Australian Sisters

Lamb was on special at Coles -  is that why we're all having it tonight At least you don't have to hang around in the kitchen while it's cooking. Oh, I wish we had aircon up there.

I am now showered - took a while

Errrr Ummmmm.....did I say I'm not dressed either?......lol........tea for me is all sorted as I made home made rissoles last night and there is still enough for tea tonight..............yipeee!  So salad and cold rissoles it is!...............Lazy, lazy day here DH has taken the car and gone to visit a friend and I'm relaxing under the ceiling fan in the cool..................Love it!

23rd is cool for me!  In fact I've already told DH I will be away that weekend.

Sue at least you will have company at the hotel as your DH is coming and as you say, there may be added benfits................lol.

I can't remember if I got a pack or not but I do remember a volunteer coming to my room after surgery and giving me a little silk pillow and the bra fitter from Myers giving me a front closure soft sports bra and softy to fill it out until I got the prosthetic.  I did have a BC nurse while I was in the hospital but nothing once I left. My first 6 years with this disease was spent searching to talk to other people who had been there and done that and trying to figure out if what I felt was normal.............I only wish I could have found this site then as it would have been so much help.

Enjoy your Sunday girls!

Sue, it is the Choices nurse who comes to the ward with the pink cushion and they also make the bags for drains. They are not 'alternative'. They are highly integrated with the clinical care at Wesley.

They were a great resource to me when I was feeling very alone.

Thanks all, I did go online and order the pack this afternoon :-)



My surgery was also "just" a lumpectomy day surgery so no in hospital stay for me so maybe that's why I didn't see anyone.



My girlfriend picked me up and took me to lunch and shopping to buy a couple of pretty scarves to wear around home (I asked her to come with me). Found four lovely scarves and happened to find two soft seamless singlet tops (planning ahead for rads!) and a new shirt and funky "over" shirt for autumn/winter. We finished off with coffee and something sweet. My energy lasted and it was a lovely afternoon :-)



Jenn

Your wish is my command... Here are the links to photos of my new scarves. And you all would have had a laugh with my friend and I - we went into Forever New which is usually a place for shopping if you are 15-25yrs and do you know what the latest trend in hats is for winter?..... Chemo style turbans!!!!!!



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regards Jenn

I think I will give that new trend a miss.

Kate - don't feel guilty - you deserve to be lazy after all that cleaning

The lamb was great but the heat in the ktichen wasn't - we ate out on the back deck.

Thanks Alyson - I'll pm you my email address. I'd love to hear how she's doing.

Sue I did message Rae when I said I would I don't know why she didn't answer maybe she forgot.

Allyson it will be great to see you so do keep me informed.

I sure hope you can make the get together Trish!

Jen I love your scarves and the roushed one will look fabulous!

Kate hope you are feeling better today.

Sharon I checked out the bcna site but it wasn't much good for me at all.  I do remember looking at it when I was first dx'd back in 2003 and again found nothing that I needed.  I think it caters more for people on the east coast and in the cities as do most things and country sort of gets a bit forgotten when it comes to services.  I spent hours one day trying to get some home help when I was first dx's stage IV as the mets were in my arm and I needed a pin put in it to stop it from shattering, but every agency I contacted either didn't service this area or I was too young.  I even registered with paliative care hoping I could gain access to something through them but again......nope!  I've sort of lost faith in all of the so called services for the terminally ill............if there are there, I sure would like to see some proof.

Racy it's always been the bain of my life that a hat that suited me was always the turban style............thank goodness I don't wear hats and I'm too old to worry if it suits me or not any more so I wear anything if one is required....................Lol.

Have a good Monday all!

Love n hugs.  Chrissy

Lol Kate where did you see my grads?

Golly - do I have chemo brain? aren't they on FB?? Apologies if I have the wrong Gran, anyway I am sure yours are delicisous little creatures too - aren't they all? Well I don't have any yet but I'm loving the idea of being a gran one day - you know what they say? having grandkids is your reward for having children. I like that.

Kate, glad your'e feeling a lot better.

Alyson, I'm in Brisbane just north of the Gold Coast. I holidayed at Cairns last year and loved it.

I have done a cruise around NZ in 2009 but we missed Milford Sound due to bad sailing weather down there and went through the Cook Strait instead. The weather was great and it didn't rain the entire time we were away. Obviously it's very like Australia culturally. I liked the way the Maori culture and western cultures are integrated. It was a wonderful holiday and two of my favourite places visited were Napier and the Bay of Islands.