Kiwi ladies who need encouragment, but all welcome.
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Really glad you're getting improvement Nikki, that explains the slow healing. Looking forward to our get together. There's a cafe in the Domain that's quite good. Xmas getting a bit stressful but will be over soon.
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Hi everyone, just wanted to pop in to wish everybody happy holidays, all the best for the season and all that kind of good stuff. And Kruise, a special good luck message for you on your marriage. I hope you have a wonderful day and I look forward to seeing some photo's. I am thinking of KT and her family as well. Really looking forward to meeting some of you next year
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hi Girls
Merry Christmas to you all!
Nikki great news about the stitches - here's hoping that's the answer for you!
I have been thinking about Kt today - knowing she would have popped on here to send her Xmas best wishes to us. Her family are going to struggle so much tomorrow. I really wish she could have had a last Christmas with them.
Anyway - love to you all. Hope it's special memories and treasured times with your loved ones. None of us know when we will finish up our days here.
My man and I are just about to watch Love Actually...I love that movie! X
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Hi everyone, I popped by to say Happy Holidays to all of you, and I hope you are having lovely moments with your families that you will cherish forever.
My partner is in NZ, so I am bummed to not be with him. This will be the third Christmas holiday in a row. But I am looking forward to my visit in February and spending time with him in his native country.
Kruise - Best of luck with all your wedding plans. You are getting down to the wire!
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Hi everyone. I hope that you all had a great Christmas and are now having a well earned rest, although you must be pretty busy with wedding organising Kruise. I hope it goes well and look forward to seeing some photos at some stage.
Katcar, I hope you will be in Auckland on the 4th February so that we can all get together.
Shazza, I hope that you're ok.
I am off again to the District Nurse. I am still not healing, despite spitting the stitches out. I was given dressings on Thursday to cover us until today , but I can't wait to get this one off as we've used them all up. I have had enough of it now.
Both kids are at work today. Christmas Eve & Boxing Day were pretty hectic in the retail world, and apparently NZ is full of tourists, so they are going to be tired when they get home.
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Nikki, so sorry that your post-surgery healing is so slow. It doesn't sound right, are you able to see a doctor as well as the district nurse for more info on why no healing. I don't know if this would be relevant, but my mum was told by her orthopaedic surgeon after a hip replacement to use kanuka honey as a natural healing agent on bandages. It has more antiseptic properties than manuka honey. Available from health food shops.
Hope everyone's Christmas went well and looking forward to a great 2017 for all of us. Thinking of kt and her family, it must be very hard for them.
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So now I have a boob tube made out of surgical knickers, with a lining of dressings to be changed every few hours. Much the same as I had after radiation. The Nurses think that I have had a reaction to the opsite plastic dressing - after 7 weeks of the stuff who wouldn't have. Anyway, they've taken a swab just in case and once that's back they will let me know if I need antibiotics or not. This really is a pain in the bum. I have hydrocortisone to put on as well ....... back Friday. I think I will go and have a look for that honey Michelle, now that I can change the dressings myself.
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Hey guys I'm ok. Just been taking a wee break from it all. Like everyone else KTs death hit me hard. I'm currently having 6 weeks off treatment and enjoying the break.
Nikki I had similar problems to you with very slow healing after my mastectomy. My surgeon suggested I start taking high doses of vitamin C and that seemed to do the trick.
I'm off to Melbourne with the girls late January but will be back in time for the the catch up.
Kruise hope the wedding plans are going well. Not long now.
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Shazza - Wish I could give you a big hug. I am so sorry for KT"s passing and for the emotional toll on you. I'm glad you get a break from treatment during the holidays.
Nikki - I will be there on Feb. 4th. I have a wedding to attend on the 5th. Are the meeting plans firmed up yet? I understand Auckland is huge, and I have no idea where I will be staying yet. I do think I'll have access to a car or a ride via my partner or someone in his family. Otherwise, I assume I can take Uber or something similar.
For your healing, I agree about massive amounts of C, but also increase your protein intake as well which is what my docs advised me. I was allergic to my stitches, and the skin around them became infected--right over the Christmas holiday too! But everything turned out okay finally.
Wishing you all a Happy New Year.
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So 4th Feb. I was thinking at around 2pm at the Wintergarden Cafe, in Auckland Domain. But the cafe is only open until 4pm - so not sure if we should meet earlier, like for lunch, and take it from there. What do you think? I think we'll need to book a table. I am a lousy organiser! Anyway that's Waitangi weekend. It would be great to see anyone that can make it there. Katcar, the Domain is in Central Auckland. PM me closer to the time when you know where you are staying, and if it's a problem to get there I can organise something.
