Where Ruby leads I follow!!
Poor Helena, that was obviously a bad moment! I’m glad you worked out what caused it.
I’m a yo-yo dieter and spend my life getting on and off the scales, I know I can vary by two or three pounds the morning after a day of eating the wrong things. At the moment I’m still trying to lose weight, it’s a lot slower now than it used to be, so I’m blaming the tablets.
Janey, I’m now a bit of an expert on shrunken boob syndrome, and Bertha and I are wedded to each other. If you want to try partial prosthetics the NHS has a wide range available to try. I look completely lopsided without, and also the treated breast doesn’t get supported as the cup is too big on that side. But once the other side is reduced I’ll have a matching pair that are both fairly perky, it’s an ill wind lol! Considering they’ve had almost their pound of flesh from me, it’s amazing what reconstruction techniques can do.
Beth, hope you enjoy your day tomorrow, and it’s lovely that you’ve got the week off as well.
Beth
Happy Birthday and have a wonderful day today.
Love Helena xxx
Good morning gorgeous Willows,
Jist popped in before heading off for walk into town for breakfast and to wish Beth many happy returns of the day and a blissful week of letting em hang. Took me ages to catch up with all your posts from last night, lots of chat about wonky boobs. To add my tuppence worth, I’ve come out pretty lucky really, naughty boob is an okish shape but bigger, it’s quite noticeable, or I think it is, I suppose others dont notice unless it’s pointed out. I haven’t gone back to underwired yet, I wear slip over the head things from Sainsbury’s, very cheap and very comfortable.
Its a glorious day here, hope it is where you all are. Catch up with you all later xx
I love this country, no two days can ever be the same, beautiful blue skies, no wind and it looks as if it is quite warm out there although I’ve not been out yet.
Off to have coffee with my friend shortly so have a lovely morning everyone and will speak later. Once again thank you for all your wonderful words of support last night, feel much much better today just shows that little anxiety monster is still lurking, be he is firmly back in his box again now.
Helena xxxx
Good morning everyone, and happy birthday Beth!
We had a bit of a disturbed night, some drunk was leaning on our doorbell at 3.45 am, convinced that someone called Alan lived here. So Mike is going to look into getting a chain for the front door, I’m not sure what I would have done if it had happened when he’s away, the doorbell was going continuously and Daisy was going mental. I’m surprised the whole street wasn’t woken. Luckily he went away, but it’s a bit disturbing, as I’m often on my own overnight. I’m not usually bothered, but I don’t want this bloke coming back, he kept going on about his mate Alan who’d been stabbed.
It’s beautiful here but very windy, so I’m about to take Daisy to the woods. Our nice sheltered walk round the nature reserve is now dogs on leads only till August (ground nesting birds) so I may be blown away…!
Enjoy your day, Fluffies…
Dizzy that sounds really frightening I hope you’re not too rattled.
Happy birthday Beth. I hope you are enjoying a relaxing, special day.
Clair I hope you’re back out of pain.
Coffee with a good friend earlier, messing about in garden with OH inbetween showers and I’m feeling very chilled.
I hope you all are too. Dizzy I think I’m going to research getting my own Bertha! Xx
Hi Scrumptiouslies,
Am still trying to keep my internet uasage to car hunting yet.
Without reading any more than the beginning of most recent, being Darlin-Dizzy’s post.
Just popped in to say Happy Birthday to Bethy-Boo. Have a lovely spesh day. Hope your Mum’s doing better.
Also to say to Rubycat - sorry flower, I neglected to say how sorry I was to hear about your MIA’s passing and noted your message about her and her friends funeral. Know what you mean about certain hymns e.g “Abide with me”. Had the stirring, up-beat Jerusalem at my Mums, as I wanted it to be a cheerful “Celebration” of her life, rather than a mournful occasion, which I knew she’d have preferred. As did I, and more fitting to her, as she loved a good party and giggle. I asked everyone to please wear bright colours, not black. Held the wake meal at the building she went to school at as a child, which is now a venue for all sorts of occasions. Everything so appropriately fell into place for what and where for her. Then had a bl**dy good party afterwards at her home (also mine at that time), that went on into the early hours!! She herself would have enjoyed and loved it!
Bruvs was a different matter, given the nature of his death, and that he wasn’t religious. So, as with your Mum in Laws, had him a “Humanist” service. Found a lovely lady humanist minister, recommended by the vicar who’d conducted both my Mum and Dads services (who was very open minded). Played Sting’s “Fragile”, John having been a big fan of, and the words, although being with reference to the fragility of the planet, were also very fitting to the “fragility” of we human beings, and particularly in Johns, and my own case, that of our “minds”. Also, I read the words of Corinthians 13 “Love”, which have no reference to God or religion. Beautiful words - look them up sometime. Are again, as I keep often referring to, all about taking care of and looking after each other. John was also big on “Eco”, so had an eco-friendly coffin, in his most favourite colour - lime green!!! Yuk to me, but there you go. Ruby, I loved seeing all the different types of cheerful coffins you can have these days, as you mentioned with your MIA’s “Wicker”. Can even have them printed to your own specifications, with lovely coastal sunset or countryside scenes, flowers, photographs of family, whatever your big heart desires. Fantastic really.
It’s no wonder I’d had thoughts to set up a funeral arrangement business. Everything was so carefully considered to the n’th degree.
