Hello everyone. This is my first post. I have had a good look around the site and must say there are lots of great people here. Best wishes to you all and thanks for all the helpful info.
I haven't had a positive experience so far with diagnosis/oncologist etc. I am fortunate in as much as I am with a cancer specialisation hospital in central London so the mechanical end of things may be good. What has really knocked me down (ok - nobody wants to be diagnosed with this disease; we are bright girls, we already know that) has been exacerbated by the way I was given the diagnosis and the negativity of some of the attitude of the oncologist (a woman, highly regarded in her field).
The thing that really attracted me to this site is the diversity of people on here and that there are other career women like me, (if you have other kinds of focus in your life, please don't take any offence that my career is my focus.). There seems to be a lot of people with a great sense of humour!
To cut a long story short, I feel that the oncologist was utterly dismissive about my concerns for my work, my livelihood and my ability as a single woman to cope financially. I voiced my concerns clearly over these matters (I have got quite a number of difficulties due to recent redundancy) because it clearly states in the hospital brochures that it is important to express ones fears, concerns etc. Obviously this is just BS literature!!!.
I await full diagnosis (may get it Tuesday May 26, 2009).
My career is pretty high powered and has taken a long time to build. It isn't just something I want to forget all about and actually, I can't see why on earth anyone would.
I would love to hear from any other career girls that have any positive input.
I don't underestimate there arehard times ahead (Iget it, I really do get it.....) but so far there has been nothing positive for me to absorb.
LADIES - HELPPPPPP!!!!!!!!
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annadou Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 114 |
Jun 19, 2009 01:54 am
annadou wrote:
Thanks everyone for your good wishes-sunny today with a gentle breeze-not too hot yet-still wired up on the steroids -took the last one so wait for the crash .... Hi Homealone-sorry to hear you are back again with the bc -thats our big dread-your hospital sounds great and we will be with you to get you through this.. Love to all Anna |
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London-Virg… Joined: May 2009 Posts: 827 |
Jun 19, 2009 05:16 am
London-Virginia wrote:
Dear Homealone, sorry not to reply sooner but I have had a really nutty week. I am so very sorry that you are going through all of this again - so upsetting for you. Your hospital sounds good though. It is heartening to know they are following all the NICE guidelines too. This becomes particulalry important I think, over the years, because I can see how your relationship with your medical team is intimate and does largely effect one's ability to cope. I really do wish you all the very best. I think the Marsden is technically good on surgery and so forth but because there was a fire there about 18 months ago, they seem to be shifting some people down to their Surrey "branch" for surgery so despite the fact I had deliberately selected a London hospital right near where I live, I am being shipped off. As you are British, I am sure you will understand that getting around London or out to the outer suburbs is a bloody nightmare, and what this means is that none of my friends can get there without a huge hassle, and some not at all because they work long hours and don't get out of work til really late. I am dreading going there because I feel shut off from my home, from London, my friends/support network etc. I am totally alone for these few days and I had already explained that I have no family. Apparently this place isn't anywhere near the reailway station either. I have to be there by 7.15 a.m. and god knows what the cab will cost. £50 probably. To cap it all, I had another plumbing nightmare yesterday, mad woman downstairs caused a major ruction and I feel utterly exhausted. Then - this is too weird - my poor lawyer was rushed off to hospital with suspected burst appendix! What on earth is going on in my stars?!! So, there I have had a great big vent and thanks for listening everyone. I'll have to go back over your posts to rerply in more detail to some - sorry the page has sort of flipped over and you know if you go backwards then you lose your post that you're typing. I think my keyboard has got chemo brain too! It's been an eventful week for all on this thread - people feeling very rough etc. Lets hope for a better time next week. I like my friends here. I have joined the thread for June surgery as I feel I've made my new friends here and they are all familiar with my rantings anyway!! There is a very very funny thread somewhere asking what might have caused anyone's illness - dig about and find it because it is really funny and always cheers me up. How is it everyone here seems to have such a fantastic and imaginitive sense of humour? We should have quite good weather this weekend. I see that the weather in many parts of the US has been cool or stormy - hope things pick up. Lots of love to all - Dx 5/9/2009, IDC, 2cm, Stage I, Grade 2, / nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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homealone Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 95 |
