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last night i shaved my head and i feel OK about it, but my husband has been really off with me.
i feel i can't show him my bald head so wore a hat to bed last night what can i do to make it easy on him.
i would like to say a very big thankyou to everyone who answerd my blog yesterday, your kind words and support made me feel much better,although im still in terrible pain i know i can get through this thanks to all you wonderful friend on here and my family ,i no longer feel i am alone thankyou all from the bottom of my heart love n gentle hugs to you all xxxxxx julie
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hi there - hope everyone is well - i have not wrote for a while but i have kept trying to follow what everyone has been up to - the last 10 days have been fairly ok - my biggest problem seems to be is that i am very tired - but i seem to have got that sorted out and have began pacing myself - i suppose you just have to try things and find what suits you really - as far as the chemo is concerned i think i am coping ok with it - living on my own with the little one and having chemo was at first a bit...
Thursday Off to the Radiotherapy department for The Planning Session. Airy waiting area and WRVS come round with tea! Excellent. But there was a TV on in the corner, which no-one was really watching, with a load of squawking bints arguing at full volume on some godawful sitcom. No need for that I thought selfishly. It might be a nice, genuine distraction for people waiting for treatment, I know that. But give me a radio every time! After a half hour wait, went through. It wasn’t as hi-tech as...
....of Mr Bad Fairy!
I know I know, this is not the place for kissy kissy lovey dovey stuff and this isn't kissy kissy lovey dovey stuff, I just needed to say it!
For anyone wondering what has brought this about let me tell you ... Mr Bad Fairy has started his own blog called "The Staff at The Bad Fairy household". I can hear muttered comments saying "And the big deal is what?", well the big deal is that Mr Bad Fairy is a very private person, he's someone who keeps his...
hi all please excuse my little rant , i am 44 and am feeling 94, just had my 4th cycle of taxol/carbo last week, and feel absolutly rubbish terribe pain from hips down numbness in hands and feet unable to walk more thana few steps without my llegs feling like jelly im normally a very positive person but i just feel like packing it all in curing up in a ball and just giving up,is this normal to feel this way or am i just being a big baby, thankyou 4 listening love n hugs to you all julie
My apologies to people who have been following my blog.
Dad is still bumbling along in the hospice slowly getting worse, there is a chance he may get home for christmas. He is basically stopping eating just now, he is like my 3 year old grandson when I ask him why he didnt eat his veg. Its the highlight of my day asking dad what he had for tea that evening and what it was like, I have had "how they expect anyone to survive on that", "it was shocking even the nurses said it didnt look nice" my favourite...
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