Tamoxifen 34 *the power of Sauron*

[MaryAnnSingleton]

new thread !!!

The remote thing is a real issue- both dh and bil have had to fix mil doing odd things with remote. Warden seems to have stepped in to help. Mil rang me at work once as couldn't get the tennis

My nana had remote control problems too, despite my aunt circling the buttons she needed in pen and providing several numbered instruction lists. Then she used to try and phone my aunt using one of the speed dial button things on her giant button phone, except she had managed somehow to programme my mobile in to one of the other buttons and kept accidentally pressing that. So I would get lots of calls saying "what?! You're not (aunt)?! Why isn't this (aunt)?!", and she would not accept my help at all. She died before the digital switchover so thankfully never had to see the end of her beloved ceefax! :( I miss those phone calls now though!

gigs good luck for today, hopefully recovery will be nice and quick. Am very jealous of your new doctor, sounds lovely, and good that they are dealing properly with your pain now.

MAS your friend will be in my thoughts, I hope she gets the best news possible. I will add her to my list of people to be thinking about, it's getting very very long :(

topsy pregnancy dream sounds scary! I once had a very vivid dream I had a little baby called Rosie and when I woke up I was really confused and I acutally missed her perhaps you were actually dreaming about your blanket project apparently pregnant dreams mean you want to be creative!

I only recently woke up so had a lovely long sleep, only five loo breaks throughout the night

I'm having a lazy day of knitting and quickly finishing this project early so that the meeting tomorrow won't involve too much discussion!

Waving to everyone, still haven't caught up on alllll of last night's posts :)

My mum's problems stem largely from the fact that one of my nephews (her GS) has tuned her telly such that none of the freeview channels are the right numbers (i.e. the same as the paper) so she has a conversion list (on a bit of scrappy paper) so she can look up ITV3 or whatever on her telly.
But she loses the list (and the remote ) and can't remember the numbers, so spends her time pointing the remote at the telly clicking frantically and shouting 'I can't get Dave'.
Dh has offered to retune the telly, but she is reluctant in case we 'lose the subtitles by messing about with it' (she doesn't need subtitles' she's not deaf, she just had them when my dad was alive because he was).

What can you do?

Bless your Nana Asho - she sounds a sweetie too Hope the project goes well.

Am a bit worried since it is me that has problems with the remote.....

Actually Dad does have a problem with the remote but it is one of control, no one else is allowed to touch it, and if there is a problem he bellows "Blood and Sand, who has been messing with the remote" He is the same with the computer, lots of sweary bellowing from the office whenever he is on it, and it is always someone else's fault. Mum has had to ban him from the computer when she is giving piano lessons to small sweet children

Hope gigs has had her insect bite sorted. Reuben's brownies on trolley for when she is able to eat. Now know exact type that Dr Blunt is, they love sitting behind desks in Harley Street Consulting Rooms being patronising. I was treated for my Cervical stuff by a gynae who became gynae to Diana and Fergie etc. He was a sweet good looking new registrar when he first treated me, always interested in me and not just my cervix, but changed over the years into the slightly flabby blunt intimidating pompous type Strangely when I started to see me in his Consulting Rooms he used to do the internal with me on my side, posh people don't lie on their backs obviously

Speaking of which Smear test was NORMAL!!!!! First time for years maybe Nurse Ratchett didn't find my cervix after all, but thinking about it this is the first since Tamoxifen so maybe dodgy cells haven't any hormones to live off anymore, which is good news for breast cells too.......

Up to my neck in planning bureaucracy and have sent a hundred emails to help neighbours at Planning Meeting tonight,

Insect bite being dealt with in an hour or so- I did get lunch tho. Trying not to fret about it or that neck sore (nurse says normal). Will be pleased when done and can snaffle some Reuben's stuff.

glad you got some lunch gig and am thinking of you right now...you'll soon be munching on a lovely patisserie
Didn't get my coffee as friend forgot but never mind, went to post office instead !

Grrr to hanging about all day gigs. Wots the planning meeting about, copt?

Its all a bit boring in the detail but basically we have an Adult College in an old school at the end of the road served only by 5 narrow residential roads which have always done certain things to make their existence less of a hassle for neighbours, things like not having deliveries between 3 and 9 when the kids are around, siting classrooms away from the only three houses that have garden adjacent to the site. The Council enforced these measures by condition in their planning permissions. However they are moving out and the Council, very controversially www.richmondinclusiveschools.org.uk/ bought the site and then gave it to the Catholic Diocese to set up new 5 form entry and primary Catholic Schools. The School have now put in planning applications, lots of little ones, which was an attempt to enable the Planning Officer to agree it under delegated powers without it going to Committee and they are not proposing any measures to manage traffic, either deliveries or construction / demolition lorries) and also to site the Reception outdoor play area right next to the neighbouring houses (presumably as all other sides of the site are bordered by roads they think it will be quieter and more cosy for the children, one of the neighbouring houses is sheltered accommodation for people recovering from mental illness.) We have made sure it goes to the Planning Committee and hopefully that they will be asked to change their plans. However it is very political, Council Leader, Diocese, Chair of Governors are all very cosy, ........ However we have turned one of the Conservative Councillors and she is riding to our rescue hopefully... I am not actually going / speaking at the meeting as I got very involved with the campaign against the school being exclusively Catholic so I am probably seen as an agent of Satan... (not against Catholic Schools but against it excluding local children, some non Catholic children only 400m from the site have been offered no primary school place at all for next year)

There, I am sure anyone having trouble sleeping can reread this tonight and they will be asleep after a sentence

gigs may be interested though as she is also an agent of Satan

Sorry 5 form entry secondary and primary schools.

