The good and the bad

Hi peeps

I have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. Taking the excellent advice on this website I pretty much started by taking it one day at a time. This does indeed help. 

I thought to share the good and the bad and would love to hear anyone else's should they wish to share.

Today I had both a good and a bad moment. I received 2 letters in the post.

The first was from the hosp confirming my op date (my bad moment) cos my stomach dropped and I had that now familiar feeling of anxiousness take hold for a moment but shook it off cos I know it is needed. 

The good - my 2nd letter - as if... a tax rebate - boom  . Not half put a much needed smile on my face . Reckon a my treat family meal is in order.

Eeee it's the little things ain't it. 

Take care peeps 

Sandra x ️X

 

  • Working, painting, irritating the dog...!

    Glad to have you back, it’s not the same without you!

  • Lovely to see you back Sandra.

    You lucky girl Jolly holidays and a gooey treat when you got home. Shame about having to paint but it’ll soon dry and then you can sit and admire it with a glass of wine.

    Sundial

  • Hi Sundial you haven't offended me .I don't even know what going on 

  • Aw ta muchly peeps.

    rileyroo what the heck u got left t paint lol. 2 coats on table nd chairs then bird table done then metal on the fire pit. It’s so long Rileyroo since I’ve painted I now have a blister where the brush has rubbed. Basically had paint in hand nd reckoned I’d just bin the brush rather than clean so just kept looking around for owt that needed done before binning brush :-)

    Ah Sundial ... I’ve come back soooo relaxed :-) lovely bottle of strawberries and cream Baileys on table for me getting back off daughter.... saying they had all missed me. (Must have been the extra couple of days cos they had 10 days in Scarborough lol). Just opened it now nd oh my it’s lush. 

    Hows the wound doing? X

  • Hi tigercub

    just wondering how ya feet r getting on now. Mines been much better since stopped wearing my flat shoes :-) I’ve bought some Boots peppermint and marshmallow foot rub (daughter recommended it to me.... so thought I’d give it a go. I put it on each night nd love it feet feel soooo relaxed after nd smell lovely:-) x

  • Hi Sandra 123 thanks for thinking ofme .well feet are lot better . bought 2 pairs sketcherS and wire them all time some improvement.had different chemo couple weeks ago and next morning got up and no pain in feet maybe was steroids cos GP had suggested steroids injection into heel .ooh didn't want that .so at moment fairly good and hubby massage cream into them most nights .do there some good in this treatment but it was chemo that causes it .right hand is bit truoblesotr tingly numb feel odd describe it.

  • Wound healing nicely now Sandra. Scabs all come off. It’s just a bit pink. Hopefully healed for 23rd July when having another op to remove lymph nodes. Surgeon says he can go in just above it so no need to open it up again. Stockings and blood thinners here we go again.

    Sundial

     

    By the by on the subject of cards and presents for teachers. As an ex teacher of 40 years, I used to like the cards the kids made themselves out of a piece of exercise book paper. Buying presents in my experience can become a competition between parents. A simple thank you works much better if they wanted to express themselves. And still I used to think I’m doing my job looking after your children, and teaching them. I enjoyed it and yes even the more difficult ones. No thanks even  is necessary. That’s the end of my serious head. Lol.

  • Just the frame of the up and over garage door and then clearing up my own stupidity. Brushed off what I thought was loose paint, it wasn’t well not all of it. When the paint flaked off it took some of the window frame with it , ie it was rotten. Now dug out (old electric toothbrush very handy, just don’t do teeth with it again!), filled sanded and undercoated. Will be putting top coat on tomorrow. Going to arrange for ea to come round at the weekend and sort out some pics then good to go. Sooner the better!

  • Ah so glad they are a bit better ( like the bottom of ya feet is bruised then putting full weight on them..... really sucked). I’m loving the foot cream too..... even when they are ok it feels good :-). Keep as well as u can ️X

  • Ah that’s brill sundial ( long time coming bless but sorted now). U know the drill better than most now on the waiting front.... do what u like nd fancy. Hope u enjoyed yr day with ya sister :-) x