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Waving to all the April 2012 chemo bunnies. Almost five years on. Xxxx   ... View more

Two years ago we were all coming to the end of chemo by this time of the year ... All together still and bunny buddies forever xxx ... View more

Yes definitely agree with you Pixie xxxx I still often think of some of the others who were with us on this journey ... Chrisp1e where are you? Xxx ... View more

Hi Ambarose. Looking forward to seeing you on FB. Good luck with your race for life and half marathon. I did the race for life at Guildford - wonderful atmosphere. Eight of our bunny group, including me, did the pink ribbon walk at Blenheim in May - it was truly amazing being together that day and we plan to make it an annual event. So pleased you are feeling better. Love, xxx ... View more

Waving to Amberose .... xxxx ... View more

Hi to anyone checking in here. Thinking of you. Xxx ... View more

Just putting this message up for all those people starting out on chemo now. A year ago I sat in the big chair for the first time, full of fear and trepidation. One year on and I am now really feeling like myself again. Still a few ongoing niggles after all that treatment, but I can honestly say I am doing OK. So all of you just starting out, the end of treatment does become a reality and you CAN do it! On May 11 a group of us from this thread are doing the Pink Ribbon Walk together. That can be you next year. Good luck. Love, margietee ... View more

Hi Awesome Angels . I'm another April 2012 chemo bunny. Loving your name and the comment someone made about triple A Duracell bunnies! As others have said, this chemo lark is doable and if it kicks cancer's butt into touch then it is worth doing. I couldn't have envisaged being one year on but here I am, booked to do the BCC Pink Ribbon Walk with 7 of my bunny friends in a few weeks time. Couldn't have imagined that a year ago! My bit of wisdom is to remember to laugh. Chemo has its dark moments so you hv to filter them with laughter. The support from others going through it at the same time is invaluable and like us april 2012 buns you will make friends for life. Share laughs about the horrors of losing your hair (not as bad as you imagine), share tips and enjoy each others company. Keep clear of google and don't believe what you read in the Daily Mail!!!! Check out BCC's headscarf workshops and be sure also to book yourself on a Look Good Feel Better workshop - you are allowed to google that! Lots of beauty tips and an amazing goody bag to take home. irresistible. Love and virtual hugs to you all. Margietee xxx ... View more

Hi. I'm just popping in too to say hello to Big M, Ambarose and any others from the old warren who are still visiting here. Hope life is treating you Ok, or as well as it can given the constant worries etc that we all now live with. Can't believe I am now more than a year beyond surgery. This is going to be a big year of anniversaries of things we would rather forget but can't, but as we tick every anniversary off it is another achievement to be proud of. Fight the good fight with all your might .... that's what we've done. Love to all. MarGietee xx ... View more

Hi Bunnies Mary I am so sorry you have to have more surgery but hopefully this will make all the difference to you. I will be thinking of you on Thursday. Let us know how you get on. Ambarose, good luck with your phased return to work this week. Take it easy! Good to hear from you - hope you got the email I sent to you last week. Christine (ChrisP1), we've not heard anything from you for ages and ages. Hope all is OK with you up in Glasgow. Everyone else, bunny wave from me. Life seems very quiet now Christmas/New Year is behind us, but it has to be a case of onwards and upwards from here on in! Love to all, Margie xxx ... View more

Big M, GMT, great to hear from you both ... and where is Ambarose? Will contact you all separately over the next few days. Calyco, welcome to the forum. We April bunnies have had a great time getting to know each other via the forum, but we have pretty well all moved on from it now for one reason or another. Some of us dip back in occasionally but I fear you won't get the full support you need from such sporadic postings. I hate to say this, but you might be better off taking a look at the May Buddies. They seem a great group and still seem to be posting a lot on here. I may be jumping the gun here and you may find a whole stream of April Bunnies suddenly posting again, but whatever happens, I hope you get the support you need and send you very best wishes, hugs etc. I'm not on herceptin or I would keep in contact. Love, Margieteexx ... View more

Thanks GMT. Been thinking of you. Will be in contact properly after Christmas. Have a lovely Christmas bunnies, one and all, whateVer you are doing. What a long way we have all come. Lets all give thanks for that. Thinking of those poor people who are either getting diagnosis around now or who are undergoing chemotherapy now and suffering the effects over Christmas. Remember, there is life beyond Chemo, rads etc. lots of love, Margie xxxxx ... View more

Hi Sarabee All my bc follow up is done by the surgeon and his team. I have an appt scheduled for March 8th and apparently will be called for a mammogram a couple of weeks before. I do see the oncology team every three months, but this is because of the clinical trial I'm on and not regular follow up - I'm seeing them next week for my first 3 month check up since starting the trial (REACT trial, same as GMT). As with everything else it seems it varies wherever you are. Love, Margie xxx ... View more

