Oh Clair what rotten news. A virtual hug to you. A horrible shock for you and must have rocked you. I was never asked for a medication review, it was more accidental review while with the surgeon. I’ve become a bit fearful of going back on tablets, as being off them has left me so much better physically.
Dizzy I’m in a watering phase, as I nematode treated and then read the label that the soil has to be damp for 2 weeks - argh!
It is wonderful weather - I am hoping it’s dry for the weekend and my mystery trip.
The garden is about a month ahead, with peonies about to bloom!
Love and hugs to you all xx
I’m trying so hard to be positive about this next op and stuff but yep today’s news has shaken me. Joy is always so positive and thought things were going in the right direction but it just proves you never know.
It also makes me feel very grateful that my Bc was found so early and that I’m being look after so well now.
Xxx love to you all
Ruby, they do usually say you pick off just the daffodil head and the bulgy bit behind, i don’t know why. But I shouldn’t think it will do any harm, daffodils grown for picking have the whole stem taken and I shouldn’t think they plant new bulbs every year.
But these things are always hit and miss, I always have a failure rate with things I plant, some just seem to turn their toes up at the first opportunity, others grow like weeds and take over the place (aquilegias and alliums…)
Janey, I’ve never used nematodes, does that mean you get dead slugs everywhere? (shudders…)
Another lovely morning here, I am so getting used to this! Have a lovely day Fluffies.
Delly, you’re very quiet at the moment, hope you’re okay? I think you have appointments coming up, hope they go well.
Rubycat we will need to find a very swish club for me in leg warmers and sparkly leggings!!
As for those daffs, I left them last year (spectacular this year!), then I did a you to half of them before watching Monty, then pinched the rest - next year maybe interesting!
A dull day here to match the computer work! Hope all of you are doing well. Clair I hope today brings some sunshine. Xxx
Helena, I fell in love with our house when I saw the banks of peonies, so a special time of year.
Me and my boob accessory (Dizzy you are a star!) are on leave now until Wednesday. Tomorrow I’m being whisked away for a mystery birthday weekend break - I am intrigued!
Rubycat I love anastyzole- perfect description.
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Thank you fluffies for your love and hugs and advice I spoke to the drs today and they said as I’m coming off tamoxifen for a few weeks they’ll leave the review for now xx x
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I’ve got my pre op tomorrow and I’m starting to get a bit jittery already. Love to all xxx
Janey, glad it arrived safely and could be some use. They’re a bit revolting on first sight though! I still don’t like looking at mine, I hide it when I get undressed. I hope you have a lovely mystery weekend away, the weather is still looking good so you could be walking through lots of gardens in the sunshine.
Helena, I’ve fed my borders with soil improver. We are in an area of sand and gravel, the gravel layer is less than a foot down so my soil easily loses all its goodness as it washes through. So when I cut the big shrubs back and took some out I thought I’d better take the chance to beef it up before I planted again. And that’s why watering is an issue, the soil dries out so quickly. Plus I have some raised beds and all the borders are narrow and in the shadow of the fence, so it takes a lot of watering. I would like to make a new bed in the lawn, but I’d have to try and dig out all that gravel, I remember the builders telling me how horrible it is to try to dig through. I’m glad your brother’s helping you out, after everything you did for him at his new flat!
Janey how exciting have a wonderful time xxxx
Hi. Clair I hope it feels like you’re getting there but it feels like a long haul and I’m not the one waiting. I think the heart risk is why my GP panicked last week - bloomin tablets!
I shall try and sneak a post in from my mystery destination.
I used farmyard manure over winter on the raised veg beds and have been adding soil conditioner to the borders. I’m lucky I have good soil, but it’s so hard now without the rain.
I hope those of you waiting on envelopes get them soon.
Hugs xx
Clair
i am so very sorry to hear the news about your friend. Life can be very cruel to the best of people and as the future for all of us is unknown, whether we’ve had cancer or not, the lesson we can take is to live each day, make the most of what we have and try to have no regrets. You are in my thoughts love and I hope your friend can take strength from her positive spirit you mentioned. It is amazing what the human spirit can cope with - we are all testament to that.
Good luck with your pre-op tomorrow too. I remember the nurse saying that my heart rate was a bit high on the ECG in my pre-op and ‘was I stressed at all’. I think my response was along the lines of 'no sh*t Sherlock" which of course went down well. It was only a few days after my bC diagnosis so what did she expect!! Tomorrow is another step forward and progress to the new pain free you. Big hugs to you my friend. Xxx
Fluffy fluffies
i love how everyone is so green fingered!! I think I could kill a plastic plant so I have no hope in the garden. I tried a hanging basket last summer but hubby made me take it down in the end as it was ‘embarrassing’…whatever that means lol
as I’m going to be home over the summer I may have another go at being Charlie dimmock (oh the joys of being braless, and all those years I thought she was a little wierd for not wearing one. What little did I know).
