For those with a warped sense of humour WARNING- no punches pulled here

Morning Sunny, Love your latest blog and glad you a feeling a little more yourself. Thank god you don't live where I am (Dubai) hot and humid at the moment and any little crease manages to fester into some sort of infection!! Canestan does wonders so here's hoping it works really well on all your festering bits!! Thinking of you. Peanutx

Hi Sunny.

Glad you got a lady doc now. We can't afford to be modest. After radiotherapy I had what was thought to be thrush, but 2 days later had to go back and be inspected as I came out in sores down below. When my doc looked she couldn't believe that I was able to get to the surgery the state I was in. MInd you, I just felt so unclean and burst into tears saying "I'm not even having sex!" She gave me a big hug and reassured me that I had done so well mentally as well as physically considering all I'd gone through.

Before I was diagnosed I was covered in an extremely itchy rash for months. Had an idea of how lepers must have felt. Just needed the bell to shout "Unclean, unclean" Hope the cream does the job, otherwise get back to the doc pronto

Big hugs xx

Thanks Stinker

I know what you mean about feeling unclean.  I've been showering several times a day for the last week or so, because the hot water helps stop me itching.  The cream definitely seems to be working though, so fingers crossed!

As for the mouth, I've been brushing my teeth every few hours and my pearly whites have never looked so pearly white!

Sex?  I beat you by about ten years!  You don't miss what you can't remember! ;-)

Have a good day 

Ann x

johnoconnor

If you're not careful, someone will accuse you of having a warped sense of humour... 

I certainly seem to have the wherewithal to make beer, or bread.  Up here, those are the 2 staples in life so I could get rich!  However, last night I settled for Adam's ale and a couple of slices of pizza (yes - pizza!), which my newly recovered mouth could actually eat, taste, and enjoy!

I've just re-read your earlier 'shower' post, so will be adding 'apply copious amounts of cream' to the list of things necessary for a ladyshower!

Feeling really good today - I could even be accused of feeling energetic.  In this new spirit of optimism, I've also just applied for my 'move more' pack.

Hope everyone else feels this good, if not now, then very soon :-)

Lots of love, Ann x

Hi Ann, your symptoms sound very similar to mine, but my doc diagnosed psoriasis. Same treatment mind you, canesten cream, only the blue writing on the box as its the steroid cream.

I find anti-histamines very good for the itching too. I just buy asda's own brand. One pound for 14 tablets. Worth giving them a go. The exact same active ingredient as clarityn etc which are at least double the price.

So glad you're feeling much better. Long may it continue.

Love, Christine xx

well having read this thread for days ive decided to add my little bit, first of all i have to say my admiration and respect is with you all, i know at least one of you has read my very un regular blog ( thank you x) I have felt very guilty about this emotional rollercoater im on especially as its not terminal but will require a new nose ( i love my parents but the possibilty of a new nose that does not resemble barry M's and i do love his music might actually be appealing ! )ive lived with this face for 44 years (just) and the thought of a change which is out of my control scares me.........more important things though....rollercoasters !!! im going to ride the coaster and make you allproud , like the streets baby sis, if only i was that young. Imtaking my stepdaughters to Chessington tomorrowe and if the enrgy sticks around before i need a lung and heart transfusion, we are off to Poultons park on friday, i have to make the most of this week as i should have been in post operative recovery (and wouldnt even have seen them )however as my friend said, it all happens for a reason and i am going to ride those thrill rides as only a real brave step mummy can and show life is worth living as long as you can to the fullist and every moment i will dedicate to you wonderful people .... now if you let me join i promise not to dedicate but to enjoy every moment along side you, oh and i have already chosen my funeral song,  sarah brighman, Time to say goodbye.........more pizza please lol and a large glass of vino might as well enjoy for you for as long as i can......bye for now liitle sis xxxx

Welcome to the dark side AB!

Glad to hear we've seduced you with our promise of alcohol and food.  You certainly need it after trawling through some of these posts!  I admire you for the Chessington thing, personally, I like the idea but not the reality.  I went on a rollercoaster when I was 18, never again.  They had to peel my hands from the bar in front of me, and I couldn't even speak, which is one of the few times in my life I've been lost for words!

So if you don't fancy Barry Manilow's nose, do you get to pick your own?  Sorry, dreadful attempt at nose humour.  Will they consult you on it, or do you just have to wait and see what it looks like when you wake up?  If that's the case, I can understand why your feeling apprehensive.  Anyone that can read these posts without losing the will to live can cope with some surgery, so I have every faith in your ability to do this. 

