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You all out there? Pop this way!

Yep , consultant said "it could be cancer , it could just be infection" .
Lungs themselves haven't developed anything new .
So there we have it .
Mystery Me again

Trice it's hard not to feel like a walking pharmacy isn't it ?

I made chicken carbonara and salad Malt .
Dodgy nodes have not diminished my appetite

trice good luck with capecitabine. I've had sickness and diarrhoea from mine but manageable with the right medication so hopefully won't be a problem for you.

topsy fingers crossed for just an infection, and yay for no treatment needed :) enjoy your chicken carbonara.

malt I had a similar situation when I read a seemingly harmless leaflet that said "this regime is used to treat advanced bowel cancer" the advanced bit really freaked me out. I've worked up the courage to read most of my oncologist's letters but there is one that I have never read, his first one, which my boyfriend at the time read on my behalf and hid from me. I have no idea where it is now and I'm glad really, it had all the stats and they weren't very cheerful :) anyway they will tell you everything you need/want to know at appointments so if you find it better to just not read the letters then that's perfectly okay.

I'm just trying to catch up on all the knitting I couldn't do while in hospital, so am days behind on my two projects - badger and squares for woolly hugs. Am also watching the first series of Case Histories so that I can watch the second one which started yesterday :)

I hope everyone is having a lovely day! :)

That sounds yum topsy- chicken casserole with dumplings here.

Have been eating like a steroid fiend all day- making up for ask week.

Big gig playing up and not working at school (won't write which think is laziness as can read z, spell etc). Had to use the " I will tell dad" line as I have no effect.

Still need dressing in wound but have silver dressing to help last bit heal. Leg aching so better mention that tomorrow. Not looking forward to onc visit.

Will tomorrow involve wahaca mas?

I think it might well involve Wahaca as have mentioned margaritas to them...
Is it onc tomorrow gig ?

What time is apt tomorrow Gigs ?
And Mas , have a margarita for me please !

I have eaten my own body weight in pasta , and I'm debating going back for seconds .

will do..

Gigs good luck for your appointment tomorrow
MAS have sex on the beach for me please
Ash I think you're right, sometimes best just not to read them they just sound so serious
Topsy you must have my appetite, I knew it was somewhere !

Feel really fed up with everything tonight, can't concentrate to read. Would normally be planning lessons etc but don't need to do that anymore, everything on tv makes me sad or reminds me of what life used to be like, don't really know what to do with myself.

I have just had some lovely rhubarb fool and am settling down to watch case histories too.

What us? On steroids? topsy and gig

Appt at 2 but blood test before- I suppose its cos have been waiting on this to see what happens next/when . Even stuff like trip to Hampton court( thanks Copt will pm).

I will get on with updating on meet up this week tho .

Malt - the letter probably makes the mourning feeling worse.

Sat in kitchen as living room being decorated now... Luckily it's close to more food.

Just quick pop on to check on topsy apt. Good news nothing new in lungs and good that they are keeping a close eye on you.

Good luck tomorrow gigs hope your appointment with onc goes well.

Really sorry I haven't had a chance to catch up but thinking of you all. Loving the baby rook mas but my goodness he is noisy.

malt hope you are feeling a little less stressed.

Good luck to all exam DCs. We have a stressed house. DS1 has only done 2 papers so far so another 18 to go . My mum fell on Friday night so I have hurt my shoulder trying to lift her up thankfully she is only a bit bruised.

Really missing catching up with you all. Sorry to all those I have missed x

poor mum and poor you gracie is she ok ?
Loads of good luck tomorrow gig
malt rude ! I have to have margaritas as they are my very favourite cocktail

Just one margarita mas?

I am going to go shopping after appt . Cake may be bought...

Gracie hope your mums ok

I'll cope, we all have to don't we :)

Thanks mas she was a bit shaken but thankfully only bruised. She fell a few years ago and as she split her head. She is on Warfarin and after crawling to the phone to call me she bled so badly all her carpets had to be replaced due to the blood loss so this fall could have been a lot worse.

Evening all, tried to catch up but failed miserably - I read but cant remember any of it. Do the effects of chemo affect brain 2 years after treatment? I think it must

Topsy, great that there is nothing new in lungs and, as others have said, node enlargement could be due to lots of things.

Gigs, very good luck for tomorrow's appointment.

KK, I seem to remember that you're suffering from the old shingles again. I hope they're on their way out.

MAS, have a lovely day tomorrow and good luck to T for his exams. He is having some yummy brain-food treats and I hope they do the trick.

Ash, am very jealous of you knitting. I started knitting lessons, had two and was completing a square in basket-stitch then DH had his kidney cancer dx and I haven't been since as I can't concentrate on a thing. Maybe I will start when he's recovered from his op.

Talking of which, he has had his pre-op tests this morning but has to go back tomorrow for further bloods and an echocardiogram as the ECG showed an 'abnormality' so he is a bit stressed about that. He is having a partial nephrectomy on Thursday morning and all the leaflets he's been given point out to a long and painful recovery. He's been acting and working as normal but it finally hit him today and there have been tears from both of us.

Love to all you ladies. xx

Gracie-hope your mum ok.

Figgy-lots of love to you and dh. Hope op goes smoothly.

figgy hope your DH's op goes well.

kurri sorry I missed you had shingles again. Hope it isn't too painful and hopes the meds do what they should.

((((hugs for Figgy)))) have been wondering how your DH was getting on. Will be thinking of him on Thursday. How's DS2 taking it? Hope he's okay, as that must add to the stress.

Gracie, your poor mum. My dad's on Warfarin and that bleeding is scary, so good it wasn't so bad this time, but ouch on your shoulder.

Gigs, will stay on the box and be zooming vibes of kind, gentle understanding to Onc for you.

Hope you aren't hit by side effects, Trice. Keep talking to us, at the very least we can distract you. x

MAS, glad to hear DS is getting through his exams. Have a fantastic day tomorrow. Now you've gone and mentioned margaritas I think I need one too.

Kurri, how are the shingles today?? Are you feeling any better? And what happened about your mum's house sale/ new flat? Did she get her offer accepted? Sorry if I missed that.

How long until your op now, Malt? You're bound to be unsettled. I don't think I could do anything much before mine.

Topsy, I think if you want to eat your own body weight in pasta, you're allowed. Hope you've got some too. Clear lungs sounds like a reason to celebrate to me.

loads of good luck to Mr figgy for his op- will be thinking of you both

I may stretch to 2 margaritas...

Figgy good luck to your dh x

Smee my op is 2 weeks tomorrow still seems ages away, going in on wed for pre op tests which is worrying me too.

Can I just off load a big moan ?
DH has a cold .
I moaned less when I had terminal fecking cancer !!!!

I've done the caring wife bit , made him cups of sweet tea .
But he insisted on sitting on the fainting couch sofa all evening sighing and groaning .

Thank fuck he's finally gone to bed

As you were , rant over .

Good luck to Mr Figgy , hope his further tests throw up no more problems .

Gigs that link won't let me click on it , have you posted a pic of me chowing down like a hungry hippo ???