Breast Cancer Care Forum

Good Morning Ladies, Indeed it was a very poignant moment leaving Cyprus and a most stressful journey! It all began when the pilot said that the weather conditions en route were bumpy! 😳🙀 I would really rather not have known before we had even left the stand! Sure enough there were significant periods when not only were the passengers belted in but also the crew were told to sit down! 🤦🏻‍♀️ They managed to complete the trolly service without the trolly so anyone that wanted a hot drink after the first hour was out of luck as they weren’t allowed to serve those! Obviously I needed something much stronger! It is the worst flight I have been on and I have done many, with the exception of a flight back from Florida on the edge of hurricane Charley in 2004! Well things got worse once I was at the station when I arrived at 6.15 as the 7pm to train to Reading was cancelled! I waited for the 8pm train and then 15 mins before due that was cancelled also!😡😳🙀 I was told I would have to get a train to Redhill and get to Reading from there which I eventually did. Then I had to wait at Reading until 22.25 for the last train to Worcester that was being re routed and not stopping until it got to Worcester due to the flooding! The train manager said there were only 4 people on the entire 9 carriage train and gave me complementary tea and cake! I eventually got to the apartment at 12.30, fortunately there was a taxi outside the station and it’s only a 5 min ride!  My friend from upstairs rang me yesterday morning and subsequently came for coffee and stayed for 2/15 hours! 🤣 I was greeted with a bowel testing kit on return in the post! I have had them before and have thrown them away! 😳 I decided I would send this one back as they have modified it ! So now too I am waiting results once again which I couldn’t bear to do previously! Sainsbury’s delivered my shopping so I now have supplies!☺️ Wildpurl I simply love the jumper!😍 You look stunning in it, well done!  Glad you are enjoying your new job and that you are able to have a 4 day week! Joan it certainly is a blow that you can’t take cold and flu remedies. I hope that you enjoyed your theatre visit and feel better. Lovewine I googled holter also what a clever device! Good news about your mammogram results. I do hope you get your appointment soon as I know how you worry!😏 Is there any chocolate and banana loaf left!🤔🤣 Cassie hopefully you are having a restful weekend! Enjoy Sunday ladies what ever you are doing!    ... View more

Good Morning ladies this will be my last post from Cyprus I am returning to the UK tomorrow! Cassie I haven’t heard of a Holter test I must Google it!  I don’t envy you with an unknown number of guests for Christmas! 🤦🏻‍♀️ Hopefully they will give you plenty of warning and help out?🤔 Lovewine as you say no news is hopefully good news regarding your mammogram result!  I hope that you don’t have to wait too long for you procedure you you will be relieved to be on the other side of it. I have at least one cancerous mole on my back, the surgeon that did my DIEP noticed it and said she would remove it whilst I was in theatre! She didn’t thank goodness or else I would have had to sleep standing up!😳 What with not being able to sleep on front of sides due to extensive surgery than having a hole in the back, I don’t think so! 😖 My niece has just had a series of very unpleasant procedures as she has been having gynaecological issues! She is now back home but there was a scare of sepsis and a blood clot!😳 My sister must have been going out of her mind. I was due to meet her in Hereford on Saturday but she is staying with my niece until Sunday in Morton on Marsh so I am going there instead! I will have passed through it on the train the night before on the way back!  We have had a spate of fires over the last few days! Yesterday’s was very close to us in the Lara area of the Akamas! It was an arson attack started by a group of people who are trying to stop the conservation plan of the Akamas Forest! Whenever a meeting is planned a fire breaks out the day before!😡 Helicopter were used all day to dump water from the sea. We could see the smoke and bits of ash were falling! The ground is still very dry and there was a breeze blowing yesterday which cause it to spread more quickly. It is still burning but under control this morning.  Well ladies we have thunder storms forecast for tomorrow so I hope I don’t get delayed as I have train connections to make! 😳😬🙀       ... View more

