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**T*A*M*O*X*I*F*E*N 11 **

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MaryAnnSingleton · 27/06/2011 10:25

new thread here !

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topsyturner · 07/07/2011 15:54

Am home , yippee !
Feel so much better .
I have a driver in my arm for the next 5 day , to dispense anti sickness drugs 24 hours a day .
The district nurse has to come out every day and change the meds .
And they have said they will connect me up to a driver before the next treatment , so I don't get sick again .

Have missed so many posts .
Mensa Chickens , pooing cyclists Grin

And I do believe I heard someone mention chocolate cake ?
I could actually eat that now . Can't believe 3 hours ago I couldn't even keep water down !

I scared the crap out of the health care assistant at hospital .
After they connected up the driver I fell asleep . I went out so deeply that the HCA couldn't wake me up when she came round with the tea trolley , and panicked and ran off to get the nurse .
I woke up to a nurse shaking me and shouting my name !
In my defence , I had barely slept for the past couple of days !

KurriKurri · 07/07/2011 16:04

brilliant topsy, so glad they have got that under control, it sounded awful, now put your feet up at once. Grin

I haven't planned on dog cake MAS, she has had a few mini bonios though. She's enjoyed her squeaky thing with a tail so much, it's starting to look like roadkill now Grin

MaryAnnSingleton · 07/07/2011 16:50

sorry she's a she !!
Excellent to hear that you are feeling so much better topsy- here's a huge slice of chocolate cake ! the driver thing sounds an excellent idea. Poor health care assistant Grin !
Suddenly been inundated with commissions today - 2 pictures and two cards !

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KurriKurri · 07/07/2011 17:20

ooh that's good MAS, well done Smile

smee · 07/07/2011 17:23

Brilliant to hear you're onto chocolate cake, Topsy. They should provide that with the driver thing. Bet you'll sleep well tonight too. Smile

MAS, more commissions is good. Are they tricky ones?

MaryAnnSingleton · 07/07/2011 17:56

I think they'll be quite nice - and I've to do that pesky website thing (the not Snowy dog) have to ring designer tomorrow. I will panic a bit until I know what I'm doing.

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smee · 07/07/2011 20:15

MAS, I've lost the plot, but what's the pesky website thing?! Confused

  • Kurri, how's the blister today?
MaryAnnSingleton · 07/07/2011 20:49

it's the website for the languages place for little kids- Spanish and french - am doing them some animal characters !
My friend's first mammo results came back clear - hooray !!!!!!!!!

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smee · 07/07/2011 20:53

Ooh, that is good news. Hooray for her.

Website sounds good. I'd bet it's a lot of work though.

MaryAnnSingleton · 07/07/2011 20:57

am so relieved !

Not really much work- have more or less done the characters for them- it's a bit of a bitty job,so no idea how to charge-am thinking they aren't expecting to pay much !

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KurriKurri · 07/07/2011 20:57

Hooray fro your friend MAS Smile
My blisters are a little bit better thank you Smee.

I forgot to say earlier, when I was at yoga, the woman who takes the class (she's a doctor) looked at my feet and said 'I think you need to wear orthotics in your shoes because your feet turn inwards and your arches could do with some support'. Shock -Fallen Arches - that is an old lady ailment if ever I heard one Sad I'm one step away from an ear trumpet.

KurriKurri · 07/07/2011 21:00

a recent photo of me

smee · 07/07/2011 21:04

Grin at pic. Blame chemo Kurri - I have lousy achey feet and that's what I do.

smee · 07/07/2011 21:11

DS has just told me a very sweet tale. There's a boy in his class who is profoundly autistic. Today was his 7th birthday and the kids all poured out beaming with extraordinary party bags - his mum had made one for each of them to say thanks to them all for being his friends. What I thought was so lovely is this boy can't cope with loud noise, so the teacher thought it wasn't a good idea to sing Happy Birthday as it would be too much for him. The kids overruled him and after much debate, all sang it to him in whispers.

KurriKurri · 07/07/2011 21:29

That's really sweet, they sound like a lovely class of children Smile

SparkleRainbow · 07/07/2011 22:31

Oh smee that actually made me cry, that is such a lovely thing to happen, what fab children, and the little boy's mum, she must be overwhelmed by their compassion.

