tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37880899495260507272024-02-19T23:48:26.150+00:00Makeup to Make You Feel Good!!A blog I started when diagnosed with Breast Cancer aged 30, about make up, my treatment and road to recovery and my life in general as a wife and mother of 2 boys!Jacinta Geraghtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987639873306643837noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788089949526050727.post-26460887771651586602014-01-31T10:18:00.001+00:002014-01-31T10:18:59.944+00:00Back in the swing of things?<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, I realise it's the best part of 8 months since I posted anything. I just don't seem to have a minute to myself these days. Between school runs, doctor and hospital appointments and everything else I'm just constantly on the go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I haven't been wearing much makeup lately, I'm lucky to get 5 minutes to throw something on my face in the morning when I'm trying to get everyone out the door to school! I usually just throw on some primer, BB cream, mascara and blusher and I'm out the door!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Aaron is in 2nd Class now and he will be making his Communion in May. It's scary to think how fast the kids are growing up. Ryan is in playschool and will be going into Junior Infants in September!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Here's a few photos from the last couple of months, you can see how long my hair has grown and I even got a couple of inches cut off it before Christmas! I'm hoping to try and blog just a <em>bit </em>more often now, I'm going to try and make it my business to spare an hour here and there! I'm on a bit of a spending ban at the minute, the amount of makeup I have is just ridiculous so I've been giving some away and trying to use up as much as I can so I can buy some more! My local Dunnes is now stocking Wet 'N' Wild so I'm really looking forward to trying some of their stuff and a little birdie told me that one of my local chemists is going to be stocking NYX soon!!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't straighten my hair very often, maybe every 3 or 4 months, just to see how long it's grown!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In November I went to Manchester for a weekend to visit my gorgeous cousin Caroline! It was £2 for 2 double vodka's in her local pub, ridiculous!!!!</td></tr>
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Jacinta Geraghtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987639873306643837noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788089949526050727.post-10192084328063896212013-06-10T12:22:00.000+01:002013-06-10T12:22:23.631+01:00Damn you Bus Eireann and Psoralen! Warning foot photos and a rant ahead!<div style="text-align: justify;">
As a lot of you know, I have psoriasis. I've had it since I was 5 years old and I'm nearly 33 now. A couple of years ago I had some phototherapy aka PUVA aka light treatment in St Vincents Hospital. It took 16 sessions to clear my skin and I was really happy with the results. When my sister in law asked me to be her bridesmaid for her wedding in August my first thought was to get back to my dermatologist so I could have the light treatment again and look swishy in my dress. I had my appointment in April and had a phone call soon after from the nurses to book me in for Tuesday 4th June, which would give me 9 weeks before the wedding. Last Tuesday I went up by bus for my test run. You lie in the bath of Psoralen (which makes you absorb the UV rays a lot more that you would normally) for ten minutes then the nurses tape a template with 8 windows to your back and expose the skin for different amount of times, starting at 12 seconds or so, going up to almost 2 minutes, and this will be your starting point for the PUVA as it shows how quickly your skin burns during exposure. You have the treatment twice a week and after the bath you have your UVA exposure which looks just like a stand up sunbed. I was given a small tube of factor 50 in case I got caught in the sun and was told that my chest area would be most delicate and to make sure I didn't get burnt there.</div>
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After my treatment, I walked out to catch the bus around the corner but my heart sank when I saw the bus pulling away. That meant the next bus wasn't for an hour AND didn't stop at St Vincents so I had to walk down to UCD for the next one. I put the factor 50 cream on my face and neck/chest and that was all I had to put on. I was wearing 3/4 length leggings and some light summer shoes from Penneys. I was in the shade all along Nutley Lane but the sun hit me as soon as I turned the corner and started walking to UCD. I covered my arms with my cardigan and it took me about ten minutes of walking before I got to the bus stop. Thankfully the bus stop was all shaded from the sun and I sat and waited for the bus. I was looking forward to starting my treatment and having nice clear skin and a tan for the wedding.</div>
