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Morning all, - I've slightly lost track, - there were a lot of posts yesterday!

Smee- I see you are staging an exhibition, - ' The Civil Cervix' - with pictures of your famous perfect service. Very good - I will try to visit - meanwhile can I have your cervix's autograph?

Sometimes - I get these mad phonecalls occasionally - why are people so rude? Sometimes it's wrong numbers - annoyed that I am not the person they were trying to ring!

OverTheMill do you have a port fr your chemo or a picc line? if so then you can do anything sedentary that you need 2 hands for. If its going into an arm vein then you won't be able to do tapestry or knitting or anything like that.
But I used to read, do crosswords with DH, listen to my ipod (I put audiobooks on it to listen to) eat (I took a little lunchbox in with me, as hospital offerings tend to be a bit meh) Take a cardi, - it is warm in hospital but you can get cold during chemo I found. Don't be afraid to ask for anything you need to make you as comfortable as possible.
Toilet is no problem - they will unplug your drip from the socket and you can wheel it to the loos with you, still attached!

Good luck - the first one is scary, you don't know what to expect, but IME chemo units are very friendly places, with kind friendly nurses - I got to know mine quite well - they were all lovely, they understand how you feel, and its fine to have a little cry or whatever when you are there - if you get a little bit overwhelmed by the whole set up. But honestly you will get used to it and it will fall into a sort of routine.

Gig - great you are home again, take it easy, have a few sofa days - have you got a bell to ring so people can bring you cups of coffee and cake?

Baskets - you asked about my mum's accent. I believe while she lived in Glasgow she had a Scottish accent, but they moved back to England - Surrey, when she was about 17/18 IIRC and she has lived in England most of the time since, and her parents were English, so as long as I've known her she's had an English accent (she's 90 now, so has had a fair amount of time to lose any trace of Scottish accent! ) My parents did live in Carnoustie for a few years when they were first married - my Dad was a lecturer at the technical college, and my brother was born in Dundee.

Sorry - this is one of my long rambling posts again, I will stop. There is nothing in the tote bag I won - but it is a very posh bag - I'll try to find a link. It's fab.

Love to all for today and the week ahead xx

tote bag

I meant to say well done to DD Sometimes - I'm so pleased she enjoyed herself, I'm a big advocate of drama for kids - it's been a wonderful thing for my DS, - apart from the drama itself which is good fun, it taught him all about teamwork, reliability, hard work - helped him no end in his job.

overthemill am sure once the first one is done you'll feel more relaxed and know what to expect- loads of good thoughts to you.
My late FIL was born and brought up in Hawick on the borders and came to live in Nottinghamshire as a young man but still had a lovely soft Scottish accent.
Have appointment at the Thoracic Medicine clinic on 15th - am waiting for GP to ring me back to see if I can get any more info.

hey nice kk - well done you x (dh's competition luck has seeped over to you)

Ooh nice bag, KK!

MAS - hoping for a speedy and reassuring call from the GP.

KK - as regards the teamwork and hard work thing - absolutely spot on. I have to say there was a BIG difference between her demeanour after this each day, and how she is after school. It was clear that the theatre thing had been engaging enough, and hard work enough, to stimulate and tire her out (in a good way). I think she has been coasting at school this year which is why she has been coming home totally full of beans and unable to sleep. I think a quiet word with the new class teacher may be in order

Oh swish bad kk

mas hope you get a quick call but I know that chest x ray can be used to diagnose infections that don't show up other ways- it was one of things they were going to do with me last week when dx infection.
sometimes that is very annoying about caller.

Have made it downstairs and had lunch but am back on sofa watching Olympics

Bag not bad. Bloody phone

GP has phoned- she asked about the pain which is gone,except if I really think about breathing in and out ! The blood test showed some raised levels and those might indicate infection/inflammation but am feeling perfectly fine and dandy,no cough /fever etc. I asked what they will be looking for and she said the main thing was to rule out cancer,which I suppose is what I thought they'd need to do. She couldn't really say any more so have to be patient and wait until next week.

{{{ mas}}} not really a surprise but worrying. The logic part of me thinks it's an infection given your symptoms and history (would be pretty remote given time/type of bc you had) but I know logic doesn't trump worry.

am fine about it- really- please don't be worrying about me.

I'm not worrying about you because it will be fine

Nor am I but not sure there is anyone on here who likes medical appointments unless it's smee and her picturesque cervix

! no,must say am not keen on any medical appointments- also not very good at being patient.

MAS - I also totally believe you are fine, and it is just infection lurking around. But I'm sending anyway because waiting for results of anything is an absolute pain in general.

Sometimes - definitely a word with the new teacher, - no point in her being bored at school, - she's a smart little cookie and she needs stimulation at school. (Do they have any classes for children who need a bit extra? - I seem to remember DS going to a creative class in his lunch times, and DD doing extra maths - where they did games, and played chess and things.)

Gig - anything good on the olympics today? - I didn't watch much yesterday, part from the tennis, so slightly lost track. DH gets so over excited, especially about the cycling, that I fear a heart attack! And DD says 'I can't watch, it's too tense' and puts a cushion over her eyes

I did enjoy seeing Mo Farrah win, - so lovely when his little girl ran out to hug him

Nooo, no duct tape needed at all, honest...

