September Sizzlers

[Jennifed]

How did it go? I have real difficulty dealing with the questions and I'm not looking forward to explaining my absence.

[Jennifed]

Wondered where you had all gone!

[Jill1998]

Sounds like you were very ambitious NP going back after 1 week,I'm thinking that I will just about manage a phased return after 4 weeks.We have started a thread onwards in October if you want to pop in and join us there ,a kind of moving on thread , we keep forgetting and popping back here though !!!!

[nappinggirl]

3 weeks and 3 days after Rads.

Going back to work after one week was certainly too early for me.  I only managed 4 hours per day in the first week and was totally shattered.  The second week I did 2 full days and 2 half days and had a complete melt down one day!  It was all too much, too soon.  With hindsight, I should have returned to work at the beginning of this week.  I feel like I've turned the corner and much more like my usual self.  There is a lot pressure, mainly from ourselves, to get back to normal just because we want the whole BC ordeal to be well and truly over.  I would say a phased return is ideal and get a sick note from the GP to back you up then it's less of you being awkward and more this is what needs to happen.

Big hugs to everyone xxx

[Jobey68]

In my experience ladies work kept me sane and helped life return to normal quicker, i know im fortunate to work with a great bunch who all knew so i didnt have to keep up any pretence but i didnt want to be at home and my stubborn side wouldnt let me give in to the bugger! i worked, went to rads , slept and repeated, celebrated with a bottle of bubbly when it was all over and am happily getting on with enjoying life 😊😊

[Jill1998]

Depends where you work,best to negotiate what you feel you can manage in advance I guess.My boss has asked that I get G.P to write it on a fit note what I should be working and when,but it is a it difficult to predict how you will feel day to day isn't it.

[familytree]

I'm on phased return on the 5th too but how does it work? Do you have to say what hours you want to do or just leave when you're tired? X

[Jill1998]

I'm feeling very tired hope it passes ,I have 10 days yet.Will have phased return too hoping to go as few hours as poss first 3 weeks.

[Aura]

Monday 5 th can't say I looking forward to it .last time when I went back fir 5 weeks just before rads I was ready to go back . Still feeling a bit knackered from rads I slept for 3 hours yesterday . Not to bad I'm on phase to return so will go home when iv had enough , hope you are ok Jill . X

[Jill1998]

Think Christine must have been so stressed she forgot it was October!!!When are you back Julie?

[Aura]

Ps are we posting in September again ?

[Aura]

Good luck Christine , bet it feels strange putting your uniform on again xx

[Jill1998]

Yes good luck Christine will be me having to answer awkward questions week on Monday.

[Jobey68]

Good luck Christine, will be like youve never been away by the end of the day! Xx

[tweeks123]

Here goes on my way to work not looking forward to all the questions wow your back where you been whats been the problem ??????????? Fill you all in tonight x
christine x

[familytree]

Nice to have things to look forward to Egret and glad you're feeling better on the itch front. X

[Egret]

Hi!  

Wishing you the best for the end of rads, I am envious!!!

Wishing you and your grandaughter happy birthdays celebrations at the weekend and enjoy the caravan!

For the first time, a couple of hours ago my face almost stopped itching. The allergy is not yet over, but as it did not get to my breast, to my relief, the rads went on. My L boob is ever so slightly bronzing. Weid. Aloevera after each rads session, then E45 cream morning and evening. 13/20 (7 more to go) that's hard going after months of chemo.

As I am still feeling frustrated, after booking two short holidays a. few days ago, I booked today a classical concert for October and a theatre ticket for November to see Mark Rylance. (He was in Woofhall). 

Keep well Eiljones, keep slapping E45 cream, apparently we need to do so for several weeks after the end of rads, Egret x

[familytree]

E I'm glad you seem to be doing ok. Not long now. We have moved to October now so come and join us all in there. Were meeting in the 10 th Oct in Preston, be great if you could make it ? X Lorna x

[Eiljones]

Hi Egret,

Hope that your are feeling a bit better and that your boob has not got any worse.  I've had 11 of 15 sessions today.  I was a bit itchy a couple of days ago but it seems to have settled again apart from it looking a bit pink with a few tiny red spots. I just keep slapping the E45 on and am hoping for the best - only 4 sessions to go before I ring the bell. I'm of to spend a few days at my caravan with my daughter a couple days after I finish rads and its mine and my grandaughter's birthday this weekend so hoping to gets some 'mand a nice meal off the kids.  I'm in Stockport, near Manchester and I'm going to The Christie Hospital for rads and they are very good. 

