**TAMOXIFEN 35**the all dancing,fat boy snacking and drugs thread

[MaryAnnSingleton]

yoo hoo - over here- bring the trolley...

I think I forgot to say well done to smee for new project
Glad you are out of infusioning ash - - hope not too sore.
Therapist session sounds good gig - am glad you are getting stuff out.
kk excellent if your mum has sold her house - she'll feel much more secure in new place and you'll not feel so anxious about her I hope.

I have some tortilla chips and MINT walnut whips for the trolley- not sure about mint ones,but T was keen to try.
Tomorrow he has an appointment at hospital to check on his spleen- no blood test for him this time,which is good - we've graduated from the children's outpatients to the adolescent bit at the haemtology dept. Afterwards a quick treat at the Costa and off to school with him.

Yes I do kurri so will Defo put that on request.

We have had Aerosmith, pink, sheryl crowe ( love shezza) , will now do requests.

And genesis makes me weepy (as do tons of songs these days but I find it quite therapeutic ).

Scott and bailey sounds like it could fill the viewing gap between midsomer and Lewis/endeavour/morse.

Cross posts mas- hope all goes well for t and glad no bloods.

Mint walnut whip does sound wrong.

Just for topsy

Ha!

Trice and others with lung met rude bits - found the latest stats. Based on the old data from 1987 to 2007 (in other words, before all the modern treatment even existed), the average survival time after discovering lung mets *and having successful surgery on any rudely behaved ones that won't go using other stuff) is 9 years from discovering the lung mets. So that was the result before we had the modern potions and lotions and modern knowledge.

Averages are of course no consolation if people happen to be one of the unlucky ones with an Ultra Rude Sort. But it seems the chances of copping it are now jolly small. Especially since in 9 years they will have fab new stuff that will stop it altogether.
No guarantees, but this is nifty stuff to know. So, statistically, it's jolly annoying and needs a lot of managing - but with potions and surgery (ask your team!), you could be outliving all of us.

Hi Malteezerzz! Let us know how you get on? Your odds right now are 1 in 100 of it being cancer AND a really rude sort that is going to give the docs a fight. Even if it is a rude sort, mostly these days it's just a long term big nuisance rather than a killer. If that helps. The modern stuff is hard work to get through but pretty fab at stopping most of this in its tracks.

If it helps, at all, I was given a 50/50 chance at the start of my dx of breast cancer. Two and a half years later I'm pretty much back to (er, normal?!) Well, I never was normal. And for all I know it could come back at any moment. But right now I'm alive. And racing round the country like a mad thing.

Ooh not sure about a mint walnut whip do walnuts go with mint?? get T to test them out and give us his verdict MAS - DD will not eat anything mint flavoured (says it's too much like toothpaste, - but she's a wimp).

I like a bit of Aerosmith - I sing along in an exaggerated gravelly voice when no one is listening

Two weeks to Eurovision -there has to be a thread party in this.

It has to be sung in a deep voice kurri.

Amber- congrats btw as sounds lie you had a very productive day.

Waves to amber - sit down and take it easy my lovely and slice of banana cake?

Hope T's hospital check goes well MAS

Glad you're home safe, Ash. Take out sounds like a good idea.

Kurri, that's great on your mum's house. Does it feel a bit weird though? Was where you grew up, wasn't it?

Gig, I like a bit of Scott & Bailey. They're good actors - think Cagney & Lacey up north. New project I need to have a meet with them to find out more, though have just opened an e-about something else. Not sure I can do both, so will have to have a ponder. Nice to be wanted though.

Hope it goes okay for DS tomorrow, MAS. Does he get nervous about appointments? Should think not having a blood test helps though!

Wonder how Malteserzz is. Got everything crossed for you. x

Mint walnut whip definitely wrong, though I'd still like to know when they took the monumental decision to remove the walnut from the bottom. Surely that's a national scandal.

Malteserss may have wait based on my experience of evening clinics- hope she gets an answer and a good one.

Yes a bit weird Smee - it's our family home - but my mum is only living in one room basically, the people buying it have several kids so it will be a family home again which is nice.

I just hope it all goes through, because Mum seems to have set her heart on a place in Swanage - it's ground floor, has sea views, communal garden, warden - sounds just right for her. She's still waiting to see if her offer will be accepted on the flat.

You are obviously very much in demand (it's the funky dancing I suspect)

Thanks for the stats amber. That sounds better than I thought.

Fingers crossed for malteserss, this is not a rabbit hole you want to fall down if you can help it.

Dh bought me some of my favorite posh choc to cheer me up. I left it on the coffee table. It has only been eaten by a bleeding mouse in the night! Buying humane traps as we speak. I may bait them with mint walnut whips, they sound challenging.

Think you might be losing it Smee , I don't remember there ever being a walnut in the bottom of the whips and I am very old

topsy - there did used to be a walnut at the bottom of walnut whips in t'olden days. Either you are too young to remember or more likely you have completely lost the plot due to lack of wool

at chocolate stealing mice Trice - they do love chocolate though - you'll have to bait your traps with it - they like peanut butter as well apparently.

there definitely were walnut pieces in the base of walnut whips in the olden days
T worrying a bit about what if they want to do a blood test, but they said not last time. He does get a bit nervous and hates having his tummy prodded as he is v v ticklish -they do need to feel his spleen though.

gigs has my letter arrived yet? Might help with soft rock night

kk nothing cold for a week or I might get a laryngeal spasm, which feels like you can't breathe. It's cos of the oxaliplatin infusion, not a problem with just the tablets. So only hot drinks and food, which isn't so great in this weather! :)

Soooo busy on the thread tonight, I'll try and catch up! :)

Dad is in charge of the remote tonight and it's Watchdog. Yawntastic

It has but cd in room being decorated so may have to do soft rock 2 at weekend. Have sent you and topsy a FB soft rock issue.

Yuck for hot drinks and watchdog.

I don't believe you all !
There were never walnuts in the bottom !
but genius idea for present manufacturers

It's a hard life but I'm being very brave am not sure about the video, not allowed to watch as I might disturb Watchdog viewing

Can I request Aerosmith love in an elevator? I saw them live a couple of years ago, poor Steven was a bit worn out but it was still pretty awesome

Oh Asho - that's not nice, - I had laryngeal spasm after a GA once - it was vile. Certainly worth hot drinks only to avoid it - but I agree very inconsiderate of the weather to improve when you have to have hot stuff Well done for being brave (I'm referring to the fact that you've had to endure Watchdog, not your chemo obviously )

topsy - there were definitely walnuts in the bottom, I don't know why they were removed - presumably some vague misguided nod towards people with walnut allergies

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