Dragged back to reality

You are two days behind me -diagnosis date being 12th March 3.15pm Monday.  Funny ( or not so ) that I will remember that date forever.  drank bit of red that night...

you asked about my diet changes - I modified my diet to mainly vego due to advice from my naturopath, mainly because of digestion and nutrient absorbtion (god my spelling is crap tonight) . I still eat some animal protien a few nights a week but mainly stick to a raw and some cooked food diet.  I was an olympic smoker and  commonwealth drinker...now I do not smoke AT ALL but still love my wine each night though only two glasses of red with dinner - which for me is a great improvement.

As for being active I was not so much but now I am a devoted beach walker with my dogs at 5.45am each morning ( I even amaze myself with this activity but have been doing it for over a month now and can't imagine not doing it - nor can my dogs..!!!)

please feel free to private message me if you would like I would love to hear from you.  Hold tight and be good to your self is the only way I get through.  One day at a time.................

Cheers Georgie

Hi Serenity

thanks for your reply - first things first, my lovely godsons are 12 and twins 8, their mum is a school teacher so dinos are well covered and my 12 year old and I look will look at a new animation program ( maya) for his youtube channel, that is after I do the footy practise with the twins so mum can go to a farewell for a work mat ( Ilove being involved in the boys sport because I miss out often by living one hour away).  Then YES we get to enjoy the lovely red and catch up on the real s**t.........  The reason I found the lump in my breast was because my bestie - being the responsible woman that she is had a mammo and they called her back in ...long story short after surgery and much freaking out a fibroandenoma was diaganosed, I then spent a lot of time self examining and found my lump.

I have managed to wash away my marker lines and eveyone is sooo unimpressed with my tatts!!!

I'm headed to my naturophath  tomorrow and will discuss skin care with her among other things....  yes I have looked and used at MooGoo and love it but, the radiation nurses are very particular about what they want you to use, however I wills suggest what i am interested in re:particular moisturisersand hope they will evaulate.

Fill ins ...I'm with you honey no friggin way!!!!!

I'm in Currumbin just an hour away from your hospital.

thanks for the gentle reminder now that I am back at work and everyone wants a bit ( staff and clients) I feel a bit drained

Thanks again Georgie

 

 

Thanks Di

I have been thinking about best freezer meals - also looking for vego freezer meals that work well- I will post what works for me and my lovely but will check out recipes from our other lovely pink ladies thanks for the heads up.

Cheers Georgie

Hey Georgie -- sorry to butt in, but if you have the energy for it, send in some of your recipes for the Sussan cookbook.  Things that go well in the freezer are exactly what they're looking for (there's some more info here, if you missed it: http://www.bcna.org.au/network/groups/54/blog/30746). ; :)

Di

I was reading that in the 1970s when they drew the read lines on you, you werent allowed to shower for two weeks until the radiation started and they then put the tattoo markers on you.  I will be 47 with my first tatts.  My children tell me I need to get "fill ins "afterwards - I think not.  My radiation oncologist ( Mater Brisbane ) recommended a product from moogoo.com.au for the breast skin.  I have bought some and am going to do a test run with it between chemo and radiation to make sure I dont react.

Hope you have a lovely weekend with your bestie.  Red wine sounds lovely.  And if the children  are of an ageto enjoy it,  take them to Mummies at the Brisbane museum simply amazing.  If they are younger, the dinosaurs are great too.

Take care.  Be gentle on yourself.  The end of your treatments are in sight.

Thanks Serenity for your reply to my post - yes the physical and mental break has been good for me and I am sure the radiation treatment for the short six weeks is nothing like what many of our lovely pink sisters have had to endure with chemo.  I feel quite alot better today the rain has stopped and the sun is trying really hard to fight through the clouds, I took a long walk on the beach with my dogs early this morning and took lots of fresh salty ocean air into to my lungs - while the gusts of wind tried to knock me of my feet!!.

I have a friend who works in the radiation department of oncology at the hospital I am having treatment and I'm going to try and treat the daily visits as a much needed catch with an old friend.

Well off to fight the good fight!!

Thanks again Cheers Georgie