E. 

[tweeks123]

OCTOBER AND ONWARDS ..Ive moved to if you click on my name tweeks123 I think it will take us all to the same chat or maybe search for OCTOBER AND ONWARDS. Try not to get lost we need sort next weeks meet up out ! Xx
christine x

[familytree]

Hey Jill I didn't see your suggestion! Great minds 😉 x

[Sharnie]

See you all there then! 😃 I'm off to bed, feeling really tired tonight. Goodnight all - sweet dreams! Xx

[familytree]

October & onwards? ...Yes in after the treatment I think x

[Aura]

Like that Jill good name for October, may be we should move over as we have had our rads now

[Sharnie]

Thanks Jill - that's just me I'm afraid, I want to run before I can walk in everything! I think we should move to recovering from treatment section - what does everyone else think? Xx

[Jill1998]

Onwards in October sounds a good name, sums it up well.Do we post it in the living with and beyond section or here ?Sounds like you have been pushing yourself quite hard Sharon, don't expect too much of yourself ,your body is still healing .You will get there.

[Sharnie]

Hi all hope you are all doing well. Had a lovely afternoon - treated my mum to afternoon tea for her birthday and my daughter came as well. Have felt so full since but back on the healthy eating and exercise tomorrow! Had a bit of a blip at the weekend - felt exhausted on Saturday night and slept in on Sunday morning, think I needed to catch up on my sleep. Maybe I have been overdoing it, did work quite a bit last week and did go for it at my boot camp on Saturday morning but am trying to get my life back on track. I guess it will take longer than I expected to get back to full health and fitness.

My nails are terrible really splitting not sure if anyone has any tips to help. I can't have extensions as I work with food. My skin is really dry as well not sure if it's the Letrozole or not. 

How about calling our chat Onwards in October! 

[tweeks123]

Thats good news Jill your on thee up I think most of us are going back to work in october we need to think of a good name for our October chat x
christine Xx

[Jill1998]

Had visit from boss today , agreed very slow return over a month from 12 Oct.Still feel v tired but skin much more normal.

[Jill1998]

Well done Egret, keep going the light at the end if the tunnel will soon appear!!!Good on you ,2 holidays ,you deserve then !!

[Egret]

Hi Eiljones, I am on my 11 out of 20, and I will be prescribed either anastrozole or Tamoxifen. I live in NW London. Egret x

[Egret]

That's great, Christine! x

[Egret]

Hello everyone!  

I have 11/20 sessions today. For the first time my breast feels slightly sore. However, that's nothing compared with the allergy I caught last week (bad cheese?) I look like a burst boot. I am all puffy, my ears, cheeks, eyes are itchy, sore, and red.  I am not on Accord or Temoxifen yet, but it is as if I am practicing for hot flushes too. For the first time in my life, I got into A&E as priority. If my rash reaches my breast, the radiotherapy has to be suspended. I am prescribed steroids and antihistamine. The allergic reaction is going down. Not able to sleep, I saw last night eclipse and blood moon. I went for today's radiotherapy zoombiefied, with my sun glasses on, I forgot to take them off. The nurses were adorable, they pretended not to notice.

FED UP, Aaahhhhrrr!!!! - but keep on the finishing line girl, free after my 20th radiotherapy?!!! After I learned today that my follow-up is six weeks afterwards, I did something a bit rash, plenty of that at present, but nice. Definitively.

Today, I book not one, but two 1 week holidays. I am bolting to Andalucia a week after radiotherapy ends; and still not satisfied, and because I could not resist the chocolate, I will also fly to Switzerland, cheap tickets £38/each way with drink, sandwich and a bar of chocolate included. I blame the chocolate. 

My friends said on the phone, they don't care accommodating a zombie.

