Season of Mists and Mellow Crepiness...

[QueenQueenie]

Here you go Crepesters...

Stropps!! On first reading, I thought someone had said it on GBBO .

BTM, this too will pass.

Are you listening Herbs? Richard says he likes a bit of ginger! Get that icing out Mrs....

Crem - the therapy my nice Dutch guests were talking about is this. I have to say I am tempted to investigate it myself. I have, on occasion, cried during a massage which makes me wonder if I need to relax more or just get a grip.

Sorry all lost the plot on Saturday - have booked train tickets - can some PM times/place pleeeeeeease .......

Can't wait for Friday - talk about stress I'm coiled like a spring and think I might snap.

Hey Cremo, there's some of Wilburs practitioners over your way! And a few in SE London and they do teenage stress!

BD, we will ply you with drinks

BTM can you PM me details?

I think I have!

Thanks! (was on a mobile so didn't see it....)

BD we can form an offshoot focus group for Stressed Crepsters in the corner all welcome.

Thanks for the link BTM. One of those is 3 minutes away.
I am going to investigate.
Wilbur I think it sounds interesting.
My lovely BFF is from Hong Kong and keeps threatening me with a Chinese practitioner of something hands on. But I'm too afeard to go near her.
Not doing anything until I see a specialist. I'd like to have all the facts in front of me with pictures IYSWIM .

Ah, here you are crepeys. For some reason I can't see this thread in its usual place (only if I do a search for 'crepiness'). I wonder if I 'hid' it by accident. I even started a new one, searching for you all.

Glad the right woman won GBBO. Good old BTN! I think Richard chivalrously made himself lose.

Getting ready to set off for the funeral. Have made two quiches and a chocolate fudge cake for afterwards. Have monster headache and feel sick.

Crem - have you seen an osteopath? When I had a slipped disc, the physio did more harm than good. I went, bent double and in tears, to the British School of Osteopathy and left there upright and in considerably less pain. But the body stress release thing sounds really good too.

Sending you positive vibes MrsS

Thinking of you Mrs S. No wonder you feel crap, you've had so much crap to deal with this year. Eat the cake!

Oh dear oh dear. Having had reasonably good Monday meeting, yesterday's- which was originally scheduled for next week, and I'd have gone then - was apparently terrible. Chemo bloke effectively said "well, you're 79, aren't you: there is toxic drug 1, which probably won't work, and toxic drug 2 which might work but might be so toxic it kills you, or you could go without either of them". My dad, profoundly unhelpfully (and unsurprisingly as he has Form for this kind of thing) burst into tears and kept saying "oh god, oh god", which my mother found a little hard to cope with on top of Mr Eeyore's cheery intimations of mortality .

I am trying to find someone to talk to through work networks. She thinks she'll go for the combo at the moment. What with the alternative being, you know, certain death.

I am afraid I am not feeling sympathetic towards my father and I don't care if I'm being unreasonable.

You don't have to feel sympathetic to him MI - and you don't have to be reasonable either...
Sorry to hear about grim choices for you Mum.

Oh MI how very distressing. But look, I did notice during my journey through the cancer experience, that there is considerable divided opinion amongst professionals. My haematologists were amazing, positive and really believed in the treatment. The oncologist was a miserable git with no people skills who said the most terrible things to me about what might happen as a result of the toxicity. I learned that the treatment could be delayed if I reacted badly and the staff carried out extensive tests between each round of chemo to make sure I recovered sufficiently to withstand the next one. I wasn't 79 of course, but still....
If your DParents are of the variety that did everything together with the male being very reliant on the female like my DParents, your poor DDads reaction is to be expected. Macmillan will support both of them, if they are open to it. I'm so sorry you have to deal with this. I was very cross with DH for hitting the bottle when I was diagnosed. I was disappointed that he didn't initially present as the tower of strength I wanted. Too busy being consumed by his own misery. But as time wore on he rallied and manned up. The drinking was his way of expressing helplessness, I guess. Hugs to you. X

Strength to you today MrsS maybe some pain killers and lots of

I am sitting in macD's somewhere close to Horsham after a two hour battle through traffic but am enjoying the childish naughtiness of eating crap in a place where I never allowed my kids to go. Going to have a very short break from the madness that is my life. I am just a bit that Dd doesn't have a lot of homework for DH to supervise whilst I'm away. It's just worked out like that...I am mean

Rose, what lovely words of wisdom. Wishing you and your DM and dad strength, MI.

Thank you, Rose. That is truly consoling.

My father has always been intensely self-centred and selfish, so there's obviously no reason to expect him to transform into a balanced human being. They've always had a rather appalling codependence while my mother snipes at him yet even puts food onto his plate so it's not likely to change. Huh.

We're going to see them on Sunday so I will be the one swigging neat gin on Sat.

Rose you are amazing. Such words of truth.
MI what a horrible decision either way. I second the support of Macmillan nurses.
Also I had terrific support from the Cancer Research people who are able to support relatives.

Mrs S , I feel so sad for you. Painkillers first I reckon and then a bit of peace and quiet later. Sounds like you need to retreat from all the sadness for a bit and surround yourself with comfort and positive people. Avoid people who drain your energy like the plague.
Hope today goes ok for your family.

Gosh sympathy to everybody. You all seem to be having a horrible time of it lately! Rose you always seem to have the right thing to say, thank goodness you're â?¬around.

I have had a quiet morning: lunch with q friend then quick whizz round the shops. Had a text from DD2 about a terrible maths test they'd all had and how basically her life was ruined and she could forget what she wanted to do at university. I have bought her the black scarf she wanted in Zara to cheer her up.

Sorry your mum's appointment was grim, MI, how frustrating. And yes, wise words from Rosebag. Hopefully your dad will at least stop saying "oh god, oh god" repeatedly, even if he does remain fixated on his own feelings above all.

I have been in a storage facility in Acton this morning, looking at beautiful notebooks belonging to a famous writer which was a quiet and pleasant interlude in this hectic time, and quite inspiring.

Hatty, DD is always having maths tests like that!

Y11 evening tonight...

Wilbur - I'd probably still be there .

BTM - you do console me - I always think French teachers seem very mean compared to those in the UK. Do bear in mind that Educating Essex etc is my guideline.

I think Educating Essex is a good guideline, if what my DC say is true!