Jun 20, 2009 03:06 pm
homealone wrote:
Anna Thank you so much for your kind words,much appreciated.I am finding it so difficult this second time around, Victoria How are things in London,what is your weather like?Here it is cloudy and showery,not very pleasant really. How far out of London have you got to go for surgery,what is the name of the hospital? Can't you claim for the taxi fare off the NHS? It does not seem fair that you have to travel through no fault of your own and then have additional costs incurred.I think the Royal Marsden has many problems with being so big and specialised,the NHS does not really have the funds to run a service to the standard that everyone expects and therefore many problems arise.I understand that funding is already being cut due to the credit crunch and whatever government gets in in June 2010 funding will have to be cut further.The UK are taking the reciprical agreement away from the island in April of next year so that means when we travel to the UK we will have to pay for all our health treatment there other than services provided by A&E.I have lived in the UK all my life and paid national insurance and also worked in the NHS , I even receive a pension from the NHS,all my adult children are in the UK,one being the advisor for the secretary of state for health,and as from April it will all count for nothing,yet all the immigrants that come into the country get free medical care,something wrong somewhere. I understand Jade Goody was in the Royal Marsden and if you read all about her medical history she should have been diagnosed many years earlier thus preventing her premature death. Sorry to hear about your plumbing problems and about your lawyer,I don't know about you but once one thing goes wrong it seems to trigger a number of disasters. I still cannot get my head around this second diagnosis,all my earlier stats showed I had a 97% chance of not getting another breast cancer,so much for stats and tamoxifen.I feel like a lamb to the slaughter as I feel well and it seems so alien to go into hospital to be made sick.Also the thought of not having any boobs I find rather daunting,but common sense will prevail.I am certain I will be offered chemo because of the HER2 being positive but I am seriously thinking I will decline.Another 18months of feeling ill is more than I can bare,I could be on a world cruise enjoying whatever time I might have left.Maybe I am going mad,I think this diagnosis does wierd things to your thought process. |
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London-Virg… Joined: May 2009 Posts: 827 |
Jun 20, 2009 03:37 pm
London-Virginia wrote:
Royal Marden Sutton. It is a very awkward place to get, not on metro (well it wouldn't be, it isn't in London) with an obscure railway station with one train an hour to london, none on Sundays!!. I have looked at getting a refund for the cab, but it would be so tortuous that I think I am too tired to bother. I will absolutely insist on one to take me home though. It seems a disgrace that you will no longer accesss mainland UK healthcare - this is loony! But hey, we got that loony govt to thank for all of this. I am afraid the cutbacks are likely to be the worse that can be imagined as our chum Gordon has made such a hash of things. Can you not try to bullshite yourself into nhs care if necessary (son's uk address etc?). You have paid in, try to make sure you get your dues, by fair means or foul! I am so sorry you are having to go through this. Quite a lot of our colleagues here are relieved to have the op, so perhaps afterwards you will be. Maybe you can have a bit of a break before any potential chemo? I haven't followed Jade's story, but as you've now mentioned this I will take a look. I do understand what you feel about wider aspects of one's health. A few weeks ago I was on top of the world. Just got back from Rome, fantastic time, blah blah then dx May 9th. I am sure there will come a moment when I feel like there is sun on my parade, but I haven't got there yet. Oh b*gger it, I am going to have a glass of wine while I sort out all my important papers. Where's the bloody waste paper basket!! hugs and love to you xxxxx Dx 5/9/2009, IDC, 2cm, Stage I, Grade 2, / nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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homealone Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 95 |
Jun 20, 2009 06:57 pm
homealone wrote:
