the virtual wine is good, better be quick or I will have drunk the place dry, hope my virtual hangover isn’t too bad in the morning
Have no fear - no such thing as hangovers. They are left in the skip in the field before The Woods, along side varicose veins, cellulite, muffin-tops and all other scourge to Womankind.
Rejoice all who enter: you may have no hair, feel sick, be stuck on the loo, be stuck off the loo, have put weight on, have taken weight off in the real world, in here you are divine woodland creatures with PB at your beck and call.
Cheers!!
Mine’s a double.
“Ninja - how are you? There’s not much noise coming from your tent and you were missed in the JM last night, no-one can bang out Tina Turner quite like you”
Struggling.
Chemo has been cancelled pro tem and possibly for ever. The intolerable pain I’m suffering from at the mo as a SE from Tax may be permanent.
Message ends.
Ninja, that sounds horrible, is that something to do with the fibromyalgia (is that how you spell it?) combining with the chemo. Hope they can give you something to control your pain and that you get some relief soon xx
So sorry you’re having such a bad time Ninja. Fingers, toes and everything else crossed that you get some relief.
Cheryl
Thanks for leaving the sleep fairy in the jar outside my tent. She was pretty fed up by the time I got to her but soon had me sleeping in the sunshine. Looks like I missed one hell of a party whilst I was snoozing! Hope there is still some pimms left? PB did a pretty amazing massage on me before I went to sleep. (dreamy smile) Had to stop him singing along to my Abba cd though. Much as I love PB I really don’t rate his singing!!
Feeling much better after my sleep. Bring on the weekend!
Good god! You’re all DRUNK! Only problem is I’m not!am I too late to john in? White wine or pimms please. Ninja - can’t begin to think how you feel. Make space for a little one (ha ha!)
No we’re not *hic* we’re absholutely shober. Which one do you want, wine or pimms or both? xx
“is that something to do with the fibromyalgia (is that how you spell it?) combining with the chemo?”
Aye. And your spelling is A*.
He said that folk with FMS and chemo - it’s like waking a tightrope. I seem to have fallen off.
I’m just so worried that if they cut it short, then I won’t have had enough.
I was a bit sorted mentally, once I had a PLAN. I don’t have a plan any more; it’s all up in the air.
I need a stiff drink and some help. But not sure who from.
Oh Ninja, wish I could do or say something to help. Could you possibly ring the BCC helpline or are they not around at this time.
Haven’t you had lots of weekly tax? I seem to remember one of the other ladies I know having less than the 18 she was meant to be having of those and others having three weekly chemo who stopped sooner and were told that it was unproven whether you needed that many cycles and whether it made any difference.
Hope you can get some relief from pain and a plan in place soon xx
“Which one do I want?” Both! And one for ninja! And some hair!
Your on, drinks on their way and I’ll go and round up some of the stray eyebrows, eyelashes and locks of hair which have gone feral in the woods xx
Thanks. If they’re all different colours I could end up looking like a tabby cat! Needed that drink(s)
Ninja, sorry to hear your in pain, but I’ve def heard of research that says that the first two doses of Chemo are the most important and make the most difference. Also heard of Onc’s saying if they could only give one treatment it would be the hormone therapy/herceptin and not the Chemo!!
…and I would like to point out to other Wooders, in a suitably inebreated way, that there is no such thing as a ‘fluffy’ otter - that’s a BEAVER my dears! *hic* …buer, nearly tripped over PB, he’s flat out on the floor of the JM now Troy’s finished with him…
Eurostar beckons, party on Girls !!
Uncertainty and fear are the big bad witches around here. Life can be so unfair and losing that anchor of a plan, with the sense of some certainty that went with it, is just unnecessary rottenness. Bu99eration!
I hope you have had enough tax to see off any nasties. My youngest sister has FM, and that’s burden enough for anyone.
The helpline is a good place to start, even though you perhaps need something more specialised in the way of support. Is your treatment centre able to point you towards specialised support and pain control? Or your GP?
Big cyber hugs, with the wish that I could do more.
Cheryl
Mmmmmmm… just been to the next village to give some figs from my tree to our friend who runs the pub there. She’s a most superb chef (The Fox Inn, Carlton if anyone’s in the area and wants a good nosh!) We decided to partake of some fine Bateman’s (that’s two pints in one day for me, if anyone’s counting - can’t remember when I last drank so much!) and a little while later she brought out a little sample for us to try - a slice of baguette topped with goats cheese and some fig, all toasted and drizzled with Balsamic vinegar.
Abso-flippin-lutely gorgeous!
Jane xxx
Ninja, I’ve heard what Peachez has just said as well - that the doses of chemo they give are actually far more than we really need and the therapeutic value of the later doses is much less than the earlier doses. It’s a sledgehammer to crack a nut. You’ve just had a mallet rather than a sledgehammer, but it’s hopefully still very effective at cracking the nut.
I have a work colleague who’s just been diagnosed with fibromyalgia so I’ve been reading up on it recently. I really hope they can get your pain meds sorted and find something that works. Hopefully it’s too early yet to tell if the SEs are permanent or not - fingers crossed and huge hugs for you.
Jane xxx
PS, Cheryl, I’ll be leading from the front on the Last Night of the Proms, I’ll be sitting front centre circle!!! but don’t forget you can’t start singing ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ until the conductor turns to the audience… It’s going to be wonderful knowing you’ll all be singing along with me on the night - I’m going to get ‘a bit’ emotional while singing at full volume I’m sure.xxx
Good grief, we’re going to have to send in the heavy squad to clear up after THIS Friday in the JM!
Curry - mmmm!
I shall lead the singing in The JM for the last night! First year we’ve not been for years. Hope it’ll be a brilliant night.