Party t shirt

It won't let me add image on subsequent posts re viruses so had to do a new one but this made me giggle - you can create your own poster at keepcalmstudio.com/. I may get t shirt done for our family party - I have are lovely huggy and kissy family

[Whippit]

Love it Sue - I think we should all get a t-shirt for Christmas. Your family sound lovely - just like mine. I'm not going to stop them hugging and kissing me.

Thinking of colds, I spent Christmas a couple of years ago with my husband's family in a small cottage in Cornwall. Everyone bar me went down with the most dreadful flu. They were all pole-axed and I went forth undeterred. It made me think there's something in the genes that makes you susceptible or not susceptible to colds and infections.

Perhaps we worry overmuch? xxx

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Quite possibly! Maybe am just being paranoid re chemo. I just hate thought of a bug pulling me down further as I am descending into the accumulated effects bit of these cycles. Anything that further depresses me will mean postponing a session as I'm showing deficiencies of lots of things, neutrophils dropping etc... I want want want this finished by new year -- it's such a psychological break point. I can leave chemo in 2912 and think of 2013 as fresh and clean. I know I will have to just suck it up if it happens but...

I love my family dearly but will brain anyone who gives me a bug - first party this weekend...

[Whippit in reply to Hidden]

How many more do you have to have Sue? Is it just one? If so it would be wonderful to think you could get it all over and done with before the New Year.

You always have to think though that if your bloods are a bit depleted it's not safe to go ahead with chemotherapy. The New Year will bring all sorts of positive and onward thoughts whatever is happening with your chemotherapy.

Enjoy your party this weekend. Me too. The family are descending to enjoy the Winter Festivities in Cardiff and we have others booked right through till the weekend before Christmas.

My thought are turning towards my 60th birthday on 3 January. A beast of a date to be born but this year I'm going to celebrate with family and friends and I'm going to have a bash and not worry if they bring unwelcome coughs and colds to the house.

How can I possibly be 60? It was only yesterday surely that I became a teenager!

xxxx

[Hidden in reply to Whippit]

Two more on 19th and 28th. Home stretch and I don't want it torpedoed!

Funnily enough this weekend is a family 60th before the main xmassy ones kick off. My cousin whom I always think of as rebellious twenty-something. Me I feel 60 today, really 47 but still think like when I was (briefly) a punk and (for a bit longer) a heavy metal groupie. How things change - but your mind shouldn't... You just keep fighting!

X

[Whippit in reply to Hidden]

well good luck with the final two sessions. Take care of yourself and see how things go.

Feeling 60 isn't so bad at all. It's no different from 20 except you have the wisdom of the years to inform you that you're probably still doing it all wrong.

I'm the last year of the Baby Boomers. The term 'teenager' was born in my generation. I was a mod without a scooter and a suedehead because I followed no particular fashion. I've always been rebellious so I'm not gonna stop now I've got the Big C. I'm going to fight and give it a run fior its money.

How are the fundraising plans for the Slough Chemotherapy Unit going?

xxxx

[Hidden in reply to Whippit]

Got first meeting to discuss next week and will update on progress at interesting points...

Still researching, and trying to get clear list of the actual needs, seems v little structured thought at all so far - just gigantic aspirational figure. Can't work that way so will be pushing to get proper incremental plan in place as matter of urgency... For the short term figure first, then separately for long term donor development etc. got some good ideas cooking but have to be made practicable...