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Jaycee said:
Not posted on here till now, but have been following your journey with interest and much amusement.

Just wanted to say please don't freak out about the bone scan, it's done to see if the chemo and radiotherapy has had any effect on your bones (Osteoporosis), if so all it will mean is a calcuim supplement of some sort. Check ups from the Oncologists will be every 6 months for a couple of years, then yearly till you reach the 5 year mark and they tell you to sod off with a smile on their faces! Que party time!! :)
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Great post :)
 
Am soooooooooooooooooo please to see these updates! :D

Good that you are going to the ball!- Pics please Mrs!

And Trudy.............. what can one say?! Glad to see that Ted is ignoring her for the most part! He really is coming on leaps and bounds.

Im sure that Alice will be trying super hard when it gets to her turn, cant be outdone by a boy!
 
If your neighbouring farmer is anything like mine, Trudie and Ted and their antics will be the talk of the area! The local markets round here are wonderful sources of gossip.

Great updates and that you are recoverying your energy levels. Enjoy the ball, hope the scrubbing up process is not too painful.
 
Jaycee said:
Not posted on here till now, but have been following your journey with interest and much amusement.

Just wanted to say please don't freak out about the bone scan, it's done to see if the chemo and radiotherapy has had any effect on your bones (Osteoporosis), if so all it will mean is a calcuim supplement of some sort. Check ups from the Oncologists will be every 6 months for a couple of years, then yearly till you reach the 5 year mark and they tell you to sod off with a smile on their faces! Que party time!! :)
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Thank you a million times. They did not tell me why and I am on my fifth sleepless night convincing myself something has spread. Even though I have been told many times the nasty bit was contained and had not spread and I had successful surgery my mind still not settle. I did tell the oncologist I have a lot of stiffness and very painful joints after doing all the heavy work and riding. She just smiled and commented very few ladies do so much so soon, I smiled and thought to myself that there cannot be many ladies with a hysterical 20 year old retired show horse, a 24 year sex mad mare, an ever hungry cob, not to mention a Ted and Alice, plus Alice's mum who is demanding sex from the hysterical show horse. Ten foot of mud everywhere and a cat that trips me up everyday.

I could just do with the appointment coming and going so I can get over myself. I seem to have spent a long time 'waiting' for something, be it specialist appts, chemo, rads, then 'waiting' to feel better. It is difficult to explain, but it all messes my mind up. Those horses have kept the lid on for me, couldn't have coped without them, the yard and my fab friends who have kicked me along for months and months.
 
AA, I just love this, the strength that comes from the unconditional love of an animal is amazing and I'm so glad you can draw on it. When all this is over and you are riding your wonderful babies in their first prelim tests please consider sending it to a publisher!
 
AdorableAlice said:
Thank you a million times. They did not tell me why and I am on my fifth sleepless night convincing myself something has spread. Even though I have been told many times the nasty bit was contained and had not spread and I had successful surgery my mind still not settle. I did tell the oncologist I have a lot of stiffness and very painful joints after doing all the heavy work and riding. She just smiled and commented very few ladies do so much so soon, I smiled and thought to myself that there cannot be many ladies with a hysterical 20 year old retired show horse, a 24 year sex mad mare, an ever hungry cob, not to mention a Ted and Alice, plus Alice's mum who is demanding sex from the hysterical show horse. Ten foot of mud everywhere and a cat that trips me up everyday.

I could just do with the appointment coming and going so I can get over myself. I seem to have spent a long time 'waiting' for something, be it specialist appts, chemo, rads, then 'waiting' to feel better. It is difficult to explain, but it all messes my mind up. Those horses have kept the lid on for me, couldn't have coped without them, the yard and my fab friends who have kicked me along for months and months.
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Your welcome, don't worry about the aches and pains just remember that your body has not only had to cope not only with major intrusive surgery but vast amounts of highly toxic chemicals as well, it's bound to rebel somehow. Just listen to your body and ease off from the pysical stuff if you need to! It will take you a long time to feel anything like normal again but you will get there! If you ever feel a bit down and want a chat pm me. Take care xx
 
dianchi said:
Am soooooooooooooooooo please to see these updates! :D

Good that you are going to the ball!- Pics please Mrs!

