It seems I'm a patient now!

Love the cold creams from fridge. Aveeno is wonderful too.   Really helps.   I also had eczema as a teenager and did well for years but since I have been on estrogen blockers my skin is drier and I have to moisturize even more.  The lack of estrogen really affects the skin too.  A real pain.  
Dog is so cute.  Henry is handsome pooch!!

• My breast cancer was stage 1 grade 2 estrogen and progesterone positive and 3 mm tumor with 6 mm DCIS around it in left breast.  Then had DCIS in the right one at same time.  Glad it is behind me but still on aromatase inhibitors for 3 more years.  
  Keep moving on and grateful all the time.

Not sure if I’m daft or not, but going in for engineering at the museum, plus some guidance on the Typex machine we’ve recently had back from GCHQ. Then off for a podiatry appointment and then home to rest!

hugs xxx

I coped surprisingly well, topped up oil reservoirs, cleaned drip tray and duly noted in the log book. Welcomed by those who turned up for Typex training as well as the regular engineering team. Good to have been there and I both learnt a bit plus imparted a bit. 

after my podiatry appointment (shock, the verruca is had for a year or more has just gone on its own!) I drove home and had the salad lunch I’d prepared last night and then time for a rest, slept for about an hour. 

Then helped daughter trim Henry  (at least do the bulk of it, he hates legs doing so that’s to be done later when he’s really sleepy) which we did on the lawn so that the hair will get caught up in the next lawn cut! Schnauzers don’t moult so need grooming regularly. 

Shattered again. I’ve warned the team at the museum that although I slept 10 hours last night and a couple during yesterday, apparently this will get worse over the next week! 

Hugs xxx

Daughter and I have been checking dates in case Henry is staying for some time (his other owner is about to move soon) and she’s going to be away from tomorrow till next Tuesday, and I’ve (at last) booked a trip in September in the moho. I’m going to a site on the edge of Cromer which actually has a restaurant, so I won’t necessarily need to do much cooking! And will get to wet my feet in the sea this year at last! Hopefully if it’s not too chilly I might brave a cossie as by then I should hopefully have a suitable bra insert for swimming. (Fitting appointment is 22nd of this month) 

hugs xxx

Today my ‘get up and go’ appears to have got up and gone! Please can I have it back?!?!? 

My neighbour who cooks and sells lovely Indian street food from his mobile trailer (painted to match his Audi) has gradually expanded his business to include events at Silverstone. I’ve been supporting him from the start as their food is delicious, but sadly our local pub had some intervention and he now can’t trade in their car park. He just came over to say he’s got food that needs to be eaten today and would we like some? We’d been trying to decide what to have for dinner! So lamb keema tacos with salad for me, chicken keema tacos with salad for daughter! Yum. 

Hugs xxx

I found the real 'fatigue' hit me several weeks after radiotherapy had finished. I think that might be your departed  'get up' ! I had never experienced anything like it and I found I had to work with it. My legs literally stopped working and I had to stop and sit. To make matters worse we were on holiday visiting gorgeous towns in Italy and I couldn't enjoy them. Lucca was our nearest so rather than explore it in a day as normal, we went back several times and did bite size chunks. Parking near was the problem but if we went early , there was a small car park inside the walls. So we did as the Italians were doing and drove in for breakfast then explored in the cooler morning and went back to apartment and slept all afternoon........

Just work with how you feel moomy  because you're doing great and nearly there.....

Yes, I totally understand that ‘legs don’t work’ scenario, Lacomtekp  and am a bit concerned as daughter has gone off for almost a week, teaching and then touring. So I’m in charge of getting Henry out twice a day. He isn’t even keen on wee-ing in the garden but simply won’t ‘poo’. 

im sure the mornings will be ok, I took him this morning, but by evening I’m really feeling it. Ah well, must just get on with it! 

Hugs xxx

I phoned the radiotherapy department and had a lovely chatty nurse call back with ideas to try for the itchiness. She’s going to send some stuff for me to try with a radiographer who travels between the two bases, bless her. I rooted out some antihistamine cream as well as the hydrocortisone cream, and the former does seem to have helped just a touch. I’ve sent for aloe Vera too which should arrive tomorrow. (There are times I curse ama**n but they do get stuff out quickly!) 

Henry duly walked and he’s curled up in the bed in daughter’s room! He’s been creeping quietly between the two rooms (dog beds are a bit different, I guess he likes to vary his position! Funny boy!) 

hugs xxx

Today’s regime; a shower using aqueous cream then patted dry, then a layer of antihistamine cream followed after a bit with a generous layer of Aveeno. So far, so good. A couple of rather increased redness places to watch in case of skin breakdown. But generally very slightly less itchy. I’ve decided that if it gets bad later I will take a Piriton tablet at lunchtime.

Managed to walk Henry almost a mile this morning. 

Hugs xxx

Just reapplied antihistamine cream (thin layer) plus a few minutes later, lashings of Aveeno. So far so good, only mildly itchy.

hugs xxx