CT and MRI show no spread!

Blimey Fridgelicker it's all going on where you are! It sounds like you are powering through this. It must be a very intense time for you. Best of luck with the rest of it. After hysterectomy you will have to slow down for a bit, so start getting the books, the movies and the music lined up for a bit of distraction. LR.

Thanks LR, I’m a big knitter, but usually I only have time in the evenings - so I’m looking forward to doing it in the daytime, with no guilt! xx

That’s really lovely and positive news.  So very pleased for you.  Thinking of you with the next stage - don’t overdo it!

Pippa xxx

Hi Fridgelicker 

So pleased to hear that things are moving really quickly for you and the CT was clear. The quicker you get your operation done the quicker you will be on the road to recovery.

You sound very upbeat and positive which makes a massive  difference. What are you knitting? My Mum loves her knitting too, she's making little Xmas novelties that go over chocolate oranges at the moment.

Keep us posted on how your appointment goes next week.

Robin xx

Thanks Pippa, it’s hard not to rush around doing stuff now, because it will probably be my last chance this year. I looked after my dad who died age 93 in 2020, and I’m living in his bungalow. He didn’t want a lot of fuss going on around him, so jobs to do piled up and I reckon I’ve still got about 5 years of DIY to do! Can’t afford to get the professionals in, and the things that need doing are getting on my nerves! 

Hi Robin, I’m normally an upbeat person, but to begin with I totally lost it. Now I’ve got used to the situation, and there’s a plan, I feel more like my old positive self again. Personally it helps if I don’t get too much information, and I deal with the here and now - that seems to be the way I’m handling it at the moment.
I knit jumpers, cardigans and everything else ‘top down’ (that is, cast on at the neck and keep knitting down, no sewing up pieces) I use a website called Ravelry which has access to millions of patterns, for everything you could think of - many are free - you should show it to your mum. Turns out  there’s a lot of young people who knit and crochet, you’d never know because they don’t do it in public - I do, because I’m 62 and don’t give a bugger if it’s cool or not! 

I will post on here after I’ve seen the consultant next week - I hate appointments, and always dread them, Julia xx

Good on you Julia with your knitting, you are right it's becoming trendy again for the young ones to knit   my Mum is 86 and she's teaching my 16 year old granddaughter. It's something my daughter and I just couldn't seem to get on with. Thank you for the patterns website I will let mum know.

I think its very hard when we are first diagnosed to get our head around it all, iam the opposite to you, I have to know the ins and out of everything to keep me calmer. Its what ever is right for the individual isn't it?.So pleased that you are in a positive frame of mind now.

All the best with your appointment.

Robin x

Thanks Robin, I heard yesterday afternoon that the panel of Breast/Gynae discuss my case on Friday mornings, and sentinel node biopsy results hadn’t come through in time, so I’ll be waiting another week. Lymph nodes appeared clear, but they take samples to make sure. If the test comes back positive, I’ll have to have those removed first, so REALLY hoping they are clear so we can swiftly move on to the hysterectomy.

My uterus is so enlarged it’s pushing up to my stomach, so I burp a lot, and it’s giving me sudden urge incontinence, party because it’s full of polyps and fibroids - but no pain! I can’t wait to see if my belly gets flatter afterwards, I imagine it will, and what a relief that will be.

Getting back to Ravelry.com, your granddaughter is probably more into tech than your mum, so perhaps she might like to have a look through it and find something she’d like your mum to help her make. No offence to your mum btw, my dad used to do internet banking and he was 93. Joining Ravelry is free, and you can upload pictures and notes of your project on your member page, as well as your yarns, so you can search patterns that use the same yarns. Just like to add, I don’t work for Ravelry! (but wish I did, it’s a really useful website) Julia x

Fridgelicker that’s great news. Can’t believe you had breast surgery as a day case! And fish and chips on the way home  So glad you’ve got a plan. Keep up the positivity and let us know when your hysterectomy is. Mines in the 24th now I’ve got rid of Mrs Covid! 

Hello SM, I’m no Superwoman! They do all mastectomies as day cases if poss. It’s not a bad op really, no external stitches, you get taped up instead - and weirdly, no pain, just slight soreness to begin with. Here I am, just over a week later and I’m driving and hanging out washing. They did this first as, to begin with, they were blindsided by me having 2 primary cancers simultaneously (and so was I!) and they weren’t sure which to tackle first, but it’s a quick recovery from this, then onto the hysterectomy. That will take longer to recover from. Good luck with yours on 24th Nov - I will be thinking of you Julia x

P️S Have you got a smelly Bassett? I bloody love Bassetts, they are my favourite dog. x