How much is the recommendation fee sometimes ? I got a MAS pic for my sis and it is fab. Do it gig, you won't regret it! Hope you get on OK with rads. Those album covers are a gem 
gracie I have had problems with my guts throughout the FEC - my GP has put me on omeprazole, which is supposed to settle excess acid and bloatedness. Seems to be working, so might be worth asking if you can have something else to try? It does get easier, I promise. My second chemo was loads better than my first. Definitely second the vote for difflam if you get problems with your mouth (I didnt until the second cycle). Salt water just doesn't cut it in comparison to the lovely green-ness of difflam. . . Hand in there x x
Smee did you have any joy getting your tap fixed? Hope the smee household not flooded. . .
sparkle sending you big hugs. DHs drinking must be such a worry for you, on top of DS and everything else. Is DH having any help with his drinking? Good luck for DS at orthotics today. Hope it is a positive visit for you both x x
kurri complain, complain and complain a bit more and more loudly about Mr. Arse, I say. These bloody consultants think they know it all and actually know jack shit. Am very 
on your behalf.
eight another one down! three quarters sounds fabulous - am a bit 
!
Amber sorry to hear your life is full of hard things at the moment. You are such a tower of strength and so positive for the rest of us, sounds like you need some 
and hugs today. x x x x
MAS good for you resigning from your book club - this whole bc malarkey makes me think that life is too short to waste it doing stuff you don't want to do. Read more Patrick Gale instead Hope your mum can get some more support from GP next week. What a worry for you and your dad. Big hugs to you all x x x
lime Good to see you, my love. Hope you're doing OK x x
14K definitely ring the clinic and get them to phone the results through to you. Then you can support MIL through whatever comes up. Sending you all big hugs and 
x
olivo welcome, although I am sorry that you find yourself here. This is absolutely the right place to post, as we are second to none in the advice and support stakes, though I do say so myself. Just stick with your SIL and follow her lead. She will need to cry, shout, rant and rave, cry some more, be distracted and have a laugh at various points on the journey. She will need emotional as well as practical support. I would second entertaining the DCs so that she can rest. My DSis lent me lots of DVD box sets of stuff, because I find that I can't concentrate on reading too much. Amazon or Itunes vouchers are nice too, so she can choose some indulgent things for herself. Favourite chocolate and other nice things too, for when she fancies it. My DSis sends me postcards too, with messages on the back, just to tell me she is there for me and thinking about me. How close do you live to her? Will you be able to see her regularly? Do feel free to stick around here, and send her over too, if she thinks it might be helpful.
I saw my oncologist yesterday, and it was all fine. He was very sympathetic about my docetaxol wobble and was very diplomatic about the fact that I needed metaclopramide on top of the Emend. although he was a bit surprised. I said "maybe I'm just a big fat wimp then" to which he kindly responded "no, maybe you're just more sensitive than others" 
He said that rads would start minimum 3 weeks after the last chemo, and completely understood that I wanted to get on with it, which was positive.
Do I win the prize for the longest post ever?