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hi Cress PM me for my email address   QD ... View more

hi all   hope you all have a fab easter. i would normally say dont eat too many eggs but dyu know what? go for it! life is just too short!   QD x ... View more

hope you enjoyed your food Cybele. well its rant time for me.   I went to hospital today - driven by pain in my arm and side.I have:   1 Mild lymphedema (damn damn damn!) so am being referred to lymphedema clinic. Hopefully thay can "catch it early " before it develops any more. 2 Pulled muscles  - am being referred to physio! 3 Following my surgery I am now asymetric!  (This is probably the cause of 2 above).I was offered surgery to reduce the other side but can't face any more so tomorrow I get to meet the lingerie nurse who will fit me with a special bra - which has a pocket in which i can store a "chicken fillet". Oh the joys the joys!!!!   QD x ... View more

Hi everyone. congrats Maire!   ive not been on for a while because i directed the school production - "Annie" . it was fab and my students did a fab job. At the weekend i slept for 14 hours!!!! i mustve needed it. like most people here im sufferning from tamoxifen sleep loss!   stay positive and enjoy tyhe snow!   QD x ... View more

nice one Shellebelle!   happy new year to all xxxxxxxx ... View more

oh Cybele and Shellebelle. my thoughts are with you both x ... View more

excellent poem Cress! x ... View more

It was my husbands birthday yesterday. we had a family celebration in the pub - a far cry from last year when I had my first chemo.   "So how did you celebrate being 60 last year"?   "Um 7 hours in a chemo ward watching my wife getting poisoned".   BUT the poison worked so roll on Christmas!!!!   love to all x ... View more

hi all my diagnosis anniversary today. feels a bit odd. dont know wheteher to cry or laugh- so did both!  love to all x ... View more

yippee Cress! Njoy!   Hi all  !   Maire - my hair is growing up and out too!!!! it used to be long and straight. I've always had a fringe to cover my wrinkles and at the moment its that blooming curly it doesnt even reach the first wrinkle! still at least I have some hair so shouldnt complain! x ... View more

Hi all   just checking in and saying "Hello"! x ... View more

Hi Cress    fingers crossed  Mega Hug! x ... View more

Hi all   i think different hospitals have different procedures. I had a letter this morning changing my appointment from september to May!!!!!!!!! Am panicking now in case they think I NEED to be seen earlier!  QD ... View more

Thanks Maire!   Lol Cress!   hi Border Collies!!!! good luck with anniv mammo. we dont do them in birmingham on anniversary of diagnosis anymore. its 18 months ish post surgery. i was diagnosed on Nov 30th Started chemo on Dec 21st then had surgery on May23rd. my anniversary mammo is actually booked for sept 8th 2014!  hopefully by then mr booblie will be less sore and will have settled down.   QD ... View more

Hi Shellebelle   Hi Cressida   fingers crossed for you both! hug.   now am i being stupid or what?  my brother has a dog  - "Fudge" and I always fuss her and she has stayed at mine a couple of times. my bro popped round yesterday and I was cuddling Fudge when she suddenly licked my chest! she has never done that before - it was right where the cleavage begins - not where mr lumpy pants was.  should i be worried? she didnt sem unduly distressed. she was happy and wagging her tail but i ve heard that dogs can smell cancer and am now paranoid.  i cant feel any lumps or anything. maybe she was just giving me some support?   QD     ... View more

Hi  all   sending a hug to anyone who is suffering still.   Guilt is a sterile emotion . (Cant remember who is feeling guilty and this new forum layout wont let me scroll the posts - so frustrating!).   i was supposed to be on the model day in Birmingham but missed it thanks to having a new gas meter fitted. If it could go wrong it went wrong! at one point I had no gas whatsoever ! aaargh!!!!   My phased return is going well but at my place -if youre there youre deemed to be well enough to be there! I went into the saniotorium and lay down on the bed and grabbed a power nap last week!!!!! will def do the same this week!   Cress - enjoy your course.   went to visit my son today. omg! the first thing I did was clean his fridge and his bathroom! then i suggested that changing his bedding and towels might be a good idea!!!! boys! urgh!!!!   QD x ... View more

Hi all   our macmillan coffee morning raised £850!!!!!   QD x ... View more

Hi all   its the assembly tomorrow eek! in the end in wrote a script (im a drma teacher - what else would i do!) and its a duologue between myself and the pe tchr (who had this 9 months before me). thanks for all your input. Shellebelle Hi44 Mairie and Lisalouw - i hope you all feel better soon. the dizzy thing sounds awful.   Cress - what can i say? being taken seriously at last?!!!!!    Took number one son to uni last sat. i sobbed for ages - even though he's 19 he's still my baby! on the plus side theres loads less washing and ironing, his room is tidy and the food bill has gone down!   QD ... View more

Hi All   glad you had a good hol Cress   has anyone else had a full axilliary clearance? my arm feels really tight but its not swollen or anything. i hope its not lymphdeema   QD ... View more