And Trudy.............. what can one say?! Glad to see that Ted is ignoring her for the most part! He really is coming on leaps and bounds.

Im sure that Alice will be trying super hard when it gets to her turn, cant be outdone by a boy!
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Alice is on the back burner at the moment, she has gone fugly and resembles a pipe cleaner atop four tree trunks. I was just starting to worry she was not going to grow on and she suddenly changed shape, she is also in a silly phase being spooky and sharp, she managed to earn a slap from the farrier on Thursday. She has always been the more sensible one of the pair and looked much more mature and in proportion but not any more.

The ball is tomorrow, frock ready and I am looking forward to it. All I have to manage is to allow plenty of time to struggle into the control pants, try not to ladder the tights before I get there, try not to drop dinner down the frock or feed the floor, do I go battleship grey crop or put the wig on, decisions decisions !
 
Jaycee, what lovely messages.

I am thoroughly enjoying tales of Ted and Trudy, along with Alice's adventures of course. Good news re the oncologists, and hope the bone scan goes well.

As for the wig versus pixie cut: what goes best with the frock? Or you could get Trudy to model the wig, put a photo up on here, and I'm sure people will help you decide. <g>

Have a grand time at the ball! and don't forget to clean under your nails as part of personal grooming preparations - somehow I seem to miss that one and am found surreptitiously using a toothpick. And check your hair for straw or hay bits, of course. You can tell my grooming tips are not very advanced...
 
teacups said:
Jaycee, what lovely messages.

I am thoroughly enjoying tales of Ted and Trudy, along with Alice's adventures of course. Good news re the oncologists, and hope the bone scan goes well.

As for the wig versus pixie cut: what goes best with the frock? Or you could get Trudy to model the wig, put a photo up on here, and I'm sure people will help you decide. <g>

Have a grand time at the ball! and don't forget to clean under your nails as part of personal grooming preparations - somehow I seem to miss that one and am found surreptitiously using a toothpick. And check your hair for straw or hay bits, of course. You can tell my grooming tips are not very advanced...
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About the same as me then!. Jaycee has been in touch and given me so much help and advice for which I am both grateful and relieved not to be worrying too much about the bone scan which is set for a week Monday.

The ball was last night and I bleached, jeyes and scrubbed myself clean. By the time I had struggled into the extra strong control the bulge(s) pants and the sculpting tights I was knackered. Found the make up bag which has been redundant for twelve months, the foundation had separated and deposited an oily mess on the carpet and the mascara was rock solid. Eleanor Wigby stayed in her box and I went with my grey pixie look, lots of pearls and sparkly ear rings.

I was assured I looked ok, but still had a confidence melt down just before leaving, god I need to grow up. In the end I had a most lovely time, food was lovely and I managed to keep it on the fork and not down my front ! Had a couple of people, who did not know what has happened, give me a puzzled look. They have only ever seen me with longish fair hair. The main thing is I did it, felt comfortable and enjoyed myself.

Two half glasses of wine managed to give me a headache but with the offer of a hack out and the sum being out I ventured into Swamp Land to catch the cob mare. She always comes to call, but having been turned out by a friend a few minutes beforehand she thought work might be on the agenda so stayed put. Ted on the other hand comes down the field at full tilt and absolutely pebble dashed me.
 
Really pleased you had a good time and the control undies did the job. Can't stand the things but they do work. Xx and well done Jaycee for putting your mind at rest. My OH had his thyroid removed 9 years ago and still gets stressed at his annual check up. Now woman ..don't be overdoing it!
 