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On Wednesday afternoon I noticed that my feet looked a bit red up as far as where my leggings had ended. It wasn't painful but I started to pile on the after sun and aloe vera gel to try and clear it up before my Friday session. By Thursday it was even redder but still wasn't sore or anything. I kept my skin covered up when I was outside as I didn't want to aggravate it any more. Friday morning when I woke up my feet were painful and I put on some ankle socks with my runners and some long leggings. I phoned the hospital to tell them about it and I was told to come up so they could look at my back anyway to see how my skin had responded to the light. I painfully limped down from UCD to the hospital and explained the situation to the nurses. Of course I couldn't have my treatment, I knew that much already. I was asked several times if I had been out in the sun and I said that I wasn't, apart from walking to the bus stop after my treatment on the Tuesday. When I got home from the hospital I took my runners and socks off and when I tried to put on a pair of flip flops in the house I couldn't as it just hurt too much to have anything touching my feet!</div>
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Saturday morning my feet looked to have started blistering up along my instep. They felt really hot, a dark purple colour and really painful to try bend my feet when walking up stairs etc. It got too much to bear by the afternoon and I phoned the chemists, who asked me to come down so they could have a look at them. I half put a pair of flip flops on and my hubby drove me down to the chemist, luckily they have a car park right at the back door so I didn't have far to hobble. I was given gauze and told to wrap them up for a couple of days but after 24 hours they felt even hotter and more painful so I took the bandages off. I phoned the hospital this morning but was told just to let them heal naturally and again was asked several times if I had been out in the sun. My PUVA treatment is now on hold until my skin has cleared up and I'm so nervous that I'm not going to be clear before the wedding! I'm also terrified that my feet are going to scar and I can't even walk down to the doctors to have them checked!</div>
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I'm cursing Bus Eireann for taking the St Vincents stop from their timetable apart from a poxy couple of buses every day and I'm just so annoyed that my feet would burn this badly after just a few minutes in the sun. I HAD to walk to the bus stop, how else was I meant to get home? I know that the Psoralen bath makes you absorb the sun but surely if it's that dangerous you should be plastered in factor 50 after every hospital visit! I feel like crying, my feet are so painful and I haven't been able to wear any shoes or have a blanket or anything on my feet for 4 days now.</div>
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Apologies for the horrible sellotape on the container but don't let that distract you from it's beauty! Now, onto today's face! It's a beautiful summers day and I wanted to create something to reflect that. I don't know about you lot but my mood is always much better when the sun is shining! </div>
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I know my eyeliner still isn't the mae west and I'm not sure if it ever will be but I will just keep on trying til I get it right! I hope you've enjoyed this post because I'm feeling good about myself today and that's not something that happens regularly for me lately so any feedback would be good!</div>
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<br />Jacinta Geraghtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987639873306643837noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788089949526050727.post-89742190502791956242013-05-29T11:14:00.000+01:002013-05-29T11:29:15.449+01:00Adios Gilbert's Grapefruit!<div style="text-align: justify;">
This morning I sat down to do my makeup and I decided to do a look that was fairly neutral. As soon as I took the Gilbert's Grapefuit Catrice eyeshadow out and started to apply it, there was glittery bits <i>everywhere</i>!!!!! It really went all over the place and I suddenly remembered why it had been relegated to my train case. I used it seeing as I had it out then I lobbed it into the bin so I can't make the same mistake again! I'm going to root out another eyeshadow to replace the Catrice one and hopefully it won't make as much of a mess!</div>
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So here's a look at my face today, the photos were taken on my mobile because my camera battery (which lasts <i>forever</i>) died on me yesterday and of course I forgot to charge it!</div>
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I mixed my Barry M white foundation with my Catrice photo finish to lighten it and match it to my ultra pale skin. Then I applied some Mac Painterly paintpot as a base and put on the offending shadow, then added some of the dark brown Barry M dazzle dust on the outer corners and blended it in. I (badly) applied some Essence liquid liner, filled in my eyebrows with a brown Inglot eyeshadow, put on some NYC mascara, used Avon Flash eyeliner on my waterline and finally blended some NYC cream blush into my cheeks!<br />
