Hey samex ... well i have to fess up that until i read your post i commented o nthis one. I wrote something about jimmy choo shoes, which i quickly came and deleted as soon as i read your writing. I dont think you should compare yourself to the "greats". It takes some talent to be able to write as you do, so i think you are pretty great in your own right!! Julie xo I like shoes too and i do feel for you now that you cant wear what you used to. Mourning our losses is important! ... View more

i can relate to that samex !! Just read your "shoes" and i like. What i particularly liked about it is, at the end you finish off with something positive. It is so difficult to get our heads around the "new us" and you always seem to encapsulate things so well with your writing! Julie xo ... View more

Hey Alana hugsss and lets hope that next week you get two more days! Julie ... View more

Hey Willow You sound so much better, congrats to finding where you need to be. I think thats half the battle. It is a relief to find clarity after living in a fog, that one i know and can relate to. You are being kind to yourself and thats great and are very, very correct in saying that having treatment is not relaxing even though you were not working in the "traditional" sense. As one of my chemo nurses said "what we are giving you is tantamount to your body running a marathon". It is exhausting i have found and i am struggling with that, although have nearly come to the place that you are at. I hope you enjoy your r n r and shame we dont live closer or i would send my techie son around to fix your computer. My son is my walking talking calculator and computer technician. lol take care and great to hear you sounding better, hope i have that bit right and not assuming hugsss Julie ... View more

Hey samex ... thanks and thats great advise re staying in bed. Hope its not so hot here tomorrow. Want to send you son to "Julie concentration housework camp"? lol Just kidding!! Julie xo ... View more

Good to hear you stayed in bed cats!! ... View more

Thanks reindeer!! I have rather a severe case by all accounts. The shingles is spreading far and wide. Hopefully these tablets will kick in soon. I have explained to my son that this is causing me to feel more tired and he has stepped things up another notch, so thats a good thing. He helped to make his bed. lol No, seriously he has been good and is helping out far more. Cats, i think we both should stay in bed!! Luv to you too reindeer and thank you. Julie ... View more

Hey Cats I feel guilty for whinging about shingles. They are curable and yet they are just another thing thats sent to drag me down a little further. I know in a couple of days i will feel better and hopefully start to regain some of this lost energy. My shingles are spreading everywhere and thats not really very normal i dont think. They normally cluster, well i am getting clusters all over and i am sure its to do with all the treatment i have endured this past 5 months. I am grateful for having the treatment but it surely comes with a price attached. You have the most important things with you ... your cats!! I am sorry to hear you are feeling sick. Have you been to see someone about that? I know there is a lot they can do for people re nausea these days. I can relate to the bomb hitting the house bit. I have been chasing my tail since i have been home. I dont have the energy to do a whole job at once and so i do partial here - there and everywhere. Now i have all these half jobs done. Nothing drastic really, just things like cleaning out drawers and cupboards and yet it is annoying me. I should really adapt how i attack things and i would help myself. Awww this baby doctor was very cute and yes, young and yet he was lovely. He had a great attitude and providing he keeps that he is going to be a fantastic doctor i am sure. Yanno, maybe cats have the right idea!! Perhaps we need to learn tto be a bit selfish 😉 ... it will never happen. lol Thanks Julie ... View more

Hiya SirNicketyNox I am sorry to hear about your mother. Mine is the same age and it would be terrible if she had something wrong with her and nothing was able to be done. Thoughts are with you! Julie ... View more

Hi Sailor That must be very comforting to have that sort of relationship with your onco. I wonder about the guy in the waiting room whether some of the chemo is affecting him, depression or maybe he is just like that. Julie ... View more