Good to read the Night out was enjoyable, the pixie look pearls and sparkling earing sound good, hate control undies myself, possibly cause we had to wear them when I was young !!!! Had to laugh things are back to normal, peddle dashing byTed!!
 
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Brilliant, so glad you had fun and even had the strength to even think about riding today; things are definitely looking up; long may it continue. xx








But,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, where are the pics of the ball and your glamorous look?
 
Maesfen said:
Brilliant, so glad you had fun and even had the strength to even think about riding today; things are definitely looking up; long may it continue. xx









But,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, where are the pics of the ball and your glamorous look?
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Nooooooooooo, far too fat and frumpy for pictures !

Back to reality tonight, a storm has just come though, ripped the felt off some of the boxes, Ted was trying to shelter behind a telegraph pole, we do have good hedges Ted and Alice's hair do is ruined. I have never heard thunder so loud.
 
Don't talk such rubbish AA, you should have a pic to show how far you've come this last few months.

Yes, we had it too; hail halfway up the windows, thunder and lightening right overhead, such a bang and flash, it took my ethernet cable out, all electric off, alarms going crazy, water running down the track; the lurchers hiding n any dark corner they could find although, pup, Ice just slept all through it. Never known thunder like that in January before, it meant it.
 
Just also wanted say hello to you AA like others have previously said, you are an inspiration to us all. I so love the way you write and I am another who has been crying both tears of joy and tears of pain on your behalf. I do so hope that you eventually find time to write a book. You have a gift for words xxxx
Give big hugs to the stunning Ted, pretty Alice and the agricultural cob...and a massive virtual hug to you too. When someone mentioned Ted and Alice going to their first show, you had better do it in secret...lol imagine if we all turned up to cheer you on.....
 
Thank you for your kind words guys! Five years ago I travelled the same road as Adorablealice and just wanted to offer my support and some reasurrance that things really are on the up. x

Great to hear that the ball was a resounding sucess, pixie look is best, I ended up with the 20's crimped hair look - couldn't wait till it was long enough to chop off! lol
 
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I am in Warwickshire so we had the horrendous storm too. Unfortunately I have an 11hh unrugged mare, who once wet views any passing human ( namely me with head collar to come in) as a large human shaped towel.....
 
Huge storm here this afternoon, with hail stones. Que arrival of two young cobs at the canter into stable yard. Somehow as they sheltered the two youngster manage to open feed shed door and go round back along the passage past poultry pens into pen where the hay Bales are.

It is a tight squeeze for ponies, luckily they do not panic and had just stood there waiting to be rescued!
 
Jaycee said:
Thank you for your kind words guys! Five years ago I travelled the same road as Adorablealice and just wanted to offer my support and some reasurrance that things really are on the up. x

Great to hear that the ball was a resounding sucess, pixie look is best, I ended up with the 20's crimped hair look - couldn't wait till it was long enough to chop off! lol
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Thank you again Jaycee, your guidance has been a great help. Remember ladies attend those routine scans. If this thread, Jaycee and I make any of you rethink a missed appointment it will all be worth us sharing, publicly, what we have experienced.
 
Finally got the strength, confidence, want and drive to go for a proper long hack alone today. At last, I thought it would never happen. Heaven knows why, but I found myself crying on the way back, the mare stopped twice and looked back at me, poor girl was right confused.

The blooming carthorse has let me down again. We have new neighbours and met them for the first time last night, all my horses greeted the nice and very horsey lady, politely and then there was Ted. He inspected all her pockets and then grabbed hold of the top of her welly boot, of course all this went on whilst I was spouting about how well he was doing, manners etc etc. Then to my horror, he picked up a furry foot and struck out at her. I did not know where to put myself, he has never ever lifted a front foot at anything. He remains on the naughty step.
 
