TAMOXIFEN -the third thread ***

[MaryAnnSingleton]

here we are- will put a link on the old thread.

I bet your friend was really touched Tk, it means such a lot to have others thinking of you. So pleased she enjoyed her gifts and is home now

Hi TK, glad she is out.

People do get teary, it goes with the territory. I have had people I barely know come and knock on the door with flowers, then burst into tears. Sometimes it's the last thing you need, but then, they mean it so kindly..

Hope she keeps doing well.

Oh RWU, I do hope you'll be feeling better soon, what an awful time you're having. All love and I hope the MRI was OK.

re nurses but for you to keep on an improving route. Enjoy just dropping off - I am doing this even without being in hospital today.

Hello - just popping on for a bit. Have been in hospital for a week with an infection but slowly on the mend now.

Sorry to hear that so many of you have been struggling with chemo/shingles/infections etc. Big hugs to you all and hope you feel better soon.

Gosh it seems everyone is going through the mill at the minute. So sorry to hear about your troubles RWU, that must have been hideous for you . It would have really freaked me out, it seems horribly insensitive. Hope you're feeling much better soon and are home again with your family.

I'm not feeling so good myself. The swelling after my mastectomy still hasn't gone down. I've now found a hard lump under the swelling, though my BCN assures me it's nothing to worry about, the pain is as bad as it's been. Going back to see the consultant on Thursday, just worried they're going to have to operate again to get rid of it. Fingers crossed it sorts itself out.

i am a grown up aren't i?? then why have i just been 'tucked in' by a rather matronly type of nurse who found me hovering by the window trying to get a signal on my mobile!

more tests tomorrow but so far they think pneumonia and (mild?) pleural effusion is whats going on but could have been worse so need my ipod charger urgently though, not sure how many more games of doodle jump its going to let me play will update you all when i know more- there is a chance i might go home tomorrow providing everything continues to improve overnight

sending best wishes to everyone- difficult to catch up with what's going on with my somewhat limited technological equipment whilst holed up in here!

Haggis, wubbly - deary me what a week. Sorry you are feeling crap, at least haggis is on the mend. Wubbly, it's worrying for you, I found lumps and all sorts, try not to worry, it's hard I know, but there are internal stitches, pockets of fluid, all sorts of things going on at the moment: it's early days. Try to hang loose until you have seen the consultant: I know it's hard to do that, but try.

RWU - that sounds like a promising diagnosis: hope you get out today.

Everyone else - we don't need any more excitement of this kind, so stay out of trouble...

I took dd to have her ears pierced at the weekend. She was (surprisingly, for a drama queen)a little trouper. And the earrings are much prettier than the ones we had when I had mine done (old fart emoticon)

hope you are feeling a little brighter this morning RWU and will be let out soon
Tkband3 - am glad your friend is back home now and that she liked the presents
Haggis- glad to hear you are out of hospital after infection too and Wubbly -hope things will be ok when you see the consultant- fingers crossed.
Cakes and RWU and KK will be amused to hear that I'm going to see my gp tomorrow to ask him about another head bump -I think I must be a bit deranged to go through that again but actually I find them a bit depressing -am prepared to risk the bleeding (!!) I think - feel a bit though.
Also it's my CBT reassessment on Thursday so am a little nervous about that.
Love to allxx

Hee hee MAS - hope it goes OK with the head bump, and the CBT. What a glutton for punishment. On a similar note, if you remember my thwarted attempts to get my morgan de campell lump thing off my forehead, I am thinking of re-entering the fray .....

My mind is a bit jumbly today, but I hope you can be 'released' today RWU and that things continue to improve.

Sorry about Haggis's troubels, and for Wubbly as well.

MAS and Cakes - think I saw you on another thread about head lumps! I had one many years ago, at the back - had to have it removed in France where I was working at the time, but all went well. It was the 1st time I'd had to pay then claim reimbursement for medical treatment al la francaise but the system worked efficiently - to my surprise!

I have to sort out my daughter today as her bank account has been defrauded and now frozen - she's in Germany.

RWU - that does sound promising - hope they release you tomorrow. at being tucked in.

Haggis you have gone through a rough time too - hope you're feeling stronger soon.
Wubbly I echo what Cakes said, everything feels very odd so soon after surgery try not to worry too much.

Hope everyone else is feeling OK today. I was very sick last night, (fortunately before not after I'd taken my pills) had been feeling pretty yuck all day, so am sticking to drinks and toast today!

MAS - good luck with the head bump,- best to get rid if its depressing you. And best wishes with CBT.

I've got my treatment on Thursday -(they were faffing with the appointment, because its Easter). So I'm relieved they haven't changed my usual day. I'm attached to my routine

Thanks SR! MAS had hers done before, but there was blood and she prefers not to 'do' blood, so it was traumatic. my thing is just cosmetic but it looks like a third eye and I am keen to get it gone - i had three appointments last year but each one had to be cancelled owing to BC appointments and then, of course, I couldn't have it done during chemo so I went off the list.

about dd's bank account! Aren't there a lot of w***s about Hope it gets sorted quick!

