Mandy and Karen, hope the sickness settles real soon for you both.
So far so good (whisper) for me, nothing major on side effects to report, or perhaps the massive amount of preventative tablets and mouthwashes i take are doing their job (along with sleeping tablet!)
Had luly visit from daughter and grandaughters this afternoon which ended up with great fun watching the young ones ‘bake’ ‘grans style’ which involves nothing more than chocolate, sweets, rice krispies and much licking of spoons. It was great fun and just the tonic I needed. Profile pic is of my oldest (3yrs) grandaughters work, the young one (19mnths)never managed to get anything into a cupcake, she just dipped marshmallows into her bowl of chocolate and ate them, lol
Chemo brain moment … Very tired today so decided to have soak in the bath ( usually have showers) as it was running I was pondering on using bubble bath deciding for a moment that I wouldn’t use it as i hate getting it in my hair !! Durr …Soon brought back to reality aahh the good ole days however silver lining I was able to have a lovely bubble bath after all !!
sorry Mandy nothing worse tHan being sick , bleugh , pleased your feeling a bit better
hope everyone is ok & the sleep fairies visit us all , mine tends to naff off around 2.30
Karen x
FFS my post disappeared AGAIN GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Lisa copy and paste the following in to google… Hijab Muslim patterned bone, bonnet cap Islamic.
It will take you to the ebay seller that I got some of mine from. Click the drop down box with the numbers in to see the different designs.
Glad the anti sickness meds sound like they’re working Mandy Xx
Hope you really enjoyed that bubble bath Karen xx
That baking does sound like fun Aml xx
Just got home from choir practice. Yawn! Will catch up with some more posts tomorrow. Hope all is well and the sleep faulty visits everyone tonight xx
Hope all went well for Granny P and Kath today xx
Hugs
Elaine x
FEC 2 day 3
Sleepless night again and really nauseous uugg! I think it’s the steroids that cause the sick feeling even though I have heaps of anti sickness pills inside me. But at least this time I know it does pass.
Mandy hope you are feeling better today. I did post a message yesterday but the gremlins eat up again!
Kath hope FEC 3 is not causing too many SE 's.
Wishing all Valentines as good a day as possible (Linda I hope you remain a Valentine too please)
Hope the snow does’nt arrive.
Love Tup x
ps Im really craving pear drops right now!
Lovely 6 hours sleep in Grandaughters bed let Mum have mine last night,how good am i lol…didnt check prescription till tea time no extra sickness tablets cant get a prescription till 4 ish weathers bad here dont want to send Dad out again do you think normal ones will be ok if needed over the weekend…??? Gales here chickens might be a useful little machine but by god there dim all sat looking at the lounge window from under the patio table when theyve a lovely warm shed to shelter in,sorry chicks no guilt today…Hope everyones SE are minimal,Just showed Mum our profile pics with damp eyes shes tellind Dad everyone has lovely shaped heads and beautiful eyes,stunning ladies…xxpaula…xx Mandy hope your ok…x
FEC2 day8 c/cx
Morning Vals,
Elaine your grandad was so lucky to have such a long life,well done him
Aml what a lovely day with little grandchildren and a lovely pic of the eldest one.Little children are such a joy,I was always photographing our girls and grandaughters as they grew up.xxx
Granny P such a lovely pic in my mind of your chickens,we used to have some years ago in the bottom of our aviaries,kept everyone supplied with eggs.
Mandy and Tup hope sickness wearing off.
we went on our picnic yesterday,sat on the least windy side of the hill,just started on my sandwiches when my sister called from OZ,was lovely but she can talk for England,firstly about me and then horses.Never spoke to hubby while we were there,then he got cold so we sat in car for a while admiring the view over the Thames estuary,me with phone clamped to my ear
Feeling fine today stomach much better,popping up shops before my friend visits with her elderly mum,got to get wedding card for tomorrow.
Take care all Love and Hugs Chris xxxxx<3
Good morning Valentines. Day 4 FEC 3. Apart from a ‘bleurgh’ evening yesterday, side effects seem minimal so far. Having said that, I woke this morning after a good 7 hours sleep with a slightly red face. I look as if I have been on a short trip somewhere quite warm (I wish!). Weighed myself this morning which was a mistake. I’ve put on half a stone in a month. Aaaargh! That’ll be the two breakfasts and endless snacking.
Hope everyone has a good day (despite the awful weather around the country).
Angie xx
What a day! Snow blizzards and a biting east wind. Keep warm everyone. No picnics today.
Sorry the sickness got to you Mandy - did it happen last time? Hope all is better today.
