Somerset- cider and combines

From 3nd November onwards (after half-term) I can do pretty much any day - Mondays aren’t brilliant as I have an 11.30 counselling appointment each week and it’s nearly always running late - but any other day is usually fine.

Lesley xx

libby, sorry to hear your having a nightmare at the moment, bet you didnt need my rambling messeage!
im not sure from messages if any date has been sorted yet for a meet up, im getting confused lol i am pretty much up for any date at the moment but tomorrow is my results day so should find out what treatments are gonna be in store and i am sure i will loose a lot of flexibility on available dates.
are any of you local ladies trip neg?

hi again, its me, got my results, clear margins, 14 nodes clear but senitel node got some so i should be in for my rounds of chemo in a few weeks, so me thinks i wont be feeling much like lunch lol.
any of you ladies got any hints on how to handle the chemo and after effects would be greatly recieved, hope to speak soon, mandyx

Hello to somerset - a couple of us secondary tauntonians are meeting in Bristol soon - see secondary meet up thread - but if there are enough of us who live in Taunton and surrounding area it would be good to meet up in ~Taunton - primarys and secondaries. How about Feb 1st at zizzi’s?.

…bringing it up to the top again!

…and again!

a few of us are meeting up tomorrow Tuesday in Bristol - see Secondaries and then Meet up’s for more information. Anyone welcome

Hello! I am a newbie in the Taunton area and would love to meet up with you all.

I had a lumpectomy in Jan and I am starting chemo tomorrow 16th.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

xxx

Hi elefan

Welcome - to the group that nobody wants to join. There are two of us in Taunton me and LesleyLP, who live here and we also go to the Bristol meet.

I’m sure we’d love to meet up with you perhapsw for lunch in Taunton - when is the best time for you? I am away all next week, so some time after that.

Very best wishes, and good luck with the chemo, we’ve both ‘been there’ so we may be able to help.

Hi elefan - sorry you’ve had to join us, but welcome anyway, if that makes sense.

Would be nice to meet up with you in Taunton - I sometimes find it hard to take time off from working to get to the Bristol meets but can easily pop into Taunton for a couple of hours!!

I hope your chemo goes ok - are you having it in the Beacon Centre or at home?

Lesley xx

Hi there. Thanks for the welcome! Am I in the right place being a primary? Not sure which route I took to this thread!

I’m having treatment at the Beacon Centre. Not feeling too bad so far, just achey.

I’m available most times for lunch as if I can work, it’s in the morning.

Take care.

Penny

hi there everyone,
haven’t posted on here for a while, meet ups seemed too difficult whilst having chemo, but whey hey!!! its over now.
can meet in taunton, most days as i am only on the outskirts of bridgwater if anyone wants to arrange a meet?
Penny i also am having treatment at beacon, their a lovely bunch there!
hope to hear from you all soon
mandy

How is everyone fixed for next Tuesday, 30th March? I have a reiki appointment at 12 in town and am going to the Beacon Centre for Pamidronate at 3, so could squeeze in a lunch around 1.15, say at Zizi? I know Celeste is away at the moment, not quite sure when she’s back, but we need to fix something up!!

I’m really hoping this is my last Pamidronate session as I’m supposed to be going onto oral bisphosphonates but still waiting for funding to be approved.

Mandy, agree they’re a lovely lot of people at the Beacon Centre, have yet to meet anyone I don’t like - would just rather not go there quite so frequently :frowning:

Lesley xx

PS Penny, primary and secondary ladies are all welcome!! There’s not too many of us down here so we need to stick together, lol xx

oh lesley, a lot of what you’ve just wrote has gone completley over my head, i know nothing about your treatments, you will have to explain it all!
im afraid i am going to the midlands to see my children this friday, wont be back till tuesday so won’t be able to make that day, then im away for easter in the caravan down budleighsalterton, maybe we could arrange something for after the kids go back to school so most of us should free by then?
my radiotherapy starts april 14 so will be in taunton everyday for 4 weeks, so can make anytime from then(hoping treatment goes ok)

Thanks Lesley - LOL

I can do Tuesday next. Will wait to hear,

Cheers

Penny.

Penny, I’m very happy to meet up even if it’s only two of us - I don’t expect we’ll ever all be able to turn up at the same time!! Shall we say 1.30 at Zizzi to be on the safe side as I have to get from Staplegrove Road through the traffic etc. After next week I won’t be able to do much for a while because of school holidays etc etc.

Mandy, sorry to confuse you - having read my post back it wouldn’t make much sense to anyone not having my treatment, lol! I have bone mets for which I have treatment every month - this is Pamidronate which is a bisphosphonate (bone-strengthening) drug. I’ve been told that I can stop this soon and go onto oral tablets which do the same job, but still waiting for funding approval. It wouldn’t have made any sense to me 15 months ago either!

Looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday, Penny - and Celeste, if you’re back by then let me know. Anyone else who would like to come along is very, very welcome

Lesley xx

Brilliant, see you then.

Penny

xxx

Hi Penny - just thinking that we’re only going to have an hour because I’ll have to leave for Musgrove at 2.30 - are you happy with that or would you rather rearrange for another day? I don’t mind either way
Lesley xx

Hi, , I’m new to this site as i come from Gloucester, so i belong to that site. We meet up every month, there is between 4/8 of us each month.
I have caravan on doniford bay nr watchet, we spend quiet a lot of time there so would love to meet up some time, as ur meeting next tues wont be able to come as we don’t come down till thurs 1st for 2 wks.

I’ve got my 1st Mammogram after treatment on monday 29th march, and i’m getting very worried about it.

So after ur tues meet up, if you could post a note when ur next one is i’ll try and get there.

HI Lesley, I have to come in to town anyway on Tuesday so I’m happy with a quick coffee or suchlike.

You say where you would like to meet. Or shall I come to the Beacon and have a coffee in there?

xx