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I have an appointment this evening in the dental clinic to see if I can be referred by the HSE to have my wisdom teeth out under general anaesthetic so I'm fairly nervous about it as I don't like going to the dentist at ALL!</div>
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It's my sister in law's hen night in just over 3 weeks time so I'm flat out organising everything as I'm Chief Bridesmaid! The wedding is in 10 weeks time and I'm really looking forward to it but also really nervous as I've never been a bridesmaid before!</div>
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Well, for the past month or so I've been using my Urban Decay eyeshadow palette and my Mac Hello Kitty palette but I feel like it's time for a change! This morning I opened up my train case and had a look at my stash. I almost reached for my trusty Inglot palette stack but I restrained myself and instead I picked up some of my loose eyeshadows, which have been <i>really </i>neglected lately! I picked out my 3 Mac pigments, Violet, Mutiny and Blonde's Gold, as well as my Lancome eyeshadow, Fil D'Argent, which I won before Christmas, a rose gold Catrice called Gilbert's Grapefruit and lastly a Barry M Dazzle Dust in shade number 53, a lovely dark brown shimmery shadow which I can't even remember using before! I also took out one of my 2 Mac lipsticks, a lovely neutral shade called Hug Me. Hopefully I'll get some nice looks using all these and actually remember to take a photo or two!</div>
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Jacinta Geraghtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987639873306643837noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788089949526050727.post-52929403869273249412013-05-09T10:46:00.002+01:002013-05-09T10:46:34.912+01:00FOTD with Step by Step photos!Well, I know I said I was going to go bright and bold but to be honest, I'm still not wearing eyeshadow most days! When Aaron is in school I have one hour in which to get everyone up, dressed, fed and ready to go by 9am as well as getting lunches etc done so on most days I've just been putting on foundation, my eyebrows, mascara and some blusher. I had stopped wearing black eyeliner for a good while but it was only when I put it on at the weekend that I realised how much I had missed it! A lot of people lately have been telling me how pale I look but it's just because I've been lightening my foundation to the correct shade for my face! Even the lightest shade in most foundation ranges is too dark for me and I'm hoping to try out something new when I go to Dublin next week!<br />
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So, onto today's face! I took some step by step photos and showed which products I used! Yes, I am wearing my dressing gown because it's a miserable day out and I don't feel like getting dressed yet! First of all I used my Garnier moisturiser. I have psoriasis so my skin can be very dry and I always like to use a moisturiser under my foundation....<br />
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Then I put a small amount of my Barry M white foundation into a small container...<br />
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Then I add some Catrice Photo Finish foundation...<br />
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Mix well using a small clean brush...<br />
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Apply dots all over face.... I forgot to take a photo of my Real Techniques Stippling Brush which I always use to apply my foundation!<br />
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Next I used my Catrice eyeshadow and Real Techniques eyeshadow brush to fill in my eyebrows. My eyebrows are very sparse due to both chemo and years of using creams for psoriasis but I always like to fill them in and get so many comments from people on them!<br />
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Next, I used my Mac Painterly paint pot as a base for my eyeshadow...<br />
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The, I applied UD Scratch to my eyelids using the RT base shadow brush...<br />
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I applied the shade Underground to the outer eyelid and blended with the lighter colour...<br />
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Then I applied a thin line of Mac Blacktrack Fluidline using my RT pixel-point eyeliner brush...<br />
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Then, I applied some NYC Sky Rise mascara, I've become a big fan of NYC lately!<br />
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I used Peace and Underground from the Urban Decay palette and also a bit of the black shade Zero on the outer corners. You can see everything else I used in the photo so if you have any questions please let me know!<br />
