General Chat

Hi all
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Caz ...... so glad to hear your news! xxxx


Huia .... hope the day goes well.


It is Remembrance Day here, big services at all the cenotaphs and memorial parks across the country. It is also a Statutory holiday.

It was pouring with rain all morning ................. yet the numbers in attendance are still increasing. More and more young people are attending, and young families are taking their children to the services.


Nice to see.


The rain stopped about noon ......... but we have just had thunder, a hailstorm, and a cloud burst! All in the space of about 10 minutes!!

We also have a wind warning for later this afternoon.



Take care everyone



sylvia
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Good evening to you, Caz and Ann and to anybody else who pops in. It is just after 6.30am here and I have finished my brekky. Now have to get sorted to head off for the day.

Huia.

Mo Hope you enjoyed your darts.

Sallie I hope you are getting rid of that cold and feel better.

Huia, Looks like a busy day for you tomorrow then, hope the tent stays up :-D

We have been to Cheltenham today for a look round. The bus was crowded with people going to the remembrance parade and also the races are on so a lot of men were going there. It was extremely cold which was a suprise as we had been promised some milder weather his weekend, I bought myself a new scarf in BHS, it was reduced from £7 to 4.50 then they had an extra discount on everything day so it actually cost me £3.90. A bargain as it is a nice light soft and warm scarf but not too thick. Some of mine are too bulky.

Hi girls, Joyce it's nice to see you on here, don't leave it so long next time though.
Sylvia it's good to see your news, I hope it stays like that.

Good innit! My blood shows no cancer, I had such a big grin on my face even the consultant was smiling. I have to take hormone tablets as a precaution, not Tamoxifen this time but I don't mind that.
Ann I didn't put it on the thread that I had fallen as I had to lie flat for a day or two, it would happen at that time, I was dying to meet them all, really looking forward to it.It would have been lovely to have had a good natter.
Mo I hope Roly's feeling better by now, must have been painful.
I don't like hot chocolate, I much prefer cocoa, must be a hangover from being young when my dad used to make it for us. I'm like Sally though, a tea freak.
Hope everyone else is ok and staying well.

Love Caz xx

I have had a busy day. I went to visit Phil first, but he didnt want to open his eyes so I left and went to Manukau to ask, in the shop where I bought the tent, a question about putting it up. BTW, the parts were incorrectly labelled, but I soon sussed that. I then went to Papakura and bought some extra tent pegs and a few other bits 'just in case I needed them.' Then I went to Clevedon and put the tent up. The man from the next site helped me with the last bits. It was mainly putting the actual tent over the frame as I wasnt tall enough and the man had trouble too until he thought of lowering the legs. I will be going to the show early tomorrow with the rest of my gear, so I will be off to bed very soon.

See you another day. (My son will be here when I get home tomorrow afternoon.)

Huia.

Hi Girls,

Where are you all today? Hope all is well with everyone.

I have a heavy cold so feeling a bit achy and shivery today so have been dosing myself up today. Just hope it doesn't last too long.


Mo, it's darts night tonight isn't it? Just hope that you and your team will do well tonight.
How is Roly? I hope that the antibiotics are working for him.


Joyce, nice to see you back on here.....keep coming back to talk to us, we all missed you.



Ann, I don't mind hot chocolate but have to have it made with skimmed milk...maybe I'll have to drink that each evening instead of tea. My problem is, that I love my cup of tea too much.lol!!



Caz, hope you are feeling better than you,ve been. I'll be in touch with you soon.


Sylvia, Jean, Huia hope all is well with you and all our other friends on here.



Take care. Speak to you all soon.



Love and best wishes, Sallie.xxx

Hi all,
Oooh look theres our Joyce, it's soooo good to see you posting lovely lady.
My word you are a naughty girl arn't you, doing what you are not supposed to. LOL, Rules were meant to be broken weren't they, but you MUST take care of yourself,and not overdo things.
It must have been lovely for you to see the new babies, and the rest of the family. Poor Jan must have been pulling his hair out, worrying about you though.

It's great to hear that our Caz's bloods and cancer are behaving themselves.
I just wish she could have more luck with her health.
(((((((((((((((((((((((((HUGS FOR CAZ)))))))))))))))))))))))))

Ann, I am out with the crazy gang tonight at darts. Much joy and laughter will be the order of the night.

