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

[MaryAnnSingleton]

new thread here !

Have a wonderful holiday Cakes - if it's in this country (or abroad for that matter) I will keep everything crossed for good weather for you, see you in August

Amber - sit and have a after all that furniture moving

MAS - I have voted

ah thank you KK ! Celeste is 42nd at the moment- there are some totally gorgeous kits on there though...

FAB, the needle biopsy left no real scar at all, just the tiniest little blemish, I think that has been the same for others on here. Node biopsies are a bit more invasive I think, and so scar a bit more. For me the mass was behind my nipple, so my nipple has a scar like a smiley face running around the whole of the "southern hemisphere", the tissue around the nipple and the nipple itself are quite damaged, and I have nerve damage there to, but much of the breast shape is normal, certainly the top half.

Pleasenap, having a good friend who is thinking of her, is a really good start to help your friend get through this.

Have a great holiday cakes. I wish you much sunshine, good food and good wine.

Jenny I am glad your sister looks a little better today.

MAS where do you vote, what have I missed?

Oh amber with the sparkly carpets.....fancy another I have the kettle on, clearing three rooms is no small task.

Thank you to all who has advised me about scars, etc. I would happily lose my breasts to be honest (have issues) but I am sure the doc won't take them off unless they need to be. I have an appointment come through to see the doc 2 weeks after my ultrasound and mammogram.

? Lovely!

Hi FAB and pleasenap , welcome to our little world
Whatever happens , you are welcome to stick around for and cake , we are very big on cake here !

cakes - have a great holiday , I am off for a week in August to the wilds of Connemara . A holiday does you so much good doesn't it ?

Shaved my head today . With DD being my very willing helper . I was very patchy and straggly looking , so it was really the very best option .
Just had a shower , and it took me about 15 minutes less than normal !
Shampooing and conditioning my wild head of hair really did take up a lot of time . And no more faffing about with the straighteners

smee - had a parcel today from you , you are an angel . And I thankyou very very much xxx

Right , off to make lunch for the DC and I . And possibly to use the whole families email addresses to vote for Celeste !

Hello and welcome to Fab and Pleasenap, it's nice here!
Hope everyone is as well as possible today x

ooh topsy thank you (there is a Royal Canin posh cat food competition and have entered my Celeste -she's gradually climbing up the rankings ! 20th when I last looked...I'll post a link in a sec)
Have been drawing a bit,need to do some more,so back in a bit...

the Celestial one

THanks all!

MAS - I'll vote!

Topsy - good on you for taking the radical approach. FWIW I was advised to keep shampooing and conditioning my heAD. Can't remember why, if I ever knew. But you will def save on stratightening time, and also haircuts (just spent £35 on mine)

I think for good future hair and scalp health shampooing and conditioning are good ideas- after all you clean your face every day ! (I heard that somewhere)
thanks for voting Cakes !

Have been ironing for ages - very dull. So will have a

topsy, well done on the shaving, - its the best option I think. I used baby shampoo on my head and a baby's hairbrush when it started growing back.

I am having big problems with temperature control at the moment - I'm either literally dripping with sweat (running down my back and soaking my knickers -nice!) or I'm cold, - don't seem to have any middle ground. Don't know if its menopausal hot flushes (I think it is mainly) or thyroid stuff. Whatever it is I am Sweaty-Woman (thats my superhero name ) - special powers dispersing crowd with her whiff!

KK I'm sure you don't smell Thermostat control is a pain though.
Have been drawing French dogs and children today- must do some more.

good morning all !
Am off to school later to the Oscars- ceremony for the film making week -ds hugely embarrassed that I'm going- told him I wouldn't if he really didn't want me there, but hew grudgingly agreed...blimey,kids.

Too many posts to keep up with!! Just wanted to wish Cakes a good holiday though. I'd bet she's already gone, but have fun.

Topsy, how's the head today? Are you feeling okay-ish about it? How are the kids and DH too?

Kurri, I'm sweat queen too. Could rival you am sure. I think mine's menopause, but the GP has decided I should get bloods checked for thyroid just in case. Next time, I'm coming back as a man.

Got to go, end of term and they break up at 2pm. Really nice, but really annoying too.

Hope everyone's feeling okay today, or as okay as possible and MAS, I hope the Oscars are extraordinary.

every single film,even the ones by girls was about zombies,vampires and/or death - ds' group won medals for best use of sound -afterwards there were nice crisps and snacks -then wandered out into one of the little quadrangle bits and there were farm animals -pigs running about -sheep and goats etc for those doing the animal care activity.
Hope head is less sore today topsy.

[girn] at Zombie/death films - kids are so gruesome! It sounds a lovely project for the children to have done though.

Smee - I'm also coming back as a man - who'd choose to deal with menopausal ghastliness when you could be scratching your balls and striding up and down talking about yourself

Hope everyone is feeling OK today, does anyone have a chemo coming up next week? -if so good luck. Topsy I hope your head is less sore today, hope the carpets look sparkling amber

I went into town today to get a birthday present for my niece. I met a friend for coffee and she told me that last week when waiting for a bus, she was stung by a wasp. So when the bus pulled in a few minutes later she asked the driver if he had any antihistamine cream in his first aid box.

At which point he told her she couldn't get on the bus in case she had an allergic reaction, because he wasn't going to stop the bus on the A47 because she was having problems What a jobsworth, -she had to wait to get the next bus an hour later, I am urging her to complain, but she gets a bit anxious about making a fuss.

I meant to not girn!

Isn't girning one of those competitions where people pull faces at each other for a prize?

Carpets are indeed sparkling, thanks. Well, clean, at least

Awful ruddy day here - some detail I won't put on line but I'm so worn out. And a well known large support charity for bc have just written to me to say they're taking an extra at least 3 weeks to consider whether I get any help at all for my disability through them. I think it's been three months so far

bah amber
And grrr about jobsworth bus driver - a very sad pass.

On a lighter note-ds has his final singing lesson of the term when he's meant to be at the Celebration of Success -so hope he can do both somehow.

Ooo no, it's been nearly five months

Sorry you're having a bad day amber - I hope they get a move on and let you know what's going on.

Just been having a panicky last hour as I have family in Oslo, - but have heard they are all safe thank goodness.

oh phew KK - my SIL (not lalaa) has a brother and his family in Oslo but they're all safe

phew MAS, - I'm glad they're all safe. - What a dreadful thing to have happened

I'm intruding to wave and wish you all the best with your treatments. My DD is currently finishing her intensive block of chemotherapy. She was diagnosed with ALL in January. It has been pretty tough going, and our lives have changed completely. I'm interested in your thread as you have some good tips that might help her. She's 12.

Again, best wishes .