AWAKE.........

London lass (sal) hope you got on ok today an not wait long for results my sister was took into hosp with sepsis so my moans have been put aside take care all xx

Hi Sal,

Hope all went well today. The wait for results is the worst part. How long before you get them?

Had a lovely day out with a friend had lunch & bought plants.

So good to have an appointment free day & to be `normal` for a while. 

Beautiful sunny day. Say Hi to dear LP.

Cinders brought in an enormous beetle while I was on the loo pre-bedtime. Had to grab a lid & put on top of critter, while I could sort myself out, then go & get a large pint pot & cardboard Luckily I had opened door ready to throw it out.

Then sat with friend in garden & there was another on a rose leaf! She took a photo of it to see if she cane name it, pets!

Luv Scilly x

To all my lovely Fruit Loops, think this applies to us. Xxxx

Trying to catch up with many different threads.... wishing everybody luck for appointments and results, seaspirit44, hoping to hear later tomorrow that your skin lesion is more of the eczema/ psoriasis or something equally annoying but not sinister, LondonLass hope today wasn't too horrible - and that the results are good. I'm so glad it's Friday tomorrow, and that it's half term next week!

 HFxxzz

Hello fellow Loopsters,

How are you LondonLass (Sal) after the scan? I'm sorry your friend couldn't be there, hope you felt the fruit loops behind you in spirit xx

What happened about the area of skin seaspirit44 ?I'm just the same always finding moles to worry about xxx

Oh heck I'm sorry about missing the Sunday walk, I didn't realise they might take you off the med  :(  please take care xx

I'm sorry about the back, it sounds utter agony. Mine keeps crumbling with the degenerative disc thing, a few weeks back I worked 12 hours walking like a poker, I took Paracetamol, Ibruprophen, CBD oil, Dyhydrocodine and polished it off with something the cleaner had in her bag I was desperate. 

Well today I had a brief but sobering visit to breast cancer land in that I had a routine appointment with the surgical team. It is called the Primrose suite and it does a one stop shop so loads of poor lasses would be having the worse day of their lives, I felt so lucky (up to press and long may it continue) to be flying in and out. I saw two doctors one a trainee and a consultant. The consultant is sending me for a DEXA as I had a baseline one so we will see what damage the Letrozole has done. Also he said I could drop the Letrozole after 5 years if I wished ...very surprising.

It was the atmosphere in the clinic that struck me, the ladies clutching their partners hands, the anxiety on people's faces. I had worn a really bright pink jumper and the auxillary nurses and BCN made such a fuss saying how nice it was, then I realised it was them trying to find a cheery topic of conversation in this strained atmosphere. I will never ,as long as I live stop being grateful for the NHS and the extended life that the treatment gives us.

Anyway I will shut up being profound now... I salute you all and send love  and good wishes to everyone xx

Sorry to hear about the wretched disc , as if you didn't have enough to cope with! They may be able to help with in injection, though they would have to stop the chemo for a while for that. June 10th seems an awful long time away. Hope the pain eases soon, and good luck with the scan result xxxx

Glad all was well Snowys Mum at the clinic. Agree we have a lot to be grateful for in the treatment we have. 

Will find out tomorrow re the skin lesion. When you have has cancer you worry about something new appearing. I guess he will want to biopsy it like last time. I hope I can persuade him to leave it till after my hols so I can still go swimming in the sea! Xx

Hi Snowys Mum I'm at the Primrose Suite in few weeks about possible reconstruction I'll try to wear my smile in there xx. Hope you're ok must meet for a tea soon xxx

Good evening Fruit Loops,

Well what a sunny day we had here, lets hope it continues. Trying hard to keep up with the post, I find it so hard to reply to everyone, I do think of you all.  

I hope you are doing well lovely.  Loving all your inspirational photos, they really do cheer us all up. Thank you xxxx

, it sounds like Lucky Pants had lots of fun with you, just as well with what you went though, that was one heck of a mix up - and yet you couldn't be trusted arrghh!!, totally agree with what HappyFeet1 said, you really couldn't make it up.

HappyFeet1, loving the sneaky photo of Lucky Pants are ready for his sleepover, bless him haha.

, you back sounds so painful, lets hope and pray they can get it sorted and ease the pain.  I think back pain is one of the worst as any slight movement can trigger such pain.  Plus they do tell us that we need to move around and not stay in bed too long as this is not good for the back and the muscles.  Hoping you start to feel some benefit soon xxxx

LondonLass, thinking of you, sorry your friend wasn't there for you today - well done for going and getting the scan done, I hope all went well and Lucky Pants behaved himself.  Its funny really how people behave very strange and friends... hmm 'friends' you think are friends - well they can and very often do shock us.  Move forward from this, you are better than this, I was told once, people come into our lives either for .... a reason, a season or a life time :) 

seaspirit44, we will be thinking of you tomorrow.  I do hope all goes well and that it is nothing serious and nothing for you to worry about. I am sure Lucky Pants will be on best behaviour knowing you have treats for him.... then again, with the weekend approaching, Lucky Pants might just get super excited haha

Snowys Mum, It was good to read your tip regarding pain killers and the 'black box' hahaha - I had to laugh, I was in the chemist today and after never knowing about this tablet till I read your post the other day, I am in the chemist and low and behold what do I see sitting on the shelf behind the counter.... no not chubba lollypops haha, I see the 'black box' of Panadol  

You are right we do have such a lot to be thankful for with the NHS, when it works, it really does work, sadly, its a small minority of people that let such a wonderful service down.  When we have walked this journey, I do think we look at things in a different way and notice different things.  To think when I was sitting in our hospital (I think it is called a 'one stop clinic'), to think I was sitting at our hospital not for once really thinking this 'slight dent' would actually be BC!! I was sitting there not taking any of it in, then bam - life changed.  A week later I was one of the ladies you seen clutching at my other half arm, scared as scared can be.  I still don't think anyone can understand how we feel unless they have heard those words.  

I, like you and all the other ladies and gents on here are just so, so, so eternally grateful for the treatments that are available to us.  I will go on again, I just wished with all my heart that the IORT Treatment that 'is' available on the NHS would be offered to the ladies and gents that fit the criteria - sadly, for whatever reasons it just is not getting offered

, I am sorry to read about your sister having sepsis, thank goodness they noticed this soon.  I really hope your sister receives the right treatment (I believe intravenous antibiotics are a must).  I wonder if your sister had being bad before this, or did it just come on all of a sudden? 

My mom spent a week in hospital with this, we were so grateful and thankful to the doctor in A&E that picked up on the signs.

Dearest Lucky Pants, , toxophilite, Optimistic, moomy, Violetsniff - and to anyone I have accidentally missed out - Here is wishing you all a wonderful bank holiday weekend.

To anyone waiting for tests results, scans, operations, treatments - as hard as it is, try and push any thoughts and worry out of your mind....

Sending love and hugs to all xxxxx

hahaha - sorry for the length of the post, just thought it might help you get off to sleep

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Nighty Night xxxx