Ditty I'm delighted to read your news you must have been through so much and I'm so pleased your mum is doing well, long may it continue Great to hear about the doggy too keep us posted when you can

Ta Sweet

Just come back from seeing her, she's not stopped talking for the past 2 hours...  

she see's that many people these days -  she's always got so much to tell me  

oh, thank you so much for the update, Ditty! SO glad to hear she's doing well, as I have been wondering. You've made my day. 

yeah...   she's doing so much better than I ever could have hoped, tbh, 3 months ago I thought she wouldn't be with us now.

3 months ago I remember thinking (& saying) that I would have preferred it if she'd just died suddenly from a heart attack or something, and others telling me that the only good thing about cancer is that you get some time...   I remember feeling that that was not necessarily a good thing...    I was so wrong.

I'm under no illusions...     I pretty much know what lies ahead...    but the time we have been given at the moment...    it really is proper quality memory making time!     We are appreciating every single of second of it 

a hug from Korea 

yay!!!   gotta love a hug from Korea! 

Aww Ditts, so happy to hear mummy Ditts is doing so well If your mum is anything like my dad was, on Steroids, then I hope you all have plenty of cake and tons of laughs from the sugar rush. Proper pleased she's responding so well and that they are enjoying their funnymoon period all over again.

  ta Beamers.. 

& yeah..   my Mum has always watched what she ate, in fact I don't think I have ever seen her over-eat or stuff herself silly before.

She's a right pig now    She'd never had a sweet tooth before either...   but she can't get enough of blueberry muffins..   

Every now & then she has a worry about all the eating...  but my Dad stops her in her tracks, tells her she owes it to us to lay down some fat, just in case something happens & she needs to fall back on reserves..   and then goes & gets her more food.

She's drinking tons of water as well..   which is good, she needs to.  But I think it would be more of a struggle if she wasn't on the steroids.

our dog is the same - he's on the roids too..    when his dose was higher it was mental trying deal with his appetite..   we once caught him trying to eat the kitchen floor (we warned my Mum that if she tries this it will not be tolerated either )

As for the subsequent sugar rush..  honest it would be hard to tell.   She is on a non-stop mad one anyway...   the world is revolving around her & she is loving every minute of it 

Hahahah!! Wire brush and dettol ! 

Awfy glad she's not having to have a good ole howk around that neck of the woods!

It took us a wee while to figure out it was the sugar that made him even more mental. Until one morning we went in to his room and asked what he wanted for breakfast, and he demanded porridge. lil sis says I'll do it and he strongly said 'you make it Catherine'. We looked at each other with a he's a lunatic look and i plodded off to make it. brought it in and he was off his face after awhile demanding more. Lil sis followed me out to see what i did different and realised that I put Golden syrp in. Well to say we bought the shop out of cakes biscuits and anything sugar related is an understatment. The man was off his face on sugar for months

So Mummy Ditts, Let there be Cake

I have visions of them all sitting in the chemo suite...   with screwed up faces.. shuffling uncomfortably in their seats... 

I asked Mum if this was the case & she said "no, if they have it then they hide it very well"  

(she then had to tell my Dad off as he started to say how he would be delighted to help her out should she get "itchy bum"..   I missed a lot of what was said, as I was too busy with my hands over my ears shouting "EUUUUWWWW"  

awwww...       poor Daddy Beamers on a toddler styley sugar rage! 

I will be sure to mention to my Dad to make sure the stocks of blueberry muffins never get too low 

Hahah!! !  Brilliant !

Its great that your parents are being so positive Ditty... long may you're mum's progress continue 

thank you Dame 

Delighted for you and the family,keep strong .

Ever since I mentioned buying you knickers for Christmas, I have an endless loop of ads for knickers up there ^^>> 

I was getting them for MacMillan...   but its changed to an advert for the Health Lottery now..   which is fine, unless that Natalie rotter's face pops up...  

I'd rather have an ad for the knackers yard than Natalie Cassidy's grotty face gurning at me! 

Right...    in the 4 weeks since I posted this thread its been a proper rollercoaster... 

She finished her last cycle of chemo 4 weeks ago, then had to wait for a "staging scan" which she had last week, then we had to wait til today for the results of that.

I have been a total & utter wreck for the past two weeks ...      hence tonight I am sleep deprived & just a tad over emotional ..   I can't stop crying..   which is stupid considering todays news...   

upshot is its pretty much the news I had barely dared to hope for...   

No cancer on the hip, or the rib, or anywhere new,    the lung tumour has shrank, and the cells that remain are "dormant".   i.e. that tumour is in remission.      To be clear, she still has cancer, it WILL activate again at some point in the future..    weeks, months..   year if we are lucky..     but for now its all good.

The brain tumour wasn't scanned,.....   but as she has no symptoms & is almost off the steroids they think that is in check too.

She has to go back in January for a check..     and immediately if she has so much as a twinge in her toe or an itch on her hand ..      

But its all good for now.    She just has to recover from the chemotherapy side effects (mainly anaemia)..    and the steroid side effects (muscle wastage & the hip pain).

Obviously I am releived..   though I have spent so long hyped up to the max waiting for today that I don't actually think its sunk in yet...      my initial reaction was to cry like a baby .

I am now off to try & start working on the sleep debt I seem to have accrued! 

That's great news, Ditts - hope you get some quality kip now 

Fabulous news Ditty

Oh Ditty, that is wonderful news

my mother in law has just had her 80th birthday and is looking forward to Christmas. The fact that she survived long enough to see last Christmas was astounding ... and now she lives to see another.

keep the faith

WOW!!!

I didn't like to ask Rexi..      but WOW!     

my father reckons I am a doom & gloom merchant..    and he's probably right..    I get so scared of daring to hope too much & then be disappointed..   but I think I am going to have to start sorting it out...  

*attempts to keep the faith*   

I am now so hyped up I don't feel sleepy 

I can't do better than to echo everything Soozy said       God Bless

Haha!

celebrate girl

Thank you everyone xxxxxxx

Great news Ditty...

Ditty - that's wonderful - as you say, you daren't hope, I'm so pleased you have some better news

Scatts    I hope things are going ok in your world xx

Glad things are going so well Ditty, you must be so relieved

good news Ditty  

so pleased to hear this -  you must be so relieved and it must be  a lovely feeling

Great news Ditty!

What absolutely brilliant news ............couldn't be happier for you and the family. 

I couldn't be more pleased for you and your family, Ditty, that's brilliant news.

Great news Ditty! 

Yay! Lovely to read things going so well with your mums treatment

Sooo happy for you Ditty

its hard work but when you get that little bit of happy news

it like you can relax a little again x