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12:38:00 o'clock BST
Hello from Jeanie
Hello!
It's been a while since I entered my journal I know...
I haven't been too well for a while and I have been given some pills to lift me out of it.
Unfortunately the pills I was given to hold my breast cancer at bay, so that my body can't make the oestrogen that the cancer needs to grow, also create mood swings. Something which was alien to me!
Oestrogen is the 'feel good factor' our body just thrives on for putting a smile on our face and a skip in our feet. Without that boost then hot flushes apart, life can look a little bleak. That's the price to pay for eliminating the oestrogen unforutnately.
Because I have no ovaries I unfortunately have 'crashed; since the treatment began and I have found it very difficult to deal with it.
My MacMillan nurse suggested homeopathic therapy but that was St John's Wort which can take three months to kick into your system and unfortunately my oncology surgeon does not allow me to take it as it works against my post cancer treatment. Fortunately the homeopath would not give it to me without her agreement. So it was suggested I ask my family practitioner for a solution.
The pills (Citalopram) I have been given, affect the brain by boosting the seratonin in it. It also makes for yawning and feeling tired quite a lot. Things are going through my head at a slower pace than before.
I asked the doctor for help but not something that would have me hooked forever so I trust that these will do the trick and have me doing the 'happy dance' again soon.
I can't complain of the sleepiness as that is a bonus when normally a regular night's sleep, since my treatment, would be two and a half hour intervals. Then I would get up and mooch about and go back to bed a while later. Exhaustion I suppose just had to set in. The pills have also calmed my hot flusheds down a lot too.
For now I am taking a break from the computer and getting out and about a bit more.
This doesn't mean I wont be back again it's just me taking a little break until everything comes together again.
A little prayer would not go amiss as we all know the power of prayer.
I will pop in and out of everyone's journals when I can find the time. Meanwhile look after yourselves and take care.
A few Inspirational Quotes...
"Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through
a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same
ones everyone else sees, but then reassemble those
floating bits and pieces into an enticing new
possibility.
- Rosabeth Moss Kanter
"Sometimes creativity just means the daily work of
helping others to see a problem in a different way."
- Joseph Badaracco
"It is the creative potential itself in human beings
that is the image of God."
- Mary Daly
Much love and hugs
Jeanie xxx
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Hope you are feeling a little bit better and sending you our love.Love Helen
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hello jeanie, i hope you are feeling better soon, i have the opposite problem, i have too much oestrogen due to the pill, so i was having severe mood swings i am now taking starflower oil, garlic, omega 3 & b6 and it seems to have done the trick. I really recommend the natural way with this. All the ones i am on help with hormone inbalance, see if they are suitable for you with your medication. my thoughts are with you and if you need a shoulder to shout at have mine, better still i will send you over some of my excess oestrogen!! take care and feel better soon mrs t xx
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Having looked in your journal I now know why you were up at 12.30am I should have read your journal before sending the email. You motiveted me into reading your journal and eating something even th it was late at night! Thanks for your encouraging words. I will say a prayer for you tonight. Do hope you feel better soon.
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Jeanie,
Just catching up on what I've missed... hope you are feeling better soon...!!!
Veronica
14/05/08 07:38