It's a tough gig....

Hi celbird, new nic but still Celeste; what a lovely name and I am sure you are a lovely person also. I can see it in your face. I would say a " trouper ", but all of us have our breaking points, even the seemingly stronger ones. I think you are wise to seek emotional support when you need to. The journey really does test our resolve. I know I went through things, and still do at times, though it also made me "grow " too, so I am grateful for that.

I have been off here myself and out in the world in my community,  but today it is windy ++, stormy outside and I am spending a quiet day inside, reading, ironing, knitting a scarf and watching TV, LOL.

The daylight hours are drawing in now we are heading to the shortest day again. I love the cycles of nature and the seasons, though I wish we had a longer summer in Tasmania,  even though the north of the state is cool, temperate really. I do love the hot dry weather of Adelaide and I have seen quite a few days in the 40's this summer there. One day soon I might go on a trip again. Would love to see Adelaide and surrounding countryside.  SA will bring back memories of visiting, usually in December, as a child. My mother's family is from there.

I hope you get encouraging resuts on the 26th just passed. Love Kathy.

Hi celbird, new nic but still Celeste; what a lovely name and I am sure you are a lovely person also. I can see it in your face. I would say a " trouper ", but all of us have our breaking points, even the seemingly stronger ones. I think you are wise to seek emotional support when you need to. The journey really does test our resolve. I know I went through things, and still do at times, though it also made me "grow " too, so I am grateful for that.

I have been off here myself and out in the world in my community,  but today it is windy ++, stormy outside and I am spending a quiet day inside, reading, ironing, knitting a scarf and watching TV, LOL.

The daylight hours are drawing in now we are heading to the shortest day again. I love the cycles of nature and the seasons, though I wish we had a longer summer in Tasmania,  even though the north of the state is cool, temperate really. I do love the hot dry weather of Adelaide and I have seen quite a few days in the 40's this summer there. One day soon I might go on a trip again. Would love to see Adelaide and surrounding countryside.  SA will bring back memories of visiting, usually in December, as a child. My mother's family is from there.

I hope you get encouraging resuts on the 26th just passed. Love Kathy.

I'm so glad you've been able to 'reclaim' blogging as something you enjoy.  That's what's most important, isn't it? -- being able to keep doing the things that make you happy. xxx

Hi Celeste,

Glad to see you back and hope we can keep you feeling good emoitonally.

Take care.

Tracey xx

Hi Tracey, you're right..the emotions do build up and sometimes I think we all need some help to diffuse them because as you say, they can become overwhelming for sure. I had reached a point where my confiding in others had shut down for a number of reasons, and the outcome was not good. I'm pleased to say I'm feeling a lot better now, and am slowly learning, through experience, how best to manage this secondary diagnosis, which I believe is much harder than when I had my early bc diagnosis in 2008. Hope all is going well for you Tracey, take care Celeste?

Hi Gay, yes sadly I missed the last meeting due to chemo that ran late! Isnt the waiting just terrible when it comes to scan results....its dreadful! I hope your results are good on Monday, will be thinking of you... please keep us posted! Yes am certainly looking forward to getting my lippy on Tuesday! Hope to see you at the next lunch, take care Celeste?

Thank you Ann-Marie, take care Celeste?

Hi Di, yes its nice to be back blogging again! :-) I must say my stressful experience with my last blog put me off blogging on this site, however having thought it through, I finally got the courage to return and do things a bit differently this time! Yes, lets hope the chemo is doing its job this time for sure...not long to wait til I find out! Take care, Celeste?

Hi Amy, yes you're right, much better to get the feeling out and dealt with, that's for sure! Am feeling so much better for having done so and am going for regular counselling for a while. Thank you for the reminder about lots of options and new treatments coming through...sometimes its easy to lose sight of that! Hope you are well Amy, take care Celeste?

Hi Alison, thanks for your post. Yes I certainly hope and pray that I can come out of the other side of this nightmare! I'm just taking one day at a time until I get my scan results! Thanks again, the cyber hugs are wonderful! Take care, Celeste?