Oh Ted, that was not good. I suppose, though, that not long ago he would not have been brave enough to have approached a stranger. Now he's brave enough to take hold of their welly, but quite why he'd strike out too is a bit puzzling, impatience, maybe? Was he jealous and 'protecting' you from your new neighbour? Was it near tea time? Just when things were going so well, horses, eh?

Bravo on your long solo hack, and well done to Mrs. Cob for listening to you when you got a bit emotional. You have come so far in the last few months, that it would be strange if you didn't get the weepies now and again. Who better to tell your woes to?
 
So pleased to read you managed a hack. Must be something about legs, one of my youngsters is prone to come up behind me in the field and take mouthful of welly!! Gave me such a shock first time, now I watch out for him.
 
Tiddlypom said:
Oh Ted, that was not good. I suppose, though, that not long ago he would not have been brave enough to have approached a stranger. Now he's brave enough to take hold of their welly, but quite why he'd strike out too is a bit puzzling, impatience, maybe? Was he jealous and 'protecting' you from your new neighbour? Was it near tea time? Just when things were going so well, horses, eh?

Bravo on your long solo hack, and well done to Mrs. Cob for listening to you when you got a bit emotional. You have come so far in the last few months, that it would be strange if you didn't get the weepies now and again. Who better to tell your woes to?
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You have a point, I have noticed that Ted will put himself between me and the others, but he is still scared of the bigger mare and backs down quickly. What fun a possessive furry cart horse.
 
Well done mrs! We would all just say how lovely you looked and be annoying if you posted pictures and you don't want that! ;)

Poor Alice, mind you I think that Bridgette is about to go Fugly and grow (why cant they go from being beautiful babies to 3.5yr grown ups?)

As for ted- whoops! What is he like?! But perhaps as per the above idea, shaking hands?? :)
 
i have just read this thread start to finished and i have so much respect for you, you deserve a medal or something, i absolutely love Ted, Alice and their friends antics and i am truly more excited about a taming Ted update than the next episode of what ever is on tv, you really are a special person to be able to go through what you have been through and come out smiling, you have defiantly changed my attitude to life and i thank you for that :)
 
magpie92 said:
i have just read this thread start to finished and i have so much respect for you, you deserve a medal or something, i absolutely love Ted, Alice and their friends antics and i am truly more excited about a taming Ted update than the next episode of what ever is on tv, you really are a special person to be able to go through what you have been through and come out smiling, you have defiantly changed my attitude to life and i thank you for that :)
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How lovely, thank you. I am not special, I have been a pain in rear to my nearest and dearest, thrown some mega strops, hidden under the duvet on chemo days and my OH had to physically drag me out of bed, had serious swearing sessions on the yard because I couldn't do normal things like lift a bag of feed or buckets of water. I look back with shame now and my attitude to life has changed too.

Ted is on the naughty step again this morning, he has had a rave over night he has opened the heston bale of straw and used it as a trampoline. Then in front of me, he went over to the self filling cattle trough and instead of simply drinking from the trough he removed the plate covering the ball cock and starts playing with it. He will have to go to borstal soon.
 
AdorableAlice said:
How lovely, thank you. I am not special, I have been a pain in rear to my nearest and dearest, thrown some mega strops, hidden under the duvet on chemo days and my OH had to physically drag me out of bed, had serious swearing sessions on the yard because I couldn't do normal things like lift a bag of feed or buckets of water. I look back with shame now and my attitude to life has changed too.

Ted is on the naughty step again this morning, he has had a rave over night he has opened the heston bale of straw and used it as a trampoline. Then in front of me, he went over to the self filling cattle trough and instead of simply drinking from the trough he removed the plate covering the ball cock and starts playing with it. He will have to go to borstal soon.
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Oh nooo.. we nearly got expelled from our livery after one of ours did that and finished off by bending the ballcock lever so far that the trough flooded everywhere! Bad Ted ;)
 
i used to have a heifer that did the exact same thing with the ball cock, then would try and "help" you fix it when they she managed to break or remove it, charolais really are not good plumbers,
 
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