OMG, you lot are SO prolific, it’s taking ages to read everything and I have about 20 pages to catch up on! So out comes MS Word so I don’t miss anything. Apologies to all for the book, but IT’S YOUR OWN FAULTS!!!
Bev, what a pain in the bum (and I hope your coccyx is getting better). SB mentioned something of that when I bumped into her on my way out of the woods on Friday and it sounds kinda scary!
Finally we get to see what the French Maiden looks like.( <wave> @Wandy) at least I’ll know who to look out for when we do finally meet , but you knocking on my front door will probably be a bit of a giveaway… Are you considering giving the cold cap a go? The Royal Surrey claim a 60% success rate, so worth at least thinking about.</wave>
Saphy, WE NEED PICTURES! But I suppose we can wait until after “the big day” to see the frock. And thank you SO much for inviting Twisted Nipple to play your First Dance, though I’m not sure what the most appropriate song will be. Suggestions, anyone?
Amber, I so know how you feel. Won’t say anything else on the subject, other than it can be very upsetting for those of us with our heads knowingly shoved into my bucket. It’s cosy in here, please don’t make me take it off my head and look.
Sorry to have missed you all at the JM in the last couple of days. I’ve been having real ones rather than virtual ones, so am going to have to go back on the waggon when I get home on Monday. (Tribute is a VERY tasty pint, and my mate in Newquay has some very tasty reds in her wine rack. No, she HAD some very tasty reds in her wine rack.)
Who was it about 15 pages back just about to have another FEC but still had head down loo? Please let them know how long you’ve been throwing up, it’s NOT necessary to have weeks of puking. Get them to give you something stronger.
Have so far had a FANTASTIC weekend. I finally met Sarahbeara and can confirm that despite living at the ends of the earth she DOES exist, and SHE HAS HAIR!!! OH was very impressed, (and not impressed that I keep shaving my patchy, baldy bonce. Tough sh, erm cookies, I say.)And Archie the puppy is beautiful, despite having feet the size of large dinner plates – he’s gonna be a BIIIIIG doggie! So after leaving SB’s I got to my friend’s place in Newquay, right beside Fistral Beach, and we went for a walk. An innocent pastime you might think, but friend had a backpack with her, and in said backpack were two towels, two silicone hats, two pairs of goggles and two cosies. And she only uses one of each. So when she suggested getting in for a swim, how could I refuse? After all, the water was only 13 degrees, so not that bad. AARRGGHH!!! The fishermen who were watching all thought we were mad, they weren’t wrong. They also got an idea of how cold it was by the screams and swearing from my direction, but once in it was absolutely lovely! Most certainly wouldn’t have done it on my own, it was just that as Kate was getting in it would have been mean not to join her…
Left there the following day and we’re now in windy Woolacombe. I love that beach, it goes on for ever. Doggie loves it too. She’s had two long walks along it, playing with sticks and balls and barking at the waves. And is now conked out on the floor of the van (split-screen VW, it’s great!). I’ve eaten everything that moves, and had a massive roast dinner with about three hundred different veggies for lunch today, JUST what the doctor ordered. Yum. Might go for a swim in the sea tomorrow, but I’ve wimped out and bought a second-hand full wetsuit so won’t be doing it in just a regular cossie.
And I’ve discovered there are lots more of us out there. While sitting in the pub – erm, “café” – watching the Grand Prix today there was another scarf-wearer across the room. Eyes met, knowing nods exchanged, and a brief conversation in the loo just before we left. 10 weeks post chemo and a rare ole head of hair (but no eyebrows) and she looked really good and coming out the other side of chemo. And then on the beach, wearing my polar Buff as a beanie hat (it’s got sheep on it, really cool hat, in a very warm way) and lo and behold another dog-walker said she’d had it a couple of years ago and came out the other side eventually. SO good to know. So if either of you ladies is on the forums, thank you.
Ninja, hang onto both, we’ve found wheelbarrows very useful for transporting assorted woodlanders from their tents to the JM, particularly those with tax SEs of sore legs. Alto can vouch for their usefulness. So can Troy, who I believe we took home after a particularly raucous night in the JM – a few too many pints of Doombar I think it was, and she was incapable. So we threw a stick at NE and he took the inspirational Troy back to her tent. (We didn’t tell her, in case the trauma was too much for her, but NE had a BIG grin on his face the following morning and needed to have more sticks thrown at him to calm him down.)
Gypsylady, a virtual wave from another woodlander here. Don’t forget to pick up your flamethrower, I think SCACO still has several without owners, they’re very useful for blasting gremlins. A question for you – before venturing in did you read THE WHOLE thread or just the more recent pages? Just curious really. I’m also liking the Guide thing, we can get you to rub two sticks together to light the flamethrowers if they go out, so you’re VERY welcome! But please don’t sing “Ging Gang Goolly” too loud or Pierce Brosnan will be joining in and that’ll be just too much for us all.
SB, I thought your dining room was absolutely pristine, you haven’t BEGUN to understand mess until you’ve seen the inside of my hovel. Wandy will confirm it.
Trip I WANNA GO ON YOUR BIG BIKE! MUST get mine back on the road. Next weekend’s job perhaps?
Troy, Ermintrude stowed away in my backpack for the weekend but hasn’t made an outing (nor will she, it’s far too flipping windy and my Buff hat is much warmer than any wig could be). I could send her your way if you’re missing your guinea pig. I did see a very large feral eyebrow the other day, so it could have been your guinea pig instead.
MG, that’s not what I’ve heard THAT kind of shoe referred to, more like “***k me” shoes! ;-D
Peachez, having seen both original and replacement, while Winifred does look good, your own hair looks good too, so onwards and upwards and hopefully Winifred will be consigned to the Gallery before too long.
And I DID warn you at the beginning of this one it’d be a long one - it’s taken me TWO HOURS to catch up with what you lot have been up to, so as I said, IT’S YOUR OWN FAULT!
Back to Sunny Surrey tomorrow, but still have a barbecue, a long walk on the beach with doggie and a swim to do tomorrow before we set off.
it will have to wait til after my first Rads tomorrow (Eekkk!) and I MUST remember to take my first Femara too, first of at least 5 years worth, (but seeing as I have to take Thyroxine for life anyway not really such a biggy).