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I’ve sometimes blogged and often blagged,
Divulged, indulged and also bragged,
I've even roped in stripey kitty,
She's fat, the angle isn't pitty...
So now I’m banging tambourines,
I’m on the soap box, making dreams,
A magic wand I never mastered,
But on and on I’ll wave the b*stard
Fundraisers give a good deal too,
-Just think of all the my mail to you...
In my attempt to make this happen,
With all that Ailsa …happy clap’pen!
It's personal...
And the biopsy was useless!!
Sorry, unless you're a Gershwin fan like me, that will probably have been lost on you.
Well, had a call from the hospital saying I was 'booked to have a procedure under general anaesthetic' - first I'd heard of it! But I did say at the previous appointment that if they were going 'down under' again I wanted to be knocked out, so at least the doctor listened. The hysteroscopy is on Tuesday next, pre-op on Friday, results.... no idea, but I bet it's another fortnight...
One of the other things I've really noticed is how very much you find out who you're friends really are when soemthing like this happens. I've had pleasant suprises and I've had some suspicions confirmed about certain people.
One person in particular has truly amazed me and not in a good way. After questionning our 8 year old daughter about what tablets has mummy got (sleepers - very tired at that point) and who has been to the doctors when she got no answer I told her that M has...
On a sunny Thursday afternoon in June our world changed, at that moment in time it dissolved. I hadn't slept properly for weeks before that point - waiting for results is modern day torture - someone knows and you don't.
Friday morning we sat for what felt like a lifetime waiting to see the consultant, who confirmed the NHL diagnosis and then went on to treatment. When I heard the word chemotherapy my heart broke, my strong, lovely and kind husband was to go through chemo. The doctor and...
Got up this morning and having a shower, while washing my hair it came out in a few handfuls. Trying to dry my hair with it falling out was losing a bit of battle but was hoping to have got to the weekend before having to shave it off.
On the other hand, my kids are now very excited as I promised them they could shave it off. The design plans are in fall flow of what styles they are going to do lol. Was hoping to wait until Saturday as was going to invite my parents over so we could have a bit of...
Last night I decided to do some research into exercises to try and loosen up my neck as I am experiencing some tightness there. I'm also quite 'lumpy' along the scar and the skin is swollen and quite solid/ tight feeling. I found this leaflet from Mount Vernon which has some good exercises.
http://www.ljmc.org/pi_series/PI47_Physiotherapy_after_Neck_Dissection_Surgery.pdf
I also bought some Aqueous cream from superdrug, a huge pot for about £3. So after the exercises I tried to do some...
After months of finding it almost impossible to sleep, I appear to have skipped to the other end of the spectrum and now can barely keep myself awake. Call me The Sleeper - defender of beds, pillows and nap times! If there's a doze to be had, I'm there! I'll conquer unconsciousness, one snuggled sleep at a time! We're 3 radiotherapy sessions down, 9 to go and I'm still far more upbeat than I've been for weeks. Isn't it crazy what a whole heap of sleep can do for a person? I bet if I hibernated, I...
Having written about my journey so far, how well I thought it was going etc, it all went down hill pretty quickly after my last post.
Wednesday morning I phoned the hospital for some advice as I had been in agony with pain in my neck, back and stomach, high temperature and sweating like a race horse. I was told to come straight in and I didn't come home until Friday night as I was diagnosed with neutropenic sepsis. My oncologist reckoned I had a classic reaction to the injections for boosting the...
Open mind…
A special lady known to me,
Refused the boobs obligatory,
And chose a flat chest symmetry,
In place of bumpy mammary...
She's told breasts are a posh frock must,
And yet I reply, with disgust,
That silhouette is me, my life,
My possible, after the knife...
I have a friend who challenged the system by electing for a second mastectomy rather than breast reconstruction, and it wasn't easy to get consent. I think it is a clever decision, which might suit others...
Hey, I'm new to blogging, I'm matter of fact & no-nonsense. The description of this blog sums it up, really. Except it doesn't tell the whole story.
Back home 2 weeks now, feeling frustrated at not being able/allowed to do what I used to, i.e. to & from nearby Dumfries (25min on bus from home in Dalbeattie) to visit my mother, browse shops, pick up cheaper food etc, and volunteer for Oxfam. Still, now have something to focus on - radiotherapy for 6 weeks from 13 Aug.
The op...
