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Hi ladies, just thought I would check in. Unfortunately this year being my year isn’t going to plan. My mother in law sadly passed away suddenly the day before mother’s day. Obviously the family is devastated. It’s 37 days today till the wedding and we put the planning etc on hold while we had the post mortum and funeral. I can’t believe she isn’t honing to be there. The wedding is going ahead because that’s what she would of wanted and we obviously want to be married to each other. It’s going to be a hard day though. With that, the various different appointments that keep coming through the door to speak about double mastectomy’s and having ovaries removed the anniversary of the cancer diagnosis and the fact I have been told that no ivf will be funded for myself as even though I don’t have children my other half does from a previous relationship so I don’t qualify because of him. It sucks. Sorry to post such a sad post but wanted you all to know not been ignoring you all. I hope your year is going well and will keep you inform of wedding. My hair not growing as fast as yours not had the first hair cut yet. Xx ... View more

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Reddi, yes stuff is good. Bit of a overstated here but during chemo I had a bit of a dry spell 😉 so emailed them and asked for some free samples before I brought anything as didn’t want to buy it and it not suit me. Can only vouch for the lubricant. Email them and ask for free samples of both, they were really helpful with me. ... View more

https://youtu.be/AnWWj6xOleY         Time in a bottle - Jim Croce (predictive text spelt it wrong sorry)  https://youtu.be/L7TN0hyONjw  A million dreams -pink  ... View more

Hi ladies. It’s getting closer! 91 days 👰🏼.  Trying to get a few more bits organized, but had a nightmare with suits, or more to the point the size of my mans calves. Suits were ordered and when he tried it on he was hopping around and the trousers were just too skinny for his muscle 😏. So off we go at the weekend to find him ones that fit. Not yet Reddi, we have a few in mind such as time in a bottle by tim groce or pinks version of a million dreams. Suggestions welcome 🙏 xx ... View more

P.s. I really liked that wedding dress from the start, it was the first one I tried on but wasn’t sure because I thought it showed off my tummy but when I asked my mother in laws advice she burst into tears and said it was beautiful. I decided there and then that that’s the one I would walk down the aisle in, to be joined in marriage to her son as a nod to her xx ... View more

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Thank you ladies. Not sure if going to wear the wig or not yet 🤔. Hair is still very short and it’s not how I imagined it to be on my wedding day. Yes Georgie wedding is on 08/06/2019. Congratulations 🍾 to your daughter, lots to sort and so little time to do it 😱. Ours is going to be low key as we have brought it forward and on a strict budget tbh, we were hoping to save and do it maybe next year or the year after but with all that’s happened, we want to be husband and wife as we don’t know what the future holds. Has your daughter got her dress yet? Have you got yours? Xx ... View more

Morning all lovely ladies! Sorry been quiet here, this new lay out is shocking and took me ages to find the thread. The wedding dress is decided! It the one I posted on the forum previously, I’m just waiting to get measurements sorted as weight is heading downwards and need it to steady off a little before the size is confirmed. Spending most of my days trying to organize the wedding 👰🏼, still not back at work yet. Residual side effects from chemo and radiation make me so so tired. Wearing a bra is also uncomfortable on left side underneath breast where radiation treatment burned me but it’s a lot better then it was. I agree with you all on the hairy front though. Slight beard appearance, leg hairy growing at an alarming rate but under arm hair almost nonexistent, on both sides. My beautician friend sorted my eyebrows out for me with a tint and shape and they are so much better as I over plucked them in the past although when she first put them on I did have a little slug 🐌 brow issues! Just wasn’t used to it 😂. Have bridesmaids dress for some of the girls and bouquet 💐 is ordered - red roses 🌹 (as OH calls me his sweet red rose) and dark blue lavender (as he loves the smell and can’t walk past it without running his hands through it) mixed with foliage and gyp and Lilly of the valley. Will try and find the photos and put it on of similar one. I hope you are all well and taking the time you need for yourselves to recover.  Eeeeeck! 98 days 👰🏼💍 xx ... View more

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https://m.facebook.com/clairelouiseweymouth/ Ladies, just came across this lady on Facebook giving free nipple tattoos to cancer patients and she does eyebrows and other treatments too. Can’t work out how to post it as a photo yet so please check out her post from January 19th 2017. They look amazing and share with whoever you think she can help 😘 xx ... View more

Morning ladies. For those of you requesting a wedding dress update, this is the favorite so far. Will be looking at others in the next couple of weeks but I do love the back on this one. Just not sure on wether it makes my tummy look big. Have to bare in mind thought that this dress was tried on 2 days after my last chemo session  xx ... View more

Morning ladies, wow what a lot happening since I last logged on. Reddi my daring I’m so pleased that your operation went well, I hoping the recovery goes well for you and isn’t too painful. Yes Kip, I can finally say I’m getting married 👰🏼 this year! 148 days to go till I’m a Mrs! Wedding planning going ok but dress shopping a bit weird because I don’t look or feel like me. It’s strange because I don’t look like I feel I should look like. But it’s all trial and error and I’m sure I will find one that’s me. On another good note went to watch the amazing step daughter in young voices concert last night, such a lovely night watching all the children sing 🎶. I’m tired this morning though, seems to be a on going thing with waves of tiredness. Update on S/E I’m tired and ache more, all the nails on my hands have come off but seem to be growing quickly, hair now has a reasonable covering all over, one eyebrow growing other not so much and eyelashes slowly coming back. Getting to the point we’re leg 🦵 hair needs a shave 😮. Not one thing I will miss lol. Radiation treatments wasn’t to bad, have a blister under breast and next to SNB scar and am bruised around the edge. Just like extremely bad sun burn but have a dressing from burns department to help it heal quicker. Now I’m concentrating on planning the wedding as no active treatment till after then at least, although I do have meetings planned to discuss genetics lineage and double mastectomy and ovary removal or hysterectomy in the next few months. But nothing will happen just yet it’s just to discuss options as I will be taking a while to think as I don’t have children yet. So for this year or at least the first 6 months the theme is party 🎉. It’s my 40th in February 😱 so looking forward to that. And the wedding 👰🏼 in June. Happy times! Xx ... View more

Good morning ladies! Merry Christmas Eve🎄🎁 😁. Sorry not posted in a while been a busy few weeks 🐝. Christmas shopping all done so having a chilled morning before the children’s mum drops them off as we are all heading off to the hospital for my last radiation treatment and I get to ring the bell 🔔 just in time for Christmas! Radiation staff said the kids can do it too to mark their journey with me and give them a bit of closure too now I will have finished active treatments for a while. Xx ... View more

Hi reddi, I started my rads on Monday so today was number 4/20. Just leaving hospital now and looking forward to getting home, whipping the bra off and slapping on the moisturizer 😆 xx ... View more

Thanks Kip, my dad passed away a few years ago but what he went through with his cancer and it is obviously at the fore front of my mind, while I am fighting it as it’s my experience of cancer. 9 years he fought, but loosing his sight majorly effected him mentally and physically. ... View more