Lovely morning chit-chat thread January 2025

What treatment are you having Sharon, and hope it has settled now.

Hi Lee & Tracey, Good to see you post, I hope the new scanner next week has good news for you! Take care both of you!

Hi Eddie

I think you are right, next time people would not need to ask about me again. It is a very caring and relaxing environment for the patients. I suppose I prefer talk about general life rather than illness all the time. I can understand it can be overwhelming and all consuming for a lot of folks though.

It is not that uncommon to still have your baby teeth when the permanent one is absent or unerupted for some reason. Well done for keeping it going this long.

My stomach is given me a very hard time, not much sleep last night, felt like a knife is twisting every 5-10 minutes. A bit better now, just twisting every 30mins or so. 

I was given Craig a lift to the railway station and went to the gardens centre near it. Bought some primrose to cheer the planter up. Also a ranunculus plant as they look so delicate. 
Winston is showing an alarming degree of interest in the flower. Hope it will survive today. 

What is your plan for the weekend? 
I have got 3 separate groups of friends visiting so shall be busy gossiping and eating . 

x

Winston is very excited about the new plant ! 

Just bought it this morning hope it will survive today.  

Hi Stella, that's what i find happens, and you won't be a stranger next time, I'm ok talking to others with cancer, but leave it up to them to start the conversation, and thank you about the baby tooth, it is unerupted and no problem.

Which is not the case with your tummy, I hope you talked to someone about it, but I'm glad you say the pain is easing, and you got out, we have some lovely garden centres too, and serve nice food, but Stella keep the ranunculus away from Winston as its toxic to cats.

Eddie xx 

Eddie 

I didn’t know about ranunculus being toxic to cats. My previous cat Mimi never eat anything else other than cat food. Winston is very much like a dog! I have moved the plant to my bedroom which w has only supervised time in as he loves pee on my duvet. 
The pain is easing. I may have to give in and call CNS on Monday and consider a small dose reduction for the next cycle. The stomach feels very ulcerated and is definitely not happy with me. 
X

Hi Stella hope you feel better soon.  I had a cat once that always used to pee down the plug hole in the bath (dont know why)  Now I have two chihuahuas that love to pee on the mat in the front room although they can get out of the catflap.  I have just phoned the local cancer meeting place near where I live because this morning I went to the hairdresser and had a bit of a wobble.  My hair has been falling out quite a lot.  I had cancer twelve years ago and lost all my hair with the chemo.  I know it wont happen on the oral chemo tablets but I think I just need to talk to other people.  I hope everyone has a good day.  I am so glad I found this chat .

Lee x

Sorry to hear about your hair. I was on this chemo that not supposed to lead to hair loss. But mine did , a few days before Christmas. I am glad I bought head covering just in case. I have got sevel wigs now and getting used to them. It is kind of nice to have perfect hair every day  

I just hate hair everywhere when they falling out. It seems a lot better now I have shaved it all off. You can also buy hair toppers if there is too much thinning on top. 

Are you getting any counselling? Could you just pop in your local Maggies ? They normally have counselling without booking. 

I have never had counselling I always think I can deal with things on my own.  We dont have a local Maggies, the closest one is in Birmingham.  Yes I must admit I did quite like my wig I had before, made me look younger 

I find counselling quite helpful to a certain extent. It gives you an opportunity to talk everything through with a professional rather than family/ friends. I found it helps me to look at things from all perspectives rather than one point of view. It does not change the situation we are in but enables you to react to it differently. 
We always have the choice of how to react to a given situation and that is our ultimate power. X