Like all of you, I have struggled also with KT's passing. She and her family are often in my mind. I miss her on here.
Nice to see you Shazza. I hope that you're feeling good on your treatment break. I know how much you love your girls getaways. Melbourne sounds just the ticket. I am going with my Mum and Sister sometime in March/April. They'll fly from Wellington and I'll met them there. I am looking forward to it already.
I am loving this cooler weather that we're having at the moment, and enjoying having a couple of weeks off work.
Hi Amusing and Helen. I hope you guys are well.
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Hi de hi....oh my gosh can't believe it's New Years Eve already! Anyone made any weird and wonderful New Year's resolutions? Mine is the same as last year...exercise more! Wedding organisation is going ok but for everything I tick off the list I add two more things on. I've been busy making some jars look decorative with shells etc for the drinks/reception after. This is some:-
Nikki I can't believe you are still getting grief from your post-op site. Did you get the results back whether you needed antibiotics? Yes definitely time to take some vitamin C. Are you allowed to go swimming with it or anything? I know the sea salt water can cure many things.
Nice to see you on here Shazza. I know it's been really hard after Kt's passing. But I know she would want us to keep doing what we are doing and make the effort. Your trip sounds wonderful.
Hi Katcar...not long till you get to come over here. Sorry you missed out on being with your partner for another Christmas in a row. That would have been hard.
Anyway I had better get cracking with doing a few more things while I can.
Hi Optimist, Helen, Michelle, Woody, Alyson, Midnight, and anyone else I've missed.
Happy New Year to you all. Xx
Ps - a pic of my fiancé and me from our Christmas Day...:) 😀🎄🍾🎁🍸
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Kruise you look gorgeous - your hair looks so lovely! I love those lights - I have some in my house because I love anything that sparkles - I have magpie tendencies!
My New Year resolution is always the same - lose weight, exercise more, work less and be kinder to myself.
I was at the nurse again yesterday. She plucked out a couple more knotty stitches. It is beginning to feel lots better now that those pesky plastic dressings are gone and my skin has stopped breaking down. I don't have to go again until next Friday so that's progress. I saw on the news last night that there is another junior Doctor's strike on 17 - 19 January. My operation is on the 20th, I hope it doesn't get cancelled.
Ben has booked his trip overseas. He's leaving on 22nd May to go to Dubai for 3 days then on to London for a 26 day Contiki tour and then who knows.
Wishing you all a happy & healthy 2017.
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Hi everyone, hope you all have a good New Year's Eve. Karen, you and your fiancé both look so young! Your jars look lovely too. Nikki, glad to hear your skin has started healing finally. Your son sounds very organised with his trip planning. This hasn't been a great year for me to be honest, so will look forward to a fresh start tomorrow.
Looking forward to our meet up in Feb.
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Happy New Year's Eve to everyone
Nikki that's great that you are finally healing.
Kruise I love your jars, they are so pretty.
I will be glad to start a new year with treatment finished. Although another reminder of it all on Wednesday with an appointment with the radiation oncologist.
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hi girls
Hope your appointment went well Amusing. Michelle my man is young...lol...as for me not so young!!
Tim is a decade younger than me, but we just work. Age is really but a number. Thanks for the nice comments. I love those lights too...a friend has lent me a couple more sets so everything is going to be sparkling madly. Nikki how is the healing going? Fingers and toes crossed your op doesn't get cancelled either. But I hope everything else has healed up properly by then too or it won't be much fun for you. Well not long to go now ladies until my big day. Have been working, working, working to get all the bits and pieces done. Nearly done as much as we can do for now but Friday afternoon the big set up starts. The final countdown. And this was supposed to be a low key wedding hehe. Amazing how there is still lots to do!
I need a couple good nights sleep to catch up and feel human again. I have lists and more lists lol
Weather has been a bit grungy lately but hopefully ok for the weekend.
My older son who lives in Tauranga has been doing a few jobs like water blasting and staining the deck etc for us at the bach so that's been helpful. He wanted the pocket money.
Well hope the rest of your week goes well!
Hi to everyone 👋
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Fingers crossed for lovely weather for your big day Kruise.
