Oh, golly gosh am sooooooooo excited by the judging panel, how did you manage to wangle that, FF?
Ali, your hat sounds spectacular, such thought and effort, particularly like the Australian influence.
JCJ, will forsake my ride on Hump or Dink and instead will push you around on my chariot, you can sit facing front and enjoy the views. You can’t miss the parade and will try and make a hat for you out of my favourite, “the original black bin bags”.
Really hope you are sorted soon just sounds awful, appt asap.
YD was dancing in a field this weekend near you JCJ, she’s back in RevCat’s city now.
Still on the “CBA” bench, seem to be glued to it most days, trying hard to get over to “the get up and move” bench xx
Back on the “grrrrrrrrrr” bench thought my days of dropping things were over, no, dropped a bowl of cornflakes and milk all over my newly washed floor!! At least the sun is shining…xx
Managed to stagger out to meet friends for coffee (or hot water in my case :smileyfrustrated:) this morning because I had a better night last night. Only had to sit up for an hour in the middle of the night. Masses of painful, foul-tasting belching (TMI?) - better than all night the night before, when it was so painful I couldn’t breath and I really thought I was having a heart attack. Nearly dialled 999. It settled down, when I calmed myself down and sat upright in a chair, to the usual mid-chest pain but MUCH stronger.
When I told OH in the morning, he panicked and dialled 111. The paramedic was lovely and spoke to me for ages over the phone, confirming that it was most likely gallstone, but he did make me promise to call next time I was worried in the middle of the night: “Just because you have gallstone problems, doesn’t mean you couldn’t be having a heart attack!” Oh thanks! That’s made me feel sooo much better?!! He offered me a doctor’s appointment that day (Sunday), but said I’d only be prescribed painkillers, and as I need to see a doctor at my own practise re MRI results anyway, I said I’d wait and book an appointment on Tuesday. He’s sent a memo through to my surgery, attached to my notes, saying I MUST be seen within 3 days, “so they can’t fob me off with 3 weeks next Wednesday!” Helpful! :smileyhappy:
It was lovely to see my friends - both retired ex-colleagues - especially as one of them had her gallbladder removed 10 years ago so she was giving me dietry advice. I’d had to cancel 3 previous coffee meet ups (we usually try and do it in school hols, for my sake) due to this ******* gallstone, so I was determined not to cancel this one too!
I finished my bonnet but too late for the parade. It has yellow flowery fabric stitched on it and it’s covered in knitted chicks and lambs. In the middle is the Lindt (other…but not as nice) chocolate bunny that was delivered to my sister with her morning meds yesterday - a lovely touch even though she can’t face eating it! She’s doing really well. Says she feels better than she has for ages as she’s forced to do nothing at all, and they are keeping on top of the side effects - 7 different tablets at regular intervals! She did say her morning trip down to the shop for a paper today might be her last for a while, even if she’s still allowed to go, because it exhausted her.
Right I’m off to sit in the sunshine in the garden. I hope everyone else is enjoying some lovely spring sunshine.
Well, what a parade that was. I have never seen such delightful bonnets and the way that you managed to hang on to them when Hump and Dink were frightened by the alligators and bolted, was nothing short of miraculous. Sorry I laughed when you were bucked off Hump Katy, but the look on your face was just…
Because of the time warp that operates in Benchland you weren’t too late at all JCJ.
I apologise for the judges behaviour (I won’t be recruiting them again!), Captain Bird’s-Eye was already p****d when he arrived and the glitterberry juice in the refreshment tent soon accounted for the other two, although Aunt Bessie did try to sop up some of the alcohol by eating ALL the cakes.
When they had sobered up, with the aid of photographs to refresh their memories, the results were as follows:-
Grumpy - smallest and prettiest. (We know you spent most of your time on M and J)
Meg - most colourful (a riot of colour)
Joey - tallest (comparable to size)
JCJ - most applicable and most creative (wonderful knitted animals)
Katy - most flowery and best use of materials (where did you get that glittery satin from?)
Ali - most chocolatety and biggest (a thing of beauty indeed)
FF - afraid I got the gave it a good try but…I spent SO much time organising it all that I thought sticking a chocolate fountain on my head would do. Apparently not…never mind.
