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  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438
    edited July 2011

    Hi Sue, you are off in two weeks and I'm off in four!   Wow!  World travellers here and I am so excited about the whole thing and I bet you are as well.  Where on earth did you find suitcases that weigh 3.7kgs?   Really good to hear that you have completed your first full month of work and that has gone by sooooo fast!  As long as you are feeling fine that's a good thing.  Unfortunately once a BC girl always a BC girl but hopefully there is eb nough time between visits that we can forget about it for awhile.

    Enjoy you trip!!!

    Love n hugs.  Chrissy

  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 1,422
    edited July 2011

    Hi Chrissy - I forgot - where are you going? We leave on the 11th August and won't be back until 22nd Sept. I got the suitcases at Zelows - $89 - 72cm - reduced from $129. Mine's purple and DH's is black. I really didn't need one but I weighed my old one and it was over 5kgs, so it was worth getting a new one. They are made by the Australian Luggage Company - Ultra light range - 3 year warranty.

    I can't wait to go to Paris - I am going to eat every pastry in sight.

    Hugs back at you :)

    Sue

  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438
    edited July 2011

    My trip will take me to Singapore, London, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Raleigh NC, The Outer Banks NC, Miami FL, Hollywood FL, Branson/Springfield MO, Shell Knob MO, Denver CO, Los Angelas SC, Auckland NZ.....home!   I am toying with doing a day trip to Paris from London but it just depends on the cost.  I leave Adelaide on the 30th August and get back 6th October.  I am meeting up and staying with a lot of the girls from the forum and I am so looking forward to all of it!

    Love n hugs.  Chrissy

  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 1,422
    edited July 2011

    Lucky you!!! One day, I hope to go and meet my chemo sisters. How long will you be in London? We're only staying 4 nights when we get there to see the baby and our son, then we go to Ireland, Scotland, Paris, Wales and back to London.

  • Trisha-Anne
    Trisha-Anne Member Posts: 1,661
    edited July 2011

    Susie - congrats on a month full time - and going o/s!  Wow

    You too Chrissy!  I hope you both have a wonderful time, and make sure you both stay safe :-)

    I've quit my job.  I finally decided I can't deal with the stress of the job and all the crap that goes on in this place.  They've been amazingly supportive through the whole bc thing and time off and all that, but they cannot seem to control the stresses that other work colleagues cause on a lot of the people here.

    I realised my health is more important to me than anything, and dealing with stress like this really isn't very healthy for me.  So - quit.  Don't have another job to go to at the moment, but I'm sure something will turn up.  Keep your fingers crossed for me anyway :-)

    Trish

    xoxo

  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 1,422
    edited July 2011

    Wow Trish - bold move - good on you. I'm lucky I love my job. Fingers corssed up here - you'll probably get a better job anyway!!

    Sue

  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438
    edited July 2011

    Sue, I get into London at 5.55am 31st Aug and leave 12.20pm  2nd Sept and arrive in Philly 3.35pm  the same date but flying time is 8.15 hours.......lol.  I bet you can't wait to get your hands on the baby!!!

    Trish, sorry it came to the point that you felt you needed to quit your job but well done you for doing it!!!  You are sooo right when you say you do not need that stress level.  Take the time to rest relax and enjoy until you find something else.  Fingers, toes and anything else I can cross are all crossed for you!

    Love n hugs.  Chrissy

  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 1,422
    edited July 2011

    Chrissy - I'll be in Scotland on the 31st - Dundee :) Actually, I'm not that clucky, but I'm sure he's lovely - I know I'll fall in love when I see him.

  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438
    edited July 2011

    Sue, I just adore babies!.....not that I'm clucky cause I'm not.......I couldn't think of anything worse at my time of life but I still do adore their perfect, sweet packaging..........lol.............but I also like to hand them back to the parents.....lol.

  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 1,422
    edited July 2011

    I do too, but I'm still getting over being a Granny at my young age :)

  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438
    edited July 2011

    I was a granny at 45! but I'm glad as I had enough energy to do loads of things with the grandies and I'm still young enough to appreciate their sense of self as they grow into young adults and discover where their place is in this world.........lovely!!!!!!!!

  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 1,422
    edited July 2011

    I wanted my kids to wait until I was 60, but oh well, I didn't quite make it.

  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438
    edited July 2011

    I'll be 60 in December!  Sorry it took me so long to answer, I was down in the kitchen making pavlova.   I was sitting here and all of a sudden I wanted pav abd the only way that was going to happen was for me to make it!.....lol.....just as well it's not a difficult thing to make.

  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 1,422
    edited July 2011

    I'll be 59 a couple of days after we get back from OS - sigh

  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438
    edited July 2011

    Sue, I always say that age is a state of mind not being and I try not to put too much store in the passing of the years.  If I have enjoyed the days and months that cover the scratchings on a calendar then that is the most important thing and nothing else.