Elaine - it’s brill you are managing choir practice. It can’t be easy if you don’t feel like singing!
Tup - I’m not leaving. How could I, I love you all!
GrannyP - hope you get your sickness drugs sorted today. Had to laugh at your chickens. I feel so sorry for my garden birds. I am going through pounds worth of suet pellets and meal worms to keep them full and warm. I can’t keep up with them.
Chris - glad you managed your picnic even if most of it was spent with your phone glued to your ear!
Angie - hope the minimal s/e’s continue.
May you all have a good day and a peaceful weekend,
Linda xxx
Hi everyone
FEC-T, FEC3, DAY4
Angie I too have a redness, mainly round my face,neck and chest area - luvly - also got weighed at clinic on tuesday, told them i didnt want to know and she read it out loud anyway. I am not going near scales in the house until this session of chemo is over.
Had shower this morning, little bits of clipped head hair came out but not much and i am starting to lose occasional eyelashes and eyebrows - however the hair on my head has grew a bit, i still have hair on my arms and I swear i have some longer hairs on my legs appearing!
I have spent morning going between feeling good that i might not lose all hair (mainly eyebrows and lashes i am now concerned about!) although I know Tax might sort that out fast; but also panicking a bit that perhaps treatment isnt working as well for me as it should be
I am also starting to list things i have always wanted to do but work and family (life!) have stopped me from doing so - my plan is to implement as many of them as possible once i get through this lot of treatment and hopefully hear the word ‘stable’ for a while. and Elaine joining a choir is on my list
Hope everyone keeps warm and dry today with minimum se’s for all xx
So I will having a bilateral masectomy after chemo. A big decision but have had the fear of breast cancer hanging over me for many years. A talk with my oncologist this morning about my sub-type, family history and ‘young age’ has confrmed this. Feel pleased that a plan is at last in place but feel rather scared at the prospect of this operation. Not sure about the reconstruction route but because I’m underweight, it’ll probably be implants. On the plus side, I will not need radiotherapy and will be perky for the first time in my life!
Hi all
Fec 3 day 1
Well the last Fecking Fec ( as it’s called round my house!) is in!
Tup I’m sorry you’re suffering with sickness. Have you spoken to your onc or chemo nurse as some anti sickness meds work differently for each person? Did you change meds from last time? Really hope it passes for you soon xx
Paula, keeping chickens is something I plan to do in the near future, fresh eggs and entertainment all in one go! Xx
Lovely to get out for a picnic Chris! I’ve had many picnics in the car due our unpredictable weather in this country xx
The scales are not my friend either Angie! Not only have I not been doing any exercise but I’ve gone from being able to take or leave chocolate to now needing a daily fix sometimes twice a day! We will have to start a “loosing weight after chemo thread”! Xx
Linda, I feel like singing a lot more often than people want to hear me sing! xx
Aml, I go to Rock ChoirI they have Choirs all over the country. It’s quite expensive £100 for 10 weeks but I think well worth it (no one else would let me sing!)? You can look them up on line by entering Rock Choir onto a search engine. I’ve made some lovely friends since I’ve been going and no matter how bad a mood I’m in when I go I have always left with a smile on my face. XX
Sorry you have to face that penguin but sounds like you are managing to find the positive. I’m sure there must be others on one of the forums who’ve had the same and may be able to give you more positive feed back. It’s good that you don’t need rads though xx
Hope everyone else managing SEs and avoiding hospitalisation!
Louise, did you have 3rd one today? If so I hope it went well!
Probably be in bed now for a few days. I will try and keep up with iPad but please excuse spellings and wrong words being used a combination of chemo brain and predictive gremlins!
Hugs to all
Elaine x
Funki, I’m going to have to stop quoting people in future, in case I get ticked off .
New poem alert, hope it doesn’t make anyone puke!!! Will tell you about my day yesterday in another post.
Boob In A Box
I keep my boob in a box,
my silicon boob really rocks,
As I don’t wear it often
it never will soften
my incredible boob in a box.
Though I did have it on yesterday,
as I went for my chemo - hooray!
when it started to ache,
I was happy to take
it back into its box and away.
Then I sat in front of the telly
while my real boob, wobbled like jelly,
and I felt quite calm,
and so nice and warm
with my boob drooping over my belly.
Oh Kath youve cheered me up on a crappy day…thankyou,meds sorted Mum went in Docs and didnt leave till she got it sorted, and everyone should have a couple of chickens so entertaining and fresh eggs mmm,hope everyones comfy…xxx
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