Thanks Ninja where are the lovely owl tufts? Salad Is the one thing I miss so much… but only three more weeks and I shall gorge on it. Your coleslaw sounds fabulous. Perhaps the Woods should have a Bistro Yurk with a salad bar for all Woodies who are going through the Pangs of loss because they are denied it on Chemo.
Thanks Gipsylady all neuts gratefully received ready for the last big"T". The pine needles will smell good. I mustn’t forget to get the Yew clippings from my nest donated to the great pharmacology giant that makes Taxanes. Yep Mezzomamma the signs are beginning. Lots of praise for dear Positivethinking from friends so I am making sure Laughinthefaceofadversity stays with me. She has really worked well for the stupid things people say…you know the comments re those that are no longer about etc. Perhaps I will ask Santa for Laughintheaceofadversity to stay with meI might be about later as St.Eroid is staying tonight.
Cackles
I have just had a lovely plate full of salad bit worried now but checked my book and just says o.k. just wash well.
Will try not to worry as WBC and Neuts are high at moment.
xxx Ducky
Ducky Don’t worry I am sure you will be fine especially with high neuts. They are very cautious these days. I was told not to have salad but the E.coli scare in Germany had been about. They were suspecting Cucumber and bean sprouts. I must admit it was not something I expected to be told not to eat. So in future to the Yurk Bistro we must go. Ninja does a lovely coleslaw.
Oh thanks
Don’t eat cucumber and didn’t have been sprouts.
xxx Ducky
Jean, so glad you’re doing so well!
I’ve eaten loads of salads and fruit throughout!
Diagnosed last December and feeling almost “normal”, whatever that is!
Went for first haircut today- hair still short but had loads of wee funny ends colour back to normal for me .Black with natural white streaks- WHO SAID THEY WERE GREY?
I’ve had a couple of flying visits from the “What if” gremlins but they were quickly dispatched !Mammogram beginning of January and that will be just over a year from diagnosis.
Hugs to all- there is a path to the end of the woods ,
Margaret
We wouldn’t dare say they were grey Margaret!!!
I was also told that salads and raw vegs were OK as long as they were washed well.
All the things I was told not to eat are the things I love!!!
Oh well going off to bed soon not had any nana naps today so beginning to feel tired now, so night all.
Hope you all have a goodnight.
Jean xxx
Marym… Green green green Cackles. I have had all available superdetectivefairies looking for my badgers pelt with blonde ends. I have unexpectedly had woeisme and sorryformyself on both shoulders over this. I never thought looking in the well or lagoon would bring so much longing for the land of NED. Your hair looks like HAIR fantastic.
Jean …Like Ducky if your unit said salads are ok fine. I couldn’t believe my little no longer pointed furry ears when I had salads banned - even tomatoes which we had growing like weeds. Blast E-coli etc and low neuts. It was something to do with fertilising and absorption of the horrible bugs. The problem is once you have doubts put into the failing brain you would need dear Blatentleyignoringthis on both shoulders and I couldn’t find them …they are as elusive as that sleep fairy!!!
St. Eroid buzzing away in both ears
Cackles
Gosh, all this healthy eating!
Well, you can safely eat some of my lemon drizzle cake and key lime pie - packed full of freshly squeezed lemon and lime juice and grated zest so surely must count as one each of your five a day.
And then there’s the coconut in the macaroons - that’s another one of the five.
Feeling particularly angry about cancer tonight and how b*&^% unfair it all is, so I’m hoisting the woodies’ “two fingered salute” flag high and throwing some fresh logs on the camp fire to chase away the shadows. The flame throwers are fully charged up and ready to blast any f£%^&* gremlin that gets in my way.
Jane xxx
Move over Jane I am coming to keep you company and to share the cake and pie. Just hide your hair or I may pinch it. I will bring fellowfealing and knowhowyoufeel with me.
Cackles
Morning all,
Are you OK Jane, you are sounding rather “tee’d” off… BC is most certainly a sh*tty disease and it keeps coming back to bite you on the bum every now and again. As someone put it “the gift that keeps on giving.” Just when you think you are handling one thing well, something else comes along. I find myself still getting angry and upset over stuff, sometimes things that others would think trivial but I’m sure its reaction to the year we have all had. Give me a shout if you fancy a coffee (or a glass of wine!!) sometime, you aren’t far away and I can easily slope off from here (ahem obviously working full time of course, cough, cough).
I am coming up to my first six month after rads check and back to the old familiar scanxiety (last time I went for scans was on dx so I don’t have happy associations with the whole process not that I have any particular worries). I guess in other situations they’d be saying we have “post-traumatic stress,” not a great combination with the return to work and trying to establish the “new normal.”
Hope everyone is finding their way along the path towards the edge of the woods.Keep on taking one day at a time (and I can recommend both Ninja’s coleslaw and Alto’s Key Lime Pie and Lemon Drizzle cake as I still call into the catering yurt from time to time).
xxx
Hi MG,
It’s not so much me I’m angry for, although the first anniversaries of my finding a lump, Breast Clinic Visit and DX all fall in the next few weeks, plus I’m seeing my surgeon a week today and have my first annual mammogram a fortnight today. Yes, definitely “The gift that keeps on giving”, big time.
