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KurriKurri · 04/08/2011 18:54

Tada! A shiney new thread - get me with my fancy asterisks Grin

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KurriKurri · 23/08/2011 14:27

He's a Professorial Fellow in Food Safety (amongst other letters after the name Grin). - He's great chap, and had a very interesting life, - was a bit of a tearaway, left school young, worked as a butcher's boy, then decided to finish his education at night school, and has reached the top in his field. He's also a thoroughly nice person (sent me a huge bouquet when I had my mastectomy).

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EarthMotherImNot · 23/08/2011 14:43

Thank you allSmile, (it's wobbly but still) Dh is totally lost in a situation that scares him, I'm the one who never panics while he runs round like a headless chickenConfused

When DD was around 2 years old she was being silly eating pomegranate, jumping around etc and Dh went to take it from her and she jerked back and began to choke.

Dh literally did a few circuits of our sitting room yelling "I've killed her, I've killed her" I, in the meantime, thumped her back hard and up it all came.

I've learned over the years not to expect too much at times like thisHmm

cakesandale · 23/08/2011 16:30

That is funny, Earth. Totally useless, but very, very funny Grin

SparkleRainbow · 23/08/2011 16:57

Oh Earth...Grinthat could have been me a few years ago, although I would have panicked silently, whilst my dh dealt with it, and then when all over I would have burst into tears and declared I could have killed her. Funny, I am so clam these days, I know what to do far better than dh now, as far as ds is concerned, and these days have to come to terms with driving 20 mins to where ds has had his latest accident, never knowing what I will find when I get there......

All these romantic stories of meeting spouses....I met dh in my best friend's room(not best friend these days as his wife will not allow him to keep in contact with female friends Hmm), he asked who i was and then best friend told him to leave me alone, as I was just out of a difficult relationship....which was true. Took dh 18months to pluck up the courage to invite me for tuna baked potato!

MaryAnnSingleton · 23/08/2011 17:30

aw sparkle - love over a baked potato !

Dh invited me to lunch at his after the courgette supper (half my house were vegetarian) - he made lasagne and a fruit salad. Think we went to a Proms concert after that...
I am calm in adversity but a terrible worrier beforehand- but in an emergency (frog removal for example) I am good- not so much when younger though- our dog once launched himself through the broken french windows and got stuck halfway- I just ran out of the room in a panic.

topsyturner · 23/08/2011 18:02

I met my DH when I was 18 (am now 41) and I had just moved from London to Devon with my parents . I knew no one there so I started working in a bar to make friends .
DH came to Devon (from Ireland) on holiday with his friends and came into my bar and chatted me up . We arranged to meet the next day , but I stood him up !
He came back the next night looking for me , and 3 weeks later he moved from Ireland to Devon and we set up home together !

Moved back to Ireland in 1994 , married in 1996 .
I like to tell people he got me when I was young and stupid Grin

MaryAnnSingleton · 23/08/2011 18:05

aw !

SparkleRainbow · 23/08/2011 18:33

Grin, wow that is some going 3 weeks Topsy!

SparkleRainbow · 23/08/2011 18:34

I was 21 when dh finally got up the courage...... we set up home about 9 months later, after graduation, in London. I thought that was quick going, but topsy.....you are in another league there Grin

cakesandale · 23/08/2011 18:40

Quick work indeed! It took dh and I eight years (!) between meeting and getting married and we never lived together beforehand! (His family are Irish Catholic and he'd never go against his mother, who is a typical old fashioned Irish woman - sex is sinful, never told them the facts of life, won't watch a film with even kissing in......)

Figgyroll · 23/08/2011 19:20

Hello all. Didn't get a moment to come in yesterday as I spent the day in London, meeting up with a group of lovely friends who I 'met' in a forum over 9 years ago. We meet several times a year and usually end up in Covent Garden. Today I've driven for the first time since the op - no problems although reaching for the indicator was a bit painful as I stretched but I've moved the seat a bit now and it seems ok. So I've managed to run lots of errands that needed doing and treated DS2 to lunch out.

Happy Anniversary to Mr & Mrs MAS.

ILGC, it's been raining all day in Essex but is clearing up now. Fingers crossed for great GCSE grades.

Earth, I had 4 areas of concern plus lymph nodes and was told I needed chemo, then a mx followed by rads. Here I am, 7 months later, recovering from my mx and awaiting rads. 3 lumps have completely been zapped and one tiny one remained and it's gone now. Have a good cry - it will do you good but whatever you do make sure you spoil yourself too on your good days. There are days when it all seems so unreal and "not happening to me" iyswim but they are getting less and less, as is the crying. My DH tries hard not to show how worried he is but I can see through his bravado (we've been together for 40 years, married for 42) but he is a wonderful support in lots of ways.

