**Tamoxifen** the 30th thread !

[MaryAnnSingleton]

Am wheeling the trolley over....

only 3 more rads gracie - that's great, - you won't know what to do with your days! but well done, - hope you are planning to treat yourself. Ooh just seen you have cinema tickets - lovely, what are you going to see?

Yes sudden death always a terrible shock for families - your poor DH, that must have been horrible for him. I was talking to driving instructor about her mum a couple of weeks ago, and she said she seemed to be doing well - but instructor is same age as me (52) so I imagine her mum was fairly elderly.

Am putting some ginger muffins on the trolley (so I don't eat them all, as they are rather nice, though I do say so myself).

I've got an art club meeting tonight, should be an interesting talk, I'm taking my textile picture I've been working on - we had to do something on a theme of winter.

Yum ginger muffins sound gorgeous. Enjoy your art club meeting kurri. I'm sure your picture is lovely. Boys and DH are off to see Skyfall . DD and I are going to see Madagascar and then I will take her to the soft play beside the cinema until the boys are finished. I would love to see Skyfall as I have heard it is very good but DD is a bit too young.

poor driving instructor kk -what a shock.
I was listening to the bc thing on the Today programme - I do think they should explain more about what DCIS is -they never seem to go into that. Also very irritated by the woman who kept pronouncing mastectomy as masectomy (petty i know but grrr)
Dad is fine- they froze two bits and want him to come back to have a larger patch surgically removed -so I will take him in then. He said it was all very quick and efficient and they had hot chocolate in the Costa afterwards.
Hands still sore which is pesky-also huge red/yellow welts on my shins which I think were bites - will show onc. I'm thinking they must be to do with medication.

have a lovely time at cinema gracie and hooray for imminent end of rads- yay !

Ouch mas hands do sound painful. Will you be seeing your onc this week as if they are bites best to watch they don't become infected?

they are old bites, if that's what they are - just weirdly healing ! Hands and general feeling of dehydration is main thing - have bought rose lip balm as my lips are so dry
Seeing onc on Friday anyway...
Have been out for a walk to town where I bought nice opaque tights and some socks and some chocolate soya milk- yum...though am guessing that soya is something to be avoided-but am sure a glass or two won't hurt.

read a bit about overdiagnosis in the paper on the way to work. Also stories about massive hospital debts the PFI funding has led to :( Think economics is rearing its ugly head again.
gracie hope you all enjoyed your films and soft play - its been a long time since I was at one of thise places! good times.

kk textile picture sounds interesting, how are you doing it? sad about your driving instructor's mum, what a shock.
mas grr that your hand are still sore.
Work ok, don't like coming home in the dark though. chinese for tea, :)

'evening all! Hi Herenna, welcome from me too.
Statistics: From that starting point, the odds are 85% of a good outcome, and that's on the older treatments and older methods. With the new whizzy stuff, (on the evidence so far) it's even better. Does that help a bit?

KK eek re instructor's situation!

MAS, really hope they get your skin sorted out pronto. V uncomfy all round.

Meantime, DH is having a mole removed, which has made me a bit eek, and my car broke down (newer one now on order), the dishwasher has broken, and tonight the boiler stopped working. Three days to go till we're on hols for a fortnight cruising the force nine gales sunny Eastern Med. I'm knackered.

mas I bought almond milk last week. It was very tasty, maybe an alternative to soya.

jchoc not going to cinema until Thursday but looking forward to it. Enjoy your Chinese.

amber you are having a rough time. Hopefully mole proves to be nothing to worry about. Enjoy your cruise, sounds wonderful.

Amber - so pesky about car/boiler/dishwasher - hope last two are fixed quickly - have seen your new car on fb Also hope that dh's mole removal is ok- soon be on your hols for some well deserved relaxation xxx

Gracie - saw some other interesting milk stuff, next to the almond milk~ forget what it was now.

mas hope new lip balm helps- my skin got mega dry too on chemo.

amber sorry so much going on(but love The new car pic). Did you sort out your trips on your holiday as I remember there was some issue?

kurri how was art club?

gracie you are a good mum to do cinema and soft play. But sorry your mum was so churlish - I do think age can strip away people's grace.

Disney was a big hit (mini gig has a huge teddy - big gig opted for play Mobil fairies instead ). They both really enjoyed it so was worth the experience.

They are off to science museum today while I set up a Halloween treasure hunt for big gig.

Waves to smee jchoc and anyone else.

good morning ! dh off today,so probably no work -maybe an outing !
How was art club kk ?
So glad the gigs enjoyed Disney !
Soon be on your hols amber -exciting ;-)

Morning All

Still loaded with the cold and still have skin like a lizard !
Have GP apt on Friday to hopefully get urgent referral to hospital for skin .

