I just wanted to share. Having poured out so much negative stuff recently I wanted to celebrate the fact that laughter and friends are so the best medicine.
Having had a horrid 10 days - chemo, wounds, smoking, OH etc resulting in lots of tears etc I have had the best medicine in the world tonight!!!
My friend came over tonight. She has been brilliant since my dx and been the support I wish I had been for her. I have known her through our partners for the last 4 years. She was dx with BC 18 months ago but unfortunately I did not/could not support her as I didn’t know what she was going through and didn’t know her very well.
Anyhow, tonight we tried on my wigs (x2) and my “bang” and various other head stuff, drunk lots of vodka and coke and shared stories from constipation and sickness to our OH’s ability or inability to make us feel like princesses.
Having been down the deepest well since my dx the last week I have a smile on my face an hour after she has gone and a warm fuzzy feeling in my heart for her!
The friends I have on here are amazing and I am sooo lucky to have that additional icing on my cake - a best friend with personal BC experience with whom I can have a hoot with AND a cry.
I have a male friend down in London (he used to be a work colleague years ago). He is now semi retired and has taken up film extra/theatre work as years ago he was a professional actor in New Zealand. He is great fun and wrote to me all the time during my treatment which cheered me up no end as his comments made me laugh. I saw him in Edinburgh back in Feb and realised how much I value him.
My best friend has been a brick since i was diagnosed, and there were a few occasions during chemo that she rang to come round and i said no, as was feeling low and sorry for myself and very tearful. Half hour later, she turned up anyway, flowers in hand and just sat with me and chatted over a cuppa. By the time she left, I was much happier, and told her never to take no for an answer, and if I told her not to come round, to ignore me and come anyway, as she so cheered me up. We all need our friends at a time like this, and dont know where we would be without them.
deb x
I would just like to mention a very special friend (although does not go on this site) but she went with me for my initial tests, has been with me ever since and comes to the day long chemo sessions I have. Not only does she keep me going but also helps support a good friend i have met through this site who started her chemo the same day as me(we arrranged this). i just want to say a very special thank you to her and all the other friends who have helped me through the journey so far - it has been so much easier knowing I have the love support around me if I need it!