Breast Cancer Now Forum

Ocean, lovely to hear from you!! And thank you for the fab photos, just lovely.....it's good to catch up with all your news, 34 sessions.....wow! That was a right blasting you had....   i totally understand about " changing" I have too, I think we all have.....take care love....onwards and upwards....❤️❤️❤️ ... View more

Onwards and upwards now our Susie, I bet having the picc line gone is pure freedom....   We have all had our different journeys on the cancer trip, I find it fascinating how our treatments have differed....no one size fits all......it feels like we've gone into battle and now emerging, some of us are more battered than others, I'm still shocked and saddened at how that one cycle knocked the stuffing out of our mbj, who could have predicted that!    I love how we still check on eachother, we don't need to post everyday but we all know and understand we all close ranks for each other , if we have a man down we go back for them....we truly are a band of sisters. I'm proud and honoured to have gone into battle with you all, we didn't want to but we had no choice. All for one and one for all!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️  ... View more

Nettienoo, we're back home tomorrow afternoon/night. I've just put me makeup on and hope my eyes cope with the mascara, I haven't worn eye makeup since February..... the lunch is a rather stuffy affair with retired colonels and yaar yaar types.....I just know I won't be able to keep up with the small talk, and I'm worried my face will show it, I'll be fighting the urge to say " who cares! I've had a c r a p year if your interested " but of course I won't.....I'm pretty well trained...lol xxxx ... View more

Nettienoo, totally with you on the lack of energy front, we're currently in Cardiff and I'm not coping too well with the walking.....The 3 hour car journey yesterday left me hobbling like an old lady, it's pants! This morning it's a church service followed by lunch, I'll need a block and tackle to get me moving....   I can't even begin to imagine going to the gym, implausible.....you're a machine! I very naively thought after chemo I would be bouncing back, another thing I've noticed is my mind wanders off when talking to people, I have to concentrate on what they're saying....and that's tiring! God help me today....just want it over with really, I've come to support hubby but to be completely honest I wish I wasn't here.....boo hoo......xxxxxx ... View more

Oh boy daisy, that carer really has thrown a spanner in the works! Why didn't she pipe up earlier when you were maki g it known you weren't happy? I feel her comments are more to do with the fact that a resident is being moved by their family due to being unhappy with the home itself , they are probably more concerned on how it would reflect on them and how it would make them look? They aren't coming up with any solutions. In the end it comes down to quality of life......even if your mum isn't aware of her surroundings, it will still have an impact on her....   Its good you have your sister to share all this with, I know how emotionally draining it is...even if your in rude health! I hope and pray there is a good outcome for you all......and thank goodness your finally getting that bone scan! Xxxx ... View more

Daisy, your mums situation sounds awful, is she fully aware of what's going on? Was the manager of the care home in on the appointment with social services?  I hope your holistic treatment went well this morning, what did you have done? Xxx ... View more

Have a lovely evening Susie, happy anniversary love xxxx ... View more

Susie, my pre rads planning was an utter waste of time, I got lined  up...tats done....lots of faffing and butting, probably took about half an hour in total, but when I actually went into my very first rads appointment a few days later , the machine caught my elbow, so had the the process re done....hopefully this won't be the case with you...   love the nd story! Quite an experience for your hubby, and a comforting one I should think....xx ... View more

Nettienoo, i take 2 as soon as I get up ( with a litre of water) then it's done, I decided to take the 2 at once to save the faffing about.   Now, the bum fluff.....whilst having rads I met a lady who's hair came back with a vengeance....I mean literally...her face especially...a covering with downy blonde hair, she told me this could happen in rare cases (!) Of course I am now convinced this is what awaits me, I have (again) this morning waxed some other areas of my face....oh eck!!! All my hair is growing back....even my noo noo......everything....arms are getting pretty hairy too....Think I'll have to run away and join the circus at this rate! Xx ... View more

Is this what you've been prescribed nettienoo? ... View more

Thank you ladies, hubby is painting the bathroom but we did have tea cakes for lunch to celebrate...   It would appear I am growing a very hairy neck (?) it's fine and fluffy but there....so this morning I waxed my neck ( never thought I would ever write that sentence) but it's left me looking like someone has tried to strangle me, even mum in  law said....what on earth have you been doing?  Felt like saying it was auto erotic thingy!!! 🤣   Anyhoo......Rubi needs walking and I need to move my bottom......xxxxxx ... View more

I love that! I'm defo open minded....I've a couple of experiences I just can't explain....I have a strong sense of " being looked after" I just know someone or something has my back......doesn't stop me from worrying though!  ... View more

NettInoo, i do believe in past lives, without sounding like a complete fruit loop I think I was in the First World  war, and in another life died drowning......also when we were young we had a family holiday in France and we all felt we had been there before, my sister and mum were even able to describe things in detail .....and later have these details confirmed when visiting them....it was all very odd and surreal...   another strange story was when my sister was about 10 she was playing on her own in our front room, she suddenly ran out screaming she had seen a man with shiny black boots black trousers with a red stripe down the sides , bright red coat and a big tall fuzzy black hat.....well....fast forward to 1985 , who was wearing that outfit in the same place my sister saw him? My hubby!! He was in his welsh guards uniform.......spooky or what?!  ... View more

No need to apologise edinbird, this is our safe place.....I don't think anything could shock us anymore, I expect we've all changed somewhat. We never had children, they just didn't happen for us, I look back and think maybe that was a good thing? I'll never know now....unless I wait until I'm 74  and go to India for fertility treatment ( like that silly woman in the news last week) I have to admit that the thought of child birth scares the hell out of me...perhaps I died in child birth in a former life? Now you all really do think I'm nuts!!! Lol 😝  ... View more

Nettienoo.  My mum in law is a staunch catholic but thank goodness we get on like a house on fire ( strange saying)!  In fact I'm taking her to see downton abbey in a bit..   Will you be on the clondrate? I'm in a routine with it now....I asked the nurse about going away and she said it doesn't hurt to miss some days...so that's a relief...   glad to hear your doi g ok....well....as ok as you can e with what you've been going through....xxxxx ... View more

His battalion was being posted to Germany.....I simply couldn't bare to be without him. Everyone said it wouldn't last......think we proved them all wrong by now. His mum wanted him to marry a " nice Welsh girl " he got one from slough instead! I tease her about that now!  ... View more

Edinbird....I'm lolling out loud....good one 🤣    Implausible....if your in that there London in December would love to meet up! Got tickets to see only fools 4th, Christmas lunch 5th.....   goi g to jump on the anniversary band wagon....it's mine on sat....34 years wed....what can I say? I was a child bride! 🤣  ... View more

Chemo brain strikes again!!!! Where did I get Piccadilly from? When you clearly wrote Leicester Square!!!! ... View more

Susie, when in Dec are you in London? We are there from the 3 4 5 ....staying at the hard rock hotel Marble Arch....are you staying at the ritz??? That's a special hotel in Piccadilly! Xx ... View more

It's covering up all kinds of brown/ white lines and imperfections.....she said it will even prevent my thumb nail splitting ( it's splitting halfway down)  ... View more