Hi girls. Getting a bit anxious now about op tomoro. Trying to get house tidy but feeling v tired. Still have bad back which like Janette I’ve managed to convince myself is something more sinister.
Friends popping in and out today to wish me good luck and bringing early birthday pressies. Didn’t really want to see anyone but felt better after seeing them.
Kaz and Notts hope u enjoy PB. Would maybe like to go later in t year if anyone else going.
Love to all others too.Will let u know how I get on.
Polly xx
Good luck tomorrow, polly. Will be holding your hand across the t’internet:))) I fancy Pb too, maybe we could organise something??
kerry xxx
best of luck for op Polly - we’ll all be here for you when you are back XXXXX
& kerry - I’d be interested in PB as well depending on dates etc ?!?!?
queue ar RADS today & woman I spoke to had been waiting an hour - not sure why but anyway I got called for my treatment about 5 mins after due time so am thinking they have a note about childcare?!?!? - which is good for me but not for others who have to wait???
HAte to say it but am actually quite enjoying the time with OH in the car there & back - we chat & have a laugh together without interruptions or any other house jobs to worry about. SOphie is away Thurs so wehave the day & night without her so are popping in to guildford shops & having lunch a jamie olivers as a treat. I decided we may as well make the most of having to do all this rather than see it as just a nasty treatment - may not be so jolly on week 3 but intil then we are making themost of it - there’s positive thinking for you?!?!?!?
hugs XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Thanks girls for all your best wishes.
Kerry we can look into PB for later in year and Miilikins and anyone else who wants to come. Glad you are getting to spend time with oh milli and making the best of things.
Nite all.
Polly xxx
Hi all
Thanks for messages, they help and I’ve given myself an almighty kick up the a**e and am feeling a bit better 
I’d love to PB with people, I was supposed to be going in July but going to Brussels instead so would be up for August before I go back to school if anyone can go then.
Off to reflexology now, have a good day peeps, it’s lovely and sunny here in the smoke, hope it is where you are too
xxxx
suzy - pleased you feeling a bit brighter - this is such an emotional roller coaster isnt it?
id like penny brohn too depending on dates in august
its a bit grey here in the midlands but hoping sun will come out. i am off to rads in an hour or so. im really missing my boy and cant wait to see him when he gets back from italy on friday but he is with his dad this weekend then - pooh! (i get the bag of washing but not the boy!)
good day everyone n thinking of polly n op
claire
Evening:)))
PB with people sounds good ;)))
Thinking of polly today xxxxx
Claire - bet you cant wait to see jack:))
Millikins - glad you enjoying time with your other half. Dont feel guilty about getting seen before others because of childcare issues:)))
Been to scarborough to day with my mum and kids. It was warm and the kids wanted to paddle in the sea, so i let them,they got soaked so they caught the park and ride bus in their knickers, would have never, ever let that happen before! This breast cancer crap has changed me, lol:)
Took my dressing off from my snb, it looks fine, bit freaky that i cant feel anything in that area though. Whats the advice re shaving that area? did it last night, then thought afterwards that maybe i shouldnt have! Hair seems to be growing back, everywhere, except eyebrows and eyelashes.
Kerry xxxx
scarborough sounds like fun Kerry!! n yes i think we will all have changed our attitude to things after bc. trouble with me is im struggling to find a purpose at the moment and am scared to plan ahead anything at all.
ive been craving seeing the sea -i know i flew over it on the way to france but i want to paddle!! as soon as i feel better i want to drive to the sea side and do just that but it is a good couple of hours away for me.
my scar under my arm has become far less apparent to me than i thought it would and it feels pretty normal now - it really bothered me to start with and felt odd but is fine now. i seem to recall being advised to get an electric razor to shave under my armpits - i bought one just before all hair jumped ship so havent even had it out of the box yet. my hair seems to be coming back too, some areas seem slower than others - i have got just a few eyebrows but no lashes and i even have tiny hairs on the back of my hands - whoopee… simple things please so they say!! hair coming back very dark grey, no sign of previous colour.
done 4th rad today - traffic a bit easier cos schools are off
claire x
Hi girls it’s me. Op went fine. Feeling a bit sick but otherwise ok. They were going to send me home but gave me the choice to stay in. Was a bit sick again so decided to stay. Lady in next bed yelling. Waiting for appendix op. Hope she goes down soon. Glad it’s over.
