i think it’s 3L, but don’t get hung up on it being water. anything will do, including soup, porridge, etc and don’t forget fruit has high liquid content x
Good luck Sarah, Mary. Hope all goes well tomorrow with co-operative veins, and not too much hanging around. Sarah, your doctor sounds wonderful,
Tracey x
Thank you all for the concerted efforts at rousing Results Monster and ClearMargins fairy. They obviously have a deep and meaningful relationship (and the sex must’ve been fantastic!) as I finally got a phone call from my surgeon while stood in the middle of M&S services in Toddington on the M1!
SCACO, thank you for your efforts with the pump. I didn’t actually dump the contents of the swamp on the surgeon’s desk but emailed it to the Path lab, which seems to have done the trick.
So, Results Monster has persuaded ClearMargins fairy to visit. What a bloody relief, as by now I had convinced myself that I was going to have a mastectomy and have been avidly reading all the mastectomy and reconstruction threads to pick up tips. Thank goodness I don’t need them just quite yet a while, but thank you ladies who’ve posted on them for your information. At least it gave me something to fret about and a bit of insider knowledge.
That means that I will be seeing the surgeon next Monday for a wrap-up with her, and she’s writing today to the onc so that I should get my appointment through shortly with him, ready to get going “soon”, probably in the next couple of weeks. So Beverley Hills, I may well be joining you in the February Chemo thread.
Today has obviously been “The Day” for NoMoreWaiting to finally make an appearance, and my lovely man also has a date for his heart op. Next Friday - eek! I am away from the woods (and home) today so I can’t just give him a big hug, as I think he could probably do with one.
Timing is ok, I think, because it looks like I’ll be able to be around for his kids while he’s in hospital and will also be able to run around after him for a week or so before chemo starts (I’m guessing).
The Reality ogre has stolen my bucket and poured the sand all over the floor. I admit I feel like I’m standing in an aeroplane with a parachute strapped to my back and about to jump out. Thank you all for packing my parachute and the basic training, you’ve done a great job and I feel at least a tiny bit prepared for this. But bleedin’ terrified at the same time.
MG, I’m even happier with the scar around my areola second time round. I didn’t think it could be neater than first time, but I think it is! Give it a few weeks and I reckon it’ll be really hard to see!
Got to go, will be back in the woods later tonight.
I think 3 PINTS not litres, or 2 litres of fluid is recommended as a minimum, 2 litres being the larger amount. Drink whenever you feel thirsty, and remember a sip of water can often settle mild queasiness. Fruit is always good. And getting drinks and then going to the loo is one way of passing the waiting time. 
[Three pints is 60 fluid ounces. Three litres is more than 5 pints, or over 100 fluid ounces.]
Who ever had my getupandgo thanks for sending it back!!! I have chained her to my wrist and she is not getting away again!!
Had every ogre going giving whole family grief last night…but they have all been banished to a large hole!
I am feeling really well today…long may it continue!
Will keep up patrol with flamethrower and billhook to keep those going for cocktails safe this week…
oh and drink loads but expect to be on the loo half the night…they give you lots of fluid with the cocktail in it!!
Hope all the Breast Angels having chemo are doing well. Hugs to everyone.
CM excellent news that the Clearmargins fairy has turned up. Tell her I won’t ask any questions about where she has been but please lock her in the shed so that she can’t escape until I need her. Glad your scar looked better the second time. Mine is right side from edge of nipple round to side on lower part of breast so not that noticeable (guess it depends where lump is) but did you notice much difference in shape/size after the re-excision. I am really happy with my WLE and can’t imagine how much more they take and whether it will cause more obvious asymmetry.
Phew, long word for this time of the afternoon so off for an afternoon snooze to recover x
Glad the results have turned up at last, Choccie, and that the margins are clear. Tell them about your OH’s sugery dates; I’m sure your start date can be adjusted a bit if necessary. You’ll probably be in reasonably fine nick after the first, but it obviously makes sense if one of you is always fit enough to look after the other. (And at least you have something better to think about than chemo1 in the meantime.)
The very best of luck to all of you.
Cheryl
CM - I’m so pleased your results have clear margins & that your scar is looking good.
021210 & MG - Sending you love & hugs and will be joining in woods with flamethrower, machete etc tonight, thinking of you.
Lots of love
Helen xx
Yay, CM!!
Amusing myself with the latest research stuff on CDK1 working for Triple Neg in the phase II trials. Good. I think I need a life! Or another cuppa.
ChoccieMuffin, you’ve escaped from being dangled over the Bog Of Eternal Stench (from Labyrinth) !!. Wonderful news! New mantra: “Clear Nodes, Clear margins, two boobs”. Bloods permitting I’ll be there on 23rd
Sarah021210, could we please have the name of your new hunky Dr, so we can all ask to be transferred?? And the Stats! What dreams are made of!!
Scaco; no real SEs for me second time either, but have just got back from the Hospital Tent after emergency dash at 3am due to high temp. 24 hrs later they couldn’t find anything wrong, so thought it was a virus. Had chest X-Ray though, so got to ask about lumpy rib that has been bothering me, and they said it’s not bone, likely to be scar tissue from Mx. Had an awe inspiring lunch while there, a sad scrap of white fish with a ice cream scoop of mash, followed by plain rice pudding,
oh the joy :-/
I’m off to the Gourmet tent…
Good luck to everyone being Fec’d tomorrow!
chocciemuffin! Brilliant news! the swamp has well and truly dried out and turned into a beautiful sunlit glade!!! I’m so pleased for you. Now you can move on to the next delightful stage, but at least now you know what’s going to happen rather than just hanging around and waiting.
