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**the 7th Tamoxifen Thread **

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MaryAnnSingleton · 20/12/2010 18:09

here we are...

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LimeJellyforBrains · 25/01/2011 14:51

Anyone else have DC who are not bothered about sweets/choc and so leave them around the house for months? Just last night I polished off a bag of Hallowe'en Haribo!

KurriKurri · 25/01/2011 15:16

My DD (although she's grown up now she's always been the same) stores sweets for ages - she still has easter egg left at Christmas etc. She's like a hamster. And she's thin (the little sod Grin)

If I have choc. in the house it all gets eaten, so I try not to buy it. But DH (another annoyingly thin person) has a habit of throwing bars of choc. into the basket if he does any shopping.

I am going to a Breast Cancer Care talk and discussion session on healthy eating on Thursday led by a nutritionist from the hospital, so if I pick up any helpful hints I will pass them on. (I'm going to one on exercise in a couple of months so will take notes at that too)

Cakesandale · 25/01/2011 15:48

No my dd eats any and all sweets in sight (I don't know who she takes after Blush )

MaryAnnSingleton · 25/01/2011 16:48

I eat any sweets in the house,as does ds and dh.

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MaryAnnSingleton · 25/01/2011 17:01

and just to prove it-ds and I have just scoffed a box of violet creams I'd hidden in a cupboard from Christmas !

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sandripples · 25/01/2011 18:21

Hi everyone,
Horray and congratulations for Phil - fantastic news!

One or two of you still think I've been having an op. I definitely haven't!! I'm too busy at work now for such things [bgrin]

Yes I realise the being overweight is really not good, due to oestrogen link. Slimming World this evening - will report back.

I have at least 3 alcohol-free days a week now and more if possible. I find it a lot easier than when I was young as I don't enjoy it so much. The reports seem to suggest alcohol is related to certain cancers even if not BC, so I reckong moderation is the thing.
I totally loved The King's Speech - found it really absorbing.

LimeJellyforBrains · 25/01/2011 18:26

Ooh MAS - violet creams!! One of my favourites [benvy]

You have in fact reminded me that at a McMillan's Tea Party a while ago I found out that one of my neighbours is .......

LimeJellyforBrains · 25/01/2011 18:26

..... wait for it ....

LimeJellyforBrains · 25/01/2011 18:30

.....a chocolatière!! [[bshock]-that's me with a big choc stuffed in my gob.

If my memory were not so shocking that I can go whole lengths of time actually forgetting this wonderful fact, I would be round her house all the time on any old pretext! It's DS1's Birthday next month and he has requested some of her chocs as a treat - we tried some at the Tea Party.

KurriKurri · 25/01/2011 19:20

Good luck at swimming world SR - will await you report [bgrin]

I think the op. confusion is because some people are shortening SparkleRainbow to SR as well- and they are referring to her op. - don't worry, you haven't been bundled into hospital without your knowledge! [bgrin]

LJ - am very [benvy] of your chocolatier friend, I bet she's stick thin too (like that woman who does a new baking show on BBC2 she does nothing but bake and scoff cakes and pastries and she looks like a model )

KurriKurri · 25/01/2011 19:21

No idea why I put a Grin after report, - I meant Smile

MaryAnnSingleton · 25/01/2011 20:00

am very envious of chocolatiere neighbour - I bet she can do a lovely violet cream !
Watched the baking lady last night- she has wonderfully long thin hands and fingers. She was a model too.

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smee · 25/01/2011 20:35

Limejelly, send that DH of yours over and I'll give him a kick for you. I'm not overweight, (was) quite fit and don't drink very much, but I still got BC and very hormone positive it was too - swimming in it according to the Onc. Go on, scare him, tell him I'm coming over.. [evil cackle emoticon]

But isn't it your results day tomorrow?? I think it is. Will be thinking of you and hoping for only as good as possible news. Be better what you know though. Another step through all of this is always better.

Pennies, you are brave - singing anywhere, but on camera. Shock

Cakes, on my plane-geekdom I'm fascinated by the tales of the majority. They're often buried, but men like Kurri's father were a massive part of the air war. The old films and myths make them all seem so posh and gung ho, but the majority of the crews were state educated and obviously they were all ridiculously young. Can't imagine how they got through it in many ways.

On the Lent pledge, I can't give up chocolate (for which read 'refuse to'). Smile Have only just got back a taste for it and I missed it lots last year. How about I give up drinking during the week? It's crept up on me since treatment ended, so I need a good excuse to stop. When is Lent though..? [another Heathen emoticon]

  • MAS, I applaud the idea of rude dreams, but Benedict Cumberbatch?! Nope, doesn't do it for me. Grin I think (hope!) my libido is still buried in chemo drugs, though if it ever comes back I don't think he'll be part of it. But violet creams?! Well now you're talking. Smile

Sparkle hope you're home and snuggled up being well looked after. Let us know how you are when you feel up to it. Smile

smee · 25/01/2011 20:46

LimeJelly, that should be 'better once you know'. Not at all sure where that 'what' came from. Confused

LimeJellyforBrains · 25/01/2011 23:18

Thanks Smee - yes results meeting tomorrow at 11.45am. Fingers crossed xx

KurriKurri · 25/01/2011 23:25

Good luck for tomorrow LJ xx

MaryAnnSingleton · 26/01/2011 07:14

thinking of you today limejelly xxxx
smee- Lent starts after 8th March until Easter Sunday-so from 9th !