Good Morning Ladies,   I do hope that you are all ok the board has gone very quiet!🤔 Lovewine I know you have you appointment with the dermatologist this week I do hope it is earlier in the week and you don’t have too much longer to wait! Also I hope that your results will be with you soon from your mammogram! Did YS enjoy his trip to New York? Joan I do hope that you managed to get to Qi Gong this week I know how much it means to you! The play you took your GC to see sounds interesting, Michael Morpurgo is a well loved children’s author.  I have just had an emergency break from typing as we had a call to say the shipping firm were on the way to take our 2 cubic metre returning to the UK so had to jump in the shower and quickly throw the last few items in a case! Anything left around will either have to stay in Cyprus with DH of be squashed into my hand luggage! 🙀😳 Its rather a time of mixed emotions as we have lived here for 10 years!  I went all through the cancer journey here which was wasn’t a good time! It’s been a time of of highs and lows but isn’t that life?🤔 I am not sure when I will be back in Cyprus but not until next year well into the spring! I told myself last winter that I didn’t want to spend another here and certainly not another very hot summer! Ironically the weather is 28 every day at the moment which is above the monthly average! But just right! Evenings and mornings are cooler, 19 degrees.  DH has moved his bits and pieces into his studio at the new school and he has made it look quite homely. He will only be staying there for 2/3 weeks on a visit. I do hope the rain has stopped for you all. I have my coat ready! 😉     ... View more

  Good Morning Ladies,   Lovewine what dreadful weather you are continuing to have but at least as you suggested, hopefully it put a damper on the fireworks! I remember that when we lived in Plymouth fireworks seemed to be let off for several nights before and after 5th! 🙀 We don’t have to endure the November fireworks here they are usually let off at weddings and at Easter, which is a bigger festival than Christmas here!  Talking of Christmas I was horrified to see the number of Christmas ads creeping in on the tv!😬 I guess I am going to walk back in to Christmas!😳 I expect that you are glad YS is having a holiday with some friends? I am sure that we can all sympathise with you awaiting results and the worry over your wart! As it is on your face clearly you need to do something about it! Hopefully it can be removed using a simple procedure!🤔 Today I am meeting the Librarian form school, who is a good friend, we will have caramel latte and put the world to rights! Yesterday it became public knowledge the Shakira, the pop star, has just purchased one of the expensive villas at the Cap St George resort which is where we go for our coffee! 😄   ... View more

Good Morning Ladies,   Lovewine I do feel for you with muddy dog walks and bringing two muddy dogs home!🙀🐾🐾🐾🐾 It’s a good job your dogs tolerate others with your dog sitting duties!  I will miss the mainly sunny warm days of Cyprus! The weather looks to continue to be good for the remainder of my time here!   My car was sold yesterday so our plan is coming together! The trouble is now I am trapped and will have to rely on DH for transport other than to be able to walk to the school site nearest to us! Fortunately I managed to complete most of the charity shop runs alone!😉 What we didn’t sell at the car boot DH took straight to the animal charity shop yesterday!   Joan we called at Croatia on our River Cruise and really liked it we also sailed back to Limassol from Dubrovnik on one of our Med cruises calling at Montenegro which was very picturesque!  Sorry you have have had to miss Qi Gong and do hope that you will be able to make it next week! 🙄   Cassie and Wildpurl hope all is well with you two? ... View more

Good Morning Ladies,   Joan hope you enjoyed your fish and chip supper with the Pier Archive Team? Your unexpected request to get something done for the coming week sounds intriguing and I hope that you manage to complete the task. Our apartment in Worcester is on the second floor, we are quite close to the river but I don’t think it has ever come up in our direction it tends to flood in the cricket ground direction. At the worst it could affect the undercroft parking! We do have the canal at the front of our block which is very close to the river but I think it is extremely rare for canals to flood as the water is managed. DH and I are getting on quite well with our clear out we are doing a car boot sale tomorrow and have to be up very early!😬🙄 I am hoping we don’t bring much back with us!😬 We continue to enjoy sunny warm weather so still wearing sun dresses! We did have an outburst of heavy rain in the night!   As you can see the coming week is getting warmer! I tired to book a couple of nights at the place we stay in Kyrenia but they close this weekend!😕 Hope you are all okay and Lovewine you and OH have enjoyed a relaxing weekend after the stress of MIL’s visit. ... View more