I must go now girls, got to get myself ready, and these days it takes me hours to put the poly filler in the cracks on my face. ;-)

Love to all of you. Mo xxx

Huia, I used to drink Horlicks many years ago, not had it for a while. How about hot choco;ate Sallie, would you drink that. My after six drink is either G&T, sherry or tomato juice, then if I want anything else to drink it is water.

Joyce, good to see you on here, sorry you are still in pain and were not too good when in UK. naughty girl for flying when advised not to, good job the airline didn't know.

Caz, I had not seen that you had a fall but I was not on here for 3 days. Hope you are getting over it now.

Sylvia, great news not to have to take anything, well done, pleased for you.

Mo, chuckled at your remarks re the darts team moaning. Not worth going if you can't enjoy yourself is it? :-) :-)

Hello All
have,nt been on for while still in alot of pain and going to England did not help but got to see the twins,and my other G.Granchildchildren and my Gchildren so it was worth it ,had aloverly time staying with Sheila drove her round the bend LOL and met our Sallie and hubby Alun again which was nice
Spoke to Caz today she is still not well but had good news the blood is ok and the cancer is staying put for the time being as she said,but docter has put her on new tablets which will help to keep this at bay .but she will tell you her self whens she is on,twins come home on the 7th Dec thats when they were due and its also there little brother Theo 2nd birthday so mummy and daddy will have there hands full
Jean its this old age creeping up i had dizzy spells in Sheffield Sheila thought i was going to pass out could,nt walk everything was going round ,but it was my own fault docter told me i could,nt fly but i wanted to see our Gaz ,but that was not to be as she had fall and was in alot of pain but we can make it another time ,cant we Ladys
Sylvia hope your doing ok and get stronger with each day ,and Mo keep this thread going its loverly one which we all enjoy coming on,hope you won at darts
well off now as cant sit for long but thinking of you all waves to Ann,Maria,Huia and anyone i have missed
Love Dutchxxx

Sylvia great to hear that will not even have to take Tamoxifen now. You must be over the moon. I wish you a long, happy and healthy life.


We've been to do the weekly shop, the prices just seem to go up every week, and some things have gone up by as much as a pound. If the prices keep on going up like they are I'm just wondering what we'll be able to afford to eat very soon.
You can tell from what's left on the shelves and how much people have in their trolley that people just can't afford to pay the prices.
Sorry about that.... moan over now!


Ann and Mo I'm not too keen on flavoured tea, I've tried it a few times when I've been at Jennie's and at Richard's. So I'll have to think about what else Ican have instead of tea.


Hope all our other friends on here are okay.


I'm just gouing to finish a card off now and then I'm going to watch The Jury....I didn't think I would get into it but I'm enjoying it so far.



Speak to you soon.



Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Hi everyone


A further development is that ........... I will not even be taking Tamoxifen!!


I got a phone call about 6 pm on Tuesday evening, from the doctor I saw on Monday.

Because of the very low risk that I've got, he had consulted with an oncologist. The oncologist thought my risk rate was close to 5%, rather than the 10% Voduc had been working on when making his suggestions.


Oncologist then worked out that I would get 1-2% benefit from taking tamoxifen, balanced against a 1% increased risk of blood clot and 1% increased risk of uterine cancer ..... plus the hot flashes.

Basically the risks are almost outweighing the benefit in my case.


Both of them decided that they would be comfortable if I decided not to take tamoxifen.


So that is what I have decided.


My treatment now is 6 monthly physical examinations by my GP.



:-D :-D :-D




sylvia
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I have a drink of Horlicks before bed most nights. Unlike many other drinks it is caffeine free. I make it with water with just a little milk in it although I think the instructions have it made with milk. I just dont want too many calories, even though I use the light milk.

Huia.

Sallie, I don't drink tea or coffee in the evening. If I do want a hot drink I have peppermint tea.

Sallie, do you like Camomile tea, perhaps that may be better for you to have of an evening.
Going to bed in a minute so good night god bless everyone. Love Mo xxx

Well here I am again.
Ann you have done well making all those cards. At the moment I have a few to make for special birthdays, a 50th and a 21st, so I'm doing a few art deco ones, as they both like that sort of thing. Like you Ann, once I start doing them I become addicted and don't want to do anything else.


