Page 5 | Need a hand hold -Part 3

Imbluedalale · 2024-11-16T20:16:32+00:00

Hi spoonies , welcome to new thread , thank you so so much for supporting me .

RaspberryBeretxx · 02/12/2024 13:14

Oh, so so happy for you that your daughter is with you Laura! Her room looks gorgeous 💕. Magnetic tie backs are a great idea. Glad she had a nice long bath. I love the chickens bum review 🤣🤣.

I think you’re doing the right thing just being very gentle with your eldest, that’s lovely he’d like to come round later and his gf though. Enjoy having internet and tv! That’ll make a big difference. How’s the sofa?

sending loads and loads of luck for your oncologist appointment today - big hug. And I hope you get an interesting ambulance driver 😁.

Thank you for posting your scar, what a perfect circle! I can imagine it with a tattoo of sun rays coming out from around it, not to hide it but to sort of showcase it. I just can’t ever imagine thinking anything negative about seeing a scar on someone. I’d think they were amazing to get through whatever caused it and empathy for them but that’s all. I think the majority of normal decent people would be the same.

And your ex MIL sounds an utter twat saying you’re “lucky” to have skin cancer.

Youve been through so much with the operations and skin graft and ribs and infection, far more than anyone should have to deal with by your age. I massively feel for you.

im back in the land of WiFi and signal after a weekend at DPs 😝. I did manage a trip to b&m and got ds a heated throw and a hot choc maker for Christmas.

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Imbluedalale · 02/12/2024 10:26

nornironlady · 02/12/2024 09:40

I love it @Imbluedalale now the tune will be in my head all day!
I too will be thinking about you today hoping for some good news from the hospital xx

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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I bet your humming it now xx

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nornironlady · 02/12/2024 09:40

Imbluedalale · 02/12/2024 09:17

So pleased to hear your good ❤️
Nobody likes Tuesdays it’s just a pointless nothing day.
What do you mean ‘learn to play spoons’ Havnt we all been doing this already 😂
Right I’ve got our first Christmas song think we can practise and have it ready for Xmas 2025?

Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
All the spoonies go
Shrieking all the way

Bells on bob tails ring
Making spirits bright
Until we see my twathead ex
Then we’re ready for a fight

Oh, spoonie bells, spoonie bells
Spoonie all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a spoonie open sleigh
Spoonie bells, spoonie bells
Spoonie all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a spoonie open sleigh

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I love it @Imbluedalale now the tune will be in my head all day!
I too will be thinking about you today hoping for some good news from the hospital xx

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Imbluedalale · 02/12/2024 09:19

Munchyseeds2 · 02/12/2024 07:53

Morning @Imbluedalale just wanted to quickly say that I hope your appt today goes well this morning, will be thinking of you. Xx

Good morning @Munchyseeds2 , how are you today? Thank you so much that’s so lovely . Sending you big hugs xx

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Imbluedalale · 02/12/2024 09:17

nornironlady · 02/12/2024 07:38

@Imbluedalale I'm really good today, always start out well on Monday till it gets to Tuesday, then there's a dip till we get to Wednesday hump day and on our way to the weekend again!!
You will have to take lessons in that case because you are our front woman!! We can learn to play spoons! I feel a Christmas Album 2025 coming........
I made the roast chicken yesterday and had a pretty lazy day otherwise. I put the Christmas table cloth on and picked up the tinsel the cat has been chewing. That's about it!
We are going to a bar/restaurant in town so we have a choice of Christmas dinner or ordinary lunch menu. I tend to just have the one turkey dinner on Christmas day so I will probably end up with chicken gougons or something normal 😂

So pleased to hear your good ❤️
Nobody likes Tuesdays it’s just a pointless nothing day.
What do you mean ‘learn to play spoons’ Havnt we all been doing this already 😂
Right I’ve got our first Christmas song think we can practise and have it ready for Xmas 2025?

Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
All the spoonies go
Shrieking all the way

Bells on bob tails ring
Making spirits bright
Until we see my twathead ex
Then we’re ready for a fight

Oh, spoonie bells, spoonie bells
Spoonie all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a spoonie open sleigh
Spoonie bells, spoonie bells
Spoonie all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a spoonie open sleigh

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Munchyseeds2 · 02/12/2024 07:53

Morning @Imbluedalale just wanted to quickly say that I hope your appt today goes well this morning, will be thinking of you. Xx

nornironlady · 02/12/2024 07:38

@Imbluedalale I'm really good today, always start out well on Monday till it gets to Tuesday, then there's a dip till we get to Wednesday hump day and on our way to the weekend again!!
You will have to take lessons in that case because you are our front woman!! We can learn to play spoons! I feel a Christmas Album 2025 coming........
I made the roast chicken yesterday and had a pretty lazy day otherwise. I put the Christmas table cloth on and picked up the tinsel the cat has been chewing. That's about it!
We are going to a bar/restaurant in town so we have a choice of Christmas dinner or ordinary lunch menu. I tend to just have the one turkey dinner on Christmas day so I will probably end up with chicken gougons or something normal 😂

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Imbluedalale · 02/12/2024 06:51

nornironlady · 02/12/2024 06:43

Well Good morning Laura and the Spoonies....yes now I'm picturing flares and colours.....defo no singing. Or dancing for that matter if this group is to have any chance of success!
I'm so pleased for you @Imbluedalale yesterday sounds close to perfect.
Daughters room looks so inviting. I hope she loved it.
I'm thinking about getting out of bed now. WFH today and office tomorrow. We have team Xmas lunch in town tomorrow so away at 12 for that and a salon appointment Wednesday evening for my hair. Haven't had an evening appointment in years so I hope I'm not there till 9pm! I also really need to see where I am at for Xmas. Start putting things together and see what else is needed. I've zero motivation 😂

Here's to a great start of the week to you all xx

Good morning lovely, how are you this morning?
Oh definitely no dancing from me either , I can shuffle side to side but that’s about it.
We could just wave our spoons in the air ??
Yesterday was a good day thank you , how was yours in the end? I hope you had a nice afternoon.
Daughters room is starting to look lovely , I nearly suggested asking if she wanted to swap bedrooms 🤣🤣🤣
Oh I’m so jel you are having a Christmas lunch tomorrow and can’t wait to see your hair.
I haven’t even started with Xmas yet I’m so behind this year.
Hope you have a lovely day xx

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nornironlady · 02/12/2024 06:43

Well Good morning Laura and the Spoonies....yes now I'm picturing flares and colours.....defo no singing. Or dancing for that matter if this group is to have any chance of success!
I'm so pleased for you @Imbluedalale yesterday sounds close to perfect.
Daughters room looks so inviting. I hope she loved it.
I'm thinking about getting out of bed now. WFH today and office tomorrow. We have team Xmas lunch in town tomorrow so away at 12 for that and a salon appointment Wednesday evening for my hair. Haven't had an evening appointment in years so I hope I'm not there till 9pm! I also really need to see where I am at for Xmas. Start putting things together and see what else is needed. I've zero motivation 😂

Here's to a great start of the week to you all xx

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Imbluedalale · 02/12/2024 06:42

Good morning all you wonderful spoonies.
Happy Monday ❤️
I’m just sat at my kitchen table waiting for my daughter to get up , can’t believe she’s here I kept checking on her through the night to make sure she was cosy. I wanted to be up before she wakes up to spend time with her before college.
Also my eldest texted me last night asking if he could come and see me tomorrow with his gf so I hope he comes but doing the ‘gently gently’ method and just said ‘course you can , your welcome here anytime’ and didn’t push it.
I haven’t spoken much to youngest as he’s unable to speak to me in private and last time I was on phone to him he was really off and ex and his brother were shouting ‘joskin’ at me through the phone. Btw a joskin is what travellers call a non traveller . It’s a very derogatory term but ex and his family called me it every day for years so it doesn’t surprise me . I’m not blaming youngest he’s in an apartment full of exs family all males so I understand him feeling awkward . He wants to be one of the boys whilst he’s there so I’m trying not to let it affect me .
Got my hospital appointment today urgh ! But on a good note my internet and tv thing should be getting delivered today.
Then daughter will be back from college this afternoon so we will make some dinner together and hopefully be able to watch the telly xx

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Imbluedalale · 01/12/2024 23:03

Hi @Ruralretreating , first of all I’m sending you a big hug ❤️
We are a big girl band all of us spoonies although I can’t sing so I will be at the back miming when we perform.
Wait until the chicken bum lamp comes! It’s getting delivered , thankfully it hasn’t arrived yet. I hope it’s Evri that delivers it because there parcels always go missing.
Sorry to hear you’re still having ups and downs lovely. Is there anything I can do for you?
Your weekend sounds amazing , oh I love Christmas dinner . It all sounds so Christmassy and wonderful. You’ve made me want to watch a Christmas film now .
Do you have a colour theme for your tree?
Next year I’m going to have a big spoon tree.
Oh the elf 🤣🤣🤣🤣I remember those days. I used to get into bed and think ‘crap I haven’t done the elf’ the anxiety I had from that thing. I did slanting similar to this once which was quite easy but kids loved it. If you didn’t have time to make the poster you can digitally download it and add the chocs to it to make it easier xx

