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fairclaire wrote: »

Thank you dearest snap :heart2:


As it happens I've had a very eventful few weeks and haven't event lurked. It's always nice when something conveniently comes along to fill a void, don't you think? :cool:

As such I have missed a few weeks worth of triumphs, tragedies, hatches, matches, dispatches and probably a few birthdays. I have managed to still be :money::money:where I can though. So I hope everyone is well

I shall summarise what the last few weeks have been for me. it's a long summary but I'll keep it as brief as I can.

About 3 weeks ago or so, I had my last blood test after the melanoma scare. My GP rang 2 days later with the good news that everything I'd been tested for was ok :j BUT inadvertently the test had shown I had an abnormal protein (paraprotein) in my blood. That meant absolutely zilch to me so I asked her what it meant. She quite cleverly never answered that question and said that she was referring me to a haematologist. So I asked if she could at least tell me if I would be suffering any physical symptoms as a result of these proteins. Possibly she says. These were all rather vague things that could be attributed to everyday life really.

Bone pain - Yes, I'm approaching middle age and spend far too much time bent over.
Fatigue - Yes, I have 4 children and a busy job
Irritability or confusion - Yes, I have 4 children and a busy job
Weight loss - Yes, I recently sacked my chef and my cooking is so bad I won't even eat it. :rotfl::rotfl:

So not too worried I went off and had about 5 pints of blood extracted at the hospital (ok, but it felt like that much!) and told they would like to also perform a bone marrow expiration (Gee whizz! that procedure is not for the faint hearted BTW :eek::eek:)

Meanwhile back at the ranch awaiting an appointment for the bone marrow thing, I get up one morning to find a shiny bright yellow letter waiting on the mat. This letter was telling me how pleased to inform me someone was to offer me an appointment with a haematological oncologist at the local cancer unit :eek::eek: So yes I was (and still am) filled with terror. Id had no warning that I'd be seeing an oncologist. So I was, quite justifiably, I think upset (ok hysterical) for a few days.

I rang my GP again and didn't get answers, I asked when I had the bone marrow expiration and didn't get answers.........everyone just kept telling me these tests were routine and they just did the tests and couldn't speculate. When I went in to get the bone marrow results I was just in the process of being fobbed off again........until I did my best meltdown ever!! And demanded some bloomin information I could understand. I was finally offered at least something by way of a partial explanation of what might be going on by a very understanding doctor. He also furnished me with some of my test results and an explanation of what they *might* and *might not* mean. I was also told that day that I needed to also have a skeletal survey.

So after bone marrow was the pee clinic. Yes, they have a whole clinic about pee!
Worry aside.....my visit to the pee clinic was actually very amusing and I may tell you about it later......

After the pee clinic was was the skeletal survey which is nowhere near as exciting as it sounds.

And that's what I've been doing really. That and trying keep to sane and busy. The big appointment is on Monday morning and I'm assured after all of the above, they will be in a position to give me a firm diagnosis. So don't be thinking I've been sat here missing you lot and being bored. :p
I wasn't sure when or even if I'd actually be able to share all that. It's actually a relief as I've only told a very few other people and only 2 of them are real people. The others are online friends.

Oh and I also went to the darts final which was just fantastic :j:j

I hope your children are coping ok as you not mentioned then at all.

ilovegreatdanes

Hi.
sorry I went off on my bus tangent earlier, but snaps post reminded me and my memory is sieve like lately, well all the time really, but thats my life.:D
happy birthday to all birthday peeps.
FC ...am really glad to see you back.its not the same without you :A hope all goes well for the hospital stuff.will keep all my digits crossed for you.xx
just need DAVID. and BB to pop in and nearly all accounted for.oh yes, I havent forgot the guy in the skirt :eek::A or mrs BB.Hope you are both fine :As.
doesnt saturday night fly like no other nite, unless its me.nothing good on the box but saturdays clock gets to 10pm really quick.
was thinking about TWEETS post about names.its funny when I came on here, I didnt realise that a long name , like mine is sometimes a pita, and I wished I had picked a short name as ilgd is a mouthful and a pain for you lot to type as well, but everyone can shorten me to ilgd or whatever :cool:
also is it me or does it seem to drop dark , like a stone these nites.light one minute then black dark the next.
SNAP...should have been a barnsley chop on that pint.its not far from me....bsly not the pie and the pint.:rotfl: ian macmillan, the poet, lives nearist to me, so when you hear him on telly, we sound very alike, although my voice isnt quite as deep.:rotfl:
any road ill si thee for nou.xx

vanilla_twist

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/nudist-cruise-ship-whats-it-like-on-a-boat-with-2000-people-not-wearing-clothes-10436100.html


Interesting.
V x

aau1

davemorton wrote: »

Errmmm...in my head whilst I typed it. Gosh, are you stupid!!

