Got through day 1 after TAX,with steroids anti sick pills and antibiotics,got dizzy so spent the afternoon in a supine position,my walking gait is oh so slow,ONC says I am anemic,so liver is now on my menu and black puddings.
would love a large Merlot with crumbly Lancashire cheese.
Cackles, for someone who like me lurked on the outer edges of this dark wood ,you have developed into such a wordsmith,I am so well impressed,beats my ramblings hands down.In fact the creativity of this woodie situation made me wish to take of my Potter cloak and join in thank you all!!!Give Soddit an ear scratch for me.
Especial thanks Supertrouper, and Buggerit for the slobbery newts they did their job for me yesterday at 4.6 a marked drop from last time but well enough to get me through.
Love and Light xxMavis
Mavis - I too had a marked drop in my newts - they went from 10.7 down to 4. Still way higher than the 1.0 cut off for doing chemo and way way higher than the lowest they ever dropped to which was 0.01. I wonder if that is why I am feeling a bit more “off” than normal today - Oncologist did mention that I looked anaemic so I might have to make diet changes. I wonder if roasted gremlins are a source of iron.
Going off to search for sleep fairies now with Buggerit - it’s my turn to get some sleep tonight - may have to resort to going back to the spare bedroom as OH kept nudging my feet during the night when he turned over, and my feet and toes are soooooo sensitive at the moment.
“To sleep, perchance to dream”…Hmmm! perhaps not the best thing to be quoting considering how the rest of that goes!! ha ha.
Oh sleep fairies - where are youuuuuuuu. We are coming to find you!
Result! Found a rather drowsy sleep fairy at around 2 this morning and managed to keep her until nearly 6 so I am now feeling a bit more “with it”
All sounds very peaceful in the woods today, going to tidy up my tent and surroundings today, then take Buggerit for a walk down the path to mx rushes just to take a peak and see what facilities there are. I think I would prefer to spend Christmas with my fellow woodies so that I can have a bit of fun without worrying about over doing things straight after my mx (which is currently booked for Dec 20th)
Anyone ready for coffee and hot butter crumpets yet?
oooh yes please! Then I’m off out of the woods to get my post-chemo nails done… Shellac seems to stick the flaking layers on!! Any honey for the crumpets? Supposed to be good for us… (licks lips noisily) I lit lots of candles for you guys last night… glad you got SOME sleep ST…Jane
Hi Ladies,
Thanks to all who left their spare newts in the lagoon - I’ve just been given the go ahead for swamp juice 4!!
I’ve managed to grab a sleep fairy or two the past few nights but I think they’ve been going down the JM - I’ve had the weirdest dreams!
Unfortunately, I’ve had a tussle with the Phlebitis Pixy this week and have a nice swollen arm (think its where they were playing an unsuccessful game of Battleveins - the veins won and couldn’t be found!)
See you down the JM later!
Axx
Hi everyone, thank u Cackles about Soddit and Buggerit, they sound fab!!! I will send them some treats! sivam i read what you wrote re TAX and needing to eat liver, me too, i had that, i hate liver but i thought,ha c cells that shoulnt be there, take that!!! hope u coping ok on tax, i found it a breeze compared to FEC, hope everyones se’s are little ones! I am hoping to find the sleepthroughthenight fairy, i still cant catch her after all this time, so if anyone has here i will swop for lots of white neutrowotsits?? xxxxxxxxx
Hmmm well 3 months after the last chemo I seem to have lost my neutrowotsits again, anyone seen them? I’d love to swap you for sone Silvershar but I seem to have lost the sleep fairy too… I have been very careless by the looks of things by misplacing everything.
Ah Jo, nice to “see” you, lots of love and you can have some of my white neutrowotsits for free with my pleasure. xxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi woodies
have been let out of seroma swamp only to end up in crock hollow. But am going to lie by the lagoon as…(whispering)…my chest has stayed FLAT!!! in spite of infection… …fanfare…confetti…etc
Will be in JM to celebrate…who else wants to come…M
Hey Shar, glad you’re back in the real world again. Are you on anti-oestrogens? They seem to be real bu99ers for disturbing sleep.