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I'm definitely going to try and blog more often, I am going to make time for it and just DO IT! I do need a new camera though so I may sweet talk my lovely hubby into buying me one as an early birthday present!Jacinta Geraghtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987639873306643837noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788089949526050727.post-91647912281851360802013-04-24T12:37:00.001+01:002013-04-24T12:37:26.415+01:00Taking myself out of my "Comfort Zone" and new brushes!<div style="text-align: justify;">
I know it's been a while since I posted, life has just been so hectic lately and I'm afraid my job as "mammy" has to come before anything else in life! Anyway, you don't want to be hearing all my excuses, do you?</div>
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I started this blog as a way for myself as well as my friends and family, to keep track of my journey through breast cancer. I wanted to show people that you didn't have to have hair to look good. I'm not sure that I reached out to too many people but hey, at least I'm trying! I blog about whatever is in my mind at the time of writing, could be about my family, my health, makeup, or anything else! But it's MY blog so I'll talk about what I want, right??</div>
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Anyway, I've felt lately that I'm really stuck in a rut, makeup wise. I tend to have about 5 minutes in the morning to do my face and I use that 5 minutes because I don't want to be scaring people with my un-madeup face, freckles galore and barely-there eyebrows. I also do it because I don't feel like 'me' unless I'm wearing makeup. I'm really not sure if that's a good or a bad thing!</div>
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So, for the past few months I've been using my Mac and Inglot eyeshadow palettes and at the weekends, when I might get 15-20 minutes to do my makeup in the mornings, I normally do a quick neutral look using creams and browns. I tried to put on some blue and green one day, one of my old favourite combinations, and it just looked WRONG! Maybe I'm just gone too old to be wearing bright colours now, who knows? But I went through my train case today and thought I'd change it up a bit and have a change from my usual eyeshadows. I took out my Urban Decay palette which I've had for AGES and I also took out my Mac Hello Kitty Lucky Tom palette which I paid ridiculous money for and have never used! (Those days of being able to afford Mac are long gone now though I'm afraid! It's all budget stuff these days, but the less expensive makeup that's available now is great and I love it!)</div>
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I've been using a lot of different makeup brushes lately, I have many brands, Essence, ELF, Sigma, Inglot and Mac, as well as some fake Mac ones that my sister bought me for christmas a couple of years ago. When the Real Techniques brushes came out last year, I bought the stippling brush and I use it every day for my foundation and I LOVE it! I wanted to get some more brushes but never had the money for them, so when I seen Fitz and Bitz on twitter offering a discount code for an american site named iHerb that sold the Real Techniques brushes at a HUGE discount (about half the price we pay here in Ireland), I started to put away a couple of euro every week and eventually I had the €30 odd I needed to get the brushes I wanted. I had been eyeing up the Core Collection and the Starter Collection so I got both of those which were $17.99 each (before discount and shipping), and a back up stippling brush which was $9.99 (also before discount and shipping, I paid €16 for mine here last year!).</div>
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When I entered my discount code and applied the shipping the total amount came to $41.97, which converts to €32.26 which I was really delighted with! iHerb then gave me my own discount code to pass onto family and friends so if any of you are interested in buying these brushes at a really reasonable price then the code <b>BHS059</b> will get you $10 off if you spend $40 and $5 off if you spend less than $40! So, what are you waiting for?? The brushes arrived 2 weeks after ordering which is perfectly acceptable for post coming from the USA!</div>
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I haven't used ALL the brushes yet and I did manage to take a photo of them before I used them. I'm hoping to do a review on them some time in the future but don't hold your breath! ;)</div>
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The brushes are all super soft and you won't be able to stop yourself from stroking them when you open the packet, go on, admit it, you know you did the same!!</div>
