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Hi Moira, 

I crept in and saw you looking so exhausted, tucked up on the sofa with empty plates and mugs around so guess you managed to drop off after you'd been fed and watered! 

Are they giving you steroids as part of the chemo? As that would explain the activity and flop, together with the difficulty sleeping.....poor you! 

Gentle hugs xxx

Thanks Moomy, no steroids but did drop off again around 5am until 7.30...

I think it's psychological as I live alone and after treatment and being around people all day I feel bereft of company the next few days.

Also I lost my Mum last year and she lived just a mile away so I feel as though my rock has gone, so glad this community is here :) 

Moira xx

Oh Moira, you must feel bereft! Glad the community is helping you. 

Popped out today and bought a new loganberry, the tayberry wasn't fruiting much the last couple of years, and was thorny too, so we've replaced it! Exhausted now, with digging up the Tay and getting the hole big enough to take the new plant, then settling it in, in all the heat. Hubs can't manage much these days, so it was mostly me. I did what my Dad would have done, too, 'puddled it in', with a whole big watering into the hole before putting the plant in! I could almost hear him say it. 

Faeries, could you please pop some more water into the ice maker, I've used quite a lot! Thank you....

Hugs xxx

Moomy, you had heat today? We had cloudy and cool!

Glad you got the loganberry planted, isn't it funny how our loved ones pop into our minds at certain times :) I'm sure my Mum would have been proud of me today as I got on with some dusting!

Going for a warm bath and hopefully will sleep better tonight

Moira xx

Hi Moira,

Yes, it was pretty humid and sunny till mid afternoon here, now it's been raining with more supposedly on the way...

Yes, I often think of my Dad, was a father's girl, and he went with lung cancer aged 62, just after I married, so I still miss him even though it's many years ago. 

Hope the hot bath helps you and you get a better sleep tonight 

Hugs xxx

Hi all, 

Well it's been a rough week since treatment, I've had 52 cycles of herceptin and perjeta for breast cancer secondaries and this week I went into meltdown!

Ended up at the GP on Tuesday and he prescribed morphine 10mg at night to help me sleep, however I've managed by taking 4doses of paracetamol and being a bit more active and reaching out to other people for help, I'm still waking up at night but managing to get back to sleep with paracetamol and positive thinking, I'm no longer afraid of cancer and the treatment and of talking about my treatment with my friends and family....

I still feel I'm being over treated for the amount of disease they can see on the scans, but I will allow the doctors to advise ........ I still haven't taken the morphine though

Sorry to rant and wake you all......as you were , faeries please give these lovely people a delicious breakfast

Hugs, moira xxxx

Oh Moira, 

So sorry you've had such a rough week. Hope things are beginning to settle down, and that the faeries make you a lovely breakfast too.... 

Me? Daughter is coming to stay over this coming week, she is doing so well as this cold (she was battling through it when we met last Thursday for the Proms) is her first for a few months! Her immune system will be six years old next month.

We really enjoyed the Prom concert, the major work we wanted to see was the Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony, and the Albert Hall organ was fab! We were sideways on so could hear the spacial separation of organ and orchestra, brilliant! It was her belated birthday present to me. Oddly, she was playing in the late night Prom herself, so it was a bit of a busman's holiday for her! 

Some croissants in the warming tray for anyone to enjoy......

Hugs xxx

I've missed the activity in this lovely room. 

Folks all, any and everyone welcome; all you need to do is make yourself comfy, the faeries ensure all sofa cushions are plumped up, and the room is warm or cool, depending on what the weather is like outside! They also ensure a good stock of whatever foods and drinks you wish for, and clean up afterwards! 

There's a lovely view of the beautiful garden outside, bifold doors can be open or closed, again depending on the weather. 

I'm popping in with some freshly baked Bara brith (bara brith? I hear you say?) Tea loaf! I'm sure you've all got your favourite recipe, mine was given to me by my Welsh aunt-in-law and is yummy! 

Hugs xxx

Morning Moomy, 

Tea loaf will be lovely thanks. Need some reviving after having my car in the garage for a new battery and going out for lunch with a friend to a garden centre. My mood is lifting as I've been given a two week break from treatment to "sort myself out" and grieve for my Mum over the first anniversary of her birthday and passing this month.

I wish I didn't have to think about anniversarys , to me she has gone and that is that , I miss her everyday but want to let her rest in peace

Ah well, today promises to be a quieter day so I'll pop the kettle on and sort out some breakfast. 

Tea or coffee anyone?

Moira xxx

Ooooh, coffee please Moira! 

So sorry you've been struggling, hope things ease for you soon, anniversaries are rough. 

Hugs xxx