I’m now at the girding-my-loins and signing-out-a-flamethrower-from-the-armaments-tent stage, ready to annihilate those Feccing gremlins tomorrow. My aunt and uncle came over to take me out to our local pub for lunch today so the condemned woman ate a a last hearty meal then had a lovely walk in the sunshine.
I’ve put a booking in with the bringiton fairy for tomorrow and will be in the Jingling Merkin tonight for a final pre-SE G&T or possibly Crabbies, if anyone fancies joining me.
I recommend dry ginger ale as a post-FEC drink if you’re trying to take more fluids - it’s not only very nice but it also helps with any queasiness.
Jane xxx
PS On the moulting front - my son complained last night that there were loads of hairs in his packed lunch. To which I apologised profusely, then very politely told him that at 16 he really should be making his own… 
Good for you, Jane. He jolly well should make his own lunch now, and maybe at weekends he should make you a meal now and then.
Cheryl
Well done Jane, see you in the Jingling Merkin later where we’ll stand you a Crabbies! Think of one more step on the way to having this behind you…
Hope all is well for everyone having chemo today and good luck Sarah for tomorrow, will be thinking about you xx
just caught up with few pages,i always read this thread, and is lovely to see everyone supporting each other… is like the thread i started in nov.
best way through this is to laff and support each other, you are all doing really well. and time goes so fast once you start, its the waiting thats the worse.
hugs xxx or cupcakes for anyone with the munchies, xxx
Good luck tomorrow feccers! Have been out and got several gremlins with my flamethrower and will be patrolling most of the night so you can sleep peacefully…Heres to us all…she says toasting you all with a London Pride at the bar of the Jingling Merkin…pass a cupcake Kaz…I’m getting peckish xxx
Best of luck to those of you visiting the hospital tent tomorrow, particularly Sarah on your first visit. I will do my best to keep watch tomorrow and keep the side effects gremlins away.
Unfortunately the goodnightsleepfairy sometimes loses the way where steroids are present. She will return very soon I’m sure.
Great news that the results fairy found her way to you CM and rewarded you for the cake sale.
Sue
Hi all
Very very happy for CM. She should consult her PMs, I have bumped up a few threads.
Sarah, good luck on your first FEC. The anticipation is much worse than the event. Drink as much fluid as you can, go to hospital tent with your gloves on to keep your veins nice and warm (this really does work) and plug yourself into your iPod whilst being cannulated. you don’t need to look, they can do it quite well without coaching. I have learnt this through trial and error. I had 6 FEC and as many ladies will tell you, it is doable. I am sending you the Bringitonfairy, having caught her in my keep net whilst she visited me today.
I have just returned from the Jingling Merkin, The Bringiton fairy as i mentioned, visited me today for my triple whammy of herceptin,tax and zometa. They put me in a room of my own…maybe this Breast Angel is a bit too much for them. BUT they gave me a weapon, i had a bleeper to sound when my drip bleeped so that they wouldn’t forget me. As if! Anyhow, cannula was actually painless, no REALLY. I just zoned out, its taken me a fair few goes to get to this Zenn like state and I reckon it could be a one off.
Pleasant dreams to all my fellow travellers
x sarah
I snigger like a 13-yr-old every time you lot mention your jingling merkins, picturing a tent full of rampant baldies at it like rabbits! 
For this evening, all the fairies, demons, monsters, witches and associated baddies can just F*** right off. I’m not in the mood and am enjoying the post-vino fuzz. Makes reading the screen a bit interesing (new specs) but that’s fine by me.
I WILL be having a portacath so won’t have to cry because of cannulas, but thank you for the advice. I don’t intend putting myself through half a second more discomfort and distress than I need to.
Actually, until I get to my first chemo (whatever the regime) I’m on “looking after other half” duty. I actually thanked him tonight for giving me something to take my mind off the BC - his look in response was a picture to behold, but he knew what I meant. The poor landlady in our local (not the Jingling Merkin) was shocked to bits when she saw my haircut, and then doubly shocked when she got the response to the “what made you cut your hair?” question. That after hearing just today about OH’s heart op as well. What a bleedin’ pair we are!
Beverley Hills, you will remain one of life’s beautiful people, even if you feel like a pile of poo after tomorrow. Of course it’s possible that tomorrow’s poison will just feel like roses and fairy dust (oh I do hope it’s like that for you) but in case it’s not, I’m depatching some special IDon’tFeelSickAtAll fairy-dust that I hope will do the trick. Best of luck for tomorrow, and we’ll keep your tent warm and will fill up your hot water bottles and drinks bottles. Just let us know what you want in your drinks bottles (that tempranillo from earlier was very tasty, and on special offer from Sainsbury…)
Would I be disingenuous if I suggested that everyone who’s waiting for the ClearMargins fairy spends a day baking cakes? You might be handicapped if you don’t have a handy teenager to help you sell them, but it might be worth a try.
Hi All,
Thank you for your good wishes, Lif, your night patrol was gratefully received & a total success as have had a very good nights sleep
Well my fellow Breast Angels am armed with water, have the itwillallgook fairy by my side.
Love to you all
Sarah.xx
Good morning everyone!
The fairies were good to me as well last night, apart from the one who scarpered at light speed when I rolled onto my bad side and woke up thinking, “Oh b***er, don’t do that again”.
Ah well, here we go again.
Hi Ho, hi ho,
It’s off to FEC we go,
with a bucket and a blanket and a box of pills
Hi ho, hi ho
Good luck to eveyone who has a date with the chemo witch today - kick her where it hurts!
Jane xxx