Soops kitchen refuge for gentle ladies

soop like others I was horrified at the thought of you doing ironing so soon after your operation. Especially that particular operation.
I'm another who doesn't comment on all the health problems of you ladies on here, but I enjoy reading all the posts of those of you who do take the time to write so well.

A warm welcome to Ormand

Baggs I'm also sorry to hear that your Mum has done herself a right royal mischief. I'm trusting that she will receive the very possible pain relief and care.

We're not long home. Lady Consultant Oncologist was very friendly and easy to talk to.
She confirmed that the tumour was large (3.75cms) and aggressive. A sample sent today to the lab in the US that will return a score of between 0 - 100 as to whether it may return. Chemo will be geared to the result. Will know when we attend next appointment in two weeks.
I am going to be given a drug intravenously, every six months for three years. It will strengthen my bones. Should cancer return it's probable that it will be in the bone.
Anti-hormone therapy daily for ten years, by which time I shall be truly elderly.

Tomorrow need check up with GP. Visit to care home. After which, ta dah, the new hairdo. Am I nervous? You bet. It's time to change to something shorter. Naturally I shall share with you.

TTFN and TOYA

Indeed kitty it was a fun afternoon.

Please keep posting panache.

Vive le difference in soops kitchen.

TOYA!

Panache ~Keep posting as often and in whatever detail you wish. There are times when I cannot keep with this lot - however, there is absolutely no need for any poster to keep to the point. It's a free forum. Of course it's nigh on impossible to mention every single post. That's a bonkers idea. It's knowing that someone else may have had the experiences that one is going through that counts. I may miss posts (not deliberately) but one of us lot will respond. It's what we do.

Well, I'm just popping in to say that I met 3 lovely gransnetters for tea and cake this afternoon. The waitress was confused, having misheard that we a were a group of knitters meeting up. Not a lot of knitting was done but an awful lot of chatting and laughing was.

I hope soop and syn get back to update us and that n&g feels better soon. And your Mum is not in too much pain baggs.

panache, your posts are always interesting and kind.

TOYA!

Thank you lovely ladies again,such un derstanding..... and before I sign off, may I simply send Soop and our Mr & Mrs Synonymous
My very best wishes for today,hoping that each new day continues to give you the strength and fortitude needed.

Thank you - I like the idea of TOYA?

I think doodle may have invented it
Thinking
Of
You All
=TOYA !
You’re not being silly at all, gg13 took me a while to work it out, I kept wondering if Toyah Wilcox had popped in to say hello!

Acronym gg, I’m so sorry can’t recall who suggested it but if my memory is working it’s short for thinking of you all.

Sorry kitcheners am I being unusually silly........is TOYA a new kitchen friend or an acronym?

Panache no one is obliged to read or answer any posts if they don't want to, so don't stop please.
This kitchen is, and always has been, a welcome haven for us all, thanks of course to soop's magic touch.
Long may it be so.

Panache if you want to write a long post, please feel free.

I do entirely my own thing and will continue to do so. I have a dry sense of humour not appreciated by everybody- fine I am not asking everybody to read my posts. I will continue as normal, you have all been warned!

Dear Panache, soops kitchen is all the better for having you in it ????

I had written quite a long post following your initial post Galen and in fact I felt that was the end of my days in this Kitchen.

Having read your personal comment I have re written this.

Being mainly house bound, and when not caring for my sickly man, my days are long....... so writing having been a lifetime`s pleasure, I have thoroughly enjoyed my time joining in here

.In fact I would go as far as to say it has became my Haven,a real port in the storm of life and the dear ones here have shown me such caring when my back was well and truly up against the wall.

Thankfully very many of these ladies.....*N & G*,*Baggs*,*GQ*,*Doodle*........and of course our Soop stepped in and soothed any ripples in the pond before they even began!!!
Such wise heads.

Whilst the membership here has surely almost doubled in the past 6 months therefore there are far more posts.......it is our own perogative whether to read each and every one, or skip,we all have "an off button" after all,whilst in replying we should all follow our usual path.
I having a caring and compassionate nature and have worked in the caring profession for most of my long life,so obviously tend to pass remarks wherever any one of our posters has a problem,often following it up with a PM......it is in my DNA ....I could not live with myself were I not doing what truly just comes naturally to me.

I realise and happily accept that most of my postings gets no reply,that again is the nature of these forums when there are so many taking part with a very wide field of interests.
But again we cannot enjoy all that everyone may write about, for example you enjoy your recipes Galen.............that is fine by me as I simply skip across, because being on a life time diet of mainly "Ensures" (a meal in a can) anything regarding food obviously it does not exactly turn me on.
But I accept we are all different and all I would say is we should each just do what our heart dictates.Pointless following like sheep because one feels one must.......the result then is insincerity..... then I agree the reading becomes boring and repetitive.
Let us each do our own thing,TOYA is a great addition Doodle
Whilst we continue embracing this lovely Kitchen and the warm,caring,supporting nature..... but also the humerous and ever so interesting........ ambience that our Soop has brought us.

I have more reason than some to say it is indeed my Haven,my second home, and the dear ladies here have shown me such overwhelming love and support at a time when my back was truly up against the wall.
Thank you Soop and long live the Kitchen you created for us.
We do appreciate it........and you.

Baggs I agree, appetites are minute at her age and what she fancies today she does not want tomorrow. That hospital sounds caring- I would put money on it if she had gone to my local she would have been discharged asap.

ormond, ?

Hosp is going to check mum over today for any other injuries.

dragonfly, have a smashing (so to speak!) time!

charley, the broken ribs might well be affecting my mum's breathing. Asthma is always a problem for her. She's also very very thin, not because my bro doesn't try to get plenty of food into her but because she simply doesn't eat much. Chewing is a problem but bro has adapted the menus to that.

Welcome Ormond.

Hi everyone
I too have never posted but always read each post daily once with my morning coffee and again in the evening before sleeping. It’s like having a family and each day I send good wishes to each of you with troubles. Thankyou.

Baggs and Galen You’ve said perfectly how I feel about posting.

TOYA

Baggs it takes 6 weeks for ribs to heal and there is no treatment- just time. I hope your mum has less pain now. Are you sure there is nothing else wrong because it is not usual to admit somebody with broken ribs unless it is affecting her breathing? Good luck.

Oh and TOYA!!

Obviously TOYA is the answer.

I hope your appointment goes well Soop and you are not snowed in! Looking decidedly grey here!

Sorry to hear about your mum Baggs, broken ribs are very painful and not easily fixed.

Going off to meet other GN's this pm for the first time - quite excited.