Good Morning Ladies!   Lovewine you and OH must be relieved that MIL is safely back in Canada! I have seen pictures of the flooding in Worcester, you have certainly had a lot of rain!🙄 Since the family have left DH and I are busy sorting out. I was very impressed with DH when he actually threw his dad’s sheet music out that we have had for 20 years! He hung onto it as he was going to list it on eBay to sell!😳 Of course that has never happened and never will! I told him to leave it on the floor and I would deal with it! 😳 We are going to transfer some things to the studio he will have at the top of the new school premises for the short spells he will be here in Cyprus by himself. We are aiming to do a car boot on Sunday! 😬😖 Not my favourite pastime but will be glad to get rid of stuff. I have old towels, pillows and bedding for the dog rescue centre for the winter. We are both feeling a bit unsettled living in such a muddle!😳 Fortunately the weather continues to be most pleasant! Hope you are all well? ... View more

Good Afternoon Ladies, Cassie good to hear from you sorry to hear that you too have experienced phone problems. If you can get google on your phone you should be able to go to the BC Forum site and then select chemo threads and save to your favourites!   Sorry that you didn’t enjoy very good weather but I expect that the break did you all good?   We had a good week with YS and family the weather wasn’t as bad as we feared and enjoyed mainly warm dry sunny days with top 20 temperatures! We did have a hum dinger of a storm one night!🙀 YS went out to video it! Will put on Facebook later tonight or tomorrow with a few pics.   I don’t like these dark night it feels like about 7pm and isn’t even 6 yet!   The weather is cooling to mid/ low 20’s this week with some scattered rain showers.  It always amuses me how the Cypriot woman go from sandals to boots!🤣   It’s very quiet here today with 4 less people! DH and I now have to concentrate on packing up what personal effects are going with us and which we need to get rid of. We are hoping to do a car boot next week and what hasn’t gone will go straight to the animal charity shop!    Hope everyone is ok? ... View more

Good Morning ladies, Managed to grab some time to respond to posts! Joan we saw Gaslight in Malvern 2 years ago, from what I remember it was well done! Half term has been confusing this year as schools have had it over 3 different weeks! Our Plymouth family, who, are here with us now have this week, DD in Newcastle has next week and there were lots of families visiting here last week from the UK! I don’t suppose that your GC minded having a day off to see The Lion King?🤣 I hope it won’t be too long before OH finds a suitable car, never easy sharing one when you are used to 2! Lovewine I am so pleased that you now have your new phone, I can’t imagine life without mine!🙀 I am sure that you and OH will be glad when MIL is back on the plane to Canada! Did she come by herself? What a worry about ES’s dog I hope it is is now fully recovered and back home. At least your friend who discharged himself from hospital will have more time with the family! I do hope that he will enjoy a time of stability, he is certainly fighting very well! The weather here hasn’t been as bad as forecast thankfully! We have enjoyed 3 dry warm days, we did have a big storm last night! The weather today is rather mixed so I think we are going bowling!  Nobody is up here yet as the storm went on into the early hours!🙄     ... View more

Good Morning ladies,   It is very quiet on our board hope everyone is ok?😳 Wildpurl your new role sounds ideal for you and I am sure that you will soon sort the chaos out!😊   Lovewine hopefully OH has coped with the visit of MIL and it wasn’t as stressful as you feared. I do hope that your neighbour has returned home and is going to enjoy another stable period it would be wonderful for the family if he could be with them for Christmas.😏  Very worrying times for them.   Cassie hopefully the water problem has been sorted out now and I do hope that you and the family aren’t effected by the protests going on in the capital. I am all for making a peaceful protest but some of the shenanigans going on appear to be quite dangerous!😳   Joan hope you and the family are all well?   I have had had a crazy few days going through 43 years of photographs that have been stored here for 10 years and all the albums were either mouldy or the plastic coating disintegrated! I have taken all the photographs out and divided them between the children and kept some for us! It has taken me several days and what a journey I have been down!    Our YS and family arrive on Sunday and unfortunately it looks like we have 3 days of storms!😳 It is very unreliable from now we had our first storm earlier in the week! The only good thing is it dries up quickly and it is still warm! It’s so disappointing though after the long hot summer. Monday looks like the best day and then Saturday their last day! It is YS’s birthday on Tuesday and we were going to the water park, I think we will have to go on Monday now! They close it when it is lightening!😳   Friday today ladies have a restful weekend!     ... View more

