**TAMOXIFEN TEN***

[MaryAnnSingleton]

brand new shiny thread....our tenth !

have added his paintings to my photos

I love those paintings MAS - beautiful - he is so talented, you must be very proud of him (and he of you ).
Boo to the RA - I will also boycott!

thank you KK - he is very talented but very modest about it -am v proud !

Let's get a grip on Picnics - perfect distraction. I have my rug and am ready to go. What shall we take?

Cakes, I'm woeful on technical things too - makes me cross to the point of fury when I can't make things work, but DH very good, so I let him patronise me fix things.

Kurri, I like the sound of that song. Relieved to hear your DS was similar. DS won't part with anything, not even when it's broken.

Am a bit in as DH's nephew and partner had a baby yesterday, which of course is lovely, but it means I'm a Great Aunt. Does this mean I am finally a grown up? Should I knit myself a shawl?!

Boo hiss to the RA. Off to take a look

MAS, x posted. They're extraordinary. G'ah to the RA. i will boycott too.

great aunt smee !! My cousin's dd is visiting from Canada this week and she has just become a grandmother (and is younger than me by about 7 years) -eek,eek...

• I still have all my own teeth.

I really, really like them, especially the one with the boy looking down through the water.

A great aunt, smee? Good grief that does sound old. (Sorry) Older even than a grandlmother, not sure why. No, no shawls, don't give in - be disgraceful not graceful.

Picnic items - well ginger beer definitely, nice salads, lovely crusty bread, berries, and Pom Bears. Not sure why, but we always have Pom Bears on a picnic, though not at any other time

there should be egg sandwiches I think,def some cucumber ones

I always aim to be disgraceful, Cakes.

Cherries - a big bowl full.

Great Aunt Smee congratulations - but you will have to grow whiskers and insist on being kissed by reluctant children

Definitely ginger beer for the picnic (the home made kind that always explodes )
I will bring a couple of quiches and some buns (and iced gems for children) I also have plastic cutlery if needed (I've got metal cutlery too we're not completely bonkers!)

Iced gems?! Am on my way. [charges, scattering children]

Whiskers sound attractive, Kurri. Does GA status mean I have to wear big pants?

yes,absolutely.
Can we have those Munchmallows -with the red and silver foil ?

btw - fish pie is home and upright- he left out the cheese- and has announced that he won't be eating any because of the mashed potato and white sauce.

Oh yes - big pants are essential (and an ancient packet of parma violets to keep in your bag and pop into unsuspecting young mouths )

Will start using real hankies too. Obviously regularly wet with spit to wipe imagined dirt from young mouths.

MAS, yes to Munchmallows, but not to the Fish Pie. Think that should be declared a health hazard.

Back from first tax...felt very at times despite the antisickness stuff and now really tired, but do-able. Used the frozen gloves and frozen sweetcorn for the feet tricks, so we'll see if that works or not for stopping nail problems. Blood counts dropping over time so they're standing by with the potions and needles for that if needs be.

Sitting here with feet up and ginger beer on standby.

Big pants??! Do we have to? I'm pretending I'm slim and only need little ones

Congratulations GA smee, only need big pants if they are those figure hugging ones.......or is that just me! Your dh's nephew must be very very young, and of course your dh married a much younger woman didn't he, so technically you are the same generation as dh's nephew(Does that help?)

I too am a luddite, and as such always available to commiserate over lack of understanding and inability to work anything technical including video recorder!

Picnic where, when...... Cake for picnic please, some of the nice lemon drizzle cake, and is it too early for a spot of something sparkly? Strawberries too would be nice. It has been a tough day, I think we have earned it. We can put yours on ice amber until you are feeling up to it!

MAS I love your father's paintings, I love the one looking beneath the boat it is amazing. The RA clearly have no taste, you are a very talented family. Big happy birthday to him too.

Ug for you Amber. Sorry you felt grim during it. You are a trooper using those gloves. There's a lot that's absurd about BC imo. Just think though, that's another one done.

You are spared big pants, and we'll save your share of the picnic 'til you're up for it.

Hope you have your feet up amber, and that the has passed for now. Did you get strange looks with your ice gloves and frozen sweetcorn? Now I shall have a serious word with the those blood counts of yours......
Seriously, hope you are ok xx

I will wear two pairs of big pants for you.......cos I need them Also spare pair can act as emergency tent in case of rain on the picnic!

The nurses were more worried about the frozen stuff than I was. I'm fine with weird stuff in my life in a way
I shall be having a serious word with my blood counts. Which word do we recommend? I can think of a couple of choice ones but not sure they're a good idea

Hope the soon passes Amber. I'm having my second lot of FEC tomorrow and expect to be feeling a bit too.

Well, the visit to the oncologist was a bit(very) disappointing. The ultrasound scan I had a couple of weeks ago showed that the lump has hardly shrunk at all, or the nodes. She measured the lump and says there is hardly any change at all. I was expecting a massive shrinkage tbh. The trials nurse was so positive about the Avastin and the oncologist on previous visits had said how she felt the lump had shrunk so, to be told today that it hadn't much is awful. She told me off a bit for being down about it and said "clinically it has shrunk" whatever that means and has reassured me that the surgeon will still be able to perform a mastectomy. Oh well, onwards and upwards.