just diagnosed and so scared

Hi Claud, yes it's a time to make a bit of a fuss of ourselves and try to listen to our needs.....not easy when we are so used to caring and putting our loved ones needs before our own.....but hey yes I jolly well deserve it.....I feel very proud of my what my poor body coped with and so will you when you are out the other side.....I too watched my much loved dad lose his battle he had stomach cancer in 1960, I was 14 years old at the time and devastated.......how times and treatment have advanced....he was diagnosed with an ulcer and when operated on the cancer was found.....so although our "journeys" are tough and the treatments seem very  cruel at  times  we are so very lucky. to have the benefit of of the advances made........ just put the Christmas  tree up...I know it's a bit early  but what the heck and looking forward to a visit this weekend from my eldest son and family they  live a distance away....how good is that.....so love and hugs toyou and everyone..... keep going you will get through all this xxxx️

Hey Ratty
It's always lovely to have family visit - enjoy your time! Yes, i need to get myself into the festive mood.
My son's just been suspended a day from school, for waving a sausage around and the dinner lady got offended....sigh I don't know what to say about all these but try not to work myself up!

What a difficult time for you and sorry to hear about your Dad. Me too, miss me Dad, he died on Boxing Day - so as you can imagine this time of the year always makes me feel sad, however my son was born a week before Christmas, so that's my happiest moment too - so a bit bitter sweet.

Putting ourselves first! I felt a bit better having done some work today. Got my Team's year end review to get done!

You take care, and thanks for all the pick me ups!
Cx

Hey Shazzer, 

About Jen Saunders, never knew! You just think how many ladies / men have to walk this path too!
Look forward to the day when we get to have a real natter in person, eat and be merry!

I've got finally my covid booster jab booked in for Saturday! 
Did you have a scan to see how the critter responded to the treatment?

I may be due to start mid Dec for chemo....trying to take a step at a time!

Keep as well as you can ladies....hope everyone's doing okay?

Cx

Had a flu and a covid booster today - and put up the tree.  Trying to keep busy.  My dad died of cancer (liver then spine) I. august, just before my mammogram.  So glad he never knew about me.  He was 85 so very lucky to have had him as long. 
all the dads are watching over us x

Oh your poor son. There has got to be something wrong with a school dinner lady with no sense of humour about sausages. You tell your son please he has cheered up cancer sufferers - isn't this normal male behaviour ? She could have done nothing, had a laugh, frowned, ignored him, but no, had to make a complaint. Dreadful woman. Toad in the hole all round then at yours to celebrate ?

Hello, I´m very late to this thread and hope it´s OK that I join in as it looks a nice, chatty busy one. 

I have posted elsewhere on the forum and was diagnosed in mid September with TN BC, like Key82. I´m coming up for my 10th out of 12th session of Carboplatin/Taxol chemo this Friday plus a check up with my oncologist. It feels like I´ve done a lot and not too bad so far but still have so much more to go as I´ll be starting 3 months of  AC chemo after I finish this lot. I´m not looking forward to that as have heard that its name "red devil" is not for nothing 

Anyway, I´m pleased (but not pleased you´re going through this obviously) to find you all here and love to everyone xx

(((Big hugs))) 

Yes they are all talking up there while we are doing our thing down here lol. Our Angels watching over us xx

Hi Doris I had Tnbc diagnosed in April.  I too had 3 x 3 weekly EC  Red Devil and 12 paclitaxel.  To be honest I had no problem with this Chemo.   Just had an IV of Zometa for my bones.which has completely floored me awful stuff or just me was not expecting that afterchemo went so well.  Having  RT  for one week tocomplete treatment.  I amsure you will be fine with EC  just remember to drink lots of water  good luck x  x

Yes party sausages all round wood hoo. She needs to lighten up! Life is just tough enough...I now need to see head teacher Thursday to address this. I don't even know how to keep a straight face during the meeting without bursting into laughter at how my son is waving sausage around at lunch time! Lol

Drama seems to find me..I don't welcome them!!

When I spoke to my son he just said he wasn't even given a chance to explain or say sorry...really is not being able to go to school a punishment? He gets a lie in lol

When he had his cast on from broken wrist he had many drawings of nobbies..so you're right it's just childish teenage behaviour...nothing horrid, but I told him don't pull up his long sleeve.

Ps Love toad in a hole!!

C x

God - the fainting thing ! This became almost normal and I absolutely hated it. My husband used to leave me for dead when we went out, because I would feel really really well, walk well and then suddenly everything would cut out and I'd collapse with no prior warning. He would then fetch the car and collect me. I made the car into a temporary ambulance and used to have a lie down on the front seat with my feet up on the dashboard until I felt better again. He once left me alone lying on the grass somewhere with my sunhat over my face. Not a single person asked me if I was OK. In a way that's why I say to people like Harleybear that people are really too busy doing their own thing to worry about wonky hats and wigs on people - I'm convinced they don't actually notice, but the person concerned thinks they do.