I’ve sent you a PM to explain…
Eating masses of cake today - somehow it feels like the right thing to do - and yes, another meet up would be lovely; must make plans!
Jane xxx
Gosh - ate salad all through - no-one mentioned that I shouldn’t!! T’was summer, so I’m glad no-one said…
I’ve just popped in for a cake, and to see Soddit. Glad he’s behaving. I DID see him in NEDland, but sent him back to you. I miss him, but he needs company.
I am not angry with cancer (today), but I do find I’ve got a very low tolerance level for people being critical/negative…
have a good weekend in the woods lov Jane
GI Jane …you did train Soddit so well , he is a delight. He misses you all so much he went through so many ups , downs, joys, and more than anything friendships with you. I will have to get a medal made for him.
The great yew liquid is dripping in as I post this. Last of the taxing…Woopie . Positivethinking and Laughinthefaceofadversity on each shoulder plus flame throwers for visiting sniping gremlins . The well produced many Great creast neuts and soupertrooper got Buggerit to bring some in jam jars from the Lagoon. You and the wise ones our parhfinders, leaders and oracles have given us such a superb legacy here long may it continue.
Be of good faith
Cackles
Soddit sat on my lap EVERY time I sat down (which during chemo was a lot)… kept me warm… and was always there… May he do the same for you (though I think he’ll struggle to get to the top of the yew tree!!!)
So glad the taxing time is coming to an end… are you looking in the direction of Rads Rushes from the top of your tree? It’s easier going in there…
I’m off for a free facial! I polished my brass neck the other week and wandered round dept store make up section without wig to see if any of the beautifully made up ladies made eye contact… one did a make up job on the spot and invited me to an hour’s facial, which normally they charge for, but for me… (with no hair) - free! It’s today, so that should be lovely. I encourage current woodies to polish your brass necks!!! tee hee Jane
Evening Woodies.
Well that is it. Taxing tax done. I no longer need to be up in a yew tree . I must put up a tent on the path to the Rad Rushes. Heal Soddit let’s have a large Gin and a marrow bone for you, J M here we come.
It is very quiet in the Woods these days, we need to round up those standing with their toes on the edge of the paths and help them on their way to the land of NED. I wonder who is watching from behind the trees?
That is tomorrow 's task Soddit tonight we will have a quiet drink and pray St? Eroid doesn’t have a fight with the sleep fairy.
Woohoo! Well done Cackles! Rads Rushes is a much calmer place, trust me. You might glow in the dark a bit but at least they’re not pumping you full of poisons.
See you down the JM for a swift one (or two). I feel like hitting the hard stuff tonight. I’ll bring some goodies with me as well - I’ve been baking (oh no, not again!) and it’s lemon shortbread and Grantham gingerbread this time. Nominally because it’s my turn to do the coffee and biccies after church on Sunday, but we all know it’s really for the Woodland Warriors, don’t we?
Jane xxx
Hope you’re all still there … we could have a collection for Children In Need. Some of the stories make mine fade into insignificance… Love the cakes Alto…
Hi all,
Am in seroma swamp after my op last week and it’s all a bit dark and gloomy. Does any one fancy a game of fantasy netball with the football under my arm?
Herbi x
Can I pitch my tent please? I’m half way through the FEC’ing wood and loosing my way a bit!
The Sleep Fairy comes every night yet at 2am the Wake Up Goblin arrives, the goblin and the fairy have a fight the fairy wins yet the pesky goblin is back around 5am! It’s beginning to wear me down!!
I’m not very skilled at baking (I thought I’d get some practice in being off work so long!) … No chance always too tired!! I could sneak the Xmas cake out though …I’m sure the OH won’t miss it!!
Axx
I’ve been on a massive baking sesh with my sis today. Not for CIN (I’ve already donated to that), but for a fund-raising coffee morning tomorrow.
Just over a year ago my sis tried to persuade me to sign up to a Women V Cancer 500km cycle ride through the Great Rift Valley in Kenya in Feb 2012. I wasn’t keen - on foot (not 500km!) or on horseback and I would have been there like a shot, but training on a bike in winter didn’t appeal. Then events took over - but it did spur my sis on to sign up for it. One of the charities is BCC, so I’m trying to help with the fund-raising as much as poss.
Anyway, we now have lemon drizzle cake, mini lemon sponge cakes filled with buttercream, barm brack, sticky ginger cake, apple cake, chocolate brownies, walnut and coffee fudge, vanilla fudge and a victoria sponge. Plenty spare for everyone!
I’m almost celebrating. Although next week will be the anniversary of me finding my lump, I’ve just had my last medical appt 'til Jan - when it’s my first routine mammo.
My round in the JM.
Dx
PS - Hello Annie and welcome. Baking skills aren’t necessary to venture into the Woods, just a good sense of the ridiculous. Cocktails always go down well! xx