Zombie's Cancer Journey: The Beginning of the End

[IamtheZombie]

Previous thread is HERE

Five years on from my first treatment, the options have pretty much run out.

Please join us for the rest of the journey. Doom and gloom is absolutely banned. There are still laughs and love to share and celebrate.

Fab news - I'd love be an aga!

GOOOOOOD MORNING to you too Zombie!

Yay for feeling more comfortable and yayyay for aga service.

I have an oven. It ain't pretty.
Will your servicing people come clean my oven when they're done at yours please?!!

Excellent that the innards are behaving themselves and you got a good rest, just what you need Zombie.

I've always lusted after an AGA

I'm up bright and early waiting for a delivery from Apple, so I'll be playing with my new toy soon!

and stollen all round.

Hi Zombie.

Glad your insides are behaving.

Hope your AGA gets sorted. would love an AGA

Morning Zombie - so glad your tummy feels better. I bet it'll be wonderful with the Aga up and running again. Your kitchen will be toasty. I find cooking really hard now, and I've just had my first delivery from Cooknet. Very excited. Have you tried them, to save you cooking?

Lin - I'm thinking perhaps purple or blue. If I wear pink, I resemble an blancmange!

Crikey. I need a personal assistant to keep track of all the things my various Consultants want.

I've just been rung by one of my Oncologist's registrars. They've reviewed the results of the CT scan I had early last month. Because of the location of some of the liver mets my Oncologist wants me to have an ultrasound to check whether any bile ducts are blocked. If they are, they will speak with the liver team at the QE in Birmingham about inserting stents.

They also want urgent blood tests. I explained that I am attending the Royal Marsden tomorrow and I'm sure they will be doing a lot of blood tests then. I said I would explain to the Trials team what my oncologist wants and will ask them to e-mail my Oncologist with all the blood results ASAP. The registrar said he would go ahead and request the ultrasound which will probably be early next week.

I can only say that I'm amazed and humbled at how hard so many people are working to keep me going and keep me comfortable for as long as possible.

Oh it's so good to hear you're being so well looked after.

Yes it can all be a bit unjoined up, though, and I hope that doesn't make it all too laborious for you.

Good to hear you are being looked after so well Zombie

Good to hear you've got a top notch team taking care of you Z and that things are (ahem) moving.

My new GP has arranged an audiology referral for my wibbly wobblies. This afternoon. Either cracking GP, cracking new health authority or a bit of both!

I'm so happy that you've been accepted for a medical trial!

Do take the train. No 'Zombie Walks' to the hospital!!!

When i hear about people "fighting cancer" i am . But you Lady , you are fucghting this fucker tooth and nail and you are fucking awesome.

Zombie, hope your Aga's innards are now behaving as well as yours and your kitchen is toasty.
And btw you have mail

It's warm here again.
Engineer spent hours replacing boiler fan, then realising that was NOT the problem, draining the whole system, replacing drippy valve that had been leaking in to the switch which made the fuse blow (repeatedly) and then checking everything.
I was safely ensconced at work the entire time

We have a gingerbread house.
I think it's our best one yet.
We have on every year and last year the run up to Christmas was Not Right because there was no house. So this year, I am vair content.

IME Zombie has the right attitude towards the fucker cancer: life is for living, with or without the darn thing. TeamZombie sounds well clued up

Good luck tomorrow zombie, and take care on your journey. Everything crossed for the best possible news xx 🌺🌺 sending you a snack to help you on your way 🍔🍔

Another de-lurker here (I think I've said 'hello' on earlier threads too).

I'm going on a tour of a gin distillery soon (DH and I having a pre-Christmas treat).

I was thinking about buying elderberry liqueur to pimp supermarket gin. Anyone tried that?

Hope that aga is doing great it's job!

My news....

I had the assessor out to nursery today.
She's happy with how I'm dealing with activities and discipline. I'm awesome!

For those that don't know I'm doing my childcare level 3 at college, and I volunteer in a nursery 2 days a week. I have 3 of my own DC (8, very nearly 3, and a 16 month old) and DP is an arse struggling with depression. We don't live together.
So lots going on!

Still always make time for MN and our lovely zombie though.

Will be thinking of you m'duck.

Oooh Auntie - which one are you going to?

Aagh, not sure iklboo - DH booked it and I can't remember! London somewhere. Possibly Beefeater.

We need

Sounds like the A Team are on the case. have we not got a chrimbo emoji yet? 🌲 Did

Ooooooooo it did !
🐞🌹🗻🌏🌋🗾📢😍🐒🍌🚾🇦🇽 Hee hee hee.

I can't understand why there isn't a gin emoji. Surely mumsnet is effectively sponsored by the stuff.

I introduce my SIL to Hendricks gin and tonic with cucumber. She thought I was cutting it up for the guinea pigs but I think she was converted.

⛲ gin fountain?🍸martini? 🛁 How id like my gin served? ⛽ The ultimate gin dispenser?

Re a personal assistant to keep track - am sure one of us can be relied on to not be squiffy on a daily basis and to chart appointments. We could have a rota

All the best for tomorrow. Hope you get to pick up a terrific hat for the nuptials while you're there.

She thought I was cutting it up for the guinea pigs but I think she was converted.

To be fair, the guinea pigs were squeaking like mad and did end up with some cucumber.

originalmavis I love the idea of the ultimate gin dispenser.