3yrs ago today I was diagnosed with primary and secondary breast cancer...
Considering in the report my consultant did for my employers a couple of weeks ago he said my prognosis (without responding to treatment) was 8mths...I reckon that's pretty good going!
Talking of reports...after my employers pestered me to hassle my consultant for the report they now say that the Trustees of the Pension scheme aren't meeting until 30th June....so I have now been paid my last sick pay and have no more 'pay days' until I can start taking my pensions (and even that's assuming they give the go ahead).
I can't even decided what to take from my frozen pension as it all depends what Capita will or will not offer me....
My 1st and 2nd line managers are furious about this but apparently the trustees only meet twice a year and nothing they do or say can speed it up!!
Anyway not an anniversary for celebration really just glad to have got this far -phew!!
Love Clare xx
Sunday, 31 May 2009
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
Yippee!!!
I've finally managed to shift a stone in weight, took a while mind you but that's because I kept straying and thinking half a bag of crisps/one biscuit/ a few nuts/ some sweets wouldn't do any harm...
Last week from Wednesday morning until I got weighed last night I stuck to the 'rules' and lost 3lb. To say I was chuffed is an understatement. So my plan is to do it again this week!!
I went out Saturday for a friends Hen 'do' and did feel that I was a bit of a party pooper by offering to drive and also not fully indulging in the curry. I had a biryiani, one poppadom and some diet cokes..yes I wanted a starter/naan bread/side dishes and a few bacardi and cokes but once the table was clear and the food eaten or taken away the feeling of want had gone.
Did it do me any harm...not in the least. I woke up on Sunday feeling fresh and not hungover and very pleased that I hadn't given in.
My reward was 3lbs off and that feels so much better than a bloated stomach due to too much curry!!
Ive got 12lbs or so to my target so it's doable and I hope to lose more by the time I we go to Spain so I can relax a little bit and enjoy good food and wine.
Love Clare xx
I've finally managed to shift a stone in weight, took a while mind you but that's because I kept straying and thinking half a bag of crisps/one biscuit/ a few nuts/ some sweets wouldn't do any harm...
Last week from Wednesday morning until I got weighed last night I stuck to the 'rules' and lost 3lb. To say I was chuffed is an understatement. So my plan is to do it again this week!!
I went out Saturday for a friends Hen 'do' and did feel that I was a bit of a party pooper by offering to drive and also not fully indulging in the curry. I had a biryiani, one poppadom and some diet cokes..yes I wanted a starter/naan bread/side dishes and a few bacardi and cokes but once the table was clear and the food eaten or taken away the feeling of want had gone.
Did it do me any harm...not in the least. I woke up on Sunday feeling fresh and not hungover and very pleased that I hadn't given in.
My reward was 3lbs off and that feels so much better than a bloated stomach due to too much curry!!
Ive got 12lbs or so to my target so it's doable and I hope to lose more by the time I we go to Spain so I can relax a little bit and enjoy good food and wine.
Love Clare xx
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
13th Herceptin
Another 3 weeks have flown by and I had my 13th treatment today. All going ok except the fact that yet again it took two attempts to get the canula in.
The nurse who was doing it said I should speak to my consultant about having a portacath put in as it would make it so much easier. My oncologist has said that if I had to have more chemo I would need something doing whether it be a portacath/pic line or hickman line.
I got up to leave today and said the lady next to me that I wouldn't see her next time as I have to swap days and the time after that swap again due to my holiday...we then realised that the next time we'll see each other is in July - very scary indeed, where have the months gone?
Diet is going ok, trying to be good but it's so hard to keep up and I only lost half a pound this week. I have 6 weeks until my holiday so I need to lose some weight as I'm bound to put on whilst I'm there.
Not much going on really, have had a pension quote from The Pru and am waiting to see if Capita can manage to get their act together...or indeed tell me if they will give me ill-health retirement!!
Will try and update more frequently but it's so hard to write posts about nothing really...but that's good as I don't want to have things to write about really...does that make sense??
Love Clare xx
Another 3 weeks have flown by and I had my 13th treatment today. All going ok except the fact that yet again it took two attempts to get the canula in.
The nurse who was doing it said I should speak to my consultant about having a portacath put in as it would make it so much easier. My oncologist has said that if I had to have more chemo I would need something doing whether it be a portacath/pic line or hickman line.
I got up to leave today and said the lady next to me that I wouldn't see her next time as I have to swap days and the time after that swap again due to my holiday...we then realised that the next time we'll see each other is in July - very scary indeed, where have the months gone?
Diet is going ok, trying to be good but it's so hard to keep up and I only lost half a pound this week. I have 6 weeks until my holiday so I need to lose some weight as I'm bound to put on whilst I'm there.
Not much going on really, have had a pension quote from The Pru and am waiting to see if Capita can manage to get their act together...or indeed tell me if they will give me ill-health retirement!!
Will try and update more frequently but it's so hard to write posts about nothing really...but that's good as I don't want to have things to write about really...does that make sense??
Love Clare xx
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