That sounds so lovely. Really pleased for you - you deserve a side effect free, happy weekend. You are right BC takes over an we kind of forget who we are. I managed to get out for few hours with my oldest friend yesterday who now lives in New Zealand and it was so nice to do 'normal'.
Leolady56
Hope you had a good sleep and feel brighter today.
Bigguy
Bloody rude of the SE to be hanging around. The 'good' week will soon arrive and this time there wont be a trip for chemo to follow and set the SE off again.
Aspen
Good to hear from you. I think my T side effects have been about same as yours. I've started with few gut issues (couple of hours in and out of bathrooom last night) and have lost my appetite but otherwise ok. Mouth is far from normal but dont have the yukky taste.
Deb09 and Janeydoll_
Glad you are both ok.
Who has what this week then? I have no appts except PICC flush. Hoping for uneventful week and ticking days of. Day 10 of cycle 4 for me...feels like starting to make bit of progress towards 25 may (last chemo).
Thank you for that great giggle SEAFRONT!!!! My only giggles have been slightly manic
With the addition of rocking
I am on monitor BP as it is doing a merry go round of up and down. The debilitating headache is because of it
Bit of a challenge BP with one SNB arm out of action. A PICC line in the other. Oh to be an octopus!! This is taking ages to type you should see the typos!!!!
As to who has what this week. Should we get a family diary going. I'll ask Maccy Mill to facilitate that shall I???
Sun is shining that's good. And no doubt one way or another we are doing our own marathon of sorts. Hope we all safely reach the finishing line
Luckily I have a BP monitor so I was not dragged into hospital.
Called all the different help lines today and being sent to my GP. That's unusual a high BP I was told by onco triage. Bleeping unusual and bleeping POOP
Blimey lovelies this for many of you has been your poop for months whilst I was treading water.
Mr L getting ready to transport me to GP then my turn
There always has to be “one” !! Looks like it’s you breaking the rules of norm today!! Hope not too many germs at GP and you get sorted without being carted off t‘ospickal xxx
I do think you were maybe put on this on earth to educate medical professionals. I have found everyone I have encountered except chemo unit seem to panic at the PICC line/node biposy/node clearence issue. Even my hubby had to tell A&E Dr what to do. Hope you are feeling bit better today and less headachey.
How is everyone else? Any news? All fine in the world of Jammy. Not really feeling any SE today, hoping to stay that way till next cycle but as I have found in past cycles tis an unpredictable beast. Time to collect Libby from Brownies. I had said while ago I would be happt to do the Brownie Leader Training in future (currently am only registered as a Unit Helper altho kind if do co-lead...altho havent been since start if chemo). Of course the bloomin Brown Owl has now decided she cant do it anymore and I have bern given impression Commissioners have me lined up for September. Need to have a little word as dont want any unnecessary pressure on me. Current plan is to go back to work around then and that will have to be my main focus initially. That said, bet I end up doing it!!
I thought that I would give you an update, following Jammy’s question.  Actually I just need to sound off for a bit. I’m finding it quite hard to get the exact details about my breast cancer out of my consultant. She writes some details down but she doesn’t seem able to say it. So I ask a question, find the answer difficult to follow, then she writes a letter to my GP and gives another piece of information. It’s slowly building up but I just can’t really understand why I didn’t get it all at the beginning and  why she can’t seem to say it to me each time.  After I get another letter, I just have more queries! I’m off to fix an appointment with my GP in the hope that he can decode it all. I guess some medics are just better at oral communication than others but she does seem to shy away from it.
I’m also going through rads at the moment and it seems to be taking forever : 15 sessions plus a booster five sessions and I’m not even halfway through.  I’m finding that the radiotherapists vary quite a bit. There are some who were absolutely brilliant but I got one today who was quite grumpy and just kept shoving me about instead of moving me gently. I guess they can’t all be cheery all the time but it certainly does affect the patient.
So sorry to moan. I guess I’m just having a bit of a down period and hope all the rest of you are on the up.
Leolady56, JammyR and Fenoullard it doesn’t sound like the best start to the week for you, I hope tomorrow is better all round.
JammyR I was thinking about your predicament with the Brownies. Since having BC I have found it easier to say no to things I could really do without. I think normally we all find it easy to undertake things which don’t always serve us because we want to help and say yes. Now I am enjoying selecting what I do and don’t get involved with on the condition it serves me. This is an adjustment from the Before Breast Cancer Amalie (BBCAmalie). i Hope they give you enough time to think about it all, and that you can direct when it happens. It sounds like a great thing to do and I’m sure it will be a top experience.
i saw my surgeon today for 6 week follow up (Mastectomy & DIEP). All good, the dressings are off and so are those blessed knickers. A positive day though I have been very weepy and tearful since. Im finding the size of any news can affect me more than the content or if it is positive or upsetting.