Ladies I put up a longish post yesterday and it clearly isn’t there! I can only assume when I went back into it to edit I didn’t repost it!😳🙀😬 Firstly Joan- yes the weather is still very pleasant here and the next few days will see temperature rise to 33! I have made use of the pool which is a little cool now for me on entry at 24! YS and family arrive on Oct 20th for a week and they will be going in whatever the temperature! It’s fine once you are in!😧 The dentist took some x rays and desensitised the area causing concern. She asked if I was stressed as my rt jaw clicks!🤣 Also she wondered if I ground my teeth whilst asleep?  She said if the discomfort didn’t improve to go back in two weeks and she would fit me with a gum shield to wear at night! I don’t think so!😳🤦🏻‍♀️😖 She has given me a paste to use and it seems to have improved slightly plus I am trying to relax my face!🙄 The motorhome is very good for DH, I am sure that he would not have stepped back from the business without such an interest! DD said that he looked more relaxed than she had seem him look for a long time in the pictures I posted of our trip! I loved your account of the chap that told you husband he wanted to marry you and you couldn’t remember him!🤣 Also the two women that said they were envious of you because you were beautiful- maybe you need to get your photos out and look at the beautiful you!😊 The north east coast is certainly very bracing! I can remember taking YGG a walk in the wind when she was 5 months and she was gasping! I said to her, “You will have to get used to this lass you are a northern girl!”😮 (She is 11 in 2 week! ) Sorry to hear that you have had computer issues again, maybe it’s time to ask Santa for a new one?😉 Hopefully the invoice won’t be too bad!😕 Cassie sorry to hear that you have been affected by the Finsbury water main problem I did see the pictures on the news!🙀 Sorry to hear that ED is having a struggle again and can’t get the support she needs! How is GS coping with the situation? It must be a constant worry for you!😕 Maybe it’s time to plan another holiday so you have got something to look forward to? Lovewine I am glad that you enjoyed your break in N Yorks! The arrival of MIL certainly sounds as if it will be a difficult time especially for OH! Thankfully she is only with you for one day! Do you know how long her visit is for? My goodness life without a phone, especially when you use if for your business, must be a total nightmare! Thank goodness BIL was able to lend you one! I am so sorry to hear that your neighbour has been so unwell let’s hope that he gets out of hospital and can enjoy another spell with his family. Such a horrid time for them as they know their days are numbered together as a family!😢 They are lucky to have a lovely neighbour like you who will look after the dog for them!  Wildpurl I expect that your sweater will be progressing well during the wet spell of weather? 🤔 DH and I are having to de clutter here once again as we can’t ship all our personal effects back to the UK that we shipped here 10 years ago! He is moving into a studio at the top of the new school building with an en-suite. We can’t use the top floor for students so the directors have claimed it for offices and a board meeting room! It has a kitchenette.  I have told DH that I will not stay in it when I visit Cyprus as the only window is high up! 😳 so we will have to check into a hotel! We will be saving the rent and pool maintenance  so this will work out much cheaper as we have been paying nearly €1000 a month for both! We move out of here on Nov 7th and I return to the UK on Nov 15th so I am looking for somewhere to stay for the week! As DH is a hoarder and I am not I think an interesting weekend is in store! Wish me luck ladies! 😳🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♀️🤬🤯     ... View more