Love Polly x
good to hear from you polly, pleased it went well. hope the sickness and yelling both stop soon
claire
Hi Claire. Glad u had a good time in France.
My hair is also coming back. Not sure what colour yet.
Glad I decided to stay overnight in hosp. Dont know how much sleep I’ll get but it’s reassuring to have te nurses round. Have u had surgery yet?Just realised you must have done if you’re having rads. Was it mx or lumpectomy? Hope rads going ok. Are the girls behaving.
Also have u been to the PB centre. I fancy going but wont be able to till about sept/ oct time. Wonder how Kaz and Notts are getting on.
Love Polly xxxx
P.S Claire how many rads r h having?
Hi Polly
Hope you well xxxx just a nocturnal message in case you’re wide awake due to hospital noises and those pesky nurses measuring things like blood and temp. I remember for my WLE there was a woman in the bed opposite who kept chanting ‘sweet baby Jesus…’ over and over all night - what with her and the morphine it was totally surreal and I was soooooo glad to get out of there!
Hope everyone else happily in the land of nod right now
xxx
Polly, glad to hear op went well. We were thinking of u yesterday. There is always one noisy person on the ward, isnt there? I am sitting on tree swing watching squirrels and listening to birds. But have mindful movement class at 8.
X
Good morning and hello to that yellow thing in the sky.
Claire - you will find your purpose, its been a tough year that has revolved around bc. You couldve come and paddled with us:) Was cold in the sea though. You seem to be well on the way with rads:))
Polly - glad it all went ok:) Last time i was on a ward someone tried to steal my ugg boots and a man ripped his cannula out because he wanted to go to the pub…ew!! Pb in sept/oct would be great for me:))
Nottsgal - it sounds wonderful…although i did read it as you was sitting in a tree with squirrels…enoy x
Feel miles better today, first time in ages that i havnt felt overwhelmed by the day ahead. Hope this feeling carries on for the next few days.
Got to gather stuff together for hospital, its like going on holiday! The breast surgery unit in hull is in an old nuffield hospital so all the rooms are private and have en suite bathrooms, close your eyes and ears and it could be a premier inn!!!
Pictures today with the kids, kung fu panda 2 then theatre with scarlett tonight, and need to find time to fake tan myself.
Kerry xxxx
strange yellow ball in sky - its beautiful today isnt it?
polly - morning to you - hope you got some sleep, feel a bit less sick and managed breakfast. i had lumpectomy last speptember.i might be able to do penny brohn later in the year.
suzy b- did you get some sleep lst night at all?
Notts gal - hope u n kaz enjoying penny b
kerry - pleased you feelin bit brighter today. enjoy the things you doing with the kids.
i am just fed up of being on my own most of the time - i think i m missing work!!
have good day all.
claire
Hi all. Am home and comfortable. Tried to post last nite to see how Janvis got on with scan. Hope she is ok.
Polly x
Hi folks
Good luck all with everything and fingers xed for Janvis. Who is going to York…I know I am but who else is???
Have been feeling very tired and achey for last week or so…will this constant aching ever go? Even my fingers and toes ache!
xxx
glad you home polly - rest up
LIF - oh dear aches n pains - i am same - I just hope it is effects of chemo and so will go/ease n not effects of tamoxifan u got tamoxifan/herceptin Lif?
i know there is probably another thread for this but want to ask you lot cos we at same stage - what companies have given any of you annual travel insurance, post chemo n rads?? i know some of you hoping to go abroad so must have got it (and at a resonable price???)
rads logistics still not good - they offered me 5pm appoinmtment, i got upset and tried to explain it is 50 mins each way journey (and thats not in rush hour!!) that i am on my own, have to cross birmingham to get there and that friends are taking time out to take me to and fro. i hate saying anything to them but the logistics are causing me hassle. cant give me more than couple days notice of appoinmtmnet time either so cant tell my friends who giving me lifts aaaargh
Morning:)
LIf - i am going to york:)
Polly - glad you home ok:)
Claire - what a pain!! Dont feel bad about asking for earlier appointments, the treatment needs to fit in with your life. Would your bcn be able to help? I have been looking into the travel insurance thing, there is a thread on here under the living with breast cancer bit, we get travel insurance through our bank, but they said to wait until after surgery to speak to them. Been advised to travel to without cover for bc related stuff.
Hope janvis’s scan went ok.
kerry xxx