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Ali_H
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03-09-2012
09:17
Normal.... Normal....normal??? No, doesn't ring any bells with me, sorry 😉
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02-09-2012
03:59
A lovely friend suggested I say "I'd like to agree with you but there's no point us both being wrong".... 😉
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29-08-2012
09:37
Thanks Rattles. I enjoy yoga, classes start again soon too, that's good advice 🙂
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29-08-2012
10:01
Thanks Roadrunner, it sounds very normal then! I miss going out for a nice long walk, but maybe once those crisp winter frosts are here I'll be out there walking 🙂
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29-08-2012
09:56
Thanks for the macaroons Vercors, my favourite! I make them sometimes at home, crikey I get in a right mess....macaroon mixture everywhere, usually because I'm laughing at myself so much! They never look quite as good as the professional ones, but they taste good....and of course the kitchen gets a good clean afterwards!!!
Hope the men in white coats are good to you 🙂
Now settled on the time for myself bench with cuppa and macaroons, the ironing can wait a while 😄
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29-08-2012
09:46
Thanks RevCat, ok I'll try for patience! Actually this morning it seems like a daft thing to worry about in the grand scheme of things....perhaps I only worry about being tired when I AM tired. People keep telling me how well I look, I sort of feel obliged to feel as well as they say, and that means doing things. It sounds churlish when they're so relieved to see me looking better to say "yes, but I'm so tired...."
Right, enough of a moan. I'm off to polish my spoons, have a nice cuppa, chuck the grumpiness in the lake and have a nice snooze on the sofa 🙂
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28-08-2012
11:06
I finished chemo in may, and the awful, dreary fatigue I'd been having lifted (thank heaven!) to weary tiredness instead. I thought that it would keep improving, especially once mx and recon were over and I could do a bit more and gradually build up to active again. But, mx and recon were nearly 7 weeks ago and I'm still shattered! I used to walk an easy 3 miles to work and back every day, do a full day at work, and have energy to clean up, cook tea, do some yoga.... Now I'm still struggling with tired legs, no strength in my arms (obviously the node biopsy arm doesn't carry anything heavier than a tea cup anyway) and feeling so knackered that I need a sleep most afternoons. I know my body's been through a lot (and still has rads and tam to start soon) but I'd like some energy back. Am I too eager? Is there a good way of building back up to a normal level ??
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28-08-2012
10:52
I would love to lose the half stone that's crept on over chemo, can I join in please?? I'm trying to find a way through the new "what not to feed cancer with" advice (ie cut back /out sugar and dairy) whilst not getting faddy and still eat healthily...basically I'm easily confused....!
My biggest problem is my sweet tooth, and the late afternoon munchies...any suggestions for healthy, weight loss friendly, fill you up till dinner time snacks please....
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26-08-2012
11:53
Oh, and if anyone spots my inner goddess, tell her to get back pdq. She buggered off to go shoe shopping at the start of chemo, muttering something about needles....surely she's found some shoes that fit by now...
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26-08-2012
10:32
Eye candy...hmmm.... Can't be Christian Grey I'm afraid, my dad and step mum called in to see me at work yesterday and she was talking about the Shades of Grey books...in front of a very busy shop full of customers she said "I'm too old for domineering men...can you imagine your father trying to whip me?" you know when there's one of those quiet pauses in everyone else's conversations, all eyes swivelled to look at me...dad said "I can have a look in the shed if you like, might find something I can use..."
No, no, no, too much info!!!
How about Benedict Cumbercucumber? Or Paul Hollywood, he could bake us some nice bread 😉
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26-08-2012
02:40
Oh lord I'm having weird dreams and personal summers BEFORE tamoxifen, the flushes I can blame on chemo but sounds like they'll be worse on tam! Hey ho... Have a lovely holiday Ducky - I'm off to northern France for a short break before rads and tam, we go in ten days time. V excited!!!
Hot Kate, what size breeze house shall we have? The little cute one with the padded bench and central table, or the mahoosive posh one with plasma tv and squishy sofas????
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26-08-2012
11:57
Well it is a Sunday RevCat so that's ok 😉
And yes I remember the 'for mash get Smash!' aliens...and wasn't smash awful???
I saw a lovely African inspired garden retreat type building at Gardeners World, called a breeze house, complete with thatched roof and padded seating. Thought it would be perfect for Sunday brunch by the lake, and the breeze would be lovely (especially for Hot Kate - will that nickname stick? I quite like it 😉 )
I would like the sleep fairy to please leave the vivid dream goblin behind in future, quite why I had to spend last night in a futile search for page 300 in a recipe book I don't know. Mind you the view of Venice from the kitchen window was very nice, even if I was trying to make a gooey chocolate pudding for a dinner party...without the vital secret instruction on page 300...
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25-08-2012
06:55
If there are drinks I'd love to join in please, and can I also have a dog? I'd like him to be of the big, daft, slobbery, tail wagging variety and I'm calling him sodemall (in Wales of course he is llamedos, a bilingual doggie) . Can I have a gin please, no tonic, ice n a slice please.............bliss!!
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25-08-2012
03:14
I had mx with immediate implant recon 6 weeks ago. It is fabulous! No nipple of course (later options for that but don't think I want one?) but a lovely smooth shape. No real pain post-op either, sore at times and if I overdo it boy do I know about it because then it really aches. Got to have rads soon, my surgeon has said that this can affect the implant and if so it will need to be replaced, or in his words "we'll whizz you into day clinic, whip it out, pop a new one in and send you home for tea". Hmmm!!!
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25-08-2012
09:12
A giant blue smartie????????
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22-08-2012
06:33
I've got a lovely "18" candle, partially used, one careful owner...if you fancy cake and candles for this momentous occasion? 😄
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21-08-2012
08:51
Truddles, there's nothing wrong with a good, loud, therapeutic scream... If it gets rid of the anger, go for it
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21-08-2012
08:46
Well, as predicted after my son's party for 21 people with 3 birthday cakes and a bag of salad, there's a lot of salad left over! However I managed to sneak a bowl of crisps and several slices of cake into benchland....I've just found the Dark Woods thread too, think some cake and a big pot of tea by the lake would be good for elevenses.
Aah well, better face the real world now I suppose....
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20-08-2012
06:33
Hi Smiley
I feel for you, it really can be cr*p. It picked up a bit for me after the first one, I don't know why but several ladies have said the same. Talk to your team and your bcn, they can help with a lot of the gremlins, or help you decide if it's worth continuing with.
You mention mindfulness meditation - my yoga teacher taught me a meditation practise on "Here" and "Now"... Obviously you focus on each word and what it means to you, when I was in the deepest dark and couldn't even face the idea of one day at a time it helped me to get through. Feel free to pm me if you want me to attempt a better explanation...although I can't promise to make much sense xx
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