AWAKE.........

I did to the other day ..... crazyness xxx

Well Done Grogg  -   so very pleased for you 

• Good morning.......

moomy I hope your leg is easier today but don't ignore it if it isn't.............Something isn't quite right...DVT or not....

   I hope your digestion has settled down again. It seems weekly is going to be better for you. Take care.

 I 'm pleased the polyps were sucessfully removed.One less worry for you while you sort your own eyes out.

LondonLass.......perhaps take up crochet while you wait!

I think every one else is having a relatively calm week ( or a celebratory oneGrogg   ) if one can be calm with Christmas around the corner. I think the lifted restrictions may cause havoc. We have lifted restrictions here from Saturday but much slower.....all shops on 27th plus walks can be at 20km and up to 3 hours, , travel and theatres and cinemas on Dec15th and restaurants/ bars....which are not even doing take away....not until Jan 20th. Families can meet for Christmas but there will be a curfew after 21.00 so no late night revelry in the streets. Could it work? Macron was very clear, empathetic and put responsibiltity firmly on the individual. Whole of France versus Tiers?..it will be interesting to compare in January if all, any or none have worked to help us all back to normality.

Take care all. I have loads to do now. My son seems forced to stay.....I'd better make a Christmas cake. I had opted out for this year.....that will teach me!

Love Karen

A morning giggle for pet owners in lockdown....,

hugs xxx

My York granddaughter is recovering from Covid, but the other one in Plymouth is driving her poor mum mad. She has refused to take part in the now virtual CAMHS consultation after my daughter moved heaven and earth to get the appt. She is due back in school Friday, we’ll see what happens ... xxx

Well done re your DH having successful removal of cyst,and your lovely neighbours.Goodness there really are some heroes about at the moment!

Nice to hear your news Lamcomtekpt....We are awaiting tier news tomorrow(I think)and on it hangs a little break which my sister is taking me on.(we hope)Just a different 4 walls would be great and I am sure there will be lots of walking but I hooe games too!I love games.My other sister invited me for Christmas,but we both thought about it and decided it would be too risky for her ...as she and her husband are well over 70 and have previous serious health considerations.

So we are awaiting “Innoculation Time”,with impatient tapping of fingers.

Hope anyone who has any appointments will be ok with the travel,and okay with the social distancing etc.

well Bye for now,Violetsniff xx

Night night fruit loops, sleep well and stay safe,

lots of sleepy fairy dust available, help yourself

Hugs xxx

Good morning......This gif is for me ( but anyone else can borrow it)

Today feels like such a landmark.  It is coincidentally exactly five years ago today that I had my lumpectomy but today I am having my 5th year mammogram and ultra sound. Having had a triple negative diagnosis, others with the same will realise how significant a day this is. This is the  goal I have spent five years aimimg at.....the finishing line of an extended marathon. I'm not expecting it to be the only marathon I tackle but the first has to be an achievement. I will let you know this evening what happens......yes, I'm sorry....I will come home with my results letter and the actual x rays and ultra sound pictures....or disc, I forget what you get for ultra sound. Things don't improve......my breast really aches today and I have hard lumps in several places. Previously, this terrified me but now I have learnt that the head controls the mammogram not the breast. In the beginning I was so blasé....no lump, no pain, nothing on the skin I had noticed. ....I nearly cancelled the appointment which I had already delayed for over three months because I was too busy.....what a lesson to learn. I nag friends and strangers alike now to keep their appointments.  My tumours were small but have caused me many difficulties in the intervening five years......what if I had delayed another six months?

I owe the last five years and probably the rest of my life to a diligent screening system that ignores blasé women like me and keeps reminding them. I also owe it  to a very experienced,almost retired, radiologist who took time to notice the difference in my mammograms two years apart, thought my nipple was starting to invert, and that the breast skin was starting to crinkle and took me straight across the corridor for an ultra sound where for him the cancer was obvious although he just efficiently set up a biopsy, without alarming me.

So, I'll be out most of today. Clinic is an hour away. We will need attestations to travel that far but we will take advantage of the shopping centre nearby although we can only buy essentials. I don't know how UK is classifying 'essentials' but I noticed I couldn't replace my fridge or oven( taped over) but I could buy Christmas lights and wrapping paper......someone has their priorities right!

Update tonight. Hope all goes well for everyone today.........

Love Karen