Morning ladies

 Hope all goes ok Mrsfingers will be thinking of you.

Sandra are they dishy men to take your mind off things??? Just need to be knowing lol

hugs to you all x 

Ah bless....next step to finishing nd getting it all behind u. Wor Dizzel was exacythe same at the start of her chemo nd here she is in one end nd out the other already.  You will get there....soonest done soonest mended as they say. 

Shame u didn’t live close t me u could have popped in for a coffee after nd sit nd watch the workmen dig up the road .... they are rather handsome hunks all reflective clothes nd hard hats ( but obviously have a sensitive side cos they all opted for a caramel latte when I offered them a coffee ;-)

blimey wouldn’t wish the decorating on my worst enemy....starting t wish I’d never started it lol. 

Chin up lass nd good luck for today... big hugs lass ️X

Lucky you!! Sounds like a good day ahead men watching!!! Enjoy! x 

Well electric is back on so heating on...yeahhh. So cold here. Was snowing yesterday but didn’t lie on the ground. Daughters had t de ice their cars this morning too. The workers  are all standing looking in the hole they dug ... bit of a cliche right there lol x

Hi Sandra ...workmen looking into a hole....sounds like a song to me. Sorry Sandra it’s ninteen degrees here and sunny, I’m sitting in the coffee shop with my latte and looking out on Madeira. The sort of bad is I can’t really go ashore because it’s too far to walk. My hips, knees, back and ankles are really painful at the moment..but still what have I got to be complaining about. I’m alive and I’m here in the warm. I feel lucky.

Hope everything goes well for you folks who are still undergoing treatment, surgery or waiting on results. Mrsfingers I’ll be thinking of you tomorrow when chemo starts, Virtual hand squeeze to you. 

Sundial

Thanks Dizzle this is good to hear! I think I’m definitely expecting the worst so anything better is a bonus.

One good thing is the port is working well and I had my first painless blood test today. Let’s hope this means pain free infusions too...

Thanks to everyone else too for all the well wishes.

I’ve been to Boots and cleared their shelves of hand sanitiser. All that remains now is to try to tidy up the house a bit. Currently looking like a cross between an explosion in a toys r us warehouse and an industrial scale laundry. Situation normal really ;)

X

I was thinking of you over the weekend. Good luck with the chemo. I hope it will not be as bad as you worry that it will be. 

x

The good: After going into meltdown, trying to come to terms with my reluctance to take Aromatase Inhibitors I phoned the clinic. The nurses said I needed to speak to my oncologist who, bless him, squeezed in an appointment with me to go over the treatment plan again, fitting it in after my radiotherapy planning CT scan last Friday. He has now prescribed tamoxifen and says, that in the light of my diet (I've been a vegetarian for years, eating lots of soya), he feels this may well be the better option. He was very sympathetic and said he understood and agreed with my concern around taking drugs, so I didn't feel like I was being stupid or unnecessarily cautious.

The bad: My colleage and good friend has been off work for 3 weeks now, since the day I returned after surgery with an inner ear infection which just won't clear. She was admitted to one hospital weekend before last, then transferred to another as an emergency in such pain. She is dizzy and it isn't getting any better. She is booked in for a scan tomorrow and is desperately worried that it is something more sinister as her mother died of a brain tumour and the symptoms she has are the same as those her mother had. My fingers are well and truly crossed for her tomorrow.

I saw her the sunday before she got the ear infection when she was happy and we were looking forward to seeing each other again at the office which was my first day back at work. You really can never tell what the future holds, good or bad.

Had my first laser treatment to remove RT tattoos, wasn't painful. Nurse led so lovely bedside manners. Going back in a few weeks for next session. Got check up about rib pain this Wednesday , quite worried. 

Love to you all.

WQ xx