Good morning SRs,
It is wet and wild in London. We were going to Oxford Street as I wanted another trip to Selfridges food hall which I only got a glimpse of at Christmas due to the crowds but the weather has put that idea off. When I am trying to follow a calorie controlled diet I have a peculiar fascination for looking at foodstuffs that are out of bounds. The cheese section is wonderful for example. We will probably go out more locally instead now possibly to Clapham Common which is just up the road.
I know just what you mean Jane about mammogram anxiety - and like many of you mine is scheduled soon - February 1st in fact. And I am terrified. If it helps Carole, Iām like you and think it will be me for sure who will be the first one to develop secondaries/recurrances. The fact I had five infected lymph nodes and my breast surgeon delivered my pathology report with such a glum expression haunts me still, and I think the worst. But on the positive side at least we are all still here and it is around a year on. The relaxation CDs you mention Jane - yes Iāve used them. I was given one by a hypnotherapist I went to about a year ago. A half dayās intensive session of NLP. I do listen to it, and find it helpful.
Jacq - my scheduled, or not so scheduled op seems to be the same situation as yours, need to drop everything at practically a dayās notice to go in. Although there are other plastic surgeons who could carry out the procedure, the fact I had complications last time means the senior consultant wants to operate himself. And he has the longest waiting listā¦
I would be very keen on the London meet - at the moment I could manage those late feb dates but of course may not be able to at the last minute because of impending surgery. For me to be sure Iād not be able to give a firm committment until early May which is a long way off - so if others want to fix a date Iāll be there if I can. Anywhere in London is fine for me. On the hair loss strand we made the venue most convenient for the person who had furthest to travel - which was Oxford and we made it the Grosvenor hotel next to Victoria Station which is lovely for afternoon tea.
Uncle Jack is still here and on Thursday we went off to an exhibition on the Aztecs at the British Museum. It was specifically about Moctezuma the second who was the last elected leader. He didnāt seem to do much of any great interest except make lots human sacrifices and create lots of wars. What was quite striking though that considering he died in 1520 there are so many artifcats remaining that had been his personal belongings including stone boxes and tablets. They definitely belonged to him as they bore his gylph: each of the Aztec rulers had their own design. Moctezuma or Montezuma as heās better known in English died under mysterious circumstances - possibly at the hands of the Spanish who had entered Mexica in order to convert the population to Christianity.
Uncle J really wanted to have a traditional fish and chip shop meal on Thursday so I had to break the diet for one meal. Iād not been for fish, chips and mushy peas for ages and hadnāt realised what I was missing! My latest diet strategy by the way is to buy the ready meals in the Sainsburys basic range. For some reason they taste better than most calorie controlled meals but have very few calories themselves. On average around 250. So what Iām doing is having Oats so simple for breakfast, one of the Sainsburysā meals for lunch and dinner, and then a small tin of fruit salad and dried apricots for snacks. I am managing to stick to it and donāt feel hungry but so far not showing too much difference on the scales!
The last thing we did on Thursday was to go to the Atlantis bookshop which specialises in spiritual/occult books. I go there for historical interest more than anything else (it has been trading since the 1930s) and read recently that an infamous mysticist who was once under suspicion in connection with a number of people who had disappeared - allegedly (very allegedly!) was meant to have turned the police officer sent out to interview him about the cases into a camel to avoid being chargedā¦
Well it has stopped raining so wishing everyone the best day possible.
Victoria xx
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