**Tamoxifen** the 30th thread !

[MaryAnnSingleton]

Am wheeling the trolley over....

That's great news about t mas. And definitely go to Gp- also get them to do you a card as you should get free prescriptions .

copthall dress sounds lovely (was hankering after lace dresses myself- dsis says she is going to help). And I like sound of the birthday party.

Little gigs do is a week on Sunday- it's meant to be quite simple (quick ceremony then reception). However I suspect that will be family shenanigans so can entertain you after (not least as my family like a drink/pointless row ).

kurri the wedding plans sound lovely- In my experience I haven't been to a poncey wedding where they are still married.

Knackered today (either pneumonia jab or mini gigs nocturnal antics responsible). But I have our tree up- and it looks lovely.

I see we are nearly at end of thread- I think next thread should be the festive tamoxifen bus shelter- bring your own blue bols or babycham.

Back to totp2

And I had forgotten all the bollocks cures for styes

And yes please for chestnut Wellington recipe .

Gig, are my GC invited to the christening. Has reminded me to arrange to see them, it's been a heck of a long time. You have your tree up?

I'll be on next thread with a lager and black. [common]

They are indeed - big gig besides herself to see them.

I was a sweet vermouth and lemonade type of girl in my bus shelter days.

Alcopops and flavoured vodka means its not the same now. I am nostalgic for when you had to drink some seriously vomit inducing stuff . Bit like being forced to watch stuff like hi de hi or cannon and ball as nothing else was on and there were only 3 channels (or 4).

Talking of which , you got over your Crush on ken masters yet kurri?

I'm at mums and the entire.drinks cabinet has disappeared- either the cleaner or one of the carers... In a house where sherry was strictly for Christmas triffle and everything was ages old as Mum doesn't drink and dad died 22 years ago, prob a good thing! I noticed there was an issue afer I opened a bottle of port a while ago. Just have to buy a bottle of beer for tomorrow night. Working here tomorrow, could be fun if Mum doesn't get it. Will save my green and blue for the bus shelter. Funny how that lasts 20 years while the tia maria only lasts a couple of weeks!

Ahh the days of 3 channels and black and white telly - makes me feel old at work as the young uns grew up with video.

smee Lager and black! I remember waking up one Sunday morning as my Mum shouted very LOUDLY that it was time for my driving lesson, must have been 17, and turning over and seeing a very large pool of purple vomit on my sheepskin rug I had to live with that stain until parents moved in my third year at uni. I can add Brandy and babycham to the vomit inducing teenage drinking.

But we should be careful or we all bought our Cancer on ourselves, by drinking more than whatever the latest study says . Our Surgeon and Oncy were such lovely Sunday school types that we all told them we just had the odd bottle glass now and then, and certainly didn't admit to the dinner party mid chemo when all our good weeks coincided when we got so pissed that we jumped on the table and danced, flinging our wigs across the room to "We are family" (Husbands are STILL in therapy).

MAS GCSE Chem is fine. DD2 is no Scientist but equalled DD1s evil genius scientist grade just by learning lots of boring checklists. It only gets evil at A2, when it gets really evil, but I think T isn't heading in that direction? The nice thing at A level is they get to do what they love, and so motivation generally follows interest, or it does in this house. Sadly some of DDs friends pushed in other directions and that is when it tends to go wrong.

[Grin] at dancing on tables and purple vomit! Dh and I went to.a beaujolais nouveau party soon after we met at uni in the 80s where he got more drunk than is possible and there was a similar incident involving a yellow rug! Funnily enough, he has hardly ever touched red wine since.
You are right about chosing A Levels on passion, my ds was an all rounder and did sciences first but struggled, he then did a third year doing English Lit and RS where he was much happier. Don't know what to do with him now though, he has dropped out of uni and is struggling at getting up in the morning.

I had friends who drank pernod and black - eeew. I liked a Cinzano or Martini Rosso as a girl...
I loved sciences at GCE (old person) and did pretty well with them- did A level biology which was totally different and not much fun. Ds will be much more passionate about A levels I think. Am hoping he has remembered to do as I reminded him this morning (important thing to do with his GCSE music- downloading Panis Angelicus - his music teacher has left an exasp[erated note in his book -gah !)

at Copthall and her wig hurling.

I only did sciences to o levels and couldn't wait to stop. Weirdly I've been reading far more science books of late. Wish we'd had better teachers, as it's amazing now I'm finding out more.

Toe curdlingly cold here. Hope you're all toasty and warm.

DD1 is absolutely passionate about Science. I really don't know where it came from, other than a reaction against being hauled around museums and read to all the time as a child (though she is an avid reader of fiction as well), I sometimes wonder if it was all the eviscerated rodents that our cat used to bring her when she was a toddler, she was fascinated even then! When asked to draw a dead fish in Year 5 she and her friend dissected it instead However her heroes are Scientists and I've just come off the phone with her enthusing about an essay she is writing about how Darwin and someone else changed their ideas in response to each other and how much she is looking forward to seeing "Uncle" Harry, Dad's retired Science teacher friend because he is always interested in talking about Science.

