gigs You called? Tell all.... I love a good story of school lunacy.....
Sorry I have not been around, managed to hide the thread and then all life was taken over with DDs AS English Lit coursework now in, my blood pressure is just coming back down again...... DD very sweet this morning, Thank you so much, I'm sorry I was so horrible, but it is just part of my creative process 
Though those of you with dyslexic children, this is your future........she has all these great thoughts and ideas whizzing around her brain but just finds it so hard to get it on to paper in the right words and with any sort of structure.
gigs Sorry to hear you have been in pain and not sleeping. I also hate MRIs but at least hopefully you can put your mind at rest and it is a step to getting the right treatment. I remember my physio after my surgery saying that when you have surgery it is as if someone has taken the surrounding muscles and sort of screwed and tightened them up and then that causes all the muscles and tendons that are connected up to get tight as well so that surgery that affects your shoulder actually can end up affecting your hamstrings, hip joints etc. especially if you are weightlifting carrying around a sturdy toddler. How is your course going?
Ned I used to have periods whilst I was on Tamoxifen, about one every 18 months, very heavy too. geekdoctor used to refer me for a blood test and vaginal ultrasound (but I think that was because my history of cervical cancer put me at more risk of endometrial cancer) Everything was OK and the blood tests confirmed that the Tamoxifen was just keeping me perimenopausal, short of full menopause. My tumour was very highly Estrogen positive so I used to worry a bit but he pointed out that part of the effectiveness of Tamoxifen is that it mimics Estrogen, binding to the Estrogen receptors to stop any other Estrogens doing so. The amount of Estrogen in my body was not a threat, or rather in geek doctor language there are no statistics to show that that level of estrogen could trigger recurrence. As he pointed out my breast remained soft whereas before I was diagnosed they were always like a bag of marbles with razors attached...... I have had no periods since I came off the Tamoxifen and it was then the night sweats and sleeplessness that have been my symptoms of menopause started. Of course given the timing of the freaky periods, usually on holiday, especially the riding holiday when we spent four hours at a time in the saddle 
, I couldn't help thinking sod's law was involved 
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pen Sorry you are feeling so rough, sounds a tough treatment but the end is in sight.
sparkle I hope your first treatment goes well. I didn't get a line and I have the burnt out veins to prove it, a real pain when it comes to blood tests etc. I did catch an infection in my first cycle but I stupidly went along to a dinner with a group of families in the week I was most vulnerable and didn't run a mile when one of the boys complained of a sore throat. After that I was more careful and cuddled my DDs throughout the rest of the treatment without any problems.
Waves to everyone, hope everyone is well 
