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Thanks Moira, you really are a gem! I would really appreciate that. I'm not sure how you want to do this or what I need to do but PM me and we'll go from there. Just a question, how true to size are these products as I usually buy big and alter to fit me properly. I am no shrinking violet and I have the above navel spare tyre ....lol. If it weren't for that I would be an 18 but with it I like things loose over it so was going to order 22.
Thanks Trish on your comments, much appreciated from the expert. I have never been 'schooled' on anything to do with art or photography it's just what takes my eye and I am my own worst critic......lol. With those blossom, I used the wrong lens, I would have been better off with my squash lens not the zoom. I still thought it pretty so posted it. The landscapes are just capturing a feeling and for me light and shadow plays a huge part of the composition that's why I rarely take pics in the middle of the day as the light is way too harsh. I would need to get a heap of filters before I took too many. Yes I am putting the new camera through its paces and is always with me.......lol......I will forget my foob, yes I did that yesterday, but not the camera....lol.
Sue I'm jealous! My knee is still stiff and I'm not happy. I guess what has put me behind is the damnable bursitis in my hip but now I had the cortisone I am walking better and will be able to concentrate better on the exercises. I am walking better already and the bend is at about 120 so I guess I shouldn't be too upset. I'm so glad you are getting to the stage of appreciating the fact that yours has been done......it really is the best feeling to be able to walk painless.
Yep, the bed has arrived (Tuesday) and we have been sleeping in it all week...............can I say comfort plus!....oh yeah! I bought 1000TC Egyptian Cotton sheets which feel like silk they are so fine and the very light weight polar blankets which are really soft and a micro fiber doona. They are all very light weight and super warm........I'm loving it all and sleeping so well I can't believe I am only waking a couple of times a night instead of half a dozen.
DH has just phoned me and asked me out to dinner......yipeee! I wan't feeling like cooking so this is a bonus......lol. Better go and shower and change as I'm dagging around in a pair of old trackies.....my usual Saturday style unless there is something going on......lol.
Have a great weekend all!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Chrissy - I wish we could get a memory foam mattress - we slept on one in Queenstown - OMG - it was like sleeping on a cloud
Did some shopping today - none of my work clothes fit because I've lost so much weight, so I ventured out to the usual Millers, Rockmans etc. I got 5 tops for $97 total in BigW Emerson range - they are really pretty - different from what I normally wear, but they looked good in the mirror. I hate artificial fabrics and they are all that, but time to try something different. If I put the weight back on I haven't wasted too much money.
BTW I've virtually stopped smoking - using my ECig and patches - only having 3 or 4 cigs a day. Steve says I've kicked it, but I bet if I took the patches off I'd be back on it like a flash - you really have to want to stop - I only did it for the surgery so I would heal well.
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Sue the mattress is pocket spring with memory foam topper with cool gel center. The cover is bamboo and so soft it's incredible.....really good support with little transferred movement from a partner......did I say super comfy?!....oh yeah!!! Like you said, like sleeping on a cloud.
Really happy to hear that the smokes have almost gone.......I know it's hard to get rid of them but if they were completely gone you would be amazed at just how much better you would feel....but great that you have gotten down to the number you have! So how much weight have you lost? Sounds like a heap, and of course the 6 million dollar question, how did you manage to lose it?....lol. Yup, getting a bargain is what it's all about......lol.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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I've lost 8kg - not by choice - just the whole knee experience.
OMG - that mattress sounds like what I want - I keep dreaming about that one in NZ. What brand is it? I should save up and get one. Of course Steve doesn't think there's anything wrong with our 20 year old one - typical man. At the moment he's sleeping upstairs anyway because of my knee - I'm still a bit too sensitive to share the space.
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Well done Sue, sounds like your knee is going well, and 8kg that's great even if you didn't mean to lol.
Chrissy - your bed does sound wonderful. We'll have to get a new one, one of these days. Keep going with what you are doing photographically - you are a natural. Looks like you've mastered your camera too - I'm impressed. If you ever want to learn more, there are so many things on the internet now to help you get your "eye" in better. Happy to give you CC (creative criticism) if you ever want it too.
We are photographing pretty mundane things at the moment - nothing as lovely as what you are doing. See below. One "bad" thing about becoming a professional is that I find I'm not picking up the camera just to shoot for me anymore. I keep telling myself I have to change that, shooting for yourself keeps the creative juices going. The problem is that I spend so much time processing photos, that processing more that aren't earning money takes up time I don't have a lot of.
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Sue the brand I got is Elite. The company manufactures the ensemble right here in Adelaide, not sure if they have an outlet in Brisbane but I can find out for you. They guarantee for ten years where most only guarantee for five so that sort of told me they are okay. The cost wasn't too prohibitive overall which was good. I got an upholstered bed head, shape of my choice, upholstered ensemble base with four drawers and the mattress all delivered and put together for $3500. If you are going just for the mattress it wouldn't be any where near that.......something worth looking into. Check on the web and see if Elite have an outlet there. Their full trading name is 'The Elite Bedding Company'.
