KEEPING A-BREAST OF THE SITUATION!

Sometimes life is just too bizarre! There we were, 3 worldly girls out for lunch in Knightsbridge and curiously perhaps, between us all, just 2 breasts! Yes i'm talking human ones! Whilst being oddly statistical at this junction, it seems worth mentioning that we are all within spitting distance of 45 years old. Okay, okay, yes i am the most senior at 51! Between us all we have very few underarm lymph nodes to bother us and each have at least one tatoo, that being courtesy of the radiography department of the most wonderful Royal Marsden Hospital. We have personally lived through cancer four times and have no intention of doing it ever again! Whilst the day was cold, damp and grey, our spirits were incredibly high and our incessant chatter genuinely lively and amusing if only to us. Of course we weren't there to amuse others and had anyone sat close enough to earwig our conversations they may well have struggled to remain calm and controlled. We dealt with a cacophany of topics that weaved its way from the trials and tribulations of Breast Cancer treatments, Post surgery Lingerie, Moisturisers, collapsed veins, weakening eye sight, Wii Fitness, Cross dressing (don't ask"), the joys of motherhood, Returning to work, the benefits of being employed and the financial implications of illness. If I'm not mistaken we may have mentioned the President elect of America only briefly, however we opted not to discuss the Middle East and don't think we ventured into the soaps, Anne Frank or even the Credit Crunch! No, if I recall correctly, ....the credit crunch was mentioned when we opted to share our pizza between three ( a girlie thing) and have two side salads.. We did however splash out on coffees and teas, and must have shocked the waiter by not giving some herbal sachet even a thought. How brave are we? Three women.... different career paths, different family dimensions, different upbringing....but between us the bond of understanding and humour that only this type of truama can deliver. Thank you girls for sharing today with me! (yes, they will know who they are!).... As I find myself thinking that even amongst the most distressing chaos, there seem to be treasure.
By the way...having spent a very unreal hour at the Marsden earlier today trying on, touching, considering and looking at prosthesis both on and off....i travelled home on the tube quietly chuckling about my breast in my bag! Frustratingly however, its too big and makes the other, real one feel somewhat insignifant! Seems as though I'll be returning, 'breast in hand' back to Fulham within a week or two. A good excuse for a girlie lunch....no doubt! :-)