**Tamoxifen** the 30th thread !

[MaryAnnSingleton]

Am wheeling the trolley over....

thegreylady the hair on my legs persisted even during chemo!! felt like the ultimate insult when it fell out everywhere else, but then at least it didn't come back fuller, curly and darker as it did when it regrew everywhere else!

Don't talk to me about hair- didn't lose it all on my legs but regrowth seems painfully slow.

Copthall - hello its always nice to welcome someone who is doing well a good few years after DX, and that you are getting on with and enjoying life.

Waving to Smee Gig and Greylady - lovely to see you all.

I have sadly fallen off the diet wagon and eaten some Chocolate Brazils - DH brought them into the house, and I sniffed them out Oh well long walks and crispbread tomorrow.

greylady - Dorset Apple cake is very good, - so moist and yummy.

Thank you again for the new welcomes.

Gig - day at the mo. Yes to GA. they need to dig quite deeply it seems, and the scar will be min 1" x 2". Meh, I'm not fussed about the scar really; it's on my right forearm, about an inch from the knobbly bone bit at my wrist if that makes sense.

My sister will be picking me up, and have to be there for 7, so currently wondering what to do with DD3 who had never spent a night away from me. I may just drop hr with one of her early rising chums at 6:15 and hop on the bus. She's one of those rare breeds who sleeps for 13 hours

I'll work it out though. My sister will stay with me the night after the surgery. She works up the road from me, so it's nice and easy for her.

Just been to awesome fireworks with much fun had by small irksome urchin, who is now sparko. Which is good!

That's not so bad then if day surgery - there is a lot of stuff you can get for scars to help them once it settles.

They always get you in early so can have everyone ready to do op - hopefully you will be early into surgery so can get out. Remember ga can take while to get out your system (think it was justfab on here who had one a few weeks back) so definitely need wine and chocolate for a day or too.

Dropping dd at a mates sounds way forward.

hello to copthall too from me ! we like to hear from those further down the line and still with us
Am so tired today- have taken my B6 religiously to help prevent the dreaded red hand. Oncologist was asking me about my feelings and I told him I don't know what to feel - he was also talking about the future and my being on capecitabine for a long time.

frank I think some of us had day surgery (with the option of staying overnight if neeeded) and it's ok,though as gig says,the GA lingers and you need to take it easy for some days

Yes, overnight was mentioned in an if needed sort of way. I have had 16 or 17 GAs in the past 23 years and have always recovered well, bar the c-sections, so hopeful this will be the same.

The taking it easy will be no problem

Oh my,that;s a lot of anesthetic frank
Happy Birthday to dear ned - have a fab day ! xxx

Yes frank you sound a pro at ga (have had a few ops but I think anaesthetist was a bit slap happy with drugs for tumour ops as felt a lot worse). The other thing is to make sure follow advice on wound care - but on your wrist may be easier to do (I had the classy luck to have op on my bum/top of my leg). A few of us have had wound infections and its no fun.

Happy birthday ned. Right best get up now

mas bugger about feeling so tired yesterday - have you slept well? I think not knowing what to feel is natural, bound to have mixed feelings about drug that gave you such side effects.

I stayed in overnight when I had my op last year - I was fairly late on the list and I think I took a long time to come round - it was a lovely ward though and the nurses were great.

Time for a and a quick swim before church...

xposts morning mas and gig and of course a big happy birthday to ned (will you be having jelly and ice cream with your cake?)

Happy Birthday Ned. Have the most fantabulous of days!

Happy Birthday Ned !

Morning lovely ladies one and all! Thanks for lovely birthday wishes

Chocolate cake and chocolate coins from DS to share on the trolley (although I suspect he may have had an ulterior motive for choosing them. . . )

Yes, I am indeed now 37 24, and the sun is shining! (although it was snowing earlier

Michelin starred morsels all round - had duck liver parfait with plum compote, sea bass with polenta cakes and roasted tomatoes, and chocolate "mouthfuls" or some other such thing - mini white choc mousse, choc ice cream, mini cookies and dark choc sponge pud. Had some nice wine etc too.

Round 2 for lunch today with ILs. . . Will return later with more tastiness to share with you all x x x x x x x

sounds totally lusciously fab ned

Ned that sounds fab. Dying to know which restaurant you were at. Michelin starred places are my only frivolity!

Dorset fancy places - hmm- was it Mark Hix ????

Happy birthday ned. Food sounds mega tasty. Feel very hungry now so will nab a bit of your birthday cake thanks.

mas sorry you feel so tired. Are you overdoing things?

Hope biggigs is feeling better and doesn't share her germs with the household.

I was looking forward to a nice quiet day but DD off to a birthday party today (swimming) so that is my afternoon accounted for.

happy Birthday to Ned, happy Birthday to Ned, Happy Birthday dear Neddy, Happy birthday to Ned. for Ned

Have a lovely day

Frank day surgery is good, but make sure you don't overdo things when you get home - easy to get up and about too soon (stock up on DVD's and fat-snacks )

MAS - sorry you felt so tired yesterday, - how are things today?
It must be very hard to know what your feelings are atm, but I think Oncs. words about thinking of the future and being on the drug for a long time are good - and a cause for optimism. Secondary BC is being treated more and more as a chronic illness, forget curable/not curable, - treatable is the important word. And we're all rooting for you because we luffs you. xx

waving to gracie, jchoc, topsy and Gig (and anyone else I've missed) - hope a good weekend is being had by all. My Sunday has so far consisted of trailing round Lidl for groceries, But DH brought me tea and toast in bed this morning which was nice (he's not a bad old stick )

Hi gracie - biggigs a lot better and no one else seems to have caught it. She is now asking for chicken korma (chances of me letting her have that ATM are slim).

mas it is immensely hard to get your head Round it but I agree with kurri - your onc words about long term are good and the parlance now is advanced/chronic rather than Incurable. Diabetes, asthma are jcurable so try to think of it like that . That said it is hard (ESP when you are tired or having nasty side effects) - have you found any time to meditate? That does help.

topsy I will offer up the French cheese and chocolate I brought home if you promise not to eat it all.

ned birthday meal sounds fab- hope you are having an ace day today.

frank I understand that it is completely essential indeed medically advised to Internet shop whilst eating chocolate post op. have you sorted what you will do with littlest dd (she isn't much difference to big gig in age)?

Internet shopping while eating chocolate sounds necessary for sure. I do intend to take it very easy for as long as I need to. DD3 has nursery school from 8:45-12:15, and lots of the other mums are very happy to collect her from school and have her for lunch and the afternoons. My sister will stay as long as needed too. She lives in Sussex, so it will cut her commute to Victoria massively!

No promises Gig

Just eaten a slice of The Most Delicious Pie In The World !
One of my Canadian school mum friends bakes pies and cookies for local cages and bakeries . And when I take DD horse riding I go to her house (she lives at the stables)
She likes to try out her new recipes on me (and I wouldn't like to offend her by refusing )
Well yesterday's offering was a chocolate and pecan butter pie .
Oh My God ... I have died and gone to heaven . It's the best thing I have ever tasted .
Next Saturday she wants me to try the refined version as she wants to salt roast the pecans before putting them in the pie .
I may as well just buy myself a king size duvet cover , cos that's all I'm going to be able to fit into by the time I have finished taste testing ...

Ofcourse that was cafes not cages !

I thought she was coming round and tempting the local hamsters. But that pie sounds amazing so am .

FFs- whilst I Mn dh has let Justin's house Onto the tv