Hiya all maisies, I'm back! We had a good weekend, went with my brother and family to Dublin to visit my nephew and his wife. Was brill but oh so tired when we got back, then our house alarm played up all night, rang 5 times spontaneously, nearly ripped it off the wall in the end! Then to cap it all off OH had to have a colonoscopy today, life in the fast lane here! He was told several years ago that he had ulcerative colitis and he's been ok with it until my bc kicked off and the stress kicked in so he went to the gp who organised this exam for him but the good news is there's no colitis, in fact there's nothing wrong at all so maybe it was worth all the unpleasant drinks and cameras to find out. Glad you had a good time in Malta Fran, agree insurance is a nightmare but we found it with Staysure, 2 of us with annual policy for Europe under £200. It's still a lot but some quotes were around £500-600! I need the peace of mind as I'm still on treatment, herceptin, till next February. Sounds like there's been lots going on, chicken pox children, loss of pets, writing groups, holidays - hope you're all managing to cope with all the fallout from your troubles, when your emotions are still battered it takes some coping with all the "normal" stuff as well. How is everybody's hair coming on now? Is it coming back everywhere now? I still have none in the pits area, shame, Lol , but the rest is going great guns, beginning to look just like a short haircut now. Chezz, sorry to hear about your lymphoedema, sounds like the sting in the proverbial tail, what a pain, hope it improves quickly and hope the spots are soon a thing of the past for the boys, at least it's something else out of the way. Ours had it one summer as we were about to go to France on holiday and we were stopped from going on its account, we went a month later as it turned out but still a pain at the time. Rosie, you're struggling with the lymphoedema as well, it's not fair is it when all you want to do is move on. I get pain in my forearm sometimes on the other side to surgery, I'm assuming its where it's been so used and abused by the cannulas, either way it's a reminder of where we've been. Makes you wonder if we'll ever be normal again. I've heard of pagets disease before but never knew what it was, so sorry to hear you have to think about all that as well. Susie, it was good to see you on Tuesday, hope you enjoyed your therapy and mindfulness session. Well done for abandoning the wig, it gets easier day by day. It's about 6 weeks since I wore mine now and I have to say I feel much better about it now and I'm sure the sun and fresh air help your hair grow more. Big bro is coming down tomorrow to take dad to see mum, he gets very emotional about seeing her, feels guilty now because the place she's in isn't as nice as where he is. Its sad but we did try hard to get them to move to a place they could stay together years ago and he would have none of it, insisted they would stay where they were to the end but he couldn't see how things were going to turn out. I have to say it was hard to put the remains of their house in a skip but nobody wants it all so there was little choice in the end although I can't bring myself to tell him thats where it all went. He does seem quite settled in his flat now, he still moans the carers don't do things right for him but I think he would wherever he was so I'm not worried about that. Well girls I've droned on long enough now, I'm going to go and clear up the kitchen after dinner and then chill out again.. Take care all, thinking of you all and sending hugs xxxx
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