Sue I can't believe you lost weight just from having your knee done! How big was your knee to start with?......lol.....just joking but really 8kgs? Wow!! That is massive but well done.....here's hoping it stays off for you.
Trish, I am getting there with learning the camera although there is still a whole lot more to learn with it. I know it can take 180 degree panoramic shots and anything in between but I still have to learn how to set the camera so I can do that. I will be playing with that next I think as there are so many things that deserve a larger frame. I don't think I could photograph professionally where someone else is sort of dictating what they want and where I would have to take hundreds of pics for them to chose just a hundred or less.......for me, that sort of thing takes all the pleasure out of taking pics.
Love the food though.....lol......are they corn cakes with avocado salad?....yummmm!!!!!!
Trish I would love the CC from you as it would help me improve and learn more as I go along. My idea is at some point trying to sell some of my pics but they need to be good to do that.
Love n hugs all! Chrissy
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Brief post I am in Queensland. Suz I will try to contact you tomorrow. We are trying to organise a couple of things. Have has a lovely day so far and about to go out for a Chinese meal. Will try to post pic of me on my brother's super mobility scooter.
Great fun and some cyclists going past called out - yea a Harley scooter!!
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Oooo that is super cool Aly.....lol......almost looks like the real thing from the front!
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Chrissy - LOL re the knee weight - I literally laughed out loud when I read it.
Aly - I'm off work for another 2 weeks, so I'm here if you want to meet and I can drive myself now. I do have a physio apt at 10 am tomorrow but that's it. You never said where you are staying. If you are in the city we are very close to the north only 5k.
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Alyson, now that's a different photo of you!
Trish, did you cook those corn fritters? They look yummie!
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Aly - great pic! Enjoy your stay in Oz!
Tammy - no I didn't cook them - they were made by a chef at a cafe, we were photographing the cafe and the food for their new website. They were zucchini and corn fritters, they do look yummy don't they!
Trish
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Trish, I have found that the disc that came with my camera has a RAW reading file that I didn't download when I installed the camera on the computer so I am just about to do that now as see what happens.
I was playing with my setting and now I cant focus on the foreground only the back ground.......don't know what I've done but I will sort it out.....lol.......talk about a learning process!
Have a great day all!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Chrissy I sent you an email this morning, did you get it?
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Chrissy - ignore that post above lol - just saw your email!
xoxo
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Yay - I did the grocery shopping by myself today!! Big achievement.
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hi ladies! Got the best news!!!!!!!!! Got a letter from Royal adelaide hospital elective surgery department and they have got me a date for my reconstruction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its later than i thought at the start but the overcrowding in the hospital must be worse than I suspected.. Its on the 1st December with pre-op assessment on the 24th of november. Still having the mri on the right side on 25th September then get the results a week later
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Yay Sue!!! Well done you......that is a huge achievement!!!! You sure are motoring along with getting back to normal after the replacement and that is great. It's a really nice feeling when you can walk around with no pain and no limping because of that pain........sort of makes you glad that you went ahead with the op.
Woohoo Melp!!! That is fantastic news!!!! I'll bet you can't stop dancing around the kitchen......lol. Good luck with the MRI and hopefully all the results from that are beyond good!
Here's the much awaited and very comfy bed with bedside cabinets all where they should be.
I'm loving it and wake up refreshed with no aches or pains that shouldn't be there.
Have a great day!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Love the bed Chrissy - I'm jealous, what does your DH think of it? Steve still banished to the upstairs bedroom - I kind of like having the whole bed to myself
Got 1 more week to recover enough to go back to work. My back is not perfect and I wish my physio wasn't away. H would have fixed it in 2 visits.
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Sue I think he's loving it as well.......not sure if I'm going to end up with a lot of it though,,,,there have already been a few nights when I have felt his leg getting slung over mine and then the tentative, half asleep touching as he realizes that it is me......lol......then he carefully moves his leg back so he doesn't wake me........little does he know that I am already awake......lol..........but I don't tell him.
You'll probably find that once you are fully healed with your knee your back won't cause you so much trouble.. I'm sure you have found already that you are walking totally different.
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Great win for John Key in NZ - clever people to realise when they are on to a good thing.
Allowed Steve back in the our bed last night - he didn't get up and leave so I mustn't have disturbed him too much.
Doing a very interesting thing today. I posted a message on Ancestry.co to a fellow who was putting details of my grandmother's brother there. He finally logged in and saw the message and emailed me. He also lives on the Northside of Brisbane. We've arranged to meet at his parents place. I did meet his great grandfather once when I was a child. Just shows the power of the internet - totally amazing.
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Wow Sue! How crazy is that? Yup, the internet sure is a powerful tool........I sometimes wonder what we did without it!!
Hope the meeting goes well and you get to chat about shared memories.
I had to get up really early this morning......actually I went to be but didn't sleep at all.......I really hate those nights!!! DD2 had her first body building comp today and we went down to the city to watch her..........she was amazing and won the Masters section and came in second by a whisker in the Open section!! I am so proud of her, she really worked hard to prepare for this one. She is competing in another next weekend and then the Nationals for both, the first being the 4 & 5th October in Brisbane and then the following weekend for the other group in Sydney. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she can do well in all the others as well.