Good Morning ladies! Joan you will no doubt be glad that you went to Newcastle on the train! The weather is very bracing along the Tyneside coast! I remember I was holding YGG when she was 5 months old and she gasped in the wind! 😮 I said to her, “You will have to get use to this, you are a Northern lass!”🤣 She is 11 later this month!😮 Joan I loved the account of a chap telling DH he wanted to marry you and you had no idea of who he was even! 🤣 How lovely to find that two classmates thought you were beautiful! Maybe you should find some pictures of yourself from school and look at the beautiful you!😊 The dentist took some X-rays and desensitised the area causing concern. She asked me if I was stressed!🤣 She said I needed to relax my mouth more and maybe I ground my teeth when I sleep? She said if it didn’t improve to go back in 2 weeks and she would fit me with a gum guard to sleep with!🙀 I don’t think so!🙄😧 She did give me some paste to use and told me not to chew gum or eat anything hard!  Yes the weather is still lovely here and I have ventured into the pool twice, but it is a bit cool for me on entry! We are due to see temperatures rising to 33 for the weekend, I suspect that will be the last peak now. Our YS and family are coming on Oct 20th for a week so hoping that the weather remains dry and warm for their visit. I think it’s due to be between 24-28. Of course that could change and the rains could come any time now!  DH is certainly more relaxed motorhoming, DD said he looks more relaxed on the pictures I posted than he has looked for a long time! Glad you got your computer fixed Joan, is is time to ask Father Christmas for a new one?😉 Lovewine I expect that you will be chasing your tail at work!😳 It does amuse me that you have clients buy extra shirts for their husbands whilst you are away! 🤣 Wildpurl I imagine not much gardening is going on with the wet weather but it should ensure that you forge ahead with your sweater! Cassie hope YD returned well rested from her holiday? Its quite a dilemma you face with the pension scheme?😳 Hopefully you will be advised  which is the right route to take for you. Have a good weekend ladies! We are sorting out for car boot and charity shop! Most of our personal effects have to go there is no room to take them back! Some have already been shipped here from the UK 10 years ago! I think there may be some sparks flying here this weekend as DH has always been a bit of a hoarder! Wish me luck!🙄🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♂️ ... View more

Good Morning Ladies! Wildpurl I thought of you yesterday when I hung my washing out and wondered if you got yours hung up outside and dry?🤔 The one thing I struggle with at out apartment in the UK is the fact that I have to use a washer drier! I hate it, it either shrinks the clothes or doesn’t dry them probably!😡🙀😬😳 When motorhoming we do have a drying rack but didn’t get much use of it on the last trip and had to use the drier in the laundry which at least only had a 45min cycle instead of nearly 4hrs and did dry the clothes!  I like the sound of your different coloured sweater and look forward to seeing a picture of the finished project! Lovewine what a wonderful idea to knit hand warmers for your dog walking friends! 😊 I am sure that they will be most grateful for such a thoughtful practical gift! I am not sure if you are still away? You said you were going for a few days. I do hope that you experienced some dry walking weather and feel that the break recharged your batteries. I have an emergency dental appointment today as I have been suffering a lot of pain and discomfort in an area of my mouth! Not looking forward to the verdict and the necessary treatment!😳 Joan hope that you enjoyed your weekend away and that this week won’t be too busy for you! Cassie trust you enjoyed your weekend with GS, how is ED at the moment?🤔   ... View more

Good Morning Ladies! Casssie I hope that you and GS are enjoying your weekend together. Sorry to hear that your friend is experiencing pain in her other leg- was she told that it needed a replacement also? I had to go the further year with shocking pain in my left leg and it’s only now 6 months later with 2 TKR’s that I am totally pain free and it doesn’t keep me awake at night- although I still don’t sleep particularly well!🙄 Lovewine I hope that your time in Robin Hood Bay is relaxing and that you aren’t getting too wet!🤔 Joan hopefully you enjoyed your weekend In Newcastle catching up with family and friends!  Wildpurl what craft projects do you have on the go at the moment? It’s pleasantly warm here still in Cyprus with temperatures in the top 20’s a little cooler in the evening and mornings!  We went to the theatre last night to see a double bill called Black Comedy the second part was better than the the first half, which was thankfully only 30 mins!  I met up with the librarian from school yesterday and we tried to put the world to rights!🙄 Her DD who is the same age as mine in going through relationships problems!😳 We enjoyed an iced caramel latte at our favourite meet up at Cap St George! She is the only person here that I am free to talk openly to and she says I am the same for her! People are such gossips here and have no loyalty! Everyone seems to know everyone else it’s like village mentality!😳 Ladies enjoy the remainder of the weekend!   ... View more

