Hi, Hope you get to swim naked in the med, not something that has crossed my mind, with all my wrinkles and flab probabaly scare the natives, would not be a pretty sight!! Went topless once in Lanzarote, felt really selfcons. with all those 16+ slim young things about, oh well, makes not diff. now can’t even sunbathe without “sunblocker on”. takes a lot longer to get a tan tho.
In the middle of teriffic thunder storm at the moment and the lights keep flickering**!!, will sign out before everything blows up, spk later.
lol
Nanna
Hi Nanna and everyone,
I too have decided to get on with doing what I want to do, even though my BC is hopefully not life threatening, it just makes you re-evaluate things.
I got married a few weeks ago, 3 years after mastx, (diagnosed at 53) and had a whale of a time, made even more special because at the back of my mind the thought that it could so easily have been my funeral I was organising, not my wedding.
Have decided to work less (not doing too well on that front!) and do more fun things, even if that is only strolling in our lovely countryside, and NOT put off things til later. I have a friend affected quite badly with arthritis, and suddenly she can’t do things she wanted to do. It needn’t be BC that cramps our style, but you never know when something will.
Hi,
Many congrats on your marriage Silversue many best wishes for the future, like your attitude to BC. I think when you’ve diagnosed with a serious illness/desease, it makes you think hard about the important things in life. I don’t think it’s a question of living for the day, but as you say re-evaluting everything. It was this time last year that I had a routine mammograme, little did I know at the time that my life was about to be turned upside down. Lets face it the second they tell you, you have BC - you fall apart, you start to think "how will I get thru this, will I get thru this, how do I tell the family, what happens if !!!.
After the initial shock and treatment/ops, you do start to look at life a little different, I know I certainly do. Like my holiday with hubby on the motorbike, I’m not really a BIG bike fan, although I’ve been pillion for over - well to many years - but thought one of hubby’s biggest dreams so why not do it know while we still can, who knows what the future holds in store.
Small things play a part too, I have always enjoyed my garden, but never actually sat in my garden, or relaxed in my garden, now I really enjoy just sitting with a cup of tea and listen to the birds, wind in the trees, nosies all around, never really noticed before. Im afraid tho. just like you Silversue the job situation is a different story. I went back to work during radiotherapy treatment - mistake really - but did reduce my hours from 40 a week to 30 a week, but still there 1/2 hr to 1 hr later. So girls lets do what we do best and get on with living and enjoying what we thought at one time we might have lost. I know it’s been said lots of times on this site, you know when you’re explaining how you feel, everyone here truly knows how you feel and there’s hugh amount of support, I know it’s helped me, still think you’re all amazing, more power to you all. See you next time.
Nanna