I must admit, I am trashed right now and don't think it will be long before I head off to bed.
Take it easy and take care.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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The meeting with my relatives went really well. It was freaky. John's brother also came and he looks like my brother - must be some genetic throw back. I sent John a photo of my brother when I got home and he and his wife agree they look alike. He sure didn't look like John or his father. My brother looks nothing like my father did either.
John's parents were lovely and I was there from 10:30 until 12:30. One thing we established is that my grandmother came to Australia because her brother was here. He lived in Brisbane and she was married in Brisbane. She also got married in the same church as her brother. So we sorted out some things we didn't know. John's father is my mother's second cousin we worked out.
I came home feeling good - it was a pleasant visit.
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BTW - Steve said last night was the worst might's sleep he's ever had, so it looks like I might be sleeping on my own for a while until my back is fixed up. He said I kept moaning - I sure don't remember.
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Yay Sue! Really glad that the day went well for you........it's strange just how genetics come out in a family, even distant relatives. It's good to get added family history and join the dots so to speak.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Hi Girls, I'm really keen to hear from any of you with the above dx. I haven't been coping well & need to hear some positive news. I had 8 cm of DCIS with multifocal IVC measuring 2.5cm. My pathology showed a KI 67 of 30 which I know is high for recurrence, also necrotic areas in the breast taken. I really wanted a BL mastectomy but the surgeon said there was no evidence of disease in the Left. Now have a lump in the remaining breast which on U/S looks normal. I'm really scared because I know what was removed if a very aggressive form of breast cancer. I'm frightened I won't respond to the treatment & when the treatment finishes the cancer will take over. Need to hear from some girls with similar dx who are doing well. Have had 4 AC now on taxol about to have the 7th tomorrow.
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Hi Gretta, deep breath and try to relax a little.......I know it is all so overwhelming and scary but really, your treatment is doing all that can be done at the moment. Being afraid that your treatment is not working is quite a normal reaction but believe me, if it is not working your onc will find out and do something else......their job is to take care of us as best they can.
Because you cancer is aggressive, your onc will make doubly sure that all things are going in your favor so do try to relax a little and if this is really driving you around the bend, next time you see your onc tell him of your concerns....perhaps he can allay your fears a little more.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Thanks chrissyb, I've told him my concerns & I feel that I get fobbed off. What should I be asking for to tell if it's working or not. Feel that he chooses a regime for everyone & sticks to it. Don't know what to do to get answers from him.
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Gretta first up, what makes you think your treatment isn't working? If you can verbalize some of your concerns maybe we can work out some relevant questions to ask your onc. Think about your answers.
If you don't want to write them here you can always PM me and to do that just click on my name and it will take you to a page about me and on there at or near the top there is a line in blue that says 'pm this member' or something like that, click on this and another page will open and it is here you write your topic heading and then your message to me. A little number will appear on my page and I will know that you have sent a message and like wise when I answer you , a number will appear nest to the heading Private Messages on your page.
Sometimes we forget that we are not the only patient that our oncs have and for sure they are hearing the same questions and concerns from so many that they gloss over everything. I know it doesn't help us, the patient, but I guess it is their way of not repeating themselves but that is not our problem. You need answers for your concerns and for the time you are with your onc, you are his only patient.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Hi Gretta
I'm sorry you are going through such a rough time at the moment. I have triple positive IDC, and yes it was aggressive, but I have faith that the three months of chemo, and the twelve months of Herceptin and the Aromasin I'm on at the moment have beaten the beast.
I'm four years out from diagnosis, and in three weeks will be four years out from my mx.
We never really know if the treatment we've had worked or not, but I found that I had to find a place where I enjoyed my life as it is now and not spend all my time worrying that the cancer was going to come back.
It's not easy to do that - and you are where pretty much all of have been during and after treatment - fear of the cancer returning.
There's no easy fix to that - we each have to come to our own peace in our own way.
I have a mammo and ultrasound each year, and have to trust that if it comes back in my other breast, then it will be found on those - that's if I don't find a lump myself.
As for it coming back as mets - again, we all have scares - every little ache and pain makes our minds go to the dark side. All my scares have been other things.
You have to accept that you will quite rightly be very worried about recurrence or mets, but as time goes on it will ease. It will never go away - but you learn to live with it. You have to, or you will be wasting the good times in your life when you really don't have to be.
It's been said that most of us suffer PTSD after a bc dx - and I certainly did.
Talking about your fears here will help, talking to a counsellor will help too if you have access to a good one who specialises in cancer.
Keep talking to us, we'll do all we can to help you through this.
Trishxoxo
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Hi all and special hi Greta. Just popped in to say hi and tell you all how much fun we are having here is Aus. Thought it wasn't too great when we couldn't find accommodation today but then ended up with this beautiful place in Gulgong NSW.
Suzie sorry I didn't get to see contact you in Brisbane, time went so fast with my brother and we didn't get near the city at all.
Dh wants the laptop so will try to write more later.
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