* It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year * - It's the 2016 Christmas Chatter Thread

princesskitty29

I’m just sitting having a cup of tea whilst Wiggle is asleep so thought I’d pop on to say hello. I’m tired today as I had a hugely stressful day yesterday. I was taking part in the Gherkin Challenge for the NSPCC which involves climbing all 38 floors of the Gherkin in London, some 1,037 steps. But the journey was awful, I had a bus replacement for part of it then got stuck behind a broken down train twice. Then I couldn’t find my way after getting off the tube so I was running everywhere, up and down escalators and stairs even before doing the challenge! I ended up being late and they wouldn’t let me in to do it with my friends who were in the previous wave so I had to wait and do it by myself. Then later on loads of trains were cancelled due to lack of drivers so they were every hour, cue more rushing and running around from me to get a certain train then I missed it so had to wait another hour at St Pancras for the next one. To top it all off I lost my flippin ticket in my mad rush so had to buy another one! Honestly, I am proud of myself for climbing the Gherkin but it was somewhat overshadowed by everything else. The one bit of the day that should have been nice which was having lunch with my two friends was a bit tense as one of my friends was being a bit, don’t know what word to use, overbearing I think. She doesn’t have children and I don’t think she quite ‘gets’ my world sometime. There’s nothing wrong with that really it’s just she sometimes makes me feel bad when I can’t do things because of Wiggle. Anyway enough of my ranting, nothing terrible is happening it was just ‘one of those days’!

MoneyMission thanks for the heads up about the gift cards, that’s a good deal.

Peppapig I can’t wait to see the CK outlet shop now, I expect I’ll spend a fortune too! I’m glad chemo went well and you’re back on track with Christmas planning! A few days away sounds like just what you need.

Spendless congratulations on the job, that’s fab news! I can understand you are nervous and I’m sure the first day will be hard but you will soon get into it and feel comfortable again.

freespirit66

Afternoon everyone, i have had an awful weekend after the hospital appt :mad: as usual i was stressed out before it even with Diazepam, i was really sick just before we went, of course it was 30 mins late and i was getting tearful by then i just wanted to do a runner. We went in and had a lovely consultant, he listened, asked lots of questions, prodded and poked and said he wanted me to go for a colonoscopy to rule out bowel cancer (i freaked :eek:) have some more bloods done to test for celiac disease and check my liver/kidneys/iron etc and needed a sample. But he doesnt think it is anything nasty but wants to rule these things out, he thinks it is my Stress and Anxiety causing it all??? So we decided to have the bloods done there and then as we still had loads of time on the car park. I sat down to wait and started shivering really violently is the only word i can think of, DD1 said it was because i hadnt eaten or drunk and made me drink water, i went in and the nurse kept saying, are you ok? 4 vials of blood taken went back out to DD1 and we were walking back to car (well she was holding me up) i couldnt even carry my handbag, i got in the car and she wrapped me in a bin bag and blanket and put the heating on and drove to the nearest shop to get something to eat in my and a sugary drink. It was awful i had to go straight to bed, i shivered for nearly 2 hrs it just wouldnt stop but all i wanted to do was sleep. Then the vomiting, diah, started and i stayed in bed all weekend being force fed bits of food, absolutely stressing about the colonoscopy, feeling so ill, not really thinking my stress could cause 5 months of being this ill??? I finally stopped feeling sick last night but no sleep again as i had drs this morning, so i went and absolutely broke down, felt i couldnt take any more, so have now been prescribed ADs that are for depression and anxiety plus an extra anti anxiety pill twice a day and have to go back to see her next week. I so hope they help me cos i really am at the end of my tether being ill, the poor kids have had to do everything, have been worried sick about me plus having to work hard at work. We need some normality back!!

