Hi pippin and a warm welcome to the thread....there are some lovely people on here  and now we have you too :-)

You have done fabulous me dear...may not feel it but... the hardest bit is under your belt. Just know how u r feeling is totally normal. Look after yourself and rest when u need. No right or wrong way to deal with the blow you have been dealt. Do what is best for u nd yrs. I know it’s hard but try to look on this “wait” time as down time from everything hosp. The cancer is out now...even I can see the light at the end of your tunnel.

letrozole... been on it a yr now. In the beginning I had 2 wks where I felt 90 and ached all over then i woke up one morning nd well u talk... it had gone and I was back to normal. Mind u I did also get really bad night sweats .... again this has dissipated but still have the odd night. I was told I might get side effects but they often clear up in the first few wks so try t work through them ....I did and they did :-) I took my meds at 9pm cos I’d read somewhere it helped- don’t know if it did but still take them late. Everyone is different and some needed to change to another medication so play it by ear and know u have options.

radiotherapy......start slapping that moisturiser on now in prep. Others will hopefully drop by nd tell u their regime...mine I used aveeno in the lead up to RT then my hosp supplied QV cream ( not all hosps do this)...post RT I finished off the QV cream then went back to the aveeno ( your skin will continue to “cook” for a couple of wks post RT). My skin was fine it got a tanned look to it .....remember everyone is different.

so.... good luck for Tuesday. Do things u like or fancy till then. Ask away anything u need ..... lots of been there done thats or I too am at that point to chip in and help. 

U are not alone we are here if u want or need us.....or to just shoot the breeze  :-)

take care lass x

Hi Sandra 

Thank you for your warm welcome and all the encouragement and for sharing your experiences with it all x 

I dont feel quite so alone now, it’s weird that everything else goes on as normal but my life is suddenly taking a different unexpected route. Getting used to this new way of life a little bit but it’s hard to not ‘do’ especially when you are a ‘doer’ but I expect it will come back in time....hope so! 

Thats very reassuring for me that you said the hardest part is under my belt, I didn’t think of it like that and will jolly along to the hospital this afternoon with that thought :) thank you x

The good......sunny day and goldfinches galore in the garden!

the bad...... tummy wobble about hospital this afternoon and scary thoughts of them poking the sore bits

Hello to all you beautiful women, last night I read through this thread and it had me tittering like a teenager! 

The good.   .... I found this forum and it has saved my sanity 

The bad............I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma a few days before Christmas, my world caved in.....lumpectomy last week....and appointment next wed for treatment plan...

Xxxx

Good luck x hope all goes well today xx

Hi Sandra

i got 3 tats, one either side and one in the middle and a whole road map of marker pen! That has washed off so I don’t know if they draw them again when I go.

5 is a lot, you were brave xx

Bad ...antibiotics are yuk

Good....going to see hairdresser yay ......it’s been weeks and weeks and weeks!

have a lovely Friday xx

Hello Marlyn

A huge welcome...even though I’m very new here too xxx

sorry to hear about your bad xxx I have the same and had my op on 13 December. Like you I think my sanity has been saved by being here and I only found it very recently. The support is amazing and already I’m looking at things in a different light :)

So very thankful to Sandra for starting this and all the other lovely brave ladies here xx

Xxxx

Morning Sandra

good luck with the unicorn chasing!!! :):)

xxx

Hope you are feeling ok Marlyn xx

big hugs xxx

Hello, feeling ok.....I think! So glad I found this forum, I find myself dipping in and out....and even find myself trying to reassure other ladies! Who would have thought that!! Just want to thank you all ( too many to mention) for keeping me in check....I love you all ( said in a very mellow dramatic theatrical way....with arms flung open) xxx

Hi Marlyn

warm welcome t the thread lass. You have joined us a fair way through your steps to wellness...like pippin your light at the end of the tunnel is in sight :-) .... pause for dramatic effect ;-)

Try to enjoy the break from all things hosp by doing everything you.... u have earned it :-) x

Lol.... unicorns are rare but not impossible to find..... apparently! Operation unicorn pillow successfully accomplished... she’s chuffed t bits with it :-) x

3 tats they must have been going for the illustrated woman look with me lol. I have 1 on each side 2 on my breast plate then when I went t my first appointment they put another on the upper part of my boob. No more ink drawing tho :-) 

hope ya scar heals quick x

3 tats they must have been going for the illustrated woman look with me lol. I have 1 on each side 2 on my breast plate then when I went t my first appointment they put another on the upper part of my boob. No more ink drawing tho :-) 

hope ya scar heals quick x

Illustrated woman look .....lol lol lol  :D

thank you Sandra, it’s looking more healed already today !

well done on completion of the unicorn mission .....things we do for the little ones :)

Good.....family day :)

Bad... none :)

Happy Saturday everyone xxx

Hope you enjoyed yr family day.... my fave type of day :-) ️X