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Imbluedalale · 01/12/2024 23:03

Ruralretreating · 01/12/2024 22:03

Hi Laura and the Spoonies (anyone else think that sounds like a 1970s girl band?). House is looking lovely @Imbluedalale , love your daughters room, even the chicken bum lampshade 😂. Still lots of ups and downs here but we’ve had a very Christmassy weekend as my Mum will be away over Christmas so we did a Christmas dinner, town Christmas lights switch on, a little shopping and gave her her gifts. We’ve also decorated the tree. Oh, and the Elf arrived this morning with the advent calendars - send help!

Hi @Ruralretreating , first of all I’m sending you a big hug ❤️
We are a big girl band all of us spoonies although I can’t sing so I will be at the back miming when we perform.
Wait until the chicken bum lamp comes! It’s getting delivered , thankfully it hasn’t arrived yet. I hope it’s Evri that delivers it because there parcels always go missing.
Sorry to hear you’re still having ups and downs lovely. Is there anything I can do for you?
Your weekend sounds amazing , oh I love Christmas dinner . It all sounds so Christmassy and wonderful. You’ve made me want to watch a Christmas film now .
Do you have a colour theme for your tree?
Next year I’m going to have a big spoon tree.
Oh the elf 🤣🤣🤣🤣I remember those days. I used to get into bed and think ‘crap I haven’t done the elf’ the anxiety I had from that thing. I did slanting similar to this once which was quite easy but kids loved it. If you didn’t have time to make the poster you can digitally download it and add the chocs to it to make it easier xx

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Ruralretreating · 01/12/2024 22:03

Hi Laura and the Spoonies (anyone else think that sounds like a 1970s girl band?). House is looking lovely @Imbluedalale , love your daughters room, even the chicken bum lampshade 😂. Still lots of ups and downs here but we’ve had a very Christmassy weekend as my Mum will be away over Christmas so we did a Christmas dinner, town Christmas lights switch on, a little shopping and gave her her gifts. We’ve also decorated the tree. Oh, and the Elf arrived this morning with the advent calendars - send help!

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Imbluedalale · 01/12/2024 21:33

Nottogetapenny · 01/12/2024 21:25

Hope everything at your oncologist appointment goes well. Like others have said previously you shouldn’t be ashamed of those scars, you should be proud of yourself because by showing them, it help others.

Your daughter’s bedroom looks amazing, and it so nice that she is with you. Running a bath is one thing you wanted to do, you have done it for your daughter now and hopefully it won’t be to long before you are doing it for your youngest boy!

I bought my Christmas tree yesterday, we went to a Christmas tree farm and they cut it down, after you choose one! I take ages choosing one, it has to have no gaps, be 7ft. and basically be perfect. I love the Norway Spruce variety as it smell amazing, when it’s in the house. I don’t mind the needles dropping, but we do water it every day. We don’t put it up till around 10th Dec, so it’s in the garden in a bucket of water now.

It’s lovely to read all the things, you have been doing and are going to do. I’m so glad, your mam, dad and sister are helping you and being there for you now.

Enjoy the rest of the night, with your daughter and sleep well, knowing she’s there. 😘🥄

Thank you so much @Nottogetapenny that was so lovely to read.
It does feel really nice that she’s here , she’s still in the bath! I just shouted up to her asking if she was ok, I think she had fallen asleep 😂
Oh I’d love to visit a Christmas tree farm! It’s on my bucket list . I’d love to see it once it’s up , I bet it will look amazing.
There was some lovely Christmas decorations in the garden centre today. There was some springy decorations with long dangly legs and the feet had bells on them or wind chimes they was lovely. My sister bought 2 turtle doves and gave me one for my tree .
Im hope your having a lovely relaxing evening xx

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Nottogetapenny · 01/12/2024 21:25

Hope everything at your oncologist appointment goes well. Like others have said previously you shouldn’t be ashamed of those scars, you should be proud of yourself because by showing them, it help others.