Thankyou everyone with your lovely comments about the wreath, its not hard though really, just soaking a bit of oasis and cutting down the stalks and sticking the flower in, im really not that clever haha

MURIE you have been a very strong person on here too to people, and a huge support my lovely x

SPENDLESS congratulations, go for it, at least you can keep telling yourself its only temporary until you get settled in, and the extra christmas treats you will be able to afford this year

PRINCESSKITTY omg well done for coping with all that upheaval, i would have a meltdown, well no i wouldnt be there on my own in the first place one of the changes would have been bad enough but one thing after another!!! Friends without children dont understand why children have to come first and take up so much of your time, the first few years are hard to get out and about like you did before, let it go over your head, you might have been a bit more sensitive than usual from being so het up, well done you though, i couldnt run up a normal flight of stairs let alone that building

PEPPAPIG glad the chemo went well and you treated yourself at CK

murie

Blimey Princesskitty- things didn't go smoothly did they? You should be proud of yourself that despite all the setbacks you completed the challenge for such a worthy cause x Don't worry about your friend, when/if she has a family herself she will understand, in the meantime you can console yourself with the fact that although she has a lot more flexibility time wise, she doesn't have delicious mommy snuggles with her baby. As Free says the first years can be hard but it does get easier x


Free, good to 'see' you again!


Take care everyone x

Treasurequeen

Free I'm sorry to hear you have had a rough weekend, I know first hand that stress and anxiety can make you ill. Doctors these days need to rule things out by ticking boxes so try not to worry, easier said than done I know. Hopefully the antidepressants and anxiety pills will help you. Have you tried herbal teas, mint or ginger are very good for diarrhoea. Also rehydration salts may help you as when you vomit and diarrhoea your electrodes will be lowered, the salts help improve your levels and are good to ease the shakes.

spendless congratulations on your job, I wish you all the luck in the world. The money will make Christmas less stressful.:)

In sainsburys this morning I bought a sterling silver necklace that comes with a card and envelope for £5.00 for my friend. They were £20.00 and they had loads of different designs, I also bought a bracelet to match for £3.00. Im going to get a box of chocolates to go with it and then that's her birthday present finished. :j

just two more birthday presents to buy for this year and then I can focus 100% on Christmas presents.

Peppapig

FREE that sounds like a total nightmare but never under estimate what stress can do and you've been going through the mill for quite a while now. Glad GP has given you the ADs, I know you wanted to be off them but it's just not worth it putting yourself through all that. The colonoscopy will be fine, have the sedation and you don't feel a thing. The consultant sounds very nice and very sensible so let's hope this is the start of your way back to feeling better for good.

PRINCESSKITTY wow, I think I'd have given up so well done you for getting there at all, doing it and then getting back. MURIE is right, you're friend will one day find out just how restricting having a little one can be (and how lovely of course).

FEISTY how is MrF doing? Hope everything is going ok with Little Miss too.

Well done on the pressie TREASUREQUEEN, it's so nice to get the birthdays under your belt. I've still got a few to go but I'm getting there.

Managed a few hours in the garden yesterday (yay) back to normal today, raining!

murie

Peppa- the weather here was nice (ish)yesterday morning so I watered all the pots etc (why do I have sooo many plants in pots? They take a heck of a lot of watering!), not long after that it tipped it down . Rained for the whole day and today has been no better apart from the last hour.


I have a beautiful new wind chime, a bell with keys for the chimes, its been tinkling beautifully in the breeze but I think I may have to move it further away from the house in the Autumn/Winter when the winds gets stronger cus it might be a tad too loud!

FeistyFidget

princesskitty29 wrote: »

I’m just sitting having a cup of tea whilst Wiggle is asleep so thought I’d pop on to say hello. I’m tired today as I had a hugely stressful day yesterday. I was taking part in the Gherkin Challenge for the NSPCC which involves climbing all 38 floors of the Gherkin in London, some 1,037 steps. But the journey was awful, I had a bus replacement for part of it then got stuck behind a broken down train twice. Then I couldn’t find my way after getting off the tube so I was running everywhere, up and down escalators and stairs even before doing the challenge! I ended up being late and they wouldn’t let me in to do it with my friends who were in the previous wave so I had to wait and do it by myself. Then later on loads of trains were cancelled due to lack of drivers so they were every hour, cue more rushing and running around from me to get a certain train then I missed it so had to wait another hour at St Pancras for the next one. To top it all off I lost my flippin ticket in my mad rush so had to buy another one! Honestly, I am proud of myself for climbing the Gherkin but it was somewhat overshadowed by everything else. The one bit of the day that should have been nice which was having lunch with my two friends was a bit tense as one of my friends was being a bit, don’t know what word to use, overbearing I think. She doesn’t have children and I don’t think she quite ‘gets’ my world sometime. There’s nothing wrong with that really it’s just she sometimes makes me feel bad when I can’t do things because of Wiggle. Anyway enough of my ranting, nothing terrible is happening it was just ‘one of those days’!

