@Kip I don't know if I should be frustrated or relieved that a long, whingey post I wrote earlier got eaten by the new site set-up. (Really? You time out log-ins after I've typed something up and hit post?) Short(er) version: Haven't booked a flight to the US yet as I can't afford to, literally, because of having to turn down so many freelance projects over the past year because of treatment schedules and side effects. My sister is buying the ticket for me using frequent flyer miles, but the ideal time, near Easter, is colliding with the airline's blackout periods. I have to be post-RT (last session 7 March, if all goes to plan), and fit between Herceptin injections (every 21 days) and Zoladex injections (every 28 days). It's proving difficult. However, I have priced travel insurance for the US, and happy to say it won't bankrupt us. I was really worried it would be over a thousand pounds -- though I guess about £250 for 2 weeks isn't exactly cheap. Separately, my OH has joined @cdc's daughter as a fracture clinic patient! (@cdc, how is your daughter getting on?) He mashed his hand on a railing when the bus he was on stopped abruptly, and ended up with a bad spiral fracture in the hand bone connected to his small finger. Thankfully, the ortho he saw today said he can get away without surgery to insert a pin, though his finger won't ever align quite like it used to. Still, he needs a cast for 3 weeks, then, if the bone is healing okay, he'll switch to a hand splint for 3-6 weeks. I'm not sure how we're going to manage the launderette while I'm having RT. Supermarket shopping for us as well as his mum is also going to require some rearranging. Oh, well. Also (though this belongs more in the chemo thread): @Kip, I've tried using the Lush New soap on my eyebrow area, like you said you did, and my eyebrows are coming in! It may just be coincidence, and they're only halfbrows right now, but it is super exciting. So thank you for mentioning that you did this! @Michelle21 & @Feenix -- You must be on the wing very soon!
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