Your daughter’s bedroom looks amazing, and it so nice that she is with you. Running a bath is one thing you wanted to do, you have done it for your daughter now and hopefully it won’t be to long before you are doing it for your youngest boy!

I bought my Christmas tree yesterday, we went to a Christmas tree farm and they cut it down, after you choose one! I take ages choosing one, it has to have no gaps, be 7ft. and basically be perfect. I love the Norway Spruce variety as it smell amazing, when it’s in the house. I don’t mind the needles dropping, but we do water it every day. We don’t put it up till around 10th Dec, so it’s in the garden in a bucket of water now.

It’s lovely to read all the things, you have been doing and are going to do. I’m so glad, your mam, dad and sister are helping you and being there for you now.

Enjoy the rest of the night, with your daughter and sleep well, knowing she’s there. 😘🥄

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Imbluedalale · 01/12/2024 21:15

AdmittowearingCrocs · 01/12/2024 21:07

Hey Laura, my week will consist of haircut Tuesday, shopping either tomorrow or Wednesday and organising the moving of some excess furniture items. Friday I am seeing a friend I used to work with.
Hope you appointment with Oncologist goes well, I will be thinking of you.
Yay for getting internet installed and TV set up. Curtains and pictures will really finish off your beautiful home. Xx

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Sounds like a busy week @AdmittowearingCrocs . I hope it all goes well and that you have a lovely time on Friday with your friend .
Im so looking forward to being able to watch telly from tomorrow xx

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Imbluedalale · 01/12/2024 20:50

Hi @AdmittowearingCrocs how are you?
Awww your day sounds absolutely wonderful and like the perfect Sunday. I’m so pleased you’ve had a lovely time and sitting in front of a log fire on a Sunday night sounds lovely.
Have you any plans for the week?
Tomorrow I’m seeing my oncologist and then having internet delivered. And tomorrow night sisters partner coming to set tv up. My eldest and his girlfriend might be coming for tea tomorrow. Then Wednesday my mum and dad coming to put my bedroom curtains up and a few pictures and that’s about it for the week xx

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Hey Laura, my week will consist of haircut Tuesday, shopping either tomorrow or Wednesday and organising the moving of some excess furniture items. Friday I am seeing a friend I used to work with.
Hope you appointment with Oncologist goes well, I will be thinking of you.
Yay for getting internet installed and TV set up. Curtains and pictures will really finish off your beautiful home. Xx

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Imbluedalale · 01/12/2024 20:50

AdmittowearingCrocs · 01/12/2024 19:35

Good evening Laura and all the Spoonies, hope you have all had an enjoyable relaxing Sunday.
I’ve had a lovely Sunday lunch at my oldest sons and spent time with him, daughter in law and granddaughters. Shame about all the bad weather, I hate driving on the motorway when it’s raining hard because of all the spray and stupid drivers.
Back Home now and the log burner is roaring away. 😁😁

Hi @AdmittowearingCrocs how are you?
Awww your day sounds absolutely wonderful and like the perfect Sunday. I’m so pleased you’ve had a lovely time and sitting in front of a log fire on a Sunday night sounds lovely.
Have you any plans for the week?
Tomorrow I’m seeing my oncologist and then having internet delivered. And tomorrow night sisters partner coming to set tv up. My eldest and his girlfriend might be coming for tea tomorrow. Then Wednesday my mum and dad coming to put my bedroom curtains up and a few pictures and that’s about it for the week xx

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spoonfulofmustard · 01/12/2024 20:48

amazing! x

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Imbluedalale · 01/12/2024 20:45

spoonfulofmustard · 01/12/2024 20:37

that room looks absolutely gorgeous! your daughter must be over the moon (especially with her chicken bum lampshade) x

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Funnily enough @spoonfulofmustard I was just putting a review up for the light shade on Amazon …

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Imbluedalale · 01/12/2024 20:32

Good evening @ChoccieCornflake , how has your day been? Good I hope.
It is a neat scar and the surgeons did a very good job but I still wish it wasn’t there if that makes sense. I’m not too worried about the other ones as nobody will ever see them it’s just that one I’m very self conscious about.
I’ve had a lovely day , my sister came and she bought me an echo dot bless her and then we went to a garden centre and she treated me to lunch. I had half a sandwich and half a jam and clotted cream scone and saved the rest for tomorrow. Then I sorted out my daughter’s bedroom ready for her arrival Im not allowed to drill into the walls for 12 months so I got her some magnetic tie backs for her curtains and she’s here now and I’ve just run her a bath so she’s relaxing in that as we speak.
🤣🤣🤣🤣at your insulation layer .
I too have worn black tulip today xx

