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 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

Thank you! Am going to pop into town tomorrow ( first time in a couple of weeks) last time I went in was just before op, ended up having a drama queen fit over a woman coughing and sneezing in marks...my poor hubby thought I had been mugged when we met up...I was so scared of catching a cold!

Anyway, shall leave my inner diva at home tomorrow, just want a quiet mooch....

have a good weekend ladies....xxx

Got new post ladies yea ha!!! 

Well done warriorqueen!! X 

Well done warriorqueen!! X