Satans minion here- op done and waiting on my sandwich. Reading about that bloody school no good for my blood pressure.

Bit ouchy where dug it out but ok- they are going to check sore bit on my neck tomorrow as its giving me grief.

glad you're out gig - hope not too uncomfortable and that you sleep well.

gigs I think if you were watching the live webcam of the meeting your blood pressure would go down. I'm laughing out loud at the surreal proceedings, it's like a comedy about incompetent bureaucrats . They are trying so hard to find reasons to refuse that they just discussed whether a canopy would wreck the appearance of the sleek lines of this lovely sixties building (it's a grotty old wreck of a building!) The Chairman and our Councillor are shouting at each other at the moment!!!

except the Councillor concerned kept calling it a Canapé which obviously would look a bit odd

Lolling lots at the thought of the buildings of Twickers with little Amuse Bouchée attached to them

The Head of the new school was also told they were disappointed in the school's approach and they could do better

At amuse Bouche.

Having my post op anxiety wobble here so can you pass and hand hold (dh asleep as gigs up early today). I know it's all ok but my neck hurts (they will review), it makes me feel angsty and high blood pressure here and I want to go home. I know this will pass but it reminds me of that horrid 3/4days blues thing when have baby. I just feel so weepy and have no reserves to cope ATM. And I know I need drugs but they mess with your head too.

gigs It is awful, your poor body has had so much to cope with the last few days, not least two lots of GA, When do you get a visit from the lovely pain doctor? In the meantime have some of the very nice Margaret River white DH has got his hands on. On my post chemo trip we went to Australia with good friends and it is from the vineyard which had their name, Moss, have not found it in HK or UK since, so savouring memories of red soil and gum trees and kangaroos.

cop yay for normal smear test! :) and good for you getting involved, all sounds like a total nightmare.

gigs yay for the op! I hope they can sort the neck soreness out ASAP.

MAS shame about your friend :( at least it wasn't a wasted trip!

Had a very quiet day here today, just working on my report and pottering about.

Oops sorry cross posted gigs :( sorry you're feeling so rubbish, lots of hand holding from me. I don't know about the baby thing but I definitely had a really awful day about 4 days after my op. I had some very weird gloomy thoughts and I didn't believe I'd ever feel okay again! Can they give you anything else for the pain? Your body has been pulled around and poked and all sorts, not to mention all the emotional stuff so no wonder your reserves are out. Are you back in your room now?

Am back in room (gratefully drinking your copt) -you do know what about as that 4day post op thing is it.

Am sure will sort neck ouch but am that now as other stuff ok. Dr pain in tomorrow so he will help.

And the smear is good news Copt. Mas-sorry you missed your df, have you called Bcn?

Sorry v selfish post- what other plans have folk got this weekend? I know amber has some fun planned.

Squidge over Gigs
I'll climb in beside you for the night .
And every time your neck hurts , tell me , and I'll make Smee dance for you
You have to promise not to punch me if when I snore though ...

The Diorama is complete !
It goes into school tomorrow .
I shall take some pics before it goes and stick them on Facebook .

Didn't chop up the denim in the end .
Decided it was too much like hard work .
Just sat in my friends kitchen and ate watched her bake ...

MAS, grr re friend.
Gigs, hurrah that you're out but boo re pain and feeling urk. Budge over a bit and we can entertain you with some random conversation.
Weekend - oh yes indeed. Just back from late night training course which was fab, and tomorrow off to sunny Weston S-M for a right old knees-up/small collapse with various friends from school. Return monday.

Slinking in from conference. Still on-going in the bar and I have to go back in a bit as there's a tab on the bar. Just sending hugs to Gigs. Hope dr pain comes up trumps tomorrow.

Waving to all. Back soon when not in la-la land xx

Gigs I can definitely understand why you're :( and , and your post isn't selfish. Do you have a cuddly toy with you still? I remember during my darkest hours I just cuddled my bear and talked to him and that sort of helped me.

I had some rather bizarre morphine delusions. I could hear the nurses talking about how I was the wrong personality type for my NG tube, as it was for Elizabeth Taylor type personalities and that's why it wasn't helping and I needed a different personality one and I thought to myself, wow that explains everything, once I've got the right personality one I will feel much better then my ex came to visit and brought me some magazines and I got really angry as I thought he had plugged them into me

amber that sounds really fun! Have a lovely time :)

I've not got much planned for the weekend, just some knitting and I shall be enjoying lots of ice cream and cold things as my chemo means I can't have anything cold for a week after.

Tomorrow I'm going on an exciting outing to Homebase and the pet shop. I'm not allowed in the pet shop unaccompanied as they have this adoption corner with rabbits that no one wanted to buy and I just want to bring them all home :(

Muffling Topsy's snores and dancing for Gigs to distract her when she can't sleep.

Ash hope you're happily dreaming by now. Happy home base tomorrow.

Night all zzz