What did I do during chemo? Laptop, chatted to friend, read newspapers and magazines..updated facebook with piccies of me plugged into the machinery...that sort of thing

MAS, keeping everything crossed re the results.

Dd's school say they provide extension work for her, but it isn't enough. The extra clubs etc seem to be mainly for kids who need extra support to get to the expected standard, which is laudable for them, but doesn't help us and some of the other kids, there are plenty of smart ones.

Her guitar teacher said he'd like her to do some extra stuff in the school holidays as she is 'prodigiously talented', and he promised to phone, but he hasn't and I don't have his number

So I am doing extra stuff with her, but teaching isn't my forte. I'll definitely have to see the new teacher: all this extracurricular stuff is costing me a fortune

Here, our Olympics viewing is limited mainly to trying to spot DBIL, who is a gamesmaker: I must say, purple and red combined was a foolhardy visionary choice for the uniforms.

Another idea for using pic of smee's delightful cervix! what about a 'smeemas collaboration' to create a new line in designer wrapping paper or wallpaper ....

good your appt is soon, mas. Most likely they are being cautious due to your med history and it will turn out to be a little scarring if you've had recent infection. Scarring can hang about for quite along time after an infection, but of course is harmless.

Interesting about accents. Allegedly my dh soundsa bit Scottish now after 30 or so years here. In Kent, when visiting his mother, he was asked if he was Scottish!! I think he sounds southern English through and through, but must have a conversation with him soon and check it out again. Our sons have funny accents - they sounded 'posh Scottish' when little as I think my Glasgow accent was diluted by influence of dh's English, and we lived in Edinburgh which isa whole other story.

I must say the extension work provided for ds3 at primary school was a bit 'now and then' depending on resources. Our family must have been quite adrain on resources what with ds2's LDs, ds4's ASD and ds3's 'brightness'.

That's the problem Sometimes, - we spent an absolute fortune on extra curricular stuff for our two. It was definitely worth it in the end - but hard at the time. The guitar sounds brilliant for her - great that she is musical, are there any local children's bands she could join? Is she also mathematical? (goes with the musicality often I think), - I think some places have saturday maths clubs or chess clubs for kids.

I am totally in favour of children who struggle getting every bit of extra help they need, but I do think all children have needs that need to be met and that includes extra stretching if the work at school is not giving them enough.
Does the drama club she was at run regular weekly classes or anything like that?

Sorry to be totally ignorant, but what is a Gamesmaker - it sounds computery, but is obviously an Olympic thing, - is it the people who carry the nationality signs and escort the athletes on?

x-posted Baskets - I find accents very interesting, - I love all the regional variations we have in this country, - and wish my own was something other than boring old standard English. Dh is from Galashiels (pretty near to your late FIL Sometimes) people here in England think he sounds very Scottish (or even on one occasion Canadian ) but when he goes back to Scotland everyone says how English he sounds

When I met him he had two 'languages' - English with a Scottish accent which he used at Uni, and a strong Borders accent and dialect which he used at home, and his mum always spoke in. He still occasionally breaks into it under stress

There is some stuff dd can do musically and theatrically, but it is fitting it in around football, swimming, tae kwon do, my occasional need to wee and eat, etc etc. So I totally agree, KK, it is hard and eye wateringly costly, but I have today put her on the waiting list for a local theatre group as the theatre club she has just finished (was at the city's main theatre) only does stuff that coincides with other stuff on her busy schedule. Ho hum, I shall start saving (and buy a taxi driver's hat)

is she mathematical???? That's a big fat NO, though I had heard the two were often connected.

Gamesmakers are the volunteers who are doing lots of stuff at the events, for free. They have a fetching purple and red jacket and hat, with beige trousers. He is very, very proud. Not sure if he reached the heady heights of escorting athletes and carrying signs, but he is enjoying himself. Other DBIL auditioned to do the drumming thing at the opening ceremony, but he was surplus to requirements

Oh bless him - he will be proud, it's a great thing to do - shame about the drumming BIL though. A friend of a friend (i.e. someone I don't know ) was in the agricultural bit of the ceremony, and he had to roll up some turf and then was in a line of factory workers in the industrial bit .

I have just had a good go at clearing and weeding the patio, and dragging a lot of old wood round from the back garden to the front (it was some stuff that a friend insisted we keep after a tree of ours blew down, so he could use it in his wood burner. It's been at least two years and despite repeated hints he hasn't been to pick it up, so it's going to the tip) I am wheezing and sweating like a the fat old bag I am.

Two years?? Hats off to you, i bet it was full of nasty wriggly things

Waves to you all whilst in her favourite position on the sofa. Sorry not been around much, been reading but just having my usual post-chemo slump. Not feeling down just nauseous and fatigued but thinking about you all.

Glad you are home gigs and being looked after by your DSIS. When does DH and your babies come home from France?

mas glad you don't have too long to wait for appointment. I remember about 20 years ago my dad had a chest x-ray and was sent for further tests. It turned out he had had an infection which inflammed a patch of scarring from a bad infection which they told him was from childhood. VERY strong antibiotics and he was right as rain.

Are you getting the gold medal for an attractive cervix smee? Shall we all join in with the National Anthem.

kurri love your tote bag, it looks fab.

Going to catch up some more as I the memory of a goldfish and know I am missing lots of people's news. Hopefully be back later if I'm not asleep