AWAKE.........

Thanks Northerner I’ll have a smashing time xx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ! Hope you have a wonderful day in spite of it being in lockdown

Hugs xxx

Hi Grogg, I had no reaction apart from a slight headache after the Oxford jab, but I  am rather stressed so it was most likely that was the cause.... hubs didn’t get any reaction from the Pfizer jab.....

Hugs xxx

Happy birthday enjoy your day x

It's lovely to see her happy and healthy She lives with her partner in Caversham all her family are here so it was worrying . Especially when her partner caught it from her thankfully both young and fit so stayed at home . Eleanor works from home because of covid but uses train and tube to get to Notting hill once a week she did say it was back to being too busy on public transport and changing to later train just before she caught it . She works for Monsoon a lot of her work is sent by courier she's a material and garment  technologist . So thankfully still got a job ! 

Glad you enjoyed your walk yesterday another small step forward for you . Remember one day at a time 

Hi Grogg, Yes , that definitely seems to be the case here in Wales - we travelled to the Cardiff  vaccination centre for ours. Co- incidently my brother and sister in law also had theirs yesterday in a vaccination centre in England-both in their early 70's - and Pfizer vaccine. So maybe other parts of UK are doing the same.Either way as long as most people have one of the vaccines it will help us overcome this dreadful virus. I hope your Hubby is now over his side effects and it hasn't put him off the second dose. xxx Kwissy

Thank you Northerner!  I am working from home and trying hard to concentrate! Already been for a walk at 8am and now trying to work, but for some reason I am dwelling again! Looked up phycological issues around mastectomy and it mentioned  the d word! Head in a spin since, then I have had to tell a couple of people at work and the more you say it out load the more you have to believe it!  Looked at bras this morning and that seems like a minefield.  

sending hugs x

Hi  to help me get over hurdle of telling people I chose to tell one in each group i.e. Ex work colleagues,

caravan friends, neighbours ,friends . Then asked them to tell others but to explain I didn't want sympathy and definitely no little head tilt  but to treat me as normal . I then found I could talk about it if I wanted to which made it easier to accept .

I also stayed away from research and google as too many scary stories . I found this forum the best place to come for info and space to breathe .As regards bras Asda do a front zip post surgery bra at very reasonable price not much good for me as I'm large cup but have heard very good reports about them . I used a m&s one with a pocket  for prosthesis . I also got bra extenders online so I could extend bra band on days  I was swollen still use now on occasion  

Ive also used online site Nicola Jane..  they have a good selection plus a telephone fit service . You can also buy pockets to stitch into a bra so it can take a prosthesis.

At the moment i would just concentrate on some thing to come home  in . 

Now get back to work  

1. Lol, finished work now for what use I was! I have come off flatfreinds due to seeing horror stories on there and as a friend said to me for how many people post on sites such as this how many peoplego through similar and don’t want to use these sort of sites!  Xx I have found this site the best, everyone is so positive and helpful   I am a large cup size too.  Waiting for the BCN nurse to ring but am still a little flumoxed so hopefully I will ask the right questions x

Dear ...it sounds like you have “brain fog”.I had it too...I think it is the combination between shock and anxiety...it is a well-known result of being told and it does go after a while.

Try to talk it out with a  good friend  or,someone understanding c ,like Macmillan who are always at the end of the phone...all your feelings about it all.

Love Violet xx