I’m on month 7 for the tamoxifen now and have never had blood tests other than the ones done after diagnosis and during the pre-op. In my check up last week the surgeon said all the things I rattled off were classic side effects - insomnia, aching and stiff joints, bloating, FLUSHES (which I can spot a few minutes before they happen now) etc etc etc. I only get my flushes at night, normally around 1am to 2 am and for weeks I’ve been sleeping on top of the duvet for a few hours. Then I get cold. 
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I’ve not started the 10mg tablets yet as the hospital pharmacy messed up the prescription and only gave me two weeks worth instead of 4, and I’ve not been able to get an appt with my GP until mid May. Going to be interesting to see if taking 10mg twice a day instead of 20mg once a day makes any difference to these side effects at all. I have my doubts!!
when I think back to last year, before all this bc started and how ignorant I was, it is quite unbelievable. The knowledge we all have now is frightening. Wasn’t life simple before!!
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Beth, I don’t think it was routine that I had the blood tests. I asked the doctor whether I should take a mini aspirin because of the raised risk of stroke and heart attack, and he wasn’t keen, he suggested doing the tests because I hadn’t had any in donkeys years. So it was more about me asking that prompted him to suggest the tests. But he didn’t seem worried about the raised risk anyway, his view was that Tamoxifen has been in use for a very long time and the risks are hugely outweighed by the benefits.
It must be nice to think you’ll be off for the summer, that’s really good timing, though I can understand that you have a load of stresses with your husband’s redundancy and your mother as well.
I definitely haven’t got green fingers, you should see my failures! But I do love to see the garden looking nice so I keep plugging away, and I boot out anything that looks sorry and doesn’t perk up with a bit of TLC.
Pheeuuuwee on your news Janey, absobloomin fantastic. Hope you have a lovely surprise Birthday break away.ENJOY!!
Dizzy - So pleased your hubby’s results were good.
Clair - Hope your pre-ops go okay. Have you an actual day for the op. I too, am sooo sorry about your friend - ummmph.
Sorry, but I’ve only scanned through your last weeks news and now can’t remember all of it, so apologies. Cept you’re all digging and covering yourselves in compost, top soil or manure, have weeds sprouting out your ears and are now into swapping boob prosthetics - that’s what I call alternative recycling - Yey to that. And Ruby’s still finding amazingly aptly fitting photos.
Not long for you now Bethy-Boo, expect your getting itchy, counting down and feeling a few eebie-geebies ref your next step.
Love to all of you lovely Fluffy Wonderwomen
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Morning lovely fluffies
Am shortly off to get my bro and so excited about finally having this new border, although from the weather forcast for next week, I think all I will be doing is preparing it over the next couple of weeks rather than actually planting anything, they are forcast a real cold snap next week.
Will catch up with you all later, off to buy some compost manure, lovely!!
Wonder where Janey’s surprise location is
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Just popping in with fab news my blood test results came back within normal levels and the appointment went really well xxxx
Hellooooo. Fab news Clair and hello Delly lovely to see you again. Very excited and nearly packed - I shall try and pop in to say where I am. Have a lovely couple of days to all of you. Love and hugs xxx
Aww Rubycat I love your pics they always make me smile xxxx
I must say that out of all this nasty business we’ve all been through I’ve made some wonderful friends and I truly love you dearly thank you for all your support and advice I couldn’t get through without you xxxxxxx
Clair, how lovely that your day has gone so well, and now you can relax and enjoy the weekend.
Janey, we re all on tenterhooks about your mystery destination, hope you have a lovely weekend.
Helena, how is the new bed going? I was tempted today to make a little bed in my lawn, I saw a gorgeous Japanese maple in B and Q this afternoon, it was about five or six feet tall so would have had instant impact. No price on it though, but they’re usually not expensive there. Still toying with the idea…
A sneaky post while I enjoy my G&T after a walk on the Moor. We are staying at The Rock Inn near Haytor on Dartmoor. Just beautiful and OH is busy racking up brownie points! Loads of love Hic! Xxx
Janey how wonderful enjoy your birthday celebrations xxxxx
Helena your border looks fab xx
Dizzy I brought 3 new Japanese acers of different colours last year and plan to plant them the front lawn when they get a bit bigger, go for it I love acers xxx
I to did the first lot of dead daffs down then monty changed his mind so the rest have been just dead headed I’ll see if there’s a difference next year. I’m loving being able to potter in the garden again mine got really neglected last year. Xx
Delly fab to see you back lots of love and hugs xxxx