Hope you enjoyed your wine,I had a glass or two with my evening meal,anything to try and blot out all these awful thoughts.I do suffer with a troublesome back,all those years of lifting patients in the NHS,so of course my brain is thinking secondaries and maybe I should demand a total body scan before Wednesday as it would be pointless having a double mastectomy if my worse fears were realised.I really am turning into some mad woman,all common sense having gone through the window. I never thought to ask you what time your surgery is on Wednesday.I will be thinking of you in your taxi as I eat my light breakfast,I don't have to be in the hospital until 10am as my surgery isn't until 2pm. I am having terrible trouble sleeping,nothing to do with this new diagnosis,it seems to have crept up on me during the past 5years of taking Tamoxifen.I go to bed very tired but just cannot drop off,so up I get up have a snack and drink,sit at the computer and then try again to go to sleep.,eventually I fall asleep when the rest of the world is getting up and of course sleep most of the morning, fortunately I do not go to work so I can please myself when I get up.I could also blame the 15 years of doing night duty.I think it is Denmark that has paid money to all nurses that have developed breast cancer having worked night duty,research has shown it is detrimental to your health,The NHS has a lot to answer for,and just to think if I visit my children and fall sick I will have to pay.The worlds gone mad. I have just been watching CNN reporting on the problems in Iran,looks very much like another revolution is taking place.I just don't get what is done in the name of religion.Watching all that puts things into perspective.I am lucky really,nice home,perfect husband,great kids all with degrees and good jobs,plus 4 wonderful grandchildren,I really have nothing to complain about except this awful diagnosis.At least we are getting treatment and there must be millions that do not have access to any medical care,so in many ways we are blessed. Sweet dreams,and I will say hello to you tomorrow.I think it is evening time on the east coast of the US,so hope everyone across the pond is having a good day. |
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up2myoxters… Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 |
Jun 21, 2009 05:00 pm
up2myoxters wrote:
I have just been diagnosed with BC this week and am looking for any help with finding a BC specialist in Las Vegas - help! Thanks so much, Sandra J Sandra
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London-Virg… Joined: May 2009 Posts: 827 |
Jun 21, 2009 05:05 pm
London-Virginia wrote:
Hello Sandra - I am so very sorry to hear you have joined "the club", but at lest you will get lots of help here. May I suggest you may get a bigger and quicker response if you start a new thread under Just diagnosed, but in the title box put " Los Vegas BC hospitals specialists anyone? Help quick" It is a little quieter here on Sundays, but you should get a response pretty quickly. Sorry I can't help but I am in London. very best wishes to you - Virginia
Dx 5/9/2009, IDC, 2cm, Stage I, Grade 2, / nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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annadou Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 114 |
Jun 22, 2009 02:01 am
annadou wrote:
Hi Virginia Just in case I dont log in for a while I want to wish you the very best for your operation and the best path report . Chemo brain is in situ -just given the wrong change -my eyes have gone funny-everything -March 13th I was a normal person now I am special needs -it sucks. Hope everyone has a good day and you get some sun in London Annaxx |
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London-Virg… Joined: May 2009 Posts: 827 |
Jun 22, 2009 03:57 am
London-Virginia wrote:
Hi Anna! - you ae reading my mind - I was going to post to you later today anyway, as of course now I have to gear up for the SNB and op etc. It would be great if the paths etc come up well so fingers crossed. Sorry your brain has gone on holiday! I know exactly what you mean - it is so odd to have a specific day when your whole world changed isn't it. To all my friends on here, I hope to be back in about a weeek and very much look forward to catching up then. May your treatments and everything else be positive. lots of love - virginia Virginia
Dx 5/9/2009, IDC, 2cm, Stage I, Grade 2, / nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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K34 Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 17 |
Jun 22, 2009 06:02 pm
K34 wrote:
Hello ladies Virginia, I wanted to wish you well for your surgery on Wednesday. Anna, I am sorry you are not feeling well. I wanted to thank you all for your help in the last week or so when my friend was diagnosed. We are starting to deal with this and I've read a lot and spoken to as many people as I could and at least she will have her MRI the day she is back from seeing her sister, and then will have surgery shortly after. She is now thinking that she will likely go for a mastectomy rather than a lumpectomy, so we've also been researching on that. It's been a real help to be able to get some information from people who unfortunately have knowledge first hand, although of course I wish that none of you were able to give this! I'll be back again with more questions I think, and hope this is ok. I have told my friend how great and informative and supportive this forum is, so she may well be on here soon herself! Thanks again and peaceful wishes to you all. Katie |
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LRM216 Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 667 |
Jun 22, 2009 09:30 pm
LRM216 wrote:
Virginia - all the best on the upcoming surgery. You will be in my thoughts and am awaiting your return. Hugs, Linda I have been put on this frightening journey against my will, but I do not have to travel it alone.
