Posting from my bed! Listening to the Five Live phone in about inspections and some teachers are on. It is all making me feel a bit queasy…
Brings me to you Linda! Hope your obs is going well. I do obs as part of my role and I worry so much about the pressure on teachers. We always get together pre obs and go through the particular criteria and our AFL stuff etc so we are both really clear about what will be commented on. But usually it goes really well in the end.
Helen, hope your appointment goes well today.
Theresa have a lovely lunch.
Victoria, thinking of you and your dad today,
Oh, I tried to remember what others were doing today but mind gone blank!
Now think it is time for Homes Under the Hammer and a cup of tea…
Whoo hoo,havn’t been able to get on here past couple of days,computer having some sort of spasm ! Grrr.
Big hugs for you Victoria and hope your Dad’s op goes ok. And good well wishes to all those that are suffering at the mo,my brain a bit frazzled,maybe it’s the mad wind which is making me go a bit mad as the dogs are running about like dafties just now !
I don’t know what triggered my lymphodema but it is still mainly in the boob ,a bit in my side and my arm seems ok at the mo,stopped wearing the sleeve as it made my hand swell up.Have good days and not so good days with it. I do make sure I do the self massage twice a day tho and hopefully will be getting the MLD top up every month or so.
Am sure I was going to write something else but can’t remember what ! Doh brain. Ah well, I’m off to cost out and bake a variety of mince pies ! The shop wants some for Friday ! Obviously Christmas comes early in Wales !
No cat nap today, took me ages to get to sleep last night.
Victoria, hope all goes well with your Dads op today.
Jacq, so sorry to hear about your Aunt. Must have been quite a shock for you. Its always worse, when its unexpected.
Helen, good luck with your appointment and hope the grandson isn’t wearing you out too much.
CAROLE, where’s the pic?
G’s Mum had brain and heart scan yesterday. Said it’s defo a mini stroke but she feels well in herself, just can’t stand unaided but they are hopeful the feelings will come back. She’s having more tests today. Panic over for now.
Hope the arm is ok this morning Nikki.
Mince pies. Love them Sandra. do you put whiskey in them?
Jane - glad to hear that G’s mum’s scan went okay… Hope this week doesn’t tire you out too much…
Had a lovely lunch and it was great to meet Monica and Paula… not sure if they are going to pop along for a nosy at the thread… i was trying to explain about the storm riders and the story… lol oh and the cowboy hats for next month…
Hope your father’s op has gone smoothly today, Victoria. Sending you [[[hugs]]].
My mother had a stroke in December 2007, Jane, and although she now has to use a frame or walker to get around she manages to live on her own quite well with a bit of support and initially she couldn’t stand either. Fingers crossed for G’s mum.
So sorry to hear about your aunt, Jacq; it must have been quite a shock for you.
How did your appointment go, Helen? I assume Nikki is now away, but if you’re reading this, Red, then I hope your arm has settled down.
Good to hear that you had a lovely lunch and meet up with Monica & Paula, Theresa.
Hi girls…Hubby and me arrived early at the appointment and got in early…a first!!!I saw the consultant, which I was relieved about because he answered all my questions…I’d written them down…
Hubby went in with me…The consultant kept reassuring me that they’d taken ‘everything’ out so not to worry…I told him I wasn’t, but needed to ask questions about some of the SEs. I won’t bore you with them all…but he said the eye and jaw thing happened in 1 in 50 people, and in 6mths if it hadn’t righted itself then some plastic surgery would be done…thing is don’t know how I’m going to open wide at the dentist …what an excuse for not going hehehee
I’ll just share this…he asked hubby if he had questions, one of them was , ‘can she fly’…well I thought ‘why is he asking that, I couldn’t fly before!’…I really didn’t get his meaning straight away…Had visualised me flying high in the sky, arms akimbo …brain is a bit muddled sometimes! But Yep he meant can I go abroad in an airplane…yes was the answer…Oh I have plates in my head but they are made from titanium so won’t set the alarms off at the airport lol hahahahaha
Jane hope Gs mum is still making good progress and Victoria hope the operation went really well today…
Did your friends think you were a rogue cowgirl Theresa ;-O hehehe glad you enjoyed yourself.
