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[SummerDad]

Here we are dear fellas

Exposed hills

Mrs damn and blast those errant cells.

Is there a course of action?

Cafe Do you have to wear clogs in theatre? crikey!

yay kitty how's your dd? sleeping? Mine has a few ishoos with her legs and the condition(s) cause her pain particularly during growth spurts. Trouble is that this one seems to have been going on since Christmas She wears ortho boots but nothing seems to be helping atm. So the bugger's in my bed...again

I would also like to meet cafe's friend Scrambly Brian. I think I know him too

Late to the party again, I must get a new watch. Mind you, there's DAYTIME conversation going on here, what happened to the insomniacs?

I am now stuck with the opening song from "Sound of Music" and the graffiti scene from "Life of Brian" in my head, having caught up on what you have all been chatting about. All I can hear is "The hills are alive..." and "People called Romanes they go the house?". Very confusing for my fuddled brain, but it is making me giggle.

So, what did I miss whilst RL/sleep got in the way:

Congratulations kitty!! My family is almost all December/January birthdays, including my Dad's on Christmas Eve. We try and make sure that birthdays are just that and don't get muddled with Christmas, although joint Christmas/birthday presents are not uncommon. It did take my Dad 40 years to admit that he'd rather not have Christmas cake for his birthday cake though - can't believe we didn't realise!

Sorry to hear that mini and SD are suffering although SD has his harem now so must be grinning through the pain . Get well soon .

Hugs for jynier and MrsShrek too. Life really sucks sometimes but we're here for you.

And cafe needs a hug too. Paris sounds lovely, but a summer in London would be fab too, there's so much to do and lots of it is free. Most of the museums you pay for (well, London Transport and Buckingham Palace that I know of) let you come back as many times as you like within a year so that can offset the cost a bit. We went to Paris in August once and it was like a ghost town, lots of small shops and restaurants were shut although the museums and big shops were all open.

stars, that's fab news! When do you start ruling the world?

hehee bluey. How's it going?

Torn between happiness at chemo being finished, frustration that I'm not instantly back to normal and fear of The Scan. I had a real downer today but went to yoga and that really helped. Macmillan are pulling out all the stops to help, too, and getting me some CBT and counselling which I hope will help me avoid worrying myself into an ineffective puddle.

another one to pollute your brain kitty - mini feeling midwife's windy hills

ohh hugs, blue.y. Hope macmillan crew sort stuff quickly. Give yourself time. lots of it. (we have decided that we probably had no idea what"normal" ever was, but have reached the conclusion we can't go back to our previous version of [ab]normal either )

Hello everyone. Cruel timing when I need a good night's sleep but lady monthlies have commenced unexpectedly so I'm up sorting myself out.

Sorry you feel so much grief at the moment Jynier - hugs

Hi Bluey - how are you? Yes we are becoming norty daytime posters lately aren't we?!!

I tell you what - the hills ARE exposed & that's why Mini & I are so chilly!!

Don't get me started on theatre clogs! EVIL! Also - considering they're meant to be worn in a sterile environment - blood spattered shared footwear isn't my idea of clean! I know the full time theatre nurses & surgeons probably have their own but everyone else shares filthy mingers!

ello mw, x posted.... was aimed at not you and your bicycle

And no Cafe - there were no sootikins!

Hi bluey we missed you.
Yes we are still on about hills I'm still waiting to hear about this tremendous nosh up.... when might you be free to be let loose in a restaurant?

Oh Mrs your poor little lambkin daughter. Awful sad to think of a brave little one in pain. How do you manage to work in the morning after being awake all night? Ive just taken my hat off to you, did you see?

Littlekitty had woke. at 00.30 and again at 4.30, I think it's the wind whoomping down the chimney. She just sneezed in her sleep while latched on and bit down somehow

Yes cafe I'm very impressive cooking my breastfeeding pudding

Scrambly Brian Now that sounds like a Mighty Boosh character.

DH wants the old "normal" back and I do too, in a way, but bowel cancer is believed to be stress related and I don't want to carry the stress levels any more. We'll see what that means when I go back to work; ATM because I'm at home and relatively functional DH is trying to push his career a bit; that's unlikely to be possible when I go back. Sometimes I think I could give up work, but a) I'm the bigger earner and b) I think I'd turn into some sort of tiger mum and start living through my children. I'd be an horrendous pushy parent!

Still thinking it all through, I guess. Have you made any massive life changes in the Shrek household?

kitty, ouch [eyewatering] sneezybitingboob
And how .... well I dunno. I just don't feel tired. I think I caught hyperactivenessitis of the kids I teach

kitty, we're off to Marcus Wareing's restaurant at The Berkley! Not until June though but I'm so excited!

Yeeeowch at hill biting though. There's no pain like it and DS only had two teeth when he did it to me, can't imagine what a mouthful of gnashers feels like!

x posted

Love that themidwife says ladies monthlies Is that a scientific term?

Bluey I'm sorry this is such an uncertain time for you. It possibly feels like a bit of an anticlimax. I hope the Macmillan team can provide the right support and answers.

Thank you also for more December birthday insights. That's what I think too about the importance of seperate celebrations. My husband said something nice actually. I said I was worried their birthday wouldn't feel special and would be overshadowwd by Christmas and he said " Wouldn't feel special? With your family- not possible " We do tend to pull out all the stops

bluey, that's a bit of a tricky one tbh. dh has gone to work for new employer (TUPE'd over) who have taken over the company he works for, but his job is about to be redundant as the new company doesnt have his role. I am working below my qualifications atm whilst hoping to finish postgrad/masters, which had to be put on the back burner for the past year for obv reasons. so not many changes yet but a few to come. Things we want to do, save up a bit and go on hols, but still counting the cost of cancer which knackered our finances and he is currently uninsurable for travel. Plus ths fact that planning anything is scary now.

It's outrageous that having cancer can have such a devastating effect on finances! Is that because of going down to half pay after 6 months & that kind of thing?

hahaa if only. His company are such crap that they have no sick pay at all. ssp of 85 quid a week for 26 weeks then nil. Mortgage protection policy covered "his" half of the mortgage so we had to arrange interest only for 8 months... ohh the list is endless.

Oh crikey!!! High hospital parking charges for chemo?

Ladies' monthlies always makes me think of "Call The Midwife"!
The RCM asked us recently if One Born Every Minute represents midwifery accurately but lots of us said that we felt that "Call The Midwife" was much more accurate, esp for us community midwives!
I model myself on Sister Monica Joan

(get me. slept 6.15-6.45. Actually would be better if I hadn't)

My you lot have been busy. Waves to everyone. So sorry to hear about your friend Jynier, howl away, and look after yourself.
I have awoken this morning feeling much better, there wasa time when I would have tried to work through migraine but decided enough is enough, they give no medals etc.
so onwards and upwards today.
The hills are indeed exposed and boy was it a noisy night.
Mrs Shrek illness knocks the s* out of family life in many ways. Just as an aside my DH apparently had growing pains in his legs when he was 10 ish. The solution was to put legs in plaster. His mum said there was no way, so they just did one he now has one leg longer than the other and a back problem. < there are also tales of him coming down stairs on a tea tray. He now loves skiing>