Dx 2/23/2009, IDC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 3, 0/3 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2- |
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bygrace17 Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 124 |
Jun 24, 2009 12:16 am
bygrace17 wrote:
London Virginia I'm praying for you! {{{HUGS}}} |
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homealone Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 95 |
Jun 24, 2009 03:41 am
homealone wrote:
London Virginia It is 8.45am so you must be at the Royal Marsden by now,so I am thinking of you.Hope all goes well.I am about to set off for the hospital for my bilateral mastectomies this afternoon.I must say I am feeling very nervous.Look forward to hearing from you very soon and an update how it all went. |
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annadou Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 114 |
Jun 26, 2009 03:20 pm
annadou wrote:
Hi Virginia Just thinking about you .Hope everything went well and that you are coping ok.It quiet witout you on board !! . Sending you a bunch of cyber flowers and hugs Anna xxxx |
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blackjack Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 628 |
Jun 29, 2009 11:43 am
blackjack wrote:
Morning girls....I hope everyone is doing well with txs. Virginia thinking of you as you have your surgery. I pray that all goes well and that you are home soon. Looking at the river water will be your calm. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Anna.. how are you feeling these days..better I hope. Homealone...I hope you do are doing well with your post surgery. rest is best. K34..how is your friend doing and you too I wanted to share with you all something I read. I hope it will help you through your surgeries and txs. I found this to be so true and inspiring. W-Whatever you believe creates your reality. Believe that life is a positive experience and it will be. A-Attitude is a magic word. Your greatest asset is your attitude. Be positive regardless. T-Together everyone achieves more. There are no limits to what we can accomplish together. I am more than I am but less than we are. E-Enthusiasm is the wellspring of life Wishing you all speedy recoveries..sending healing hugs to all Remember to be healthy...be happy Blackjack |
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prettyinpin… Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 5,161 |
Jun 29, 2009 11:55 am
prettyinpink100 wrote:
Waiting to hear how surgery went. Hope all is well. PIP - multi focal, FEC100/Tax, rads, dble mast with no recon, ooph/hyst, arimidex
Dx 2/1/2007, IDC, , Stage IIIb, Grade 2, 9/16 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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homealone Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 95 |
Jun 30, 2009 09:59 pm
homealone wrote:
I am back from having my bilateral mastectomy.Stayed in the hospital for 5 days until the drains were removed.I feel very sore particularly under my arms,also feel very tight across the chest,trust this is normal.I feel very depressed and have been very tearful,in fact it is about 2am here and I should be in bed.The surgery went well but I am now told the tumour was near to the chest wall so radiotherapy will be needed,also I have lymphatic invasion so along with the HER2 +++ chemo and Herceptin are recommended.Initially I was told,small tumour,could have lumpectomy,no chemo needed,but decided to have bilateral mastectomy as this is my second primary,I had a lumpectomy and rads 5 years ago.The only good bit of news is that the nodes are negative,but I think having lymphatic invasion is equivalent to having positive nodes,or am I wrong.Even the size of the tumour has increased because the IDC was 1.2 and alongside it was some DCIS which was .3mm so they add them together to give the total tumour size.At the moment I cannot see anything but doom and gloom.I am seriously considering declining anymore treatment,I just cannot envisage spending the next 18 months having chemo,herceptin,and rads.I just don't know how you ladies do all this. |
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homealone Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 95 |
Jun 30, 2009 10:06 pm
homealone wrote:
Virginia Where are you,how have you got on with your surgery? Hope everything went well for you and that you are getting plenty of rest. |
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annadou Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 114 |
Jul 1, 2009 01:47 am
annadou wrote:
Hi Homealone Please accept all my good thoughts to help you get better -so sorry to hear you feel so awful BUT it is early days yet and you are still in physical shock after the op-which was a huge decision -and mental shock about the results to say nothing of the pain. Dont know if the invasion is the same as nodes as I have both but never got round to asking. I know I am only doing it all for the first time and I am thinking of not taking tamoxifen as it can cause cancer in the uterus and the liver but no doubt I will be persuaded otherwise -so I can imagine how it is for you .Look at the whole picture-its a primary (could have been a metastasi in a bad place )its treatable as far as we know and maybe then you are clear as you hae had the double mastectomy and you are due for a dose of good luck. Dont make any decisions now -you are stll very fragile-look to getting well andtalk alot to anyone who will listen. wishing you all the best for a speedy recovery anna x |