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SparkleRainbow · 26/01/2011 10:13

Hi everyone,

I am back at home. Had the op early on Monday, but was in surgery for nearly 1 1/2 rather than the predicted 1/2 hour, as they found more "stuff" that needed to be removed. I am not sure what that means, I know they were planning to remoe one duct and the mass, but the registrar said afterwards that they had had to remove "quite a bit more tissue, and ducts". I think he said they found more masses to remove but to be honest I was quite out of it, so take nothing as gospel. I took ages to stop feeling sick and dizzy, the pain has been really bad as I can't take NSAIDs at all, so I am stuck on codeine, and morphine when I was in hopsital. I am feeling much better today, still lots of pain, but much less woozy, having said that I need to go and lie down in a minute as beginning to feel a bit wobbly again. I have to have the dressing removed today, so 'twill be my first look, although I am thinking I might not look today at all. [bconfused]

Been very selfish and not answered any of your posts, but I have read through and you have all made me laugh this morning. Fantastic news phil [bgrin] and good luck lj. [bsmile]

Cakesandale · 26/01/2011 10:15

Good vibes from me too LJ.

I am doing my tax return today (I like to feel the pressure before i get started) but i am very disorganised so much of the info is going to take a bit of finding. Frankly quite worried. Pity me

MaryAnnSingleton · 26/01/2011 10:38

welcome back sparkle- sorry you've been feeling so sick though and in pain..horrid. I think they do like to take as wide a margin as possible so that they don't need to go in again..wide clear margins mean that the lumps have healthy tissue around them and they can be sure it's all out...try not to be anxious.
Good luck with tax stuff Cakes- it's always a horrible chore(and depressing,for me anyway,to know how little I've earned)

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Cakesandale · 26/01/2011 12:06

Sparkles - Hi and welcome back. I think we cross-posted before. I wasn't ignoring you.

Take it really steady: at least it is over now and they have been thorough. I hope it feels better when the dressing is removed. Insist on treats.

MAS: it is a horrible job. I am always worried about the outcome as i don't keep my books very up to date so it all comes as a bit of a surprise, and not usually not a good one. last year it transpired that, while i theoretically had the money to pay the bill, in actual fact, no-one had bothered to pay me while I was being treated, even though I had done the work and billed it, so I had no money in the business account. So I had to borrow the cash off DH and then chase up the debtors for weeks on end Sad This year I have not learned to keep a closer eye, and don't even have the excuse of being on active treatment. Truly, I am a pillock.

Must get back to it. Sigh.

smee · 26/01/2011 12:47

Hello Sparkles - so glad you're home, though sorry you're feeling sick. The general anaesthetic is a bit of a sod - someone told me it takes 10 days to leave your system, so take it easy. I think what MAS says is wise, as they do seem to go for a wide sweep, so don't panic that they took more. Main thing is that they got clear margins, which it sounds like they did. And just think, you're through a big hurdle now and home, so that bit's done and dusted. Smile

Cakes, I cheat on tax return and get my Accountant to do it. Far too mind boggling for a numptie like me. I do give him spreadsheets, etc so he doesn't actually have to do very much, but I couldn't tackle that form. It's like they're written in Zargian or something.

Have fingers crossed for Limejelly. Here's hoping it's all relatively straight forward.

KurriKurri · 26/01/2011 13:43

great that you are home Sparkle, I hope the sickness is easing off - that is probably the GA I would guess, it does take a while to wear off so take things easy. I agree with others - it is good they have been thorough. Just a word about codeine and morphine, I find it makes me very constipated, so plenty of dried apricots prunes and fluids are a good idea, - sorry if TMI but forewarned is forearmed Grin

Hope you are feeling better soon, - once you get the dressing of you might feel a bit more comfy. Smile

Good luck with the taxes Cakes, try not to stress too much.

I didn't swim today as the pool was closed for repair (it has one of those floors which they can raise and lower - it frequently gets jammed!) But I did a yoga class -it was really nice to get back to doing it again. I feel very relaxed now.

Did anyone see breakfast news this morning? - They had a woman called Jo Shappcot on it she has just one the Costa book prize for a book of poetry. She had BC - the poems don't actually mention BC but they are about changes in life and moving forward etc. I think I will get a copy, and thought others might be interested. Smile

KurriKurri · 26/01/2011 13:44

Hoping everything went well for LJ.

MaryAnnSingleton · 26/01/2011 14:48

in haste,before collecting my charge from her school,minding and then piano - I was reading about Jo Shapcot- someone posted a thing on their facebook page,so I looked it up - yes, might get it too- or at least have a good look at it in the bookshop.

Have done Sainsbury's and when I get in must meditate and rthen eventually might get to do a bit of work Grin !

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