Good afternoon, have just had Tax 6/15 - Newts were 2.9 - no idea where they came from.
I have just had a little cherry madeira cake :))
I stole the Sleep Sprite again last night but have released her into the woods for you all now - I’m sleeping with Dexy’s Midnight Runners on the radio tonight.
Afternoon Campers
Well done for those ticking off more of the chemo, ‘one more step along the way’. Let’s hope the Gremlins all decide to take a little summer holiday.
I’m Still in Limbo Land.
Thanks to the ferral animals running wild in The Woods (I’m not talking PB or NE) my arm has now been returned and looks delightful. On the plus side it matches my back scar and Babs beautifully. Don’t get me wrong, i do like Babs it’s just she’s not quite what was there 5 weeks ago!
Can I have the prize for the longest resident in the Woods? Can I? Everyone seems to be zooming past me and i haven’t even got a date to start Rads, let alone know how many i’m having.
Think I might ditch the tent and start digging some foundations for a nice bungalow that will see me through my old age.
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Of course you can have the ‘longest resident’ award SCACO, we’ll get Alto to make one of her lovely Lemon Drizzle Cakes to celebrate, I’m sure you’ll get through to the otherside soon hun.
I must say though although I am nearly finished with my rads rushes I am in no hurry to complete my journey through the woods, I feel comfortable here and am loathe to leave completely till my doctor gives me the all clear in 5 years time, once the tablets and follow up tests are finished.
Don’t worry SCACO I’m no where near zooming past you, 1 more chemo down today so only 1 to go. Then it’s the very dreaded Mx marshes for me, I almost think I’d rather have more chemo than a Mx.
Hey Jo, 7 down and only one to go !!I am day 6 last tax and not feeling too bad , hope you have a better time with this one, nearly there !!!
Jean x
Thanks Jean, does feel good now only having one to go, I must admit. Just can’t get my head around the Mx still.
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Just so’s you know, I’m stealing the sleep fairy tonight. The Rioja mouthwash last night didn’t help terribly (I was up really late when I should have been in bed) so I’m knackered, and am now heading off to OH’s bed. No jingling going on I suspect, just lots of snoring and of course the inevitable duvet game…
Night all!
Very quiet in the woods tonight so hope that means the sleep fairy has reached all of those that were
reluctantly on patrol last night.
SCACO I am not due to start rads until the end of Sept so won’t be going anywhere go for a while.
No phone call from oncy so guessing the newt round- up was succesful and taxol no 4 will go ahead tomorrow, good, that will be one more done, then just 4 more to go.
Had a busy but good day - eldest grandaughter was 5 today so went to visit this morning, also had to work -started early and finished late to fit around the trip, but worth it to spend time with such a happy excited little girl.
Good evening campers!
Been Taxed today. Newts 2.9 - not a clue where that came from. Been packing boxes all afternoon till 8pm - knacked.
I may sleep tonight, despite Dexy’s Midnight Runners being in my bloodstream.
Ninja - I am amazed that you have managed to find the energy to move house in the middle of all you are going through! I could barely push a trolley round the supermarket today. I found myself leaning on it like you see the little old ladies do - it was beginning to feel a little like a zimmer frame!
Congrats on the excellent newt count.
Hope you sleep. (trying really hard now to get “come on eileen” to stop playing inside my head now) - if anyone needs that explaining then you are too young - or I am too old.
Oh the ToTP performance with those demi dungarees!
I’m just running on adrenaline, not energy.
Arms above his head with the hairy armpits!!!
Woohoo the sleep fairies visited, thank goodness. So I feel a bit more human today.
ST I know what you mean about the supermarket trolley, I can only manage to push the small ones now and by the time I come out I’m draped over the handle and barely walking. I felt about 90 doing the shopping the other day and had to recover for about 2 hours afterwards. And I’m only in my 30s well just!
My newts have skightly dropped again but are still much higher yesterday than when I was on AC so here’s hoping they hold out for the last poisoning in 3 weeks.
Good luck to all being nuked, poisoned and anything else today.
Ninja I have no idea how you are still standing even with the adrenaline.
Ninja - I feel another song coming on…
How about Elton’s ‘I’m Still Standing’.
Good luck with the move.
Dx
Thanks guys. I managed to sleep till 5 am - despite Dex - just exhausted. Got up at nine for more packing and just stopped now for a cuppa.
Still running on adrenaline. Crohn’s and Tax Tum both behaving 
OOOHHH Kevin Rowland’s hairy armpits! I think I just spat some tea on to my keyboard…
Hello fellow woodlanders, I’ve been here for a couple of months now and have only just began to realise I’m not alone. I’ve found denial to be a worthy companion. Unfortunately denial seems to melt when touched by tears, particularly whilst reading “mummys lump” to my children.
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Hi cherry tom, you are most definitely not alone, we are all here to cry at, rant at or in some cases laugh with/at! Please feel free to join in,Chocciemuffin has some rather large buckets which are very useful to stick your head in and deny everything.
Welcome to the woods cherrytom, pull up a chair and someone will be along shortly to help you pitch your tent. PB is good for that. He was last seen rubbing sun cream into my shoulders but he’s gone to the lagoon for a dip.
Still packing house up! Tea break time.
Hi Cherry tom and welcome to the wonderful world of woodies, there’s a lovely clearing with a beautiful lagoon where you can find some of us floating around, also we have a patisserie tent with calorie free goodies and of course our very own virtual hostelry called the Jingling Merkin which sells the most wonderful cocktails and various other beverages and best of all no hangovers.
Saphy? Have you actually been PAYING for your drinks in the JM? I haven’t spent a farthing in there since I first wandered into the woods back on page 3! (I had to mention that, it’s the only time I’ll EVER be a page 3 girl!)
Cherry tom, I reckon you’ve been nicking my bucket. I wander round with it on my head - full of sand for me to bury my head in, and it’s magic sand that doesn’t fall on the floor when you stand up straight - and I sing “la, la, la, I can’t hear you” any time anything cancerous tries to make its presence felt. It’s disappeared once or twice and NOW I know who was looking after it for me! Thanks for that, and I like the little flowers you painted on it one time you were using it, very artistic and soothing to look at.
PB’s on his way. He’s been applying aqueous cream and aloe vera gel over by Rads Rushes, so if you see anyone running panting from the rushes you’ll know exactly why!