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Been getting to know my neighbours over here today. Was chatting nearly couple hours to one couple they really made me feel welcome to sit with them. Even offered a glass of wine which I had to refuse. :eek:

See I have nearly missed wishing mrs stinkface, perranlady and Naebbirac's DS Happy Birthdays. Best wishes to you all :beer:

Wife swapping again;)

Msskatersam

Oh my!!!!!


shopping with the OH is hard work :wall:

trying to explain why I need to keep stuff on different transactions is like speaking another language to him lol
He say am hard work and just can't grasp the concept very well lol

anyway on producing an APG 3 hours later for £7.95 he soon change his thinking :rotfl:

happy Friday peeps :beer:

fairclaire

aau1 wrote: »

so on august 36th then?

Welcome back, FC. I'll be thinking of you on Monday

Will we get the pee clinic story before then?

Oh yes the pee clinc I really hope it doesn't offend any other pee clinic users. I'm only out on license you know

I had to go to the pee clinic with 2 samples. A 24 hour sample, which I was given an amply suitable container for in advance :eek:, the letter I got with my appointment said I also need just a normal sample in a clean dry container (I know! how can it be dry if it's got pee in it? :huh: )
Well I got myself in a totally obsessed state looking for a suitable container. Maybe I just needed a distraction?
I spent most of whole day on this! :eek: I went through all my cupboards. Too big, too small, too untrustworthy a lid, too nice to pee in, belonged to my grandmother, do I get my container back?, do I want my container back??,.......
When that search became fruitless and didn't turn up a suitable (in my head) container I turned to my food cupboards to see if anything could be emptied out and used :rotfl: but I just couldn't :rotfl::rotfl:

It was a couple of hours before my appointment and I'd been holding my wee in all this time :eek: I'd almost decided to just give up and use one of the personalised coke bottles :eek: :rotfl: and I had a lightbulb moment :D I remembered those stupid little plastic bottles we used as triggers for mini deodorants :T:T PERFECT :T:T yes I had to go and search with them cross legged but they saved the day! See....triggers aren't useless! :rotfl::rotfl:

I got to the pee clinic with my 2 samples in a bag. I felt very conspicuous. I felt better when I got there though as everyone else......despite being at least 30 years older than me.....had bags too :rotfl: things were running late so I passed the time playing guess what container they used for their pee :rotfl::rotfl:

I wasn't prepared for a hartleys jam jar and a 1/4 bottle of grouse whisky as containers though :eek::eek: not to mention a 7up bottle!! :eek: and a thankfulness that the man with the grouse bottle didn't have dementia and leave it on a bus next to a person who liked a drink :eek:

davemorton

Msskatersam wrote: »

Oh my!!!!!


shopping with the OH is hard work :wall:

trying to explain why I need to keep stuff on different transactions is like speaking another language to him lol
He say am hard work and just can't grasp the concept very well lol

anyway on producing an APG 3 hours later for £7.95 he soon change his thinking :rotfl:

happy Friday peeps :beer:

Ahem! I know I was ALMOST a week out, but thats still bad
:rotfl:

gocat

Happy Birthday Perranlady :beer:

Happy Birthday Stinkface :beer:

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Msskatersam wrote: »

Oh my!!!!!


shopping with the OH is hard work :wall:

trying to explain why I need to keep stuff on different transactions is like speaking another language to him lol
He say am hard work and just can't grasp the concept very well lol

anyway on producing an APG 3 hours later for £7.95 he soon change his thinking :rotfl:

happy Friday peeps :beer:

What did you buy please as I only have apgs for £4.50