MoneyMission thanks for the heads up about the gift cards, that’s a good deal.

Peppapig I can’t wait to see the CK outlet shop now, I expect I’ll spend a fortune too! I’m glad chemo went well and you’re back on track with Christmas planning! A few days away sounds like just what you need.

Spendless congratulations on the job, that’s fab news! I can understand you are nervous and I’m sure the first day will be hard but you will soon get into it and feel comfortable again.

Firstly a huge well done to you for managing all those stairs, plus all the stress! Secondly I think I used to be a bit like that before little miss. I felt friends with children heaped too much on me as they saw me working and running my businesses as being less busy than they were with children. Now the shoe is on the other foot I can see just how stressful and hard having a wee one is! Don't take it to heart lovely, just be proud of all you did xxx

freespirit66 wrote: »

Afternoon everyone, i have had an awful weekend after the hospital appt :mad: as usual i was stressed out before it even with Diazepam, i was really sick just before we went, of course it was 30 mins late and i was getting tearful by then i just wanted to do a runner. We went in and had a lovely consultant, he listened, asked lots of questions, prodded and poked and said he wanted me to go for a colonoscopy to rule out bowel cancer (i freaked :eek:) have some more bloods done to test for celiac disease and check my liver/kidneys/iron etc and needed a sample. But he doesnt think it is anything nasty but wants to rule these things out, he thinks it is my Stress and Anxiety causing it all??? So we decided to have the bloods done there and then as we still had loads of time on the car park. I sat down to wait and started shivering really violently is the only word i can think of, DD1 said it was because i hadnt eaten or drunk and made me drink water, i went in and the nurse kept saying, are you ok? 4 vials of blood taken went back out to DD1 and we were walking back to car (well she was holding me up) i couldnt even carry my handbag, i got in the car and she wrapped me in a bin bag and blanket and put the heating on and drove to the nearest shop to get something to eat in my and a sugary drink. It was awful i had to go straight to bed, i shivered for nearly 2 hrs it just wouldnt stop but all i wanted to do was sleep. Then the vomiting, diah, started and i stayed in bed all weekend being force fed bits of food, absolutely stressing about the colonoscopy, feeling so ill, not really thinking my stress could cause 5 months of being this ill??? I finally stopped feeling sick last night but no sleep again as i had drs this morning, so i went and absolutely broke down, felt i couldnt take any more, so have now been prescribed ADs that are for depression and anxiety plus an extra anti anxiety pill twice a day and have to go back to see her next week. I so hope they help me cos i really am at the end of my tether being ill, the poor kids have had to do everything, have been worried sick about me plus having to work hard at work. We need some normality back!!

Thankyou everyone with your lovely comments about the wreath, its not hard though really, just soaking a bit of oasis and cutting down the stalks and sticking the flower in, im really not that clever haha

MURIE you have been a very strong person on here too to people, and a huge support my lovely x

SPENDLESS congratulations, go for it, at least you can keep telling yourself its only temporary until you get settled in, and the extra christmas treats you will be able to afford this year

PRINCESSKITTY omg well done for coping with all that upheaval, i would have a meltdown, well no i wouldnt be there on my own in the first place one of the changes would have been bad enough but one thing after another!!! Friends without children dont understand why children have to come first and take up so much of your time, the first few years are hard to get out and about like you did before, let it go over your head, you might have been a bit more sensitive than usual from being so het up, well done you though, i couldnt run up a normal flight of stairs let alone that building