Amber am so jealous of your up coming holiday . I have always wanted to go to the holy land and do the route of all the archeology sites you are following .

Mas hope you are feeling a bit better and that T is having a great time .

Welcome home Gigs , glad you emerged from The Worlds Happiest Place unscathed

Gracie I would swap places with DH when you get to the cinema . Surely it's a medical requirement for you to perve at see the new Daniel Craig Bond movie ?

Right off to blow my nose some more !

Been reasonably OK since my tests last week - bizarrely I felt better the day after, even though I still didn't have the results - but now the appointment tomorrow to get the results is getting nearer, I'm feeling quite low. I just keep thinking about how I'll tell my kids if I do have bc. Then I keep trying to stop that because I really don't know what the results will be tomorrow. This is really shitty, isn't it?! Oh well, not long to wait now I guess.

will be thinking of you tomorrow oneway xxxxx
topsy hope you get your skin appt.- must be horrible for you...and nasty cold too
We're going to mooch about in Winchester I think.
My Pieminister Pie winnings have arrived !!!

hang in there oneway hope you can find some distractions this evening.
pies sound nice :) mas At least you have appointment topsy. :( about the skin.
Just saw the stove man at lunchtime quoting for a multifuel stove for the living room in place of the open fire that lets all the heat up the chimney. Back to work now...

have done the rounds of Winchester and bought some Christmas presents - looked in lots of shops -am exhausted. Dh wanted to go out to supper but I think we'll do that tomorrow. Got MIL a nightie- very hard to buy things for her as she doesn't need/want anything in particular. Got my mum a cosy,soft neck warmer thing from Fat Face as she was wearing a warm scarf round her neck indoors the other day -she feels the cold terribly,though their house is always v hot (woodburner in the kitchen blasts out the heat)

Quick hello to everyone, welcome back Gig, - glad the minis enjoyed Disney. Hope they have fun at the science museum (we lost my DS in there once when he was about 3 - I was running about like a maniac shouting his name, when some schoolkids stopped us and said 'is he a little boy carrying a toy rabbit' (yes he was)'he's in that room pretending to drive one of the trains' -I think it was probably Stevenson's Rocket or something terribly valuable and old. He was perfectly happy! )

MAS - well done on Christmas shopping, you are more organized than me, but I am doing mostly home made this year (I've warned family and they don't seem to mind!)

OneWay - loads of good vibes for tomorrow, at least you will know what you are dealing with, will be thinking of you. xx

amber - sounds like you need a break after everything breaking down! have a wonderful time, - hope DH's mole removal went OK.

topsy - hope they get you that appointment really soon, poor you - you must be fed up by now.

gracie - i may try that almond milk - I've seen it and wondered what it was like. I think I've seen rice milk and oat milk in our health food store too, but I found the rice milk a bit sweet - they didn't have an unsweetened version.

Art club went well - the person who runs it phoned me today to say loads of people had asked about my piece of work (the textile) and wanted to know who had done it because they really liked it, so I was very chuffed (it's only a small club -but it's always nice when people pay you compliments ) I might try to get DH to take a photo of it and put it on my profile so you can have a nosy if you want to.

I went to yoga today, - was going to be virtuous and swim as well, I bought a ticket, got changed into my costume - there was a pool attendant cleaning lockers cubicles etc., - then I went through the shower to the poolside, only to be told 'sorry the pool's closed until after 10.30' - so why the F* sell me a ticket and watch me get changed and not tell me. Idiots - honestly I think the first requirement of the people they employ at our sports centre is 'must have absolutely no gumption or common sense!'

love to all.

Mole thingy not till after the hol. I'm still knackered - just can't seem to survive into the evening without being SO tired the last few eves. But our trips did indeed get sorted, which is good.

Fingers crossed for you tomorrow, OneWay...hope it all goes ok. Let us know?

Lots of good thoughts for OneWay tomorrow x
KK hooray for compliments - would love to see your piece
Grr about swimming pool though - very annoying.
Sorry to hear that you're so tired Amber - any news about boiler ? Holiday soon so you can relax.

Good luck for tomorrow OneWay , hope you manage some sleep tonight x

Quick update - results all clear for now, thankfully! I'm back to the yearly mammograms. I'm very relieved. It has been a very difficult 2 weeks. Thanks to everyone on here for listening. I'm sure I'll be back - I'm still living with the increased risk due to the previous mantle radiotherapy. I have considered preventative surgery in the past and may revisit it again sometime. Been advised to not make big decisions soon after a scare, so I'm going to give it a few months first. In the mean time, thank you lovely ladies for being so kind!

Oh that's a relief OneWay !
Celebration wine for you tonight ???

phew that's good news oneway :) celebrate!

kk indignant on your behalf that they didn't tell you the times!

How did the treasure hunt go, gig

waves to mas, topsy, amber ...