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annadou Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 114 |
Jul 1, 2009 01:53 am
annadou wrote:
blackjack Super verse (or whatever its called ) Am doing ok -just had my seventh and the Nuelasta due this afternoon so that will knock me out . Always feel great the day after chemo -think that iI have got away with the se;s them WHAM take that girlie and Im out for at least a week. One more then rads and I am having second thoughts about that tamoxifen-too many pills too many side effects and what are the statitics for it helping?Todays wonderdrugs are tomorrows poisons-I remember thalidomide-My mum took it. Hope you are doing well Annaxx |
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blackjack Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 628 |
Jul 1, 2009 10:22 am
blackjack wrote:
Hi Anna...glad to see that you are feeling a little better. I know that these drugs are very powerful and they do have many side effects. I opt-out of taking any meds..my chose. My bc was very small stage 1 so I am doing daily exercising and dieting. I cut out sugars, dairy, and meat. I take lots of supplements and I do feel good. Everyone has to make their own choices about tx...what is good for one person it may not be for another. Good luck with your decision on taking meds. Let me know how you are feeling. Sending you a big healing hug your way. Blackjack |
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blackjack Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 628 |
Jul 1, 2009 10:49 am
blackjack wrote:
Homealone....how are you doing? I see that you are done with your surgery and you are home. Hope you are resting and getting your strength back. Try not to make important decision when you are not feeling well. Try to rest and get your strength back. Talk to your onc and after that then make your decisions. Keep us posted on how you are doing. Take care and sending you a big healing hug. Blackjack |
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K34 Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 17 |
Jul 1, 2009 08:07 pm
K34 wrote:
hello ladies Blackjack, thank you for asking. My friend has had her MRI and tomorrow are the results, with surgery probably next week. From a lumpectomy it now looks more like a mastectomy but more will be revealed tomorrow. My friend has been amazing, as I see you all on here, and I am trying to deal with the sadness as she feels awful, helpless and scared, and I can't take this away, so I just am there to help find out info, keep some normality in still talking about what we usually talk about, and also ask her to let me know what she needs, and that I am there. I am feeling better but also scared as last year I had had a lump which was nothing apparently but will get rechecked. Just want everyone I know to get rechecked too! we were talking about diet. I see that you use diet and exercise, do you have any recommended books or articles/ websites about this as there is a lot of information, however not a lot of conclusive information that we've found and I am keen to help with this as it is something she is interested in. I hope Virginia is ok and that all went well. I hope all of you other lovely ladies on the forum are enjoying the summer (at least in London) and Homealone that you come to some peaceful decision. Good night and thank you for your support. Katie |
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homealone Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 95 |
Jul 1, 2009 09:37 pm
homealone wrote:
Hello Ladies,thank you all for your support,much appreciated.I am still mentally tormented,crying at the drop of a hat.Physically I think I am doing quite well after my surgery despite the chest feeling very tight and sore.I have managed to get in the garden and do some dead heading,but after an hour or so began to get tired so I watched the tennis at Wimbledon on TV.It is about 2.30am and once again I cannot sleep so I decided to come and say hello to everyone as you all cheer me up.My biggest fear is chemo and also I will need herceptin so the treatment goes on for ever or so it seems to me.I don't want to be visiting hospitals for the next 18months I want to be planning holidays and seeing my grandchildren.I hate this cancer journey.How did you ladies get through all your treatments what were your coping mechanisms? K34 I know exactly how your friend feels,she is lucky to have someone like you to support her. |
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annadou Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 114 |
Jul 2, 2009 04:02 am
annadou wrote:
Hi Everyone -hope you all have a good day-Homealone -dont overdo the dead heading!hope you are feeling a bit better. Virginia-Where are you?Hope all is well-just send us a poke if you can xxAnna |