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Jacinta Geraghtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987639873306643837noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788089949526050727.post-32284639576410250612013-02-08T09:55:00.002+00:002013-02-08T09:55:40.135+00:00D is for Disappointed!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last Friday I finished my stint in Harold's Cross. I spent 3 weeks in the place and when I finished I didn't feel one bit better than the day I limped in. They just kept giving me the same useless medication and all the tests and xrays I had came back clear so they came to the conclusion that I "just have Fibromyalgia". Like that's a bloody walk in the park or something! I was so upset after the doctor came to see me on my last morning, I was told to keep taking my medication and to come back to see him in <b>6 months</b>!!!! I asked was I just supposed to put up with the pain and he didn't answer me. I worked so hard in the gym and the pool for the 3 weeks and I was so disappointed that I didn't feel any better. People were telling me that they knew others who came out feeling like a brand new person and I guess I expected to feel the same. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel guilty that my husband has wasted his whole year's holidays for nothing. I know he had three weeks of quality time with the kids and he enjoyed his time with them but I really feel bad that there wasn't a positive result at the end of it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did make some new friends though and there were 2 other women from my town in at the same time as me and we have joined aqua aerobics together to try and keep up the work we did in the pool at the hospital and also to get some time to ourselves, which I was told was very important. But we all know that if you have kids, there is no "me time"! It just doesn't happen! I'm lucky if I get 5 minutes to lie down and just close my eyes and not have to referee or break up an argument between the boys!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I went back to my GP yesterday and explained the situation so she has given me some stronger painkillers to take on top of the ones I'm already on so hopefully they will help me! I really think it's ridiculous in this day and age to expect people to just put up with being in pain! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'd really love to win the Euromillions, I would donate most of it to cancer research, psoriasis research and Fibromyalgia research! There HAS to be a cure out there for all of these things!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the makeup side of things, I haven't bothered with it much at all lately, I'm fed up making an effort to wear it and have people tell me that I'm looking great when inside I feel like a china vase that has been smashed into a million pieces! I'm trying to hold it all together but it's just so HARD! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After my last blog post, I was sure that I was going to feel so much better coming out of hospital, I just felt so deflated when I left and I actually bawled my eyes out and left without saying goodbye to anyone. I couldn't talk to anyone without my voice wobbling and to be honest although it's a week now since I left I'm still REALLY annoyed and upset over the whole thing! While I was in there I was always positive and had a smile on my face even though I was crying on the inside with the pain. Maybe that's what went wrong, maybe because I put on a brave face they didn't understand how much pain I'm in. I'm used to getting on with it, I can't exactly take to the bed if I'm having a painful day because who is going to look after the kids and do the cooking and the cleaning and everything else that needs to be done! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, I suppose it's onwards and upwards from here, I'm just going to have to put up with it and get on with my life the same as I always have. Nobody is going to do it for me and that's that! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks again to everyone who has been keeping track of my rollercoaster journey, it's really appreciated! My twitter friends are great and all give me so much support, I'm really thankful to you all!</span></div>
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Jacinta Geraghtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987639873306643837noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788089949526050727.post-35501377647582044032012-11-21T15:20:00.001+00:002012-11-21T15:37:04.845+00:002 weeks of poking and prodding! <div style="text-align: justify;">
Yesterday morning myself and G got up at stupid o'clock (also known as 5.30am) so I could be in St Vincent's Hospital at 8am for my appointment in the bone and joint clinic. Thankfully the traffic wasn't bad and we got there at about quarter to 8. After checking in at reception we took a seat in the inner sanctum and I was the first name called. On my previous two visits I had seen members of Prof Fitzgerald's team but never the man himself so yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting him for the the first time! </div>