Bet you still think often of your mum Eliza…{{hugs}}
Mince pies now Sandra?..you go girl…you’ll be wearing tinsel in your hair soon…
Sheila …couldn’t watch anything to do with schools and inspectors at the moment…but hope your getting better and are quite cosy in the cave…great to see you posting.
Well Helen and Sheila you will probably understand how i feel but i think my lesson was rubbish (havent had any feedback yet) Couple of things went wrong including ICT and i kind of lost the plot a bit. I was so tired and nervous, anyway will find out tomorrow. What can you do? I really wanted to do well and when the computer failed me and i had to revert to the board, My delivery became absolute pants. We werent given a focus for them, just told last week that they would be taking place. Feeling slightly deflated and hoping that i dont do a Cheryl Cole and blub. This is far more likely than a year ago, i think you will all agree having this disease makes you more prone to bouts of emotion. Could probably mosey on down to black canyon and drown my sorrows but i am going to go to weight watchers and then running club (but then i am going to eat a nice pudding).
Anyway, lets hope i have lost weight…
My thoughts to all of you going through it at the moment either through treatment or other.
Just crossed Linda…aw love really feel for you. Technology is my worst subject, the kids always knew more than me…in total sympathy with you love…But I bet you haven’t done as bad as you feel. Anyway go to ww then get yourself a scrummy cake and go to Joes bar…you’ll feel better then!! Yep this disease I think has reduced a lot of normality to tears…time will help!! Heeeelllppppppp!!!
So pleased to hear that your appointment went well, Helen. Love the thought of you flying over Determination, swooping down over Black Canyon to pluck out those teetering there … My mum copes quite well but we do need to make sure one of us visits her every other weekend and I’m not so far away as the other two.
Linda - how typical that the technology let you down! This year at Leeds was the first time I have not gone with not just a Powerpoint presentation of my photos, etc, but also taken actual slides & OHPs “in case”. Although I did have the stuff on CD, memory stick and the hard drive of my laptop! Hopefully the problems will be taken into account. Know what you mean about the emotions and I certainly agree with you there. You definitely deserve a nice pudding after weight watchers and running club!
We have some major problems at work at the moment and I’m wishing I could chuck it all up and devote myself to a life of historical research. No chance, though.
Oh Linda,I really feel for you. I’ve been there… IT stuff is what nightmares are made of for me. Give me chalk and a board… well, I did train in the seventies…
It is such a shame that, when you’re trying to get on your feet, something like this happens. There is enough to deal with, just the day to day business of school is exhausting even when you are fully fit. If you are anything like me your emotions are working overtime.
I hope your Head is kind and understanding of your situation.
Enjoy WW and concentrate on yourself! Helen always gives good advice.
Dear Jacq - So sorry to hear about your Aunt, [[huggs]].
Helen you did really well asking all your questions, I chicken out; I go with a list then don’t ask, how stupid am I!
Hope your arm is OK Nikki, especially with rads as well.
After tomorrow I will be a third of the way through rads. Got a 'suntan’now, but not where I would want it. Getting strange twinges, but nothing that feels like sunburn yet.
Thank you all for your kind words and support - they really do mean a great deal at times like this. And well once again you have worked your magic.
My father is now in recovery after the operation. It was a much larger tumour than the surgeon imagined. Buthe thinks he managed to get most of it out - and is not too worried if there is a bit left as they can get at it later through conventional brain surgery or through treatment with rads. It is a localised tumour therefore not classed as cancer as it is not spreading to other body parts. And there may be a slight improvement to his sight already.
He is currently though quite confused - but this we are told is because of the high levels of steriods and other drugs he is on - and not due to brain damage (as we all secretly feared). He should slowly improve over the coming months now that the pressure is lifted away from the brain.
Just on a lesser note and out of interest has anyone had the flu and pneumonia jabs yet? I had mine yesterday morning and feel like I have got the flu albeit at a reduced level - but debilitating none the less.
Wishing everyone well - and I’ll read all your posts properly later - but feel as if I can breath again now with the surgery over.
Thanks for all your kind words and good new Victoria about your father.
Well the good news is that i lost 5lb. This has brought out the hypocondriac in me and made me think how did i lose so much? I was sure i had lost but thats a biggie. Then i remembered, i was wearing my prosthesis last week and a sponge one this week, sure that weighs about 2lb.
Havent had the flu jab yet but last time i was down the doctors they said i should have it. Might see about it next week when i am on hols.