I’m purposely staying away from here at the mo’, neither reading nor posting, until I’m feeling more settled after recents events. I still have some “issues” about, to have to sort with myself, as I can’t sort them with the particular people concerned, which is very frustrating for me. Frustration being one of my biggest difficulties to cope with, as my attitude to any difficulty, gripe or upset is to address, talk, just bloomin COMMUNICATE!! and sort things asap, in order to at least “attempt” to make them known, smooth, resolve them and get them on a better footing. “Nip things in the Bud” asap. That Is and always shall be MY attitude, I’m afraid. Soooo, I have great difficulty understanding other people when “they” don’t, let things “ride” until it reaches eruption pitch, or just shut things down.
I still have unread emails from the Moderators. Sorry Anna, I SHALL read them when I’m more ready - honest!! But I am just so GLAD and pleased to see YOUR name attached to them - that you’re BACK!!! Absobloominlutely fantastic. Glad you’re obviously more recovered and hope it remains that way for you.
Anyway girlywhirlies, hope you’re all doing well or better. Have a good weekend.
I’ve the Head Doctor to see Monday morning!!?? Yeh, he’ll probably book me straight in for a labotomy! If he doesn’t, I may consider a DIY kit!!!
Loadsa love to you all, as always,
DoolallyDelly xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi fluffies
How is everyone this afternoon.
I had a lovely time with my friend. Have spent the afternoon preparing a slower cooker full of diced brisket and veg which is cooking away nicely, and I have made a big pot of sag aloo for the freezer, ooh such industry :), the house stinks of garlic now though.
Bought a new bench for my garden 
Helena xxx
Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes. I’ve had a really lovely day today. We’ve done some major retail therapy in a designer outlet centre in Bridgend, about an hour from us. Hubby bought me a fabulous Clogau necklace and a Radley handbag. VERY happy lady here!! Bought myself some shoes, and some sketchers for taking the dog out in. Very comfy indeed. Hubby bought himself a few bits too. All in all a good days shopping!!
We had lunch in Pizza Hut which was good. Not been in one for years!! We had a good laugh when a staff member went passed with a huge birthday cake and I said “mwahh thank you babe” to hubby!! His poor face!!!
lol I said that I thought the 4 had fallen off, leaving just the number 5 on display! It was very funny as it was clearly for the party of 5 year olds a few tables up!!
Anyway ive eaten my body weight in pizza today so the diet is clearly going well.
Chill out time tonight.
Hope me everyone is ok. Xxx
Good morning all
lovely sunny day here so far but there’s a monsoon forecast for later!!
have a good one today
xxx
With this post we are at 4932 replies I wonder if we will hit 5000 today
Enjoy the bowls Helena!!!
we surely will hit 5000 today!
xx
Morning, just popping in to say have a lovely Sunday, we’re off shopping with the daughter in Taunton in a bit let’s hope the rain stays away until we’re finished, catch up later love Clair xxx
This has to be the quietest day on here ever!!
a good sign perhaps that everyone is on and about so much more?!
xx
Evening all! Well it has been very quiet. Hopefully everyone has had a good day of not being too buffeted by the wind. Here we’ve had a lovely day of papers, sowing seeds and a drive out to Seaton and Beer for our buffeting. Sadly our favourite Sunday lunch pub was full, so supper on and gin poured… I’m a bit worried my insomnia has been non existent two nights on the trot, both nights when I had more than one drink - hmmm self-medication, that way danger lies! Love to all xx
Hello lovelies,
today has been a stop the world I want to get off day. I’ve just found everything to much. I’m fed up with being in pain, with worrying and as much as I try I just can’t be the person I was!
What sort of parent or grandparent am I?
a rubbish one at the moment.
I give up 
sorry girls I’ve just got to get it out. Xxx
Clair
youre perfectly entitled to be feeling this way. It’s hard putting on a brave face all the time, when inside you feel like crap - you don’t have to be brave all the time, and certainly for no one else’s sake.
My doc told me that it’s important to cry, you have to let it out. She is right. She told me to put on the saddest song I can find and just let it all out. I have done it one or twice and it does work.
You are already dealing with the aftermath of BC, now you have these scans and whatever that brings and on top of all that you are in pain. It’s no wonder you are fed up.
But all of this doesn’t change how wonderful a parent and grandparent you are. Macsen is going to grow up loving his nana so don’t ever forget that.
Im sending you a huge cwtch my friend and we are all here for you.
Beth xxx
Clair, you’re not a rubbish parent or grandparent. You’re obviously a really lovely caring person, with a family who’re close and supportive to each other. It’s not surprising that you’re tired of being in pain, the NHS is letting you down, you should be getting that appointment and finding out what can be done to sort your pain.
Have you thought about getting a private appointment? We paid for my son to have a private appointment for his IBS two or three years ago, it cost about £200 and after that everything was on the NHS. It brought his appointment forward by about seven weeks, and he got a date for keyhole surgery straight away. He also got quite a long and detailed consultation, probably better than he would have had if it had been on the NHS.
It seems wrong that paying £200 gets you so much better service, but when you’re really in pain you have to think of yourself.
Anyway, sending you hugs lovely lady, and at least you aren’t at work tomorrow?
Clair a huge huge hug to you. You are a fabulous woman who is in pain and worried; and I wish we could wave our collective willow wands to speed up your appointment. I hope you have a peaceful day tomorrow but call, call and call again to get it all brought forward. Loads of love xx