Good. I am pleased. Really delighted. Sounds like a blissful afternoon. There, you see, I managed not to waffle !!! or to hijack. Glad your Mum seems to be doing so well.
Juliex
Glad you all had a good time.
Love Debsxxx
Thank you Debs and Julie. I phoned her tonight and she didn’t sleep when she got back! I was still sleeping days after my lumpectomy and I didnt go for long walks!
Ps Julie, you didnt need to apologise, nice to get your input.
Jules xxx
Oh I know, but it’s the way my Mother brought me up !!! Ha ha. Always such a good girl.
I’m like that character that Ronnie Corbett used to play years ago, you probably can’t remember it!! He was permanently going round saying “Sorry, what, sorry, sorry”.
Jx
Julie- Ha I remember that, it was called ‘Sorry’ I’m sure. Had a mother who didn’t like him having girlfriends if I remember rightly.
Hi Jules I have been following your thread and am so pleased your mum is doing well. I suspected she would from what you have said about her. It looks like she is not going to sit around doing nothing but hopefully she will listen to her body and rest when she needs to as it doesn’t sound like you can make her! Fingers crossed that her results are good and that she continues to make
good progress. Take care of yourself and keep us informed xx.
Hi there Holly, how are you today?
Mum continues to do well, and its only a week since surgery. I have just rung and there is no reply so I presume she has maybe popped out to enjoy the lovely sunshine. I hope she might have an appointment date for her results through by now.
I am feeling a bit down in the mouth tonight (literally) lol I had a filling fall out Tuesday while eating chocolate so went in this morning to have it filled plus injection. She had a slot free and decided to start my root canal tonight. OMG I thought once you had four injections it would not hurt. Ouch and more ouch. It was agony. She decided to go for the whole thing in one hit. I was in the dentist over an hour. Twenty mins being numbed and fortie being tortured lol I must admit I am glad I didn’t realise before hand that even with injections ROOT CANALS hurt! She told me because of all the adrenaline etc in the injections I am not even allowed a glass of wine tonight!! (See I make more fuss than my mum about things, but it did really hurt)!!! I HATE THE DENTIST LOL and going TWICE in one day is really masochistic stuff!
Hope you ladies are all enjoying the sunshine today.
Jules xxxx
hi jules,
pleased your mum is still doing well…she sure is remarkable.
Hope your poor mouth feels better soon…2 lots in one day OUCH!!!
karen x
Thank Karen, I am going to give her a call in a minute for an update, and yes I probably sound like a massive baby, but TWO visits to the dentist in one day, and five injections was pretty horrendous, and root canals ouchhhhhhhhhhh lol
I would rather give birth again than have my dentist dig out the nerve which was not numb with a metal stick thing ouchhhh lol
xxx
Hi jules have been reading your diary glad to hear that your mum is doing well
Havent been around lately…had some bad news ,but I am bearing up xxxxxxxx
Maz
Maz, hunny whats up please tell me. PM if you want to, but please let me know sweetie. Was only thinking the other day we had not spoken for a while and that I must email you.
xxx
I am fine just my friend is seriously ill and we nearly lost her …so been at the hospital a lot and you will know how tiring that is I have now caught a chest infection and feel atrocious but at least my friend is hanging in there !! I dread my phone ringing .yout mum sounds wonderful xxxx you obviously love her very much
I am really sorry to hear about your friend, is there a chance she could recover, I do hope so. When you said you had bad news, I was worried that your Cancer might have taken a turn for the worst, so for that I am saying phew, but I am so sorry to hear about your friend sweetie. You sound like you are totally burnt out, please try and have a break and spend some relaxing time with that lovely daughter of yours.
Mum is fantastic, unlike her baby of a daughter at the dentist lol!! I have just rung her. She was feeling tired today after her trips out this week so has had a nice restful day. My sister wanted her to go on a picnic today, but she said she just didn’t have the energy, which is good as she needs to rest.
Jules xxx
Hiya Jules.
When is your Mum getting her results? How is she? Does she know that she has become quite famous on this forum?!
Mine is doing well. No results yet though - I am thinking maybe she has loads of nodes to be examined!! Over-thinking again! She says if she has an option she will defo take chemo.
I hope you dont mind me asking but how are you and your hubby getting so much time to have quality time together and see Mum? I took holiday from work, and now am on sick leave due to anxiety. Hubby works for himself, which is great as if and when Mum has to have chemo/rads we can be quite flexible.
My sister got her flight back home this week so is probably feeling quite low - we all miss her and she is a long way from home. My Dad has been great even though they have been divorced for years. He has also offered to help taking Mum for treatment if needs be. Apparently its 30 miles from where we live.
Sorry to hear about the filling and the potatoes but in a way it made me smile. Whilst all this is happening life does and is going on.
You are sounding quite upbeat and I am happy about that. Your a strong family
Take Care honeypie xx
Hunny, I am lost Potatoes lol oooooooooohhh the frozen potatoes on Sunday you really lost me then lol.
Try not to worry about the results mum had her operation a week ago and we have not heard anything about an appointment, I think these things just take time, its the waiting though isnt it.
I tried to bring up chemo with mum the other day and asked her if she would try the cold cap, whether she would want a wig or scarf just to get an idea how she was thinking/feeling, but she said I don’t want to think that far ahead, the way I deal with this is a day at a time. If thats what gets her through each day, I won’t push the subject until she brings it up.
