Busy afternoon on here, I see and great new pics! So we really are all right behind you, Sal!
Great news, Theresa, hope you get the genetic testing referral through soon. And Mary, rads won’t be long now - not to mention the tamoxifen! good to hear you’re feeling better today.
Glad you’ve got your work plan sorted, Helen. Sounds a good move. Hope you have a lovely weekend and sure you are Lizzie will have a good time.
Val, hope you are getting on top of the sea of paperwork - and you too, Carole.
Sal have sent you a pm, we will def be with you every step of the way, figuratively speaking…I will be doing the congo at the back,think I’d have difficulty running for a bus never mind what you are doing…respect !
Glad you sorted out your life/work balance Helen, never easy making these decision,sounds like a good move.Hope you have a great few days away and enjoy your meet with Lizzie.
Go Val Go Val Go Val… you at the bottom of the pile yet! Phew you must have a huge sense of relief when you finish that…
Great to hear that you are feeling better Mary, rads here you come ! Am following the soft fluffy hair coming in stories with great interest, chemo babes are on the up and up.
Bought a load of home made bakery goods from a local market stall today to suss out the level of competition, let’s just say I won’t be losing any sleep over what I’m doing,whoooaaa it is soooooo much better, even if I do say so myself, but did ask friends and family opinion too, working up to first day of sales a week on Sunday, can’t do this weekend as have got a TWO day swimming gala hell to attend…am going to melt away, oh well saunas are supposed to be healthy !
Woke up to shocking news about Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. Both were icons during my youth so quite a shock. I was a great Jackson 5 fan and loved Charlie’s angels (squirm…)
Anyone on tamoxofen get calf and buttock pain? Since i started it which was only a week ago, my calves and buttocks ache and i am actually finding it difficult to walk far,. is this a leftover from taxotere or a new symptom from tamoxofen? Your thoughts please.
My new wig came, now thats good service. It is not as good as my NHS one - well you get what you pay for, but its a fun wig and ok for now and then. Its in my new picture but think i will have to do another one closer to the screen.
Off to school today to meet my new class. Looking forward to it and strangely apprenhensive after being out of it for so long. Will let you know how it goes. i am also out tonight with girls for first time in absolutely ages. Can i take it? Hope so.
Still in piggy mode, ate a whole tub of haagan daas yesterday (over a day). i have got to get a hold on my eating habits.
Like the new pics, Carole and Theresa. Mary, you will be starting rads before me and you finished after me - typical of London, always a queue for everything!!!
Oh well, time for tea and breakfast and my lovely t pill…
Also woke up to the news about Michael Jackson - although i had heard about it last night just before i went to bed… i think they must have announced he had died a few minutes later…
Have also just seen the sad news that Shellyface has passed away… So sorry for her family and friends… She also had IBC and was diagnosed after me…
Hugs Theresa, I followed Shellyfaces story as it was one I picked up first when I first joined here.Makes my heart sink reading that news. It’s a sad day.
Morning all…just watching the news about Michael Jackson!! And Farrah Fawcett…She’s from my era too Linda…Charlies Angels. Nobody is immune to the inevitable, sooner or later…
Theresa {{gentle hugs }} for you for Shellyface. And thoughts go to her family and friends. I didn’t follow her story but it is closer to home and has more meaning to us than either Michael or Farrah.
I like the new wig Linda…have you got scarves as well? Don’t know about tamoxifen…I’m on Arimidex, and after 6wks, I think I am beginning to show some side effects to it…tiredness, bit achey…but hey, at the moment can live with that.
Hope all you gals have a lovely day…
catch ya later
Helenxxx
Love the new pics - and the back plate, Sal - looks great!
Theresa, glad to hear about the MRI results.
Totally agree, Helen, the news about Shellyface is much closer to home, very sad.
Strange, the Michael Jackson stuff, think there will be a fair bit to come out somehow, sounded far too frail to have been seriously able to do 50 stadium concerts. Does make you wonder what level of medication he has been on…
Heck well I logged on to whinge about how bad my cold is now and say I’d been drifting in and out of sleep watching the news about Michael Jackson on Sky all night. But then I see Shelley has passed away and I’m even more stunned by that. I followed her story too and I’m so sorry for her family. Rest in peace Shelley. xxx
Great new pictures:) Theresa, your hair has really grown.
