Just touching base...

Sooooo good to hear from you & glad you are getting good feedback from your Dr.

See, I told you about that pain - glad you are looking after yourself in that regard & not trying to tough it out. I get what you mean about a shower, too - everything seems like a major undertaking, but it truly does get easier - baby steps, as they say!

I had my near to last Chemo for the year on Wed - only 1 to go (next Wed) then I have been given a few weeks off - yippee! Will do my best to keep in touch as I am going away for a couple of weeks over Christmas / New Year  - but you will be in my thoughts. Hang in there - you are doing just fine!

Hugs to you,

Fiona   xoxo

 

Hello Fiona,

Thankyou for your reply and kind, encouraging words.

Hooray...for you. In hearing that you have one more chemo session to go, and then well earnt time off over Christmas and the New Year. I really do hope that you enjoy yourself. I look forward to hearing from you, upon your return. Have fun..you are in my thoughts too

Hugs

Caron xx

Hi Caron

So glad to hear you are home from hospital and recovering well. It is a slow process. The main thing is to listen to your body. If you feel like you need a rest, have one. It's all about you now, recovering and getting well.

I hope you have a lovely peaceful Christmas (you deserve it) and keep in touch. I will be around over Christmas so will keep checking in.

Take care, big hugs,

Caren x

Hi Caron

So glad to hear you are home from hospital and recovering well. It is a slow process. The main thing is to listen to your body. If you feel like you need a rest, have one. It's all about you now, recovering and getting well.

I hope you have a lovely peaceful Christmas (you deserve it) and keep in touch. I will be around over Christmas so will keep checking in.

Take care, big hugs,

Caren x

Hi Caron

So glad to hear you are home from hospital and recovering well. It is a slow process. The main thing is to listen to your body. If you feel like you need a rest, have one. It's all about you now, recovering and getting well.

I hope you have a lovely peaceful Christmas (you deserve it) and keep in touch. I will be around over Christmas so will keep checking in.

Take care, big hugs,

Caren x

Hello Caren,

Thankyou for your message, was lovely to hear from you.

Monday morning i got a phone call from the hospital, organising bone scan and heart scan for this week, im exhausted from yesterday, the bone scan...talk about feeling like i have been in a marathon...and sore as it was the first time that i had laid flat, since the day of the operation...uncomfortable and the pain...omg. So today is rest day...getting ready for the next scan, the heart scan tomorrow. Then Thursday i see my Doc again.

The 2nd drain tube is still in, still expelling fluid, and taking its sweet time, still too much being drained out, for it to be taken out at the moment, i suppose everyones' body healing time is different, mine seems to be slow that way. Anyways...we are all different, this im getting..

I do hope your week is a pleasant one, and that you have a wonderful Christmas, this we all deserve!!

Take care and be safe

Hugs x

Hello Caren,

Thankyou for your reply. Christmas was difficult and very quiet, all in all im kind of glad it has been and gone., although In saying that...I have already been looking at ways of decorating the tree for 2011, since i couldnt have my tree up this year(it just didnt feel right).

Happy to hear that you had a great Christmas, its one that you will hold close to your heart, with all those happy precious memories, im sure :)

I wont get the results from the bone scan and heart scan till the 6th Jan 2011, when i see my oncologyst, so its a nervous waiting time, as that is also the date, when i find out, what chemo treatment i am going to be having. I do know that its 16 weeks of chemo and about 8 weeks of radiotherapy, so...my fingers are crossed that those scans have good results.

Have a wonderful, safe and prosperous 2011

Hugs to you

Caron xx

Hello Caron,

Hope you are obeying orders & taking time for yourself! I had one of my drains in for ages - they sent me home with it & it finally dropped out of its own accord - scared the hell out of me, but one way of solving things!

Can imagine you must be stressing out a little over results & future plans - just remember that worrying will never solve it, or change the Dr's plans! I have become a great believer in Que Serra (or however you spell it!!!) - whatever will be will be! At my last chemo, which I thought really WAS my last chemo my Oncologist was muttering about "reviewing things" - I just told him I was having my holiday, visiting friends & family & in the New Year he can do whatever he wants! Permanent regime of chemo if he so desires, but I was having these few weeks to myself.

Don't be afraid to stand up for yourself now & then. And never be afraid to admit if you are really struggling - your medical team need to know the real truth about how you are coping (or not, as the case may be!!!)

Off to Perth this afternoon, don't know when I'll get near a computer again, but you will be in my thoughts! Especially on the 6th - it seems such a long wait, I'll bet!

Take care of you,

bye for now,

Fiona   :-)

 

Hello Fiona,

Thankyou for your reply, was lovely to hear from you.

Yes, i am taking time for me, seems that is all my body allows at this time...im just so tired and sore., but i do know that the soreness will ease in time as my body heals.

In a way i cant wait till the 6th of Jan, just to hopefully hear the words that the other scans are clear, and all is ok, but on the other hand...its like 'what if..!!"(so i dont want to know, kind of ...if you know what i mean). Am i freaking out...yes just a little...one day at a time , i keep telling myself.

Anyways, i really do hope that you enjoy your time away with your family for the next few weeks. Will chat when you return. Have a wonderful New Years, stay safe.

Hugs

Caron x