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can you believe it ??!!

Snort at "Cathedral not weapon of mass destruction"

Just in , give me chance to unpack shopping (food not shoes) and I shall be back with boobylicious snack ideas !

On my way home from rads. Two days off, yipee :) Bit fed up at waiting around, had earlier appointment today so had to get an earlier train in, but still same train home :(

Hello all.

Oh Sparkles, I'm so so sorry to hear your news. The advice given is brilliant and I don't have anything to add except to say that I am sure you and your DH will cope once you have got over the initial shock. Sending you a hug ((((((((())))))))))

Pink, my armpit turned black about 7 days after my last radiotherapy session and the surrounding area looks very wrinkled and sore and felt very tight for a few days. The blackness has gone now (all that airing did the trick) and despite the horrible appearance of the rest of the area, the nurse assures me it's perfectly normal. Their main concern is getting an infection so it's best to get it looked at just to be on the safe side.

I love the idea of a booby-themed party. I haven't got any suggestions for the food (yet) but I'm sure we'll come up with some fun ideas.

Jane, those two days off are fab, aren't they? Make the most of them and spoil yourself. I remember, one weekend, I wanted to go to Waitrose and drove straight past and found myself driving nearly all the way to the hospital before I realised it was a "no rads day". I think my brain was on auto-pilot.

We are luxuriating in warmth and hot water now our new boiler's installed. It was a lonnnnggggggg three days!!!

Coconut breasts pyramids with a cherry on top Could not stop blushing when I made these as a new bride, and found myself offering them round at our first BBQ

snort at cherries!

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Dessert ? (first time doing linky things , hope it worked !)

Oooh am so proud of myself , I can do linky things

Titty Tiramisu ?
Booby Bannoffee ?
Big Baps ?

ooh good cake topsy

very much liking Driftwood's coconut pyramids too!

Figgy - hooray for hot water and warmth

Had a busy afternoon today , and when I got home you guys had progressed a whole 2 pages . Way to go !

Re everyones Birmingham connections . I think I can go 1 better .
I once went to Birmingham for a girly weekend !
See ? I told it was good ...

Went to a friends house this afternoon , had lunch , yummy fresh crusty bread and cold meats .
Then we made Minions (from the film Despicable Me) out of Kinder eggs and googly eyes , fab fun !

Came home and then bobbed straight out to Tesco .
I bought 3 new pans on the Tesco voucher thingy that's running at the moment . Beautiful shiney ones . Got a lovely big stock pot , big stirfry pan , and a normal pan .
See it's not just shoes , I do Kitchen Porn too ...

'evening everyone.

What an interesting day in A&E with major nosebleed that only really stopped 10 hrs later. And to specialist hospital for blood tests since NHS can't work a portacath. All on ds's birthday too! Seems herceptin's put my blood pressure way up. If I can navigate the weekend, I've got GP then Onc then ENT on Monday (can't wait )

Anyone for virtual since I can't have any real stuff?

bah - poor you amber- I'd've fainted clean away.
Hope they can sort you out though.
I've been to Birmingham,once - for a wedding- and dh went to university there,and 2 of my friends live there - does that count ? One friend's sister is curator of fine art at Birmingham City Art Gallery (sits back to acknowledge impressed nods)
Hooray for boiler figgy !

Ah Amber, what a sod. Is that a common side effect then? What happens next? Come let us distract you with virtual wine and daft breast themed food. As usual our collective level of intellect is stella.

Figgy, hip-hip for heating. to that.

Jane, hope you're okay and not still down. Weekend now. Indulge.

Waving to all others. Just done our fireworks outside. Daft cat watched them with us, curled up in my scarf.

Not good Amber . < Pours amber big mug of tea>

Poor you amber - what a rotten side effect to get. Can they give you something to lower your blood pressure? - I hope they get it sorted out soon, and you can carry on with your treatment problem free.

topsy - sounds like you had a fun day

Enjoy your weekend off jane

I think the blood pressure raise is a common one, and lots of herceptin patients seem to report nose bleeds. We'll see what the collective great and good think on Monday.
Love the humour

MAS you're virtually a Brummie.

too realistic to be appetising?

I vote to have a bakewell tart underneath.

amber that sounds miserable. Do you feel a bit weak after losing so much blood?

DeeScent, nope. They took blood tests and all levels are still ok, thank goodness.
But v tired from the sensory overload and routine-changes (which wee aspies are not good at)

Oh look, more tea! Excellent!
A bakewell tart underneath? Each to their own, I say

Oops, didn't mean to be quite that cheeky

Had the post-op blues today - can't get motivated; can't get excited about booking a holiday. Anyone taken Amitriptyline for nerve pain? Wondering if this is an SE?

Dee I got post op blues aswell . I shut myself away and cried for 24 hours !

I am so tired , have done far too much today . Think tomorrow calls for a long lie in .
DH has just stood and done 2 hours of ironing , so I suppose I really shouldn't complain that I am tired !

Off to bed now , try not to post too much whilst I'm gone ...

Morning all. Going to get up soon and feed the cat before he knocks anything else down from window cill. Don't know if dd has fed him already, aparently some days he has had two breakfasts...

Hope you all have a good day.

Amber - nose bleed sounds 'orrible, I hope you have a better day today.

Grrrrr , blardy pig/dog .
Woke me up barking at Lord knows what , probably a plastic bag or something equally threatening ...

Amber - I have the duct tape ready incase you try and get off the sofa today

Might make a trip to Ikea today . Is that madness on a Saturday afternoon ?

Jane I think pig/dog and danger cat should be introduced to each other . I imagine they could make a very special brand of chaos