A sad day all round. I wasn’t particularly a fan of MJ, but he seemed quite a sad character really.
Linda, my leg muscles twitched when I woke up in the morning when I was on the tamoxifen. Very strange.
Sandra, I’ve replied to your pm. Good to hear the baking business is up and running. Take care not to melt over the weekend. You’ll just have to keep treating yourself to an icecream to cool down. lol
Monsoon time in Wales, eekk that will make the weeds grow, soooooo muggy am hoping for a thunderstorm to clear the air.
Sal, in answer to your pm, yup had shooting pains off and on in boob both before and after rads and still get the odd twinge, just think it takes a bit of time to settle down.
Waaaalll those fish are all gutted and ready to fry and I’ve peeled the spuds for home fries as well as made a big dandelion and watercress salad.Ther’s a cake a cooling on the rack and coffee on the stove.I’d love to join you but it will be a while yet.Love you all and Sal love the ‘avatar’.
On a more sombre note,I was so sad to hear that Shelly had died.
TOO xxx
How sad about Shellyface, i read a lot of the posts on here and some names and stories just touch you or strike a cord. My heart goes out to her family. It is a tragic day, because none of them had had their three score years and ten and i think the weather fits perfectly, grey and moist from tears.
I have had a great time at school in fact has revived my mood no end. My new class were a dream, I spent an hour with them and overheard one of them saying at the end ‘i really like mrs d’ and the others agreed. I read them a story which they loved by Antony Browne called changes. They sat spellbound at the pictures and they were so animated when we discussed it. A good morning, i actually felt so much better. I think that was what i needed.
Helen, i have some scarves but they dont really suit me. I now have two wigs and some small caps made out of tshirt material which are good for popping round shops in. I am afraid that hair suits me best.
Nell, i had a Farrah Fawcett hair cut and it really did suit me too.
Now i have three hair styles, skin head, Hayley from Corrie and Flapper style.
Dull, rainy day here in all respects. My stupid cold is moving on to my chest (always does) so I’ve been told to go to my GP for antibiotics just in case given that the weekend is coming up and white cells were borderline before we even started 10 days ago so goodness knows what they’re like now!
Feels a bit over-dramatic to be going to the docs for something that normally wouldn’t even prompt me to take a day off work or even miss a beat in ordinary circumstances so I feel a bit of a fool. I’m not feverish or anything, just sniffly nose and an annoying cough.
And then I start thinking (always dangerous) and get scared at how fragile life seems to be given recent events and want to just shut myself in a bubble and be safe.
It isn’t stupid or dramatic Gennie…its in context with what you are going through right now. Further down the line, you will probably be able to shrug something like that off, but thats when you are at your prime health level again. Its important that you get sorted with how you are feeling now!!{{hugs}}
Linda glad you had a great day at school. I’ve been invited to attend a talent show at my school…haven’t decided whether or not to go as yet. It would be great to see the staff and kids, but after nearly 6months…a bit of a biggie!!
Di…I hope you start to shake off those rotten chemo side effects this next week. I’m sure hubby is giving you the pampering you deserve…look after yourself love…{{{{gentle hugs}}}}and tickley vibes coming your way*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^
gen - snap - bit like that myself today and annoyed with myself because physically I’m a lot better now after the final chemo and should be beaming!! Typical eh…god how I wish I could just forget this whole lark had ever started, *&^%%£ thing!!
Val - looking forward to them thar fishies tonight, and the cake!! mary x
Are you feeling pretty rubbish too Mary? {{gentle hugs}}, the chemo might be over, but the SE aren’t just yet!! In a few weeks time Mary, you will start to feel more yourself… roll on eh!!
Like Mary…I’m looking forward to those there chips, fish but mostly the coffee!!! OOOhhhhhh can smell the caffeine from here…loverly!!!
just head-wise helen, playing silly beggars…too much thinking…am going out tomorrow night with some friends from school that I haven’t seen since we were 18!! Myself and pal that has just had her mx following chemo first etc and myself might camp - may as well as the trailer is sat on the drive just calling me - so that’ll be good…have a good weekend girls…mary xx
So sorry for her family and friends… She also had IBC and was diagnosed after me…