Mo it sounds as though you are going to have plenty of company over Christmas. It will be great to have Lilly there for her Christmas.
Shame about your one daughter and her daughters but as you say you don't want any trouble or bad feeling over Christmas because of her new partner.

Doctor suggested that I don't drink tea after 6-00pm after I told him that some nights I can't 'switch off ' and get to sleep. I don't know how I'm going to manage that as I love my cuppa.lol!!


Speak to you all soon.


Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx

Sallie, glad you are off the tablets, obviously the psychological effect of taking them was worse than the physical effect of not taking them. I have more or less finished the cards now (170+) might make a few more as I have all the bits out and they will do for next year. Trouble is, once I start it is addictive.

Hi Girls,

Just a quick look in before I make the dinner The doctor has taken me off the tablets completely now, as I was on a low enough dose to safely come off them. I am happy about that as I was feeling worse on the day and the next day after taking them. Isn't it strange that the tablets can have the reverse effect of what they are suppose to do.


Mo.sorry you lost last night. By what you say they sound a right miserable lot and I don't blame you for not wanting to play for them next season.



Ann, it's nice to see Julia back on the threads. Thanks for letting me know as I hadn't seen her thread.
Hope your card making is going well. I still have a lot more to make and also the desk calendar to do for my brother.


Well girls, I must make the dinner now, might look in again later on.



Love, Sallie.xxx

Coooeee everyone.

Sylvia, I can't tell you just how pleeeeezzzzeeeddd I am for you love. This has been a hard battle won on your part, so just keep up the good work, and keep the enemy at bay.

Huia, we will all give you a hand at getting that Gazebo up for you. If wishes were dreams, it would already be up and waiting for you when you get there.
Just remember when you start to erect it, that we are all watching, and laughing when the wind gets up, and blows it down again. ;-) ;-) ;-)
You know I am only kidding you love, dont you. Good luck with it.

Sallie will be in with her doctor at the moment, lets hope he gives her something to help her, bless her this has gone on long enough.
Sallie, Lilly is supposed to be coming to us christmas day, along with her mum and dad, and my other daughter and grandaughter. Then in the evening the whole family will be here, apart from one daughter and her girls.
It's a long story, but suffice to say, we dont like her new partner,and dont want him here upsetting the family over the christmas period.

Caz, I am going to leave the thread up honey. I realise that it is nice to have a few friendly people that we can all chat to, without there being any nastiness.
I hope you start to feel better soon love.

Well Jean my lovely friend, we lost at darts last night. I was sincerely glad to get home, what a miserable lot they all were.
I felt like doing someone a damage, with all the moaning that was going on.
I don't think I will bother to play for them next season, even if it means me retiring from the monday night league.
Lifes to short to have to sit and listen to what was going on last night.

Must go and start some dinner for my patient, bless him he's a lot better today. It's the coughing and sneezing thats getting him down now. All together now ahhhhhhhhh.
Bye for now my friends. Love to you all. Mo xxx

((((((((((((((((((HUGS FOR JOYCE)))))))))))))))))

Sylvia, I said on your other thred how pleased I am for you, great news.

Sallie. Have you seen the thread from Julia?

Huia, sounds as if you are having to work hard at this. don't go overdoing things now.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to everyone else and back to making cards :-) :-) :-) <3

Hi Girls,

At last I've managed to get onto this thread. I tried getting on here this morning but the site was so slow and when I finally managed to get on to General Chat I could only get on to the first page, every other page I only got blank pages.


Sylvia I know I've already told you on your thread, but just want to say again how happy I am for you and your family with your good news.
I'm sure you must be on cloud nine.


Huia, hope you can get some helpers to put up the rest of the billboards and the gazebo on Friday as it will save you time on Saturday morning.



Caz, nice to see you posting, don't worry if you haven't any news to tell us, we love to hear from you and to know how things are with you.



Mo, how did you and your team get on last night? I hope you beat the other team.
Hope the antibiotics are working for Roly and he is feeling better.




I have an appointment with the doctor at 4-30pm....I shall be glad to talk to him because each time I take a tablet I start to feel more down. The trouble is I don't want to take one but know I have to, so I'm hoping he will come up with a solution.


It's a dark and damp day here, I had to put the light on to make some cards this morning.




Well girls, I'll speak to you all later, that's if I can get back on here.


Take care.



Love and best wishes. Sallie.xxx