Ladies I am reunited with my iPad and WiFi! 😄 Wilpurl you are certainly very well set up for the winter with a variety of veg it must be very satisfying to eat your own produce! We have grown fruit, beans, carrots and potatoes and kept hens for eggs many years ago when we lived in Somerset! Joan thank goodness that your YD is ok what a sickening worry for you!😳 Enjoy your weekend in Newcastle. Lovewine hopefully you will get some dry patches and be able to walk with the dogs enjoy the break!  I am glad that you managed to follow our travels on Facebook it was certainly an experience! We are both quite tired now and we have to fly to Cyprus tomorrow! 😬 This is the last time I shall do a lengthy spell there I have a one way ticket to return on Nov 15th! DH will return on Dec 1st he will return for 2 weeks in Jan and then we will be heading off into Spain and Portugal for 6 weeks over the winter in the motorhome! From April DH will be able to spend more time in the UK so we won’t have the crazy turn arounds we have recently experienced! We are coming out of our rental in Cyprus early Nov and DH will stay in a studio attached to the school whilst he is visiting Cyprus. He is still tied in to the school for a further 2 years for a certain number of days but we will always retain an interest as Founders as we have kept some of our shares! All rather complicated and our gradual exit strategy has not been easy! But at last we have a plan! Cassie hope that all is well with you?   ... View more

Ladies I have had a personal message from a member of the July 14 group to a meet up. They have met once in 5 years! I think our group of 5 is very close and wouldn’t wish to broaden it at this stage. We have bonded so closely and feel we offer each other all the support we need!   ... View more

A quick hello Ladies as we get 30mins a day free WiFi here. We are now coming to the end of our Rally we are back in Belgium! We took a detour yesterday to visit our ES and family and met in a forest just outside Nancy! It was further than we thought as there were 2 Places called Bure one in France and one here in Belgium! When I checked the route on my phone it looked as if we skirted Nancy! Fortunately we made the discovery the night before when setting up the sat nav! But we were committed to going as we had arranged to have a bbq! It was lovely seeing them even though it was for 3 hours! But we travelled for 7 hrs in total yesterday! 😳😬😴 Joan glad to hear that you enjoyed your holiday the Turkish passport check sounded a bit OTT! 😳 Lovely picture! Lovewine lovely pic of you ringing the bell! I know how you felt when it is all over though! Thankful but a bit apprehensive also! How is your neighbour? Wildpurl I expect that you are busy collecting the last of your produce from the garden before autumn really hits? Cassie how is your dog walking friend getting on? Hopefully she is getting around easier not having to take pain killers and sleeping better!  All for now ladies! ... View more

Good Evening ladies! Lovewine glad you have enjoyed some late summer weather! Wildpurl great you experienced some good walking weather in the Peak District! We have enjoyed two days of very good temperatures blue skies and decent temperatures! We have one more day here and then we are off to the next site! We still have 10 more days of the Rally so are just over halfway!  We have free WiFi here! 👍😃  ... View more

Joan you have found me also! 😀 ... View more

Good Evening ladies! Thanks for the birthday wishes Cassie! Sorry to hear there are so many stabbing still and especially so near where GS has to walk to school! 😬 Joan I think you have now gone on your holiday do hope all is well! Lovewine and Wildpurl glad you have found me on Facebook!😃 We are now in Germany for the next 11 days! There are 31 units so it’s quite a social gathering although you can do your own thing if required! Some days there are organised coach trips as you are rather restricted with a motorhome to move off site! We have a rest day tomorrow and then a trip to Hannover on Thursday! The journey today took just over 5 hrs with stops!😔😴 It was very windy when we first arrived but is much calmer this evening with a lovely sunset over the lake! 😀 ... View more