In answer to your question regarding time off. My hubby is quite high up where he works, so there pretty flexible about the time he works, hes more or less his own boss and as long as the work gets done, he can do it as and when it suits him which is brilliant. I do temp office work, which again I fit in around family life especially mum. We are lucky in the fact that if I don’t work we won’t starve, so when I was waiting for my lumpectomy results and after my surgery I didnt work because to be honest, either mentally or physically I wasn’t well enough at that point in time. But when I am well I enjoy working. I am not one to sit at home, when I am well enough to work. I would go stir crazy to be honest. But when I had my scare I didn’t work for eight weeks, as I know commuting upto London, it would have taken one rude person to push me out of the way on the train or tube and I would have been in floods of tears! And no I didn’t mind you asking the question at all. Hubby and I are off to Mexico in 12 days time, I just hope we get some good news before we go, otherwise I could spend the two weeks in floods of tears. I told mum I would cancel, but as you can imagine she won’t hear of it.
Thats lovely that your mum and dad still have a friendship. It seems to be very rare these days, but lovely to see. Where abouts does your sister live sweetie.
Please keep me uptodate with your mums news, as I know exactly how you are feeling.
Suzy, I have just had a thought, I wonder if those frozen potatoes weakened my filing and made it fall out…do you think I may have a legal case lol Joke!
As you can see I am trying to be upbeat about things hence my silly joke above, but deep down I am very worried about my lovely mum and regarding her being famous on here, she would be embarassed about it bless her, shes not one for making a fuss or getting attention.
Look forward to hearing from you again soon Suzy, and all the best to your mum.
Jules xxxx
hi jules ,how are you feeling today? not to down in the mouth lol!! i know how you feel re the dentist as ive had loads of treatments since i had chemo and have had to have a few teeth removed as my gums shrunk so much they were very loose ,so now i have to face the prospect of having the lot out and wearing dentures !! oh well soon have everything false wont i lol hey im going to the london thinggy ,they have very kindly agreed to pay for a taxi for me from the station ,as i couldnt go on the undergound (claustophobic!!) so im really looking forward to it only downside is i arrive the afternoon before so have to amuse myself untill the monday morning ! hopefully somone else will be staying at the same place as me and we can meet up .hows your mum doing ,hope shes resting up well ,has she had results appointment yet ? weather here is hot ,makes my lymphodemia worse in the heat , anyway hope all goes ok and your both on the road to recovery .take care big hugs to you both .lynn xx .
Hi Jules and all
How is your Mum today?
We have had the results - the way I received them was Mum charged into our house, ran into the living room with a bowl (??? I know???) I was looking down the stairway with the baby on my arms shouting “what on earths happened” then she ran upstairs expressionless, in fact looked horrified more than anything saying “Oh god I got my results, Karen just rang” In my own mind I made the next bit up - I am riddled with it, its in all my nodes - normally I am very positive but after all this I am more negative! Anyway she progressed to say "they took 30 out, and they are all " then she even said “wait for it”. I am almost fainting at this stage “they are all clear”… we wept for a long time, then rang everyone, then went to the park, and I even performed several cartwheels!!!
I cannot believe it. Feel so numb with joy. She will still need rads and Tamoxifen.
I am going to really enjoy the next week off work!
Please let us all know how your Mum is - I hope she also gets good news news.
I know what you mean about your Mum and how she wouldnt appreciate the celebrity status that she now has on this forum! I tried to organise “giggle for life” which would be a short countryside walk, mothers and daughters (or main supporter) for those who wanted to try and look on the bright side and all support each other. It looked really promising so I cut and pasted a little of the transcript onto Skype when we were all chatting with my sister. She switched her computer off and ignored the phone. It took her a few days to be her normal self as it had really upset her to be joining a “club” that she did not wish to be in.
However I think she will be running marathons next year! Bouncing back and looking after others again.
Take care and keep us all updated xx
Suzy xx
Hi there
What fantastic news about your mum, I am absolutely delighted. I know in my heart that mums nodes are going to be infected. I am so pleased for you all, have a great weekend celebrating.
Mum is not too good. Went over to see her today and dad was fussing round her telling us how unwell she has been. He said she is putting on a brave face in front of all of you, but in the evenings she is really poorly. Mum told him to stop fussing and she was fine. They had an argument.
Anyway got home tonight from a meal with hubby to be told dad had rung. Mum has an infection in her breasts. Her dressings have not been changed since surgery! My sister and I kept saying they needed changing. Anyway they were thinking about keeping her in over night and putting her on an IV antibiotics, but they have managed to send her home with oral ones. Her dressings have been changed and she has to go back on Monday. Honestly what is she like, I knew it was all going to well.
Her appointment has been arranged for next Weds, results about everything, pretty scary stuff.
Jules xxxxx
Great news Suzy. Give her a goal to aim for, like the race for life next year She will do it, I know! My dad did the London marathon the year after his first stroke and it was the goal that got him there. So pleased for her.
Jules sorry about you Mums infection, did she have that second skin stuff? I had a manky boob last Sunday and my doc said he gets them coming in all the time with infections with that stuff. They changed mine Monday and today they took it off and it was fine. If you buy any piece of meat and unwrap it it’s always wet, that’s how my GP explained it.
Your sister is probably right.
Best wishes to your Mum.
Hi Jules
thinking of you all just now !! your poor mum hope she starts to pick up soon !
poor you too, with your dentistry problems !! i dont envy you !!
anyway take care & no doubt speak to you on facebook over the weekend !!!
best wishes x