I am so sorry that you are feeling so c**p JCJ. Must have been so scary. Your OH did the right thing in phoning 111, just to be sure and it’s got you an appt within three days. That’s good. Hopefully there is some medication available to alleviate your symptoms. Fingers crossed!
Glad your sister is feeling well, if exhausted.
A beautiful spring day here. Needed to go out to get milk so put coat on, walked as far as the car and realised I didn’t need the coat so took it off. No heating on either so saving money too!
Thank you so much for my award, and Meg and Joey are thrilled to bits!!! Mind you, they went for a swim in the lake wearing their hats and COMPLETELY ruined them…
OH went up to surgery and got me an appointment fot 11:50 this morning with a doctor I don’t think I’ve seen before. He didn’t ask if the MRI results were in as they were extremely busy - to be expected after a 4-day weekend?! So fingers crossed.
Aaaaaaah JCJ how scary and def frightening, hopefully you will be seen and sorted very soon. It’s something you don’t want to hang around with as it’s making such an impact on your life.
Oh golly gosh can’t believe I’m a winner!! woo hoo!!
Oh dear FF, you spotted it with your eagle eye, it was meant to be a spectacular trick to stun you all, it just went sooooooooo horribly wrong…
Met up with RevCat for lunch yesterday, usual non stop blethering, but guess what??? we synchronised, first time since the Benchland Olympics methinks!! So it was win, win all round haha!! xx
Crossed posts there JCJ, fab you are being seen let’s hope things will move quickly and pain will soon be just a memory, fingers and toes still crossed for you, thinking of you and big hugs coming your wayxx
Stand clear! I’m on the FF bench! Still no results! :smileymad: Doc thinks they may have gone to consultant (breathe! Don’t panic!) He’s promised to chase them up and ring me today. He seemed uninterested in my gallstone - no referral, just prescribed ppi (no nothing to do with insurance!) to control stomach acid and told me to take cocodomol - didn’t even ptescribe that!! Prodded my abdomen told me to relax when I was wincing because it’s very tender.
I am holding on to the hope that the results DID go to consultant within the promised 7 -10 days, and the fact I’ve not heard anything means there was nothing of concern. Please, please please let that be the case. Turning into a blithering wreck.
I rang surgery at 5:15pm. Receptionist went to speak to Dr. He has put in a request for the results and is waiting for them to be faxed through. (WHY??? Why aren’t these things on the computer records?? What’s the point of having computer records if they’re still reliant on paper and fax machines FFS??? Grrrrrr!) I was told he will ring me as soon as he knows anything (and he’s not seeing patients?!) “but it may not be today” ARRRGGGHHH! Does that mean I have to wait by the phone like a lovesick teenager for the rest of week?? Wish I’d given him my mobile number. Jeeez! It just goes on and on! Ah well my onc appointment is in June, surely I’ll find out then?
Had a hopeful thought earlier - maybe results went to gallstone consultant - bypassing the need for referral - wishful thinking?!! :p
My stomach seems to be settling. I actually WANTED to eat tonight, although I couldn’t manage very much.
My sister continues to sound cheerful, and has started phase 2 which is 4 more days of daily chemo. Her neuts are now low so she’s having to endure 2:30am wake-ups for assessments and, as of today, is ‘confined to barracks’ and a ‘clean diet’ - no salads! She’s had more freedom to wander than she ecpected, though, and is glad she poked her head outside for a sniff of fresh air, yesterday, because it’ll be a while before she can do it again!
Oh dear it’s just awful, this wait for you JCJ…you’ll be jumping every time the phone rings.
Such a lovely day here, back on my favourite bench you all know which one that is haha!
Making my way down to M as promised to GD, soooooooooooo if you are available grumpy, ASBO boy and The Duchess perhaps we could meet you for lunch or dinner?? Not until June.
Still NO washing machine part grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, nothing I can do apart from moan:smileyfrustrated:!
As one of my friends said “it’s not made of gold, is it?” I don’t know perhaps it is haha!