Topsy, I am glad you are home, there is always virtual chocolate cake for you, which I was close enough to bring you a real slice.

I am up by myself for the second evening in a row. DH is really trying to reduce his alcohol intake, which verges on massively a little more than the recommended allowance per day week. The consquence is that he is knackered, and bored cos he has nothing to drink, and so bed is a good option. I am really proud of him, especially as gp told him today he will prob need anti deps fr the rest of his life, and he was able to see that is not a bad thing, and take it as his bode just not functioning properly.

I can't go to bed yet cos the last two nights I have been plagued by severe pain in my right arm, too painful to sleep, so I just stay up until exhaustion over takes me.

Ds is loving his new school, they gave us a report today, cos all other children ggot their annual report, it is lovely, calling him bubbly, very well mannered, hard working, enthusiastic....things like that....yep you guessed it, I cried.
I watched dd ride around on a huge welsh cob today, she was brill. She went over a jump pole lying on ground in prep for learning to jump, she rode without stirrups to improve her control. She is fab, and not 6 until saturday, she blows me away too.

Will stop whittering now, you will all be too bored by my marathon post, infact, well done for getting this far Grin

MaryAnnSingleton · 07/07/2011 22:48

oh sparkle -how lovely about ds Smile and dd too - you are quite right to be teary -on top of smee's adorable story. Am sorry about your arm though - would hot chocolate help ?
KK Grin @ your ear trumpet - I can top senility by twice forgetting the name of the seaside place we might go top the weekend after this - trying to tell 2 s friends separately where it was and knowing it began with an S (which made both friends run through every seaside place in Dorset -even those not beginning with S)

Oh well, my bed is calling..

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smee · 07/07/2011 22:49

Made me nearly cry too, Sparkle. DS v. blase about it though, which I suppose is good, as it just shows it's normal behaviour for them all.

I'm off to the Tower of London tomorrow with them, so might try and kidnap a Raven or something. Grin

Sparkle, that's good about your DH, but not so good about your arm. Can you take something? + HOORAY for your DS. That is such good news to hear. And your DD's riding too. Just got to sort your arm and you'll be one happy Sparkle! Hope you get some sleep.

MaryAnnSingleton · 07/07/2011 22:49

it was Studland by the way

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KurriKurri · 07/07/2011 23:16

I grew up very near Studland MAS - in a little village just outside Wareham Smile - watch out for the nudists on the beach, they tend to sort of stand in the shallows dangling. Grin

Definitely pinch a raven Smee, - take a big rucksack to stuff him in, (actually maybe not, it's probably Treason!)

Good luck to your DH Sparkle, depression is such a hard thing to deal with for both of you.

MaryAnnSingleton · 08/07/2011 07:27

oh yes,the nudists ! We were vaguely thinking of living in Wareham at one ppoint...I do love Dorset.
Good luck with ravens smee and sparkle-hope things go well for your dh- that's good that he is accepting the need for anti-depressants- I can understand that.

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amberlight · 08/07/2011 09:00

Topsy, hurrah re them sorting out sickness!!!

Nudists??! Dangling! Oh my! Shock Grin Blush

yippee for lad with autism's friends, and for commissions for work, and all other good news.

Not feeling too bad right at the mo, but got a whole day at Hampton Court ahead of me. In the rain. Eek! And DS is now gone on his European trip with his harem of young ladies, which he of course will enjoy thoroughly for the next three weeks.

MaryAnnSingleton · 08/07/2011 09:14

hope ds has a fab time with his harem Grin and enjoy Hampton Court- a friend of mine from art school has a stand there (GO GO Gardens - little plantings on top of cupboards) He should be there - very suave,cool looking bloke called Martin.

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sandripples · 09/07/2011 10:43

Hi - sorry haven't been on the thread for a while -all well - just very busy at the mo, so will have to catch up when things are calmer. Just wanted to say I've uploaded 2 pix of graduation so I hope you can see them! xx

KurriKurri · 09/07/2011 11:01

how lovely SR, - it looks as if you had a fabulous day, I love your dress (still looking for mine - graduation on 18th). Your DD looks gorgeous, what beautiful hair, (I have a red haired DS so I'm probably biased) - does she get it from you?

I've PM'd you by the way Smile