Cross post, KK. Hope you feel better soon. LOADS of sickness bugs around here, too. We all need some sunshine!!!!

yes,hope you feel better soon KK and good luck with treatment on Thursday. Grrr about SR's dd's bank account - what a worry.
The blood thing does worry me this time - I was just alarmed as my doc couldn't stop it bleeding and I really don't think I can do that again,being a wuss. I wonder if he has cast it from his mind ? !

Sorry I xposted with you SR - hope you manage to sort your DD's bank account, - how awful

Am sure he's seen much worse, MAS! I suppose a large glass of something strong beforehand would be unwise, however welcome

What is a head lump? And why does it need bleeding? It all seems rather medieval! I hope it gets sorted soon though MAS without too much gore. Remember though that head have a lot of blood in them so it always looks much worse than it is.

Throat considerably better but still painful to eat. I'm trying to put it out of my mind and enjoy the two days I have left before they poison me again!

Haggis - sorry you've had another infection. At least you've had your last chemo now though (hope I'm right).

Wubbly - it is still soon after surgery and it will take a long time to settle down completely. I am still very achey and get some strange sensations in the area.

Hopw you're feeling better RWU & SR.

glad to hear that throat is a bit better Pennies...
head lump is just that,harmless but annoying and my GP will remove with minor op, only the last time it wouldn't stop bleeding which was alarming as I'm very wibbly about blood and prone to fainting

MAS those lumps sound a nuisance. I'm a bit fainty too! I ended up in the bed next to my Dad when visiting him in hospital once, as I fainted I hate having my blood taken, it's always 50/50 as to whether I'll pass out. What's CBT if you don't mind me asking? I can think of computer based training and cognitive behavioural therapy, but wondering if it's something else?

RWU you really made me smile with your 'tucking in'. I always feel like a child in hospital, I'm getting better though with practice

Thank you to everyone else for your kind words and reassurance, I am feeling a lot better about it all today, it does help to be able to talk about it all on here. I'm starting to feel right at home

i managed to escape this afternoon, dh took me to morrisons to pick up some bits and it went wrong and I collapsed again! Bugger! So I'm back in hospital, but trying desperatly to escape again, this time when I manage it I am going straight from the car to the sofa (via the blardy wheelchair they are expecting me to use until my lung function improves )

Glad you're feeling at home with us Wubbly

Pre-op assessment was Ok although my blood pressure is low - this is a new thing for me - I must be so relaxed with not working

Yes the thing about head lumps ( or mine anyway) was simply that the lump apparantly consisted of a sort of knot of capillaries/veins (yuk, sorry!) which is why it bled a lot. Or that's what I understood at the time, bearing in mind I was doing this in French! Before I had it removed I scratched it in a class I was teaching once and then had to pretend there wasn't really blood pouring down my neck as I tried nonchalantly to continue managing the language lab

I can't help DD much as of course bank insist on talking to her despite her phone being out of credit. Have persuaded her she just has to borrow a friends' phone and she'll pay them back when I can send some money to the Post office. She's a bit stressed by all this.

I hope you can all be tucked in someone you want to tuck you in, tonight! With appropriate drinks of tea etc. I bought 2 new nighties at hospital shop today so will feel smart. Going to make a veg. curry now.

Flippin' heck RWU! Back again! Ho Hum. Take it easy next time (and no racing in the chair ) Hope you get out asap.

Sandripples, your lump sounds like the thing i've got - my GP told me he didn't want to get it off "because they bleed like buggery" so I have to go somewhere else and get it done. MAS's is a different kind of thing I think: but it's the possibility of blood that gets to her.

Good that you are moving on with the next stage - and that you'll look smart! I always need new nighties when i go in: I think the tumble drier shrinks mine gradually, and suddenly I realise I can't wear them in polite company without flashing my a**e.

Swam 56 lengths today as I battle towards some semblance of fitness. Shagged out this evening

yey i'm packed and waiting for dh......... again poor lamb has been backwards and forwards all day!

Right i am sitting in my wheelchair in the day room, still in my pj's (but they are Cath Kidston so its ok ), with my bag on my knees playing on my iPod- people keep doing a double take at how ridiculous i look! looking forward to actually getting home this time- no diversions for cake or ice-cream (dh has been given a list and is probably getting them as we speak!) on the up side the shingles have scabbed over and aren't in any way bothersome any more!

i'll update later when i actually get home to the laptop.

hope you're home safe and sound RWU and tucked up in your own bed
Wubbly - the CBT is cognitive behaviour therapy !
I have fainted on numerous occassions - blood or no blood causes it- once on a tube train and once at Victoria Station (where they kept asking me if I was on drugs)
I fainted when ds was having his blood taken a few years ago and most recently when lying down after a head lump op when my doctor told me the wound was oozing - arghh !

i'm home, spent the evening browsing for a bed for dd- need something a bit special! found a fabulous one but at $47,000! so i'm off to bed and will continue the hunt tomorrow, and hopefully catch up with the thread