In the meantime, enjoy the next few weeks before surgery and have some great adventures at Chessington.

Lots of love, Ann x

BOO! sneaked to say hello while you are all tucked up in bed... can't now see all your posts so forgotten what you all said already.. never mind. Probably a load of drivel anyway...

Oooh, Annettee, I remember telling you to think of fun things to do pre op. Go on the rides and scream your head off! That sounds like a really fun way to spend those extra pre-op weeks you sneaked in! See? better than work wasn't it? Ger a photo of it too.... Good luck with the op- are you allowed to name other singers who you want to look like? Just remember Barbara Steisand- is a no... Don't want to swap Barry for Barbara do you now.

Made me think maybe I will go along with them and sneak in one rollercoaster at least. (see blog)wondering what happens to baggy if you tip him upside down and a big seat belt... could be messy. hmmm maybe better not. haha

The rest of you lot nearly put me off my gin talking about all your ailments and itches...talk about lowering the tone... when did all this talk about bodily functions and body parts start? Sunny I am happy for you to pretend to be a pessary but please don't suggest sticking yourself anywhere eh? I am still smarting from your last suggestion!!

See what happens when i go away.... I don't know... tone lowered  and everything.. where has all the intellectual discussion gone? Can't leave you can I? 

Sunny, you missed a bit of cleaning. I did this thread that was looking a bit grubby and smeared with pizza and chocolate, but left you the blogs to tidy up.Looks like you have done a bit over there but  I expect the place spotless when I get back! and that goes for the lot of you!

will pop back in again soon.... annette is that my little sis you are offering to be?? Hope so! others are a bit too wise to offer (boo) still waiting for a dad etc.... still no takers. Offering to hoover and sad eyes didn't work. hmm what next...

Lots of love to you all from Sweden and hope you are doing ok

Little My xxx

ps who's sex? Don't remember him either. Is he on the internet too?

Hi everyone

Just sat and read through all this thread from the beginning. Does my body ache!

Little My, glad to see you keeping up with us but have you nothing better to do? Now I've caught up with your request for family I thought I might offer my self as older sister....have been one for 54years now and had plenty of practice. Only problem is that the oldest is supposed to be the sensible one, and since I got CANCER I have been fighting against this. 

Also loved the tales of the demise of little pube and your cat. Not being a pet lover (although would not mistreat one!) I have been surprised how peoples' dogs and cats have made a beeline for me and curled up on my lap.

Anyway, serious older sister is making way for....................

During some of my treatments I had to have lots of liquids, and intake and outflow were recorded. On one of my many stays in hospital myself and the lady next to us were both on the dreaded Furosomide, and having loads of liquids pumped through our bodies, as well as drinking copious amounts of liquid. Well, we decided we needed a competition!

A stack of bedpans were called for, and night nurses were on standby.......how many bedpans did we each use overnight, and who produced the most wee. Of course the other problem was that we were in a bay with four beds......also who was quickest at unplugging their pump and getting into bathroom first.......

Which brings me to when i had my stem cell transplant......in that hospital we had to weigh anything that came out of our orifices and record.......and as I caught 3 infections that was a lot of recording. As if this was not bad enough I then had to record what it looked like on a scale of 1-9 and according to some illustrations. Eh! I was back at school. Bet you don't have to do that Little My.......but might be interesting for your next science lesson when you return to work!!!

Stinker, wow, you got through the whole thing?? You are truely warped!

Please be my big sister... how exciting. I don't expect you to be sensible ever (except when I do my mad headspinny psycho moments before my check ups/scans etc- then you can do the don't be stupid little sister sensible stuff)

Love the peeing competition. Desperate to know what the illlustrations looked like. Wow! wish I had to do that... what fun. What was the score for? elegance? quantity? colour? Do they do a poo one?

well, that's my first day's lessons planned... so back to the gin!

Today's silly comes from my brother. He is the first person to look at my stoma. He took 2 photos of it  then put them next to eachother and in the middle of dinner, got his phone out and said anyone want to look at "stoma boobs?" and flashed the picture around the table. Not sure if you can picture what i mean, but it was so disgusting and needless to say the answer that followed his next question of anyone else want that last spare rib? was No... (spare ribs are his favourite dinner).

We are preparing you a  new silly that involves photo shop and all kinds of things so may take a while...but hopefully will be worth it...

In the meantime, look after yourselves and keep warped...

Annette- been on the roller coaster yet? I so want to take Sunny on one.... ha ha

Little My xxxxx