MAS That friend's son I mentioned who is in Atlanta on the year abroad on the Nottingham course is having an absolutely amazing time. He was a bit of a hockey playing, clubbing, minimum work necessary lad at Nottingham but American politics has got under his skin and he is loving it. He is in one class on Civil Rights where he is the only white person so the discussions are fascinating, one of his older classmates actually witnessed a lynching. It's great to hear him so enthused. Sounds like a great opportunity.

jchocchip That is difficult, we are lucky at my uni in that we are so specialist and niche that if they have applied as undergraduates in the first place they must want to study the subject, they certainly don't come for the sport and typical student social life! It is though a very passionate place so drop out rates are low but we still get students that drop out, or switch courses part way through, usually because they have pushed themselves into what they thought they should do, rather than something they really want to do. I suppose you can only let him find his own way.

Anyway waves to everyone as I load the car ready to pick up DDs and head off on the long long trek, 5 hours, up the motorway on Friday evening

Will report back on wild rellys and rovering Dad

Yep, I think our science teachers were rubbish too. I so wanted to be a scientist and wear a lab coat but they made it all v boring and hard to understand. I work a lot with engineers now and they explain things that I can understand fine, and are also really interesting - so maybe I'm not as dumb as the teachers made me feel, after all

i hope whatever subjects the dcs choose to take turn out to be fab and exciting. I'm sure they will be, teaching seems to be so much better these days (not so discipline )

Utterly freezing here, too. Have just spend a squillion on a new 'pooter and all the various bells and whistles that go with it, so feeling a bit nervous. It is very pretty (and clean) though. Just wait until it's had a bit of tea spilled on it, then it'll really start to feel like it's mine

Well done to T for the nice things the teachers said about him, MAS - the ones you told us about, and the ones you didn't

that sounds brilliant copthall - ds would love that
Have a safe journey and a lovely time !
I was very excited to be doing A level biology because I did get to wear a lab coat and had my very own roll of dissecting tools -I could pretend to be a doctor ! We cut up some very grizzly things- I prticularly remember the rat and the dogfish which would appear lesson after lesson getting more and more manky.

Trouble was that ds did want to study and his english lecturer said he was her best student but he ended up in a student house with more streetwise sports students who majored in drinking vodka and holding loud partys ds had room on ground floor didn't fit in and all happened while I was dx and doing radiotherapy so was not as perceptive as I may have been otherwise. I think ds is depressed now and for someone with 5 A levels and a further two AS is finding filling in an application form for a casual job he already has really difficult! I would like him to go travelling to fill the gaping hole in his cv and to find his mojo. But I worry so much about him as he finds it hard to go to the next city even to go shopping. Wish we lived somewhere with more going on for him instead of currently depressed northern market town whose major employer was victim of banking crisis...
Ooo our (as in we went in on tuesday) new pub landlord is on the telly -eggheadss can tell I'm at mums. Never had a problem with disectionat o level - eyes, fish, eggs I remember - was just things from the butcher usually discarded - ok if you are not vegetarian. Liked the room where the mice were kept and we had toads and locusts in tanks < reminiscence emoticon > ignore the rambling, sorry.

Roca - I have no experience, but sending cyber-hugs to you.

Some of you have asked about the trial. I've decided not to post the drug details, as its not standard practice to use this drug in BC, although it s a common drug in another condition. I don't want people experimenting with it. I know all of you are responsible, but I don't know how many irresponsible lurkers there are.

I've seen the research nurse and will see the research doctor in the new year.

Have a nice weekend everyone.

Enjoy weekend copthall

Hugs for roca - I think someone did have some bleeding and I know justfab has had a load of problems with bleeding etc and it wasn't endometrial cancer. Hope this bumps for you.

No words on science teacher (my dm was one and taught me). Like smee I gave up science the minute I could.

At your mums carers and booze jchoc but about contents of the cupboard. I can offer strawberry milk and drambuie (don't ask - it was a uni party) as not something to mix.

Big gig had Her hearing test today- has some hearing loss due to conductive issues in one ear so it's olive oil the ear and a retest in 3 months . Mini gig been throwing up as has a cold (but is of course fine after). And my leg sore so definitely needed.

Hi Roca, I know the odds of it being cancer are only 1 in 20, if that helps? Stay with us until you get your results - we can hold your hand/cheer you up as best we can?

Hi all. I've been useless recently for nonvisual stuff but should be more about over the weekend. Meantime, hugs all round.

[Wine] def needed evening carers not arrived. Checked the tiny bit of vodka, yes it is water! Sure it is the cleaner, the carers come in pairs and don't fiddle in the cupboards. All the china was put in the garage with the side board (rescued that) but Christmas will be interesting if can't find trifle bowl for said sherry triffle!
Can recommend olive.oil for ears, did dh's a while back with a syringe full of warmed oil to shift a load of wax. Pretty much no booze on house and no transport to get any :(

LOL I lied! I moved a chair and looked in the bottom of the gplan and found more!

That's annoying about carers jchoc

Did you do dh ears with oil first or just use syringe with oil? That could be better than endlessly doing oil and cotton wool each night.

For amber as you seem to have had a week of it.

Pic on fb the bols cherry brandy only cost £4.32 which dates it somewhat!

thank you, trying to see it as just a small obstacle to be overcome and if it's to be bad news, well, I'll deal with it IF that's the case.

Love the pic - passes bols to roca.