Guess what? I finally have enough hair to get a trim today, first time I’ve been to a hairdresser’s since January! So now I just have a short haircut, with a big of styling to camouflage the places that are still shorter than the rest. There’s a bit of curl left, too. Woohoo!
I visited the Cancer Support Centre in Sutton Coldfield today (to sing, actually) and have booked an assessment there. I’ve put a posting under complementary therapies, but one of the big things they do is counselling, which can include family members. It’s available to people who live in the Birmingham area, not just Sutton Coldfield. A friend’s DiL has had some therapy there and is very happy with it.
Cheryl
hey Mezzomamma, no not anti oest, just pain relief xxxxxxx
Aww thanks Silvershar. Now I just need to find the elusive sleep fairy as she seems to have done a runner yet again.
Mezzomamma that’s great about your haircut.
Apple street long may it continue xxx
I’ve had to go back to taking ibuprofen and paracetamol on a regular basis for residual pain and swelling. Sigh.
Morning Woodies …I Blatently ignored all temptations to wine and dine in the JM. I switched my brain off and took myself to bed on the path that leads to the rads rushes. All was so peaceful and calm in that part of the wood. The odd tawny promising me some fluff and youneedsomesleep encouraged the sleep fairy to join me in my temporary tent.
Total nothingness from 9-6 then I woke to the lure of a full English… Such bliss to feel rested even if I did sleep upright with one foot hanging out of bed. When I have defrosted it I will see if it can take me on an exploration in this unknown part of the wood
Have peaceful day
Cackles xx
Mornign Woodies! Cackles, you’ll find the terrain in Rads Rushes much easier going… be sure to pick up the tubes of Al Vera’s gel on the way through that we left behind… and keep doing the arm exercises if you’ve had lymph nodes removed, cause Rads put a strain on the lymphs that are left (or right!)
Got ANOTHER dog coming to stay overnight (SIL’s)… Soddit will be playing happily, so quite tired when he comes back into the woods and will curl up on available laps very quickly…
Jane
Hello y all.
I’ve had a lovely rest in Crock Hollow and thanks to a similar saint to St Tramadol I’m feeling quite mobile. Shall now wander around the woods and tidy up a bit. To all FECced TAXed or zapped may your SE’s be minimal today. JM doing special offer on pain relief cocktails later. Could even be a lock in seeing as it’s Saturday night. Group hug x
Hi
Got a day pass from crock hollow.
count me in, St Tramadol is doing his work and my bright pink arm isn,t half as sore as it was, I’ll have whatever cocktail is going pls.
As if the new (honest)photo isn’t scary enough…
There has been a half alive zombie crawling through the swamp during the last couple of days. If you heard agonised wailing, it was me.
Now just starting to return to humanity and dry land after chemo on Tuesday and sorry if I disturbed your sleep. I might try to find a spare tent on the edge of the Crock Hollow tonight.
I’m looking for a pass to virtual Saturday night booze. Anyone want to share a lovely bottle of Merlot?
Love to all you forest flowers
Lin
Me too girls anything to get rid of the tight chest and headache that arrived uninvited today. The Tax biting Gremlin decided to see how high he could get my temp to go today. …I managed to fight him off with the help of Laughinthefaceofdanger. I can’t have a B. …Gremlin biting my backside on a weekend.
Heal Soddit
Cackles xx
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Hi all just a quick post before I get off to my tent hopefully for a good nights sleep.
Head is really sore today and tender, hair falling quite quickly now.
Hope everyone has a good nights sleep, I should be more talkative tomorrow been a busy couple of days, got consultant appt on Mon so should get the results of all my scans!!!
night all.
Jean xxxx