking even though treatment has finished isn’t it. I have had an appointment come through with my breast consultant for the end of October and already I am not looking forward to it!
Anyway girls, Ritz, Dorchester, Claridges all sound good to me so wherever you all choose will be great. I am already looking forward to it.
Apologies for jumping into your thread. I went to Gordon Ramsey’s at Claridges for my 40th Birthday. It was fanatstic- 6 course meal plus a few extras- worth every penny but need a lottery win to go again. We paid £45 for a bottle of Rose wine, I said to my son thats £40 more than I normally pay so he said you’d better make the most of it and drink it up then! If you do decide to go, I hope that you enjoy it as much as we did.
please dont apologise for jumping in anyone is welcome to join us, i dont think its exclusive we just like to look after one and keep each other going when the going gets tough…
Glad you enjoyed your 40th and thanks for letting us know what it was like - I’m sure the £45 was worth it after what we have all had to endure its small change really…have a little of what you fancy even if it does cost £40 more than you normally pay
I and Margaret seem to have put our foot in it on the feedback forum this time, I was also reading a post about private messaging and it was getting quite vile with nastiness about the moderators which they closed…I did think about leaving but I think I am just going to stick to our posts in future, but it does upset me as I like to try to help people…
I am up for any venue really! Timing - well my chemo should end by the end of October, so there is my starter for ten. Pauline (and where are you Pauline???) should be a week after me I think? How are the rest of you fixed?
I am having a miserable day with a runny cold, which has nothing to do with chemo at all, I don’t think. You really don’t need it, do you? Just hope I feel up to the grandchildren tomorrow!
A cold is the last thing you need, poor sausage! Oddly enough, since diagnosis I haven’t had so much as the snuffles, never mind a full blown cold and you have reminded me that throughout chemo I didn’t sneeze. It took me a while to notice but one day I just realised that “hey, I haven’t sneezed for weeks!”, queer eh?
I tried reflexology again today - second attempt. First time was a bit strange so thought I’d give it another go with someone else. Turned out to be a very muscular fireman who plans to do this sort of thing once retired. Can’t say I like my feet being fiddled with but will go again as you have to give these things a few chances to work.