Am babysitting both grandchildren on Sat, need to conserve my energy for then, that’s my excuse for THAT bench anyway xx
5 phonecalls this morning - 2 while I was in shower; thank goodness for cordless?! - NONE of them from doc Mostly cold callers, and the last one got the sharp end of my tongue!!
I gave up waiting and ventured out to large retailer (think pants!) as I desperately need new clothes for work. Walking out of everything I own. People don’t understand why I’m not filled with joy at this, but my rings slither around my fingers, my watch slides up my arm, and I can’t make them smaller because one day (I hope) I’ll be able to eat like a normal human being again and the weight will go back on. Besides, I don’t look healthy - more gaunt! :smileymad:
Of course there was virtually nothing I would even contemplate wearing, but I did manage to get a skirt and a couple of t-shirt tops. Will have to continue the search online.
I’m glad I didn’t wait in - no missed calls - but going into a busy retail park made me realise how far from better I am. Joining you on the CBA bench, Katy, and I’ll try to stop moaning!!
THE RESULTS ARE IN AT LONG ****** LAST!! “No sign of cancer in the liver” Oh TFFT!! :smileyvery-happy:
I broke down and sobbed - feel too ill to dance and sing, but at least now I know it’s not permanent and can be dealt with. Just got to get back to the doctors and make them look at the Ultrasound scan report again so they see the gallstone. So far nobody (including me) has been able to get past the liver mets possibility!
Thank you everyone for listening to my whingeing and being so supportive - and thanks again BCC for making this forum available so they can! xx
Balloons on the benches, just fantastic news, you will feel so relieved and happy now, such a long wait for you, that’s the worst part over:smileyhappy:!
AND you have not been whingeing, at all!
Oh, Ali, Ali am speechless, rubbing it in…believe it or not am away to that place shortly. Three weeks today grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Weather is gorgeous, it’s fab to see the sun shining and not having to wear socks, another woo hoo moment xx
PS, We can now start planning MMU3, RevCat would like to come and see you all, hopefully we can arrange a date soon xx
Just to recap…mammo last Thursday, told results would be four to six weeks. Imagine my horror to find the letter on the doormat THIS MORNING!! I’m telling you girls, I had kittens! All is well, “shows no worrying features”. Thank goodness.
Perhaps there is a note in my file saying “don’t mess this up again!”:smileytongue:
Another beautiful day, I went a bit mad and and washed the car. Very overdue. After a winter of driving round muddy country lanes it was more brown than silver but it’s looking sparkly now. Shame it won’t last long.
MMU3. This year will be easier for me to fit in with everbody else’s plans. Any time between 27th July and 28th August will work for me. It will be lovely to see RevCat again and all the rest of you, of course:smileywink:
OMG! FF, I’d have been panicking too! But at least you didn’t have long to wait to find there’s no worrying features (they didn’t look too hard then? I found plenty!! :p) - not meaning to sound bitter or anything??!! YAY though - as I said about mine: That’s BC put back in it’s box for the time being!!
This last week brought it home to me, rather forcefully, that life will be forever different once one has “a history of BC”. Even though one is apparently successfully treated, it’s there, waiting in the wings to scare the heeby geebies out of us at any given moment!
MMU3 sounds good - especially with Revcat too! - but even if I can get doc to refer me, and consultant agrees to operate, it’s at least a 16 week waiting time, I’ve heard, so Gerty the gallstone will have to come too! This which will make mealtimes a real problem - definitely no afternoon tea or fish & chips! ES, OH & YD all nagging me to go private so maybe…?
JCJ - I’ve got plenty of worrying features, just not in my boobs! You’re right, life is different, we have learned that we are not invincible. My absolute belief that nothing is ever wrong with me and horrible things only happen to other people has completely gone. Although I can more or less ignore it for most of the year, every February,March,and April brings it back.
Ok, so at MMU3 we will ALL be on a low fat diet, wouldn’t do me any harm:smileyhappy: I need to lose a few pounds.
Going private could be a very good idea. Worth investigating the cost/timescale etc.?
Prodded my abdomen told me to relax when I was wincing because it’s very tender.