PEPPAPIG glad the chemo went well and you treated yourself at CK

Free I am so sorry that you had such an awful weekend! As others have said they have to rule these things out, it's just routine. I really hope your tablets help xxx

Peppapig wrote: »

FREE that sounds like a total nightmare but never under estimate what stress can do and you've been going through the mill for quite a while now. Glad GP has given you the ADs, I know you wanted to be off them but it's just not worth it putting yourself through all that. The colonoscopy will be fine, have the sedation and you don't feel a thing. The consultant sounds very nice and very sensible so let's hope this is the start of your way back to feeling better for good.

PRINCESSKITTY wow, I think I'd have given up so well done you for getting there at all, doing it and then getting back. MURIE is right, you're friend will one day find out just how restricting having a little one can be (and how lovely of course).

FEISTY how is MrF doing? Hope everything is going ok with Little Miss too.

Well done on the pressie TREASUREQUEEN, it's so nice to get the birthdays under your belt. I've still got a few to go but I'm getting there.

Managed a few hours in the garden yesterday (yay) back to normal today, raining!

Mr Feisty is not feeling too great at the moment, he keeps getting chest pains and the hospital has even phoned once to check on him as his heart reader was showing them something worrying when it sent the days recordings to them. Little miss is doing well, she will be 5 months on Thursday :eek:

Spendless

Enjoyed my first day, though a problem with my laptop meant I could only observe and make notes! Finished early because of it, and popped into town, saw that Superdrug have quite big bottles of Victorias secret bodymist usually £10 on offer at £7.50.

http://www.superdrug.com/Victoria-Secret/Victoria-Secret-Love-Spell-Body-Mist-250ml/p/508103

I've never seen them before so don't know if that price is good or not. They remind me of the hollister sprays which DD loves and I hate the pricing strategy (£11 each or £18 for 3, making it that you don't wish to buy less than 3 even if you don't want/need that many:mad:). Was highly tempted to buy for DD but have been getting her quite a few things lately and I end up with loads of stuff for her and far less for DS and ion Xmas Eve I'm trying to pad DS presents out, whilst reducing DD's to fit in their stockings. Our Home Bargains had the ty beanie puzzle erasers back in. :j Think they were 59p but can't remember.

vulpix

Crumbs folks all your stresses put mine in the shade.Hats off to all you achieve.

In particular you Free.I am glad you are back on AD's.I hope it gives you some peace and respite from the anxiety.I am not surprised one bit that stress can manifest itself physically.You are such a nice person,I always wish I could help you with the anxiety.You deserve better. xx

I have a breast clinic app tomorrow.so will have a mooch round HB,the range and the like.I need to decide on a brand/colour scheme for dd2's hair hamper so I can start collecting bits.

Vx

princesskitty29

Thank you for all of your kind words, I am proud I got to the top and will let my friends comments go over my head. Hopefully one day (in a good way) she will know what it’s like one day and understand me.

Oh free poor you it really does sound like you’ve been through the mill. I am sure seeing the consultant was a hugely stressful experience but it does sound like he is very thorough and is covering every base which is positive. It is amazing what stress can do to your body and I think we underestimate it sometimes. I’m not saying all of your illness is because of stress but part of it might be. I remember a few years ago I had terrible tummy problems and was sick a lot and in the end they put it down to stress. Sometimes now if I go through a stressful period I get an unsettled tummy. I hope it doesn’t take too long for the results to come back and that they can get to the bottom of it. And don’t worry about going back on the AD’s, everyone needs a helping hand now and again and it’s no good battling on without them if it is making you feel so much worse. Fingers crossed they kick in soon and give you some relief. Sending you big hugs your way. Xx

Treasurequeen well done on those bargain finds in Sainsbury’s!

Fiesty I’m sorry to hear DH is suffering again, I do hope it passes quickly for him. Wow has it been five months already?!

Spendless I’m glad your first day went well and bonus being able to leave early!