As for my follow-up appointment, I came out of the room really angry. It was a different RO than the one I saw at my planning appointment (I think all the RO's take turns doing clinics in Invers). He was arrogant and dismissive. He started off by saying "Well you didn't have breast cancer" WTF? I am aware that some schools of thought in the oncology field consider DCIS to be a pre-cancer because it's not invasive (yet), but the fact is mine was Grade 3 with comedonecrosis and as my surgeon said to me after I was first diagnosed "If your mammogram had been next year instead of this year, your prognosis would not have been very good"
So this dick of an RO made me feel like I was a waste of time, he said "there are lots of emotions swirling around all this" the clear inference being that women are overly-emotional and can't think straight. Hello? Of course were f'ing emotional about it! We've been told we have cancerous cells in our breast, been put through many unpleasant procedures (hook-wire insertion, I'm looking at you), in my case 2 surgeries, 5 weeks of radiation where I was away from my family for the weekdays not to mention the sheer terror of being diagnosed.
He said that he thought the followup appointments were a waste of time (I actually agree with him on that point but it's not something he should be dumping on the poor women who are just doing what they've been told). He even pulled out the 'oh I've treated 80-90% of women in the region" - in other words, I know everything and you know nothing.
I was just livid when I left the room. I've been thinking up cutting responses all night, as you do lol The only useful thing he said to me was to not be alarmed if a lump formed in the scar tissue as this is very common and is virtually never a recurrence, but they would do a biopsy just for reassurance.
/rant over
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Oh my goodness Amusing - what an arrogant tosser! How dare he minimise your diagnosis and treatment. I would've so been thinking up things to reply with as well - I would have been consumed by it. I think all of us have come up against specialists like this, and it is a very unpleasant experience. And as for the emotional women quip - the less said about that the better. The only saving grace is that you don't have to see him again, which in itself is a great thing.
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Hi all
just thought I'd pop in and say Happy New Year to you all. Just starting new job and it's going well, though did have a worry moment when I had to do a medical pre-employment - cancer, the gift that keeps on giving! Luckily they didn't ask about past health issues, so no worries. Wish I could come to the get together, but maybe another time
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A very belated compliments of the season to everyone. I've been off the grid for the last two weeks in Clyde in our caravan and next to no wifi.
Finished radiotherapy on the 23rd Dec then home to pack a few more things then straight off to Clyde. Tried to take things easy as per doctors instructions and did manage for most of the time. My skin held out beautifully which was a worry for me but all good.
I started the next phase of treatment today - Femara. Have all my fingers and toes crossed that I manage to avoid side effects.
All the very best for 2017 everyone it has to be better than 2016.
Good luck on your big day Kruise. It will be awesome
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Thinking of you today Kruise. I hope it all goes just the way you want it to go.
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Hope you and Tim have a wonderful day Karen!
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All the best Kruise. Hope you have a fabulous day
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Kruise -- I am looking forward to hearing about your wedding day and hopefully seeing some photos of you looking beautiful in your dress.
Amusing -- That doctor is the type that just makes me absolutely livid, and I am sure I would not have handled it so cooly as you did. There is almost nothing I cannot stand more than an arrogant doctor with a know-it-all attitude. That is how my mother was mis-diagnosed for so long--the jerk doctor said she was hyper-ventilating and needed to breathe into a paper bag. Uh... no... she had a tumor pressing on her rib cage. You had every right to be angry, especially when he implied the "hysterical female" bit. I wonder how many of those 80-90% women treated by him respect him as as doctor and felt he was looking after their best interests?!
Woody -- Congratulations on the new job!
Helen -- I hope all goes well with Femara. I will be interested to see your experience with it as I am going on it in March after my ooph.
Just a few more weeks, and I will be in NZ! I have so much to do before then!
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4th Feb. I was thinking at around 2pm at the Wintergarden Cafe? Who can make it? I'll book a table if I know roughly how many of us there will be.
I haven't heard anything about my operation being deferred because of the Junior Doctors Strike, so I guess this means that this is my last week with ovaries.
Hope everyone is well. Kruise, I hope your day was perfect.
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The 4th at 2pm at the Wintergarden Cafe works for me! I am very excited to meet some of you wonderful Kiwi women!
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I can do the 4th at 2pm. Looking forward too it
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Great! I have booked a table for 2.00pm. I have booked for 7 just in case anyone else can also make it.
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I will be there, looking forward to it. Best of luck with your surgery Nikki.
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Thanks Michelle. I think my ovaries and tubes should be good for a 500gram weight reduction.
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Donna is coming too.
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