Keep well, and stay away from delicious unpasteurised goat cheese! Egret x

[Aura]

Well done Christine with your hill walk . And you have weekend to look forward to lots of walking in the lake district . Hope your weekend went well lorna , making the most of this week as back to work Monday , still get tiered but it's not as bad , hope every one else is doing fine especially you ladies going through rads . Looking forward to our meet up . Xx

[Egret]

Hi Sharnie, I cheated with my nails, I got extensions, gel is better for them apparently. They look lovely, and nothing bad happened. I have don 11 rads sessions. Egret x

[tweeks123]

Hi Ladies
What a lovely day its been today back on my hill walks done 20miles feeling good toe hurting managed to get my trainers on hope can get shoes on for back to work on thursday.. Lorna hope you had a nice sunny weekend in Oxford I think you were going to friends. .I was stuck in. Street comp 11hr day yesterday so missed the sun made up for it today
though ..sposed to be nice this week and next going away next weekend to the lake district hope nice weather..and hope nice for our meet up the weekend after Xx
christine Xx

[Egret]

Hi!  Time I move North of Manchester!  Have fun, Egret x

[Eiljones]

Hi Manathu,

Am pleased to hear that not everyone has many side effects from Anastrozole.  So far I have not had any 

major hot flushes - have only woken up once in the night too hot but I do that occasionally anyway.  I'm 68 on Saturday and have spondilosis in my lower back and neck problems so I wont know if its just me or the tablets if I get aches and pains. lol.

[Eiljones]

Hi Cesrabbit,

I am off for rad 10 this afternoon and it's my day to see the doctor so might be there a while.  I have had a few twinges from my boob but nothing major.  I have been very slightly itchy on chest just above boob but that is where I get a heat rash if I'm out in the sun so am hoping that it doesn't spread anywhere else. The main thing that I have noticed from taking aanastrozole is my hair has gone very dry and my face and scalp sometimes feel itchy. My daughter keep telling me that its nothing to do with the tablets its just that I'm getting older - I'm 68 ob Saturday. lol.

[manathu]

I have been taking Anastrozole since June. A few hot flushes & achy joints but not really anything to worry about. Pleasantly surprised so far. Should also add that I am 66 so I expect aches & pains.

[Jill1998]

I didn't get many side effects til after 1st 5 sessions,but everyone is different, some people have very few side effects , my skin became very red and sore in the last week,I had 15 sessions.

[Cesrabbit]

Hi Eiljones. I'm at your stage I think. I've had 3/15 rads. Am on anastrozole. Was feeling okay but over weekend my boob has started to throb, really ache. No skin irritation at all just very achy especially around scar area. Funny as have waited 13 weeks for rads and not really felt any discomfort up to now. Thinking it's probably tablets kicking in making everything throb!

[Eiljones]

‎27-09-2015 12:08 PM

Hi everyone,

I started rads a couple of weeks ago and wondered how any other ladies having rads at the moment are going on.  I've done 9 of 15 and finish a week on Monday.  So far I am not really tired but I am lucky in that my daughter can drive me to the hospital and some days she can wait for me and on the others I catch two buses home.  I usually break the journey home in town and get a snack and a cuppa.

Are there any ladies at the same stage of treatment as me and is there anyone taking anastrozole? I would like to compare notes with someone.

E.

[Eiljones]

Hi everyone,

I started rads a couple of weeks ago and wondered how any other ladies having rads at the moment are going on.  I've done 9 of 15 and finish a week on Monday.  So far I am not really tired but I am lucky in that my daughter can drive me to the hospital and some days she can wait for me and on the others I catch two buses home.  I usually break the journey home in town and get a snack and a cuppa.

Are there any ladies at the same stage of treatment as me and is there anyone taking anastrozole? I would like to compare notes with someone.

E.

[tweeks123]

Sounds good to me like the sound of two glasses of wine ; 0) looking forward to our meet up Xx
christine xx

[Jill1998]

I reckon it is 6 of us meeting up ,me Lorna,Christine ,Julie,Marcella and Claire (cm) who was having her rads at same time as me and Julie at Preston.Anyone else welcome but I need to know this week and I will book table.

[Jill1998]

Think we are all North of Manchester.

[mf]

Sounds good! Thanks, Jill. Anyone else coming by train via Manchester?

[Jill1998]

How about meeting at 12.15 at pub opposite station and I will book table for 12.45 give us a chance to have a chat first,think it's only a few minutes from station but been a while since I went to Olive Press.

[Aura]

And me x

[familytree]

12 is fine for me x