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Morning all

Just arrived home from a sleepover at our friends where i was babysitting,the girls are little sweeties but not at 5.30 when they're all in your bed & you have 60 little blocks of ice wrapped round various parts of your body & they're all chattering & laughing at the same time

I love it when Moomy describes our little haven,it's warm,safe & friendly & you can always find a hug & a chocolate biscuit to go with the cuppa

Have a wonderful time away Jakki & i hope the weather stays good for you

What a last night to your holiday Moomy,a drunk welsh choir

Welcome to our new friends & a big hello hug to you all

Sorry i have no advice to offer Lilly-Anne about teenagers,i know i was one myself but it's tooooo long ago for me to remember what i was like,i only have my parents word that i was a proper moody ratbag,hugs coming to you

Groin is a little easier today,i have taken another day off & am resting with my feet up (boring) him indoors is out at the moment so i guess today is a good time to catch up on some reading,knitting & sewing

All quiet on the kitty cat front today,they're all snuggled up together in the kennel fast asleep,no doubt all hell will break loose later when they've had a good sleep

Hope all have a good day

Love & hugs to all

xx

Hello everyone, hope you are enjoying this bright autumnal weather.

I am sorry I have no help to offer re teenagers  I suppose as in all relationships you have to leave the door open and let things take their course.

I had chemo and herceptin on Thursday, that was chmo 13 out of 18. So we are getting there. Getting a bit fed up of feeling exhausted and bits dropping off. Radiotherapy to follow, looking forward to 2016 when hopefully I will be on the up again.

I love to read about everyoneplans, your trip to Sweden sounds good Mark and the barge sounds like fun, you will need all those warm things though. 

The kittens sound like they are cosy, until they awake and look for trouble. 

Jakki; I guess part of my 'mood' swings is down to my steroids (hydrocortisone) too; but I think my testosterone thing has a lotto answer for!; I hope that quietens down at some point, and I stay a little more consistantly at one gender, for longer than a few weeks at a time! Your trip on the boat sounds fabulus!


Gillian- 13 out of 18!; nearing the end... - I was lucky, only ended up with 8 infusions of chemo in the end (I had been origionally booked in for 6 cycles/12 infusions) - I know its gona be wildly differnt for everyone, but compared to the chemo, I found my three weeks (15 days worth, 30 Fractionations), of radiotherapy a doddle compaired to the chemo; Mind, do have a little  pain and problem left from the radiation, in my arm, but that seems to be easing with time (it'd probably help if I could get some physio or exercise I guess...)

 
This will only be my second time in Sweden, the last time seems a complete lifetime away, as it was last August, before I was diagnosed with cancer... - this time I'll be visiting the South, and in winter, so I'm guessing the temp will be a huge shock to me!- gotta keep my neuropathy bits especially warm, as even the few slight drops in temp we've had here so far, have proven really painful for my hands, if I don't have gloves on...

But... at least I'm clear of treatment now, and can do such trips with a certain degree of 'certanty' that I can have the energy, concentration, fitness etc, to do them - Even if I might have to carry a bottle of testosterone with me to Sweden, for my next injection! (luckily Karin who I'm staying with is a qualified MD, now working as a pathologist, but was also 20 years as a nurse before coming a doctor, so I guess can do a simple intermuscular injection for me!) - kinda supprised, the easyness with which the hospital  just said I could carry a bottle of the expensive I guess hormone with me, plus a accompanying letter so I can take it on the flight! - as it is I've got my injectible hydrocortisone (hopefully not ever need to use it), and a letter from GP to let me carry that on the flight... - I assume they'll not moan at customs about my tablet medication, melatonin and hydrocortisone- not sure about taking my eyedrops, may just be easier to pick those up whilst in Sweden, and buy them...

Very low energy levels again here today. But ignoring it, and bashing on through the housework, fueled by hydrocortisone and caffine! - just about to give bath an extra shine and sparkle, ready for a luxurious bath later; Lush bath bombs, and melts again, plus some extra coconut oil for the water, and of course my coconut shampoo and conditioner... - I'm getting so close now, to breaking the two hour bath barrier! - I never thought I'd make it to an hour long bath, but I've suppased that by some way now! - Its one of the few times I  feel truely relaxed, ache free, and 'like myself', when I bath- and to think, before I started chemo, I'd only ever showered in my life, never bathed (well, maybe as  a kid I guess)...


Oh... I'm whittering... - putting off the next bit of housework? nah... well... maybe. time to hoover!


Hope everyone is OK; we had some loverly sun here earlier, though its moved round now, so not coming into my kitchen like it was earlier...

Looking back, Lilly-Anne, daughter says she was 'a brat' She certainly didn't work that hard till she got her dream place at the Royal Northern College of Music. she now wishes she had worked rather harder, but having got a first from there with distinction in her professional performances, she admits it wouldn't have made any difference. She was pretty preoccupied with friends all through her school years, though, so not that bothered about home life! Son, on the other hand, was trying to come to terms with himself, having had depression at times. 

Not sure if that's a whole lot of help, but at least you know you aren't alone......

hugs xxx

Gillian you are getting closer to the end lovely, I only did 12 and that felt like forever. Hope the bits that are dropping off are hair and nails?! Got an awful vision of you just shedding random body parts as you walk to the shops! 

Aw Carol sounds like you had a lovely time babysitting. Snuggles are the best, my 14 year old still likes a snuggle and a back tickle. Eldest will occasionally give me a pat lol.

Moomy, it is reassuring that yours were once tricky teenagers and they have turned out fab!

Setting off for the boat in an hour, speak on return.

Jakki xxx

A freshly baked loaf, together with butter, home made jelly and some thick cream, left ready for anyone who fancies it........

Hugs xxx

Looks like i arrived just at the right time,i'll put the kettle on & we can have a cuppa with our bread & jam

I have my little mate here waiting for mummy to get & home & i'm doing what a proper nanny does & letting her have biscuits & chocolate

Hope all are well

Love & hugs

xx

Hi all, nights drawing in and a chill in the air. Has been a beautiful day today though. Been to Stratford on Avon with my Grandchildren had a lovely time.

You are a proper Nanny Carol, that little girl must love you!

Hope the cats are behaving. 

Jakki and Gillian hope you are Ok.

love to all, looking forward to seeing you soon Moomy I don't want to have to eat all that cake !!

Ooo, S-on-A! We enjoy it there,( am a Warwickshire lass)  but when I was young my parents used to avoid it between March and October as it was always so full of tourists! I went to school in Warwick, and we used to do our 'big shopping' in Leamington which then was a lovely town. 

Carol, you make a perfect nanny, she must be happy with you....hope the kitties are being good at last? 

Jakki, hope you enjoy that boat, sounds the perfect way to relax, though if you are operating locks it can be energetic! 

Gillian, not too long to go now, hope the scans are good.

Christine, looking forward to giving you a hug and getting back to Euston together

thinking of you all....hugs xxx

I love Warwick castle,we're hopeing to take our little mate when she gets a bit older,she's an absolute dream & when we went to get her from nursery she hurtled into my arms shouting it's my nanny & then said and my Vince is waiting in the car,we feel blessed that her & mummy came into our lives

You are funny ladies,as if my kittens will ever calm down,even when she's doing nothing Willow manages to look like she's up to no good,Ruby came for breakfast again today & nobody was very happy to see her,she also rocked up again at teatime,i took her home & shoved her back in through the catflap while Vince fed our girls,befor i'd got to the corner of the house she'd overtaken me & was heading back to our house again

xx