    Love n hugs.  Chrissy

  • Trisha-Anne
    Trisha-Anne Member Posts: 1,661
    edited July 2011

    Ok - I need help :-)

    I keep forgetting to go online to order the melatonin.  I went to the iHerb site, and it won't let me order melatonin - say's it's prohibited for my address.  Then I tried to get the Biovea site up - and can't seem to get a US site - the Australian site is down for maintenance, and I don't think we can get it from there?  The only site I can get is a UK site.  Is that right?  

    Anyone have a link I can use?

    Thanks all!


    Trish

    xoxo

  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438
    edited July 2011

    Trish, I have been ordering mine throught Australian Biovea site with all my other supps.  The only thing is, I get everything else within a week but it takes about three or four weeks to get the Melatonin as it comes from Germany.  There has not been any problem getting it through as they just say on the packaging 'Suppliments'.

    I just tried to go on Biovea and had no trouble at all......maybe what ever they were doing is done.  Give it a try and see what happens.

    Love n hugs.  Chrissy

  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 1,422
    edited July 2011

    Trish - I got it from Biovea Australia too - it did take a long time, but I love it!!! I ordered the bottle with 120 3mg tablets in it.

  • Trisha-Anne
    Trisha-Anne Member Posts: 1,661
    edited August 2011

    Hi Girls

    I've been offline for a while, trying to sort out my new job.  Still don't have one - but it's getting there.

    Susie - you leave soon?  Have a fabulous time, and Chrissy - can't remember when you go - but have a great time too.  Both of you stay safe please!?

    Trish

    xoxo

  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438
    edited August 2011

    Hey Trish, sorry I missed your post. 

    I head off on the 30th of this month so it's getting closer every single day...lol!   I am so looking forward to all this and catching up with all the girls I can in the USA.  I am actually starting to get very tired but I can rest up once I get on the plane.  I think I've planned everythng down to the last to keep myself safe but there is always the things that you can't plan that interfere with the best laid plans.  All I can do is hope that they pass me by and allow me to realy enjoy the trip as a whole.

    Hope you are taking good care of yourself and goodluck with the job hunting!  

    Love n hugs.  Chrissy

  • Marie-Edith
    Marie-Edith Member Posts: 21
    edited August 2011

    Hi Chrissy :)

    Good luck with your preparations. It's a lot to organise !!!   It's very exciting !!!

    I'll think of you on the 30th !!

    Take care

    xoxo 

  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438
    edited August 2011

    Hi Marie-Edith, thank you for your well wishes.  Are you back from your trip?  Hope you had a good time being spoilt by your family.  I am really getting excited now as the days are counting down very quickly!

    Love n hugs.  Chrissy

  • Marie-Edith
    Marie-Edith Member Posts: 21
    edited August 2011

    Hi Chrissy :)

    Not long now for you !!  I'm not coming back until October, lucky me !!  I am going to visit Paris next week, something i've always wanted to do with my girls, especially now that i don't know what the future holds for me i am making the most of it !!!

    Have a great trip and i'll think of you :)

    XOXO 

  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438
    edited August 2011

    Hi Marie-Edith....WOW!!!  I didn't realise that your trip was to last so long!  Enjoy your time in Paris and think of me while you are there....I was contemplating going to Paris for the day while on the stopover in London but decided against it as I know I would like to spend way more time there than that.  Try and make the most of every day and love life for what it is.  Hope to see you when you get back!

    Love n hugs.  Chrissy

  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 1,422
    edited September 2011

    Hi Girls - we're back. The trip was great. Grandbaby is totally gorgeous and smiled a lot at us. Paris was fantastic - loved the food. Now back to the grindstone on Monday. I was clever to have the rest of the week off to recover, wash, shop etc.

    Sue

  • luv_gardening
    luv_gardening Member Posts: 362
    edited September 2011

    It's been quiet here Sue.  Maybe everyone's been too busy digging their veggie gardens and planting out their seedlings for a bumper crop of delicious home grown food.  Edited to add, and travelling round the world!

    Enjoy your birthday celebrations. 

  • chrissyb
    chrissyb Member Posts: 11,438
    edited September 2011

    Hey Sue, glad you got enough smiles to hold you for awhile and you had a great trip.  I'm only half way through mine so I won't be home for a few weeks yet.

    Enjoy your birthday celebrations!

    Love n hugs.  Chrissy

  • suzieq60
    suzieq60 Member Posts: 1,422
    edited September 2011

    Thanks Shirley :) 

    Hey Chrissy - I posted on your trip thread yesterday. Sounds like you are having a great time!!!

    I'm cooking dinner - we're sick of eating out. Got a great cake though.

    Sue

  • racy
    racy Member Posts: 976
    edited September 2011

    Ladies, just posting to let you know there is a documentary about bc airing tonight on pay tv channel W. It's on at 9.20 pm EST.



    I don't post much on this thread but follow it along with all the others. I hope you all continue to be healthy.

  • luv_gardening
    luv_gardening Member Posts: 362
    edited October 2011

     Australian Story on ABC now, 8pm in NSW.  A drug delivery system for chemo straight to the cancer to reduce SE's.  

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