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that room looks absolutely gorgeous! your daughter must be over the moon (especially with her chicken bum lampshade) x

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Imbluedalale · 01/12/2024 20:36

BeNavyCrab · 01/12/2024 17:11

Laura you certainly didn't have a smooth recovery then! It's bad when you trust the hospital staff know what they are doing and then find out that they did the wrong thing. I had a PICC line put in, which is a long term tube that goes into your arm and up to the shoulder, as I was virtually impossible to cannulate. The surgeon who put it in warned me not to let them put a blood pressure cuff on or do anything else to it or it might fail. He said all the staff should know this but he was telling me on the off chance. Lo and behold I woke up that night to a nurse trying to fit a blood pressure cuff on the arm. When I politely said that the surgeon requested that they don't use that arm, she got all snippy with me. 😂

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Evening @BeNavyCrab , how’s your day been?
You’re definitely right about it sometimes being hard to trust hospital staff . I’ve mostly had good experiences but I have had a few bad ones. When my ribs were broken earlier this year they did an ultrasound to find out why I was struggling to breathe and in a lot of pain and the doctor came to my bed and said I had gallstones so they booked me in for surgery 5 days later. I woke up in hospital a few days later and my blood pressure had gone extremely low and I was being sick with the pain so they did a CT scan. It was then they realised I didn’t actually have gallstones but broken ribs xx

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Imbluedalale · 01/12/2024 20:32

ChoccieCornflake · 01/12/2024 14:02

Thank you for sharing your scar pictures @Imbluedalale - I know that is such a big step for you. That scar is majorly cool! I love how neat it is! You should definitely get the short dresses out and show that off!!

Also, your idea of not-shaved is my idea of perfectly exfoliated! 😄 My not-shaved is hairy enough to act as an extra insulation layer!

Good evening @ChoccieCornflake , how has your day been? Good I hope.
It is a neat scar and the surgeons did a very good job but I still wish it wasn’t there if that makes sense. I’m not too worried about the other ones as nobody will ever see them it’s just that one I’m very self conscious about.
I’ve had a lovely day , my sister came and she bought me an echo dot bless her and then we went to a garden centre and she treated me to lunch. I had half a sandwich and half a jam and clotted cream scone and saved the rest for tomorrow. Then I sorted out my daughter’s bedroom ready for her arrival Im not allowed to drill into the walls for 12 months so I got her some magnetic tie backs for her curtains and she’s here now and I’ve just run her a bath so she’s relaxing in that as we speak.
🤣🤣🤣🤣at your insulation layer .
I too have worn black tulip today xx

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AdmittowearingCrocs · 01/12/2024 19:35

Good evening Laura and all the Spoonies, hope you have all had an enjoyable relaxing Sunday.
I’ve had a lovely Sunday lunch at my oldest sons and spent time with him, daughter in law and granddaughters. Shame about all the bad weather, I hate driving on the motorway when it’s raining hard because of all the spray and stupid drivers.
Back Home now and the log burner is roaring away. 😁😁

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Imbluedalale · 01/12/2024 11:50

Good morning @BeNavyCrab , how are you this morning? Good I hope .
I remember a few days after surgery and I was home had to call an ambulance as I kept fainting and being sick , I lost 3 stone in 5 weeks during this time and during my stay in hospital at Doncaster Royal Infirmary they took all my dressings off to clean my wounds and I had an appointment with the plastic surgeon’s at Sheffield hospital and they went mad as apparently your meant to keep the skin graft really dry to heal and I developed an infection so had to have steroid cream for it .
I remember one year when my children were little they woke up at 4am. By 6am I was shattered again. Now it’s me waking them up 😂xx

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Laura you certainly didn't have a smooth recovery then! It's bad when you trust the hospital staff know what they are doing and then find out that they did the wrong thing. I had a PICC line put in, which is a long term tube that goes into your arm and up to the shoulder, as I was virtually impossible to cannulate. The surgeon who put it in warned me not to let them put a blood pressure cuff on or do anything else to it or it might fail. He said all the staff should know this but he was telling me on the off chance. Lo and behold I woke up that night to a nurse trying to fit a blood pressure cuff on the arm. When I politely said that the surgeon requested that they don't use that arm, she got all snippy with me. 😂