Sprites sound interesting, KK. Can't wait to see photos of the finished articles.

I'm furious about your neighbour, Sparkle. What a shame he can't have it taken off him. My own son with Downs had a blue badge for years and this year he's been turned down. He doesn't get the high rate mobility (which I think is paramount) but we used to apply under a section for people with learning disabilities called "discretionary blue badge" but they've tightened it up this year obviously. Good luck with your application - I hope it doesn't get too stressful for you.

Hope Amber got on okay this evening with her appointment.

amberlight · 23/08/2011 19:23

We ended up horrifying dh's parents by moving in together when we were engaged rather than married. Grin

Figgyroll · 23/08/2011 19:34

We did that too Amber. We lived together for 4 years and, in the 70s, it was rather a daring thing to do.

topsyturner · 23/08/2011 21:12

cakes - my DH is an Irish Catholic too . We lived together in England , but when we moved back here I got my own house and he moved back in with his mother till we got married !!! Madness !

Glad you had a good day today figgy . I too have a group of women I "met" on a forum and we meet up every year . It was one of those ladies who felt my boob lump on their last visit to Belfast and told me to get it checked out !
You can make VERY good friends on t'internet Grin

And yes , it was very fast . DH and I getting together .
Think I must be a bit of a trollop Grin Blush

MaryAnnSingleton · 23/08/2011 22:40

Dh moved in to my house after about 6 months I think,maybe less- all my lodgers gradually moved out ! I think it really must've distressed my grandma who was very strictly Roman Catholic but it's a measure of her love for me I think that she let it pass-she was also distressed that ds was given a Buddhist blessing rather than baptism (my not going to Mass any more after a childhood of piousness was equally distressing) I pointed out that ds was blessed by the head monk in the UK but i really think that cut no ice.

Had a lovely dinner out with dh !

MaryAnnSingleton · 23/08/2011 22:41

you're not a trollop topsy !

amberlight · 24/08/2011 07:48

Well, (she says, sipping a cup of Brew), so much for yesterday. Got to 6pm and nurse rang to tell me surgeon was running late for the 6.45 and they wanted to shift it to Thursday instead. Cue additional stress on me and dh. Hey ho.
Get to stress about tomorrow instead.
I so love going private and experiencing all this continuity of care and appointment times that fit in with our disability needs and life Hmm

topsyturner · 24/08/2011 08:28

That's a total pain in the arse amber , scuse my language .
Just when you get yourself all prepared they pull the rug out .
And what makes it worse is Thursday was the original appointment wasn't it ?
Grrr !

Insurance man came yesterday , all good . Will have new hall and stairs carpet in a couple of weeks .

Off very shortly for my 3rd chemo appointment .
Got to drop the DC at Grannys house and get to hospital for 9.30 , so time to get my butt off the pooter and get moving Grin

KurriKurri · 24/08/2011 08:29

Oh amber how annoying, - that's the kind of stress you can do without Sad
Hang on in there until Thursday, have a good old moan on here if it makes you feel better Smile

Good luck with your chemo today topsy, hope it all goes well Smile

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SparkleRainbow · 24/08/2011 08:52

Oh amber I am sorry, that is so annoying! Hope you are all right, and he sees you today.

Topsy, I will have missed you, you will have gone to the hospital by now Blush having a slow day here. So I am sending you good luck, across the water.....and less calling yourself a trollop woman, you have a truely romantic story of falling in love so quickly, and him coming to be with you..... Grin at having to go back to his mums house though....oh the things we do to keep our mums and MILs happy.

cakesandale · 24/08/2011 09:16

Massive sympathy amber. Fingers crossed for Thursday.

Good luck Topsy. Another step through the process. Hope it goes OK. x

MaryAnnSingleton · 24/08/2011 09:17

grrrr on amber's behalf -really annoying and unneccesary anguish for you & dh. Hope chemo is going ok topsy. Ds is up,so hope to get out to buy the blazer this morning...

topsyturner · 24/08/2011 09:19

At hospital now , having a last minute pee ! (Tmi ?)
Am so a trollop and proud Grin

MaryAnnSingleton · 24/08/2011 10:20

Grin love you topsy !

KurriKurri · 24/08/2011 11:33

You must be nearly finished now topsy, you're not a trollop, you're a woman who knows her own mind Grin

But wouldn't trollop be a good verb? , 'I've just seen Mrs Evans trolloping up the road', 'Don't trollop about with that Johnny, you'll break it!' Grin

I didn't sleep at all last night, so feel quite ill atm. Also have an upset stomach [euphemism alert] hooray.

Had a good time at DS and his GF's last night. They have two dogs, a Westie and a little mongrel/terrier, - he lies on his back so you have to tickle his tummy, then when you stop he puts his little front legs together and grabs your hand to make you carry on Grin - so sweet, he's like a teddy bear.

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