Hi Bunnies Just back from our holiday in France and now nicely relaxed and de-stressed for the pre-Christmas preparations. Sending a wave of the paw to everyone and look forward to hearing from any bunnies down soon. Hugs. Margie xxx ... View more

Hi Bunnies Not posted for a while as I am still chilling in France. This moment it is beautiful sunshine, but it is likely to be a downpour any time now. It's one of those really changeable days, but good to be here. Thinking of Vanns on her sunny holiday ... Big M, Sarah12, Amabarose and anyone else feeling 'bunny down', we are all here for you and hope you are better soon and back into posting on the forum. Pixie, take care. Look after yourself. Gaynor - how awful having so many onc changes. Is it your onc team that follow you on the REACT trial (as it is with me)? How's that going? I have my first 3 monthly check up a few days before Christmas, so have to book myself in for ECG and blood test at the end of next week. I will be pleased to see the onc team (prob registrar) as I've been getting stabbing pains through my boobs again and my ribs are really sore under the left boob (bc boob). All those of you talking recon past, present and future, I take my hat off to you all and thank my lucky stars I didn't have to go that route. I did say when I first had my diagnosis that I didn't want to be a 'monoboob', but don't know what decision I would have made had that been the case. Good luck to you all in making these big decisions. And yes, I can vouch for the fact that Sunny Southpool's silicone feels pretty fine. What a strange experience that was, standing by the buffet table at bunnyfeste copping a feel!!!!! Christine, let us know how your scan goes and I hope (I'm sure) that it is just scar tissue xxx. Speaking bunnyfeste, as I've offered to do my bit in putting the next one together I shall put my thinking cap on and come back with Qs about date, venue etc soon, but it may well be after Christmas now. Libby, good on you having the decs up already for Christmas. Expect mine will go up in about 10 days, just before family start descending for the big event. Southpool, I emailed BCC to let them know the difficulties I was having registering for the Pink Ribbon Walk - I had got to the stage just before pressing the button to pay, so my user name had been accepted etc, but then I was thrown out of the booking form and back to the first page. Then when I tried putting in the accepted user name it told me someone else aleady had that name (yes, me, duh). BCC confirmed I hadn't paid when they emailed me back so now I have logged on with the first user name and created another, so I am registered on the walk site twice, albeit I have only paid once ..... this means when I look to see who is in the pink ribbon group you've set up I am there twice. I will phone them up whn I am back in the UK and sort it out, but rest assured, I am registered now, paid up and in the group!!! Lots of love to all. MarGiexxx ... View more

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr. I have tried about 10 times at least to register for the pink ribbon walk and it keeps telling me I haven't filled in all the required fields when I HAVE. So frustrating. Think I will leave doing it till I am back in the UK. Frustrated MarGiexxx ... View more

Hi. Just a quickie to say happy holiday to Vanns, you lucky bunny. Enjoy! Also Vanns, i agree about Kylie and was also going to suggest she should have a role in Forum-the movie. I'd thought of her having a cameo role as herself, but if Campo wants her for her role then that's cool wIth me. campo, pleased you liked Tilda Swinton - I think she has a lovely warm, empathetic and open face and that's particularly what made me think of her for you, but Kylie could be good instead ..,, this is starting to take shape. Good on Lee for starting it. And while i'm here, good luck Lee for next week. Holding paws, bunny. southpool, ive not received an email about the blenheim walk .... love, MarGiexxx ... View more

Hi Buns. Ive been having great fun in the casting room, googling around for possible actresses to play us all in Forum - the movie. Little Chick, how about Helena Bonham Carter? I think she would make a very credible mad scientist and she's brilliant. Vanns, dawn french would be a good choice even though her girth is a lot different to yours ... But she is such a character and i can really imagine her in a netball skirt wielding a hockey stick, creating havoc. How about Carey Mulligan for Nat? And maybe seeing if keira would be up for rachel's part (it is the cheekbones that do it). I wondered about kristin scott thomas for ambarose and tilda swinton for campo. and maybe minnie driver for sameelee ..... Hope no one is offended by any of these suggestions, they are all actresses i love playing the roles of bunnies i love. Other actresses ive put into the mix in my mind are rachel weisz, married to daniel craig ... Possibly gaynor??? And i wondered about dame judi for one of the twins, but the only person i could think of to go with her for the other twin is mag gie smith, though she is maybe a bit too tall ... But she was so good with judi dench in lavender ladies and we do have to use some degree of imagination in our casting. as for punkawallahs, thanks for the insider information hilary. so far ive only come up with tom daley. Definitely not one of the gay punkawallahs but i think he fits the bill in terms of good looks and muscles! Perhaps Rylan from this year's x factor could be a camp one .... hope everyone is doing ok whether they are up or down. Im enjoying my hols, but my feet are playing havoc so im hobbling everywhere. Thinking of you all. Big hugs. marGie xxx ... View more