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Oh, poor Poppy! I hope the dr gives you the all clear and that nothing is hurt except your pride. Please post soon and let us know how you are.

Where is our sweet Sue? Working her fingers to the bone probably! Hope to hear from you soon gorgeous girl.

I agree with you Poppy - I LOVE snow too! I am sitting here sweating and having hot flushes/flashes and cursing the heat and humidity. I wish I could teleport back to Ontario where I was able to leap outside into the glorious white stuff whenever I got too hot. I was born in a much cooler climate and I don't think my body has ever adapted to heat.

Just on a serious note, on the LE thread, several women have recommended a book about preventing and/or treating this dreaded thing. I have had a bit of a scare after flying, with my arm swelling a bit and feeling achier than normal. I want to do everything possible to avoid LE and think I will try to get this book. It's called "Lymphedema: A Breast Cancer Patient's Guide to Prevention & Healing" (2nd edition) by Jeannie Burt & Gwen White. One reader said that deep breathing is hugely beneficial in stimulating the major lymphatic vessels and this helps the lymph to drain away.

Hugs,

gb 

Hi Sue! Yes it is the chemo- and everything else you mention! Sue , think of it. You are a young , vivacious girl , loving life , having fun , and then BOOM-bootface sucker punches you into a life of uncertainty. And the two things that help alot , are the drugs and time. We all visit the "dark places" but you can't stay there to long. And please , one of the most important things , don't loose your sense of humor.

Then of course as you heal , there is always something to remind you of the bootface. Like , I'm starting to feel better , but theres more chemo.Sucks. Or , chemo is over , oh yeah , I'm still bald.Sucks. Or , My hair is coming in nicely. Oh yeah , I have to go visit my onc for my "just in case" test and check up. Sucks! We have to learn to cope with this. Make sure you have the drugs , always your sense of humor and unfortunately time. I say unfortunately because we can't speed it up. The more time we can get between bootface and nothing being wrong , the more secure we feel.

And yes , the passing of one year into the other sent me to a dark place. But , I'M BACK!!

And then I have to deal with all the hiccups in life that has nothing to do with bootface. Like driving in a blizzard to work , only to find out we didn't need to do inventory! I guess "someone" missed an e-mail from corporate headquarters in England saying our cycle counts were so good , no need for inventory. And as I type and look out my front window , it has stopped snowing , the sun is out but now I see the snow plows have taken out my mail box!! It a hap , hap , happy day , tootle oodle-oodle-oodle , oodle lay , the sunshines bright and the worlds alright its a hap , hap , happy day! Where are my happy pills!!!lol Love you Sue

Yes Sue I have to do a box count every week.

I am always loosing memory cards and bluetooth headsets. Pikeys in Poole!

Our inventory would have been me counting wip(work in process) If the "kit" of parts were not used yet , then we just check the quantity the computer shows that was left after they pulled the kit out of stock. If it doesn't "jive" then we have to count the parts. But they do regular cycle counts in the stock room all year and they fix alot then.

Oh Sue what a horrible thing to have happened. Thank God no one was killed. It sounds like the staff really did a great job evacuating. And the poor people who were having surgery!

Sue, this is the year you finish your chemo and rads! Last week you weren't going to finish it until next year! Does that make sense?! The winter solstice has passed and the sun is headed back to you in the northern hemisphere - I will give it some pushes to get it there quicker - warmer days and healing are ahead. Each day you are getting closer to feeling well again.

Poppy - your doctor needs to have some empathy lessons! Or maybe acting lessons so even if she doesn't feel for you she can act like she does - silly woman! Most of the people I know who had a doctor for a parent say that they rarely got any sympathy for their ills as they were growing up. Their doctor parent must have been all out of that from giving it out to their patients all day. Anyway, you will get lots of it here! Hope you feeling better by now. (You should have seen me slipping and sliding on the black ice in Canada - must have looked hilarious!) 

Where is beautiful Ulla? I hope you are resting and feeling ok. When is your next treatment? Thinking of you up there in the north - the sun is coming back to you too, but please feel all our warm loving thoughts beaming to you while it's still cold outside.

Karen - loved hearing about your holiday to the that beautiful Christmas card place. Doing positive, happy things like that must be good for your healing.  

Much love to everyone,

gb 

That's dreadful about the hospital Sue. So glad nobody was killed. Imagine being under an anaesthetic and being operated upon and being woken up half way through to be evacuated! It's something that you don't even think about in the moments before you lose consciousness. Poor people...

Hugs,

gb 

((((((((((Sue))))))))))

gb 

Sue, You will have to check into getting the prosthesis to wear in your bra to fill out the 'flat' side. I actually have some 'rubber boobs' that I got after my first lumpectomy because I was noticably lopsided (a-cup on the left and c-cup on the right). The boobs were used to fill out the small side. I am not sure how the cost of  prosthesis are handled in the UK but my insurance paid for mine as well as the bra's to wear them in. If you were any where near my size I would box up the 'rubber boobs' (I got 2 of them) and mail them to you since I don't need them anymore . I am thinking about donating the boobs to the local wig bank for women who don't have the insurance to pay for them.

Sheila

Oh Sheila , thats funny.lol I can just see you sending your dh off and as hes on the road , opens his lunchbox , and wah-lah ,BOOBIES!lol

Sue , I hope you are soaking in your nice warm bath , lay back , close your eyes , and let all the negative energy flow out , deep breath(not under water) , let it out , and breath in all the positive vibes we all are sending you. And yes , try and have a relaxing evening. Just chill with the kiddles.xxxx Mel