Gosh, the graveyard shift was busy this morning. I would have joined in but I had just got to sleep! Thankfully no cats in bedroom and little pigeons unlikely to be seen before 3pm! Last night had indigestion to add to mix, late ish curry on top of yoga not such a good idea. These iPads are a pest, it just tried to substitute lavish for lateish or perhaps it knows how much I eat there have been some good ones on here recently, perhaps they are getting cheeky. Anyone switched to new operating system, DH desperate to switch mine (in amongst all his man pies, man searching and man ravaging pruning, he actually is the antidote to my IT phobia) but I was worried by gigs and topsy and I am scared of change )
green I have read about the difficulties faced by those with anal cancer because it shares a similar stigma to bowel cancer but is so rare, but you are very welcome here. ruby had bowel cancer and we have no problem with bum talk , and we certainly don't think the pink ribbons should get all the attention. I am afraid ruby has already claimed the brown ribbons but I am sure we can come up with some ribbons for you 
I had cervical cancer twenty years ago but fortunately it was still in situ, they didn't test for HPV but it was more than likely. It is incredibly common and the last I read they still didn't understand why it progresses to Cancer in some of us and not in others.
Am 
at GP, downright ignorant, menopause may have no symptoms for two thirds of women but causes very real problems for the other third, and especially if you are thrown into a very rapid menopause by chemo. They should have to wake up every hour or so in bed at night with pjs and all bedding wet through. There was a piece in tamoxifen on Woman's hour recently which made it clear that Oncs take those symptoms very seriously indeed and there are things they can do other than HRT (which is obviously off limits for those of us with hormonal cancers) I would certainly ask your clinical team, do you have a BCN equivalent? I hope that the HPV test is negative.
really I had my lymph nodes removed at the same time as the mastectomy so it is hard to distinguish the recovery but the drains came out after 3days. They are not the most attractive fashion accessory, I am very squeamish but I coped with emptying them etc. it doesn't hurt when they take them out. I did have a problem with seroma under my arm, the liquid that develops under the skin before it knits with the underlying flesh (like in a blister) which I had to have drained but I think that was because I did too much too soon, and under your arm is vulnerable. Follow the advice and take it easy. Practically all the feeling is back now, apart from a thin area across the back and down my arm.
Exciting day shredding The small forest DH ravaged.