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homealone Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 95 |
Jul 2, 2009 05:52 pm
homealone wrote:
Hello Everyone I am feeling mentally a little brighter today and everything doesn't seem quite so gloomy.My other half sat with the pathologist and went over my path report which isn't quite as black as I thought.I am still early stage breast cancer,with no node involvement.The chemo is for extra insurance due to the lymphatic invasion in the tumour.I read somewhere that lymphatic invasion equates to having node involvement but have been reassured that is not the case.Has anyone else read this anywhere? Did a little more in the garden today but the weather is too hot to stay outside for long.It is 10.40pm here and the temperatures are still on the high side.We are not used to all this hot weather,rain is our speciality.I understand London temps have been unbearable.Anna it must be very hot in Greece,what are your temps at the moment? Anna,do not worry about taking the tamoxifen,I took it for 5 years and really had very few side effects.I did develope a polyp which was surgically removed and I have put insomnia down to taking the drug but cannot say for sure that is the cause,otherwise I had no side effects.As for the benefit,obviously 5 years down the line and with another primary in the other breast who knows if the drug was effective.I was told my first tumour was strongly er+ and the present one was weakly positive,however I learn today that there are more than 10% of the cells that are er+ therefore the tumour is still classed as er+.So what did the tamoxifen do for me? I do wish Virginia would drop us all a line,I do hope everything went well for her. |
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annadou Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 114 |
Jul 3, 2009 02:11 am
annadou wrote:
Hi Homealone Your name ?if you want 1 I get you about the tamoxifen but just maybe having another primary is better than a secondry?I dont know and being er+ is better isnt it ? Just when I think I have made my decisions something crops up to change me and my oncologist is very definate -you do this this and this and thats it. here the weather is about 30-breezy -i am next to the sea so we dont feel it too much but we are heading for a heatwave by all accounts-cant wear the wig too much of a bother so I do the job with scarves . Cant see me having any hair before next spring. The nails are a problem now gone all red and hurt and where they are not red they are dead white so I suppose they are dead. I miss uk at times but I have my sister coming out for 6 weeks so thats good . wonder where virginia is-should be home by now surely? Take care Annaxx |
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London-Virg… Joined: May 2009 Posts: 827 |
Jul 3, 2009 12:47 pm
London-Virginia wrote:
Hello all. Finally got home from hospital yesterday. Terribly tired so forgive a short post. Op went very well but was long and what you might call traumatic to my entire breast area - ouch! Was doing very well initially but got an infection and was pretty ill for a few days. No aircon in the hospital on the hottest days this year. So I was in hospital from 24 June til yesterday - rather longer than anticipated. I still have the infection but hope the antibiotics etc will sort that out. Anyway, forgive me for not replying to each of you - I will do soon! just thought I ought to let you know that I am still around! lots of love.. Virginia
Dx 5/9/2009, IDC, 2cm, Stage I, Grade 2, / nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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prettyinpin… Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 5,161 |
Jul 3, 2009 12:55 pm
prettyinpink100 wrote:
Good to hear from you Virginia. I am sorry to hear that you had complications. Don't worry, they say that these things 'add to our character'. LOL Put your feet up and nap as much as you can. PIP - multi focal, FEC100/Tax, rads, dble mast with no recon, ooph/hyst, arimidex
Dx 2/1/2007, IDC, , Stage IIIb, Grade 2, 9/16 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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homealone Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 95 |
Jul 3, 2009 03:11 pm
homealone wrote:
Hello Virginia Welcome home,so pleased to hear you are OK.I know how you are feeling regarding the trauma to the breast area.I feel like someone has wrapped me up too tightly with parcel tape,but I believe this is normal,just hope this feeling goes away in time.How did you manage to get an infection,I hope they were keeping those wards clean.Is the infection in the wound or have you got some systemic illness.It is a bit worrying with all this outbreak of swine flu.Hope you are having plenty of rest and managed to watch Murray get beaten by Roddick at Wimbledon. Anna How are you?What chemo are you receiving?It is stories like yours that totally put me off having chemo,in fact it scares me to death.Weather here is cooler as it poured with rain overnight so that makes life a little more comfortable.How is the weather in Greece today,by the way whereabouts in Greece are you? |
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