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He ran through my history and asked me lots of questions. Then I had to lie up on the bed and he put pressure on my joints and by god did he lift me out of it in several places!! I got dressed again and he told me that he was going to recommend I was admitted to their rehabilitation unit in Harold's Cross to try and get to the bottom of my situation. They have all kinds of treatments and specialists so he said I will be in great hands. He said that I have all the symptoms of Fibromyalgia but the medication I'm taking every day seems to be doing nothing for my pain and it should be helping. The good news is that it's not as bad as arthritis in the way it affects your joints and it's not going to kill me, you can read more here if you are interested in learning more about Fibromyalgia http://www.arthritisireland.ie/go/publications/information_booklets/living_with_fibromyalgia/living-with-fibromyalgia. I asked him how long would I expect to be in for and he said that it would be for 2 weeks, Monday to Friday. I'm waiting on a phone call but it's looking like I will be going in before christmas. It's going to put a lot of pressure on both G and myself but it has to be done!</div>
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After I had seen Prof Fitzgerald I had to go get some more blood taken, I'm really not going to have much left if they keep taking 6 tubes of it every time I visit the hospital, and luckily the queue wasn't too long because sometimes you could be waiting there FOREVER! </div>
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I'm going to be bringing my laptop with me so that I can Skype the boys every night before bed and also so I can keep up to date with the outside world so I will be looking for any dvd/book recommendations and any interesting websites to help me pass the time! That's when I'm not being poked with needles, doped up on new medication, being electrocuted (I'm hoping that part of the booklet doesn't apply to me!!!!) or swimming! </div>
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Fingers crossed they will be able to get things under control for me soon and I'll be sure to keep you all updated on my progress!</div>
Jacinta Geraghtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987639873306643837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788089949526050727.post-86961109177489684552012-11-07T12:35:00.000+00:002012-11-07T12:35:21.030+00:00Life is a rollercoaster!I'm not going to apologise any more for not posting very often. I have 2 kids and they take up an AWFUL lot of my time. There isn't enough hours in the day for everything that needs to be done but that's just life, isn't it!!<br />
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Anyway, I started this blog as a way of showing people that they could look good even when they were going through hell and looked like Fester from the Addams Family. I still wake up most mornings, look in the mirror and see an ugly, scary witch looking back at me! I always feel slightly more human once I've done something with my hair and makeup and I always feel ready to tackle the day ahead. I know I haven't done a post involving makeup in a LONG time and I'm going to try and get back into it now that I've gotten my new laptop but the way I'm feeling at the minute I just don't feel like doing anything any more! I'm not going to start moaning and complaining because I've done more than enough of that over the last couple of years and I'm just going to do my best to push through the pain and carry on as I have been doing for the boys sakes. <br />
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Its hard to describe the way I feel at the minute, I do my best to stay positive and be happy and do what I always did. BUT, and this is a big but(t?), I worry about everything now. I worry about every single ache and pain, every headache, earache and backache. And don't get me started on the boys, I'm afraid they'll fall down the stairs, get hit by a car, break a leg, wake up one morning covered in psoriasis (one of my biggest fears) or any other numerous things. I feel like the last couple of years has made me a nervous wreck and I'm always AFRAID. I don't want to be the mammy who's always shouting at my kids not to be running and jumping and making noise, they're kids and that's what they're supposed to do. I spoke to my GP about it and he prescribed me some tablets but after taking them for a few weeks I was no better so he told me to stop taking them. It's hard to know what to do, I try to relax and not be worrying about things but it's just so hard to do! I've always been a serious person but after being with G (who is a big messer!) for 15 years I like to think that I have relaxed a bit but I just can't stop worrying about things! I've always worried about everything and anything and I don't think that is going to change any time soon! <br />
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I know I'm starting to ramble a bit now but I just felt like letting my feelings out and if you can't do it on your blog then where can you do it?<br />
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I read some of my first blog posts and remembered things that I had forgotten about myself. <br />
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I AM STRONG. I AM POSITIVE. I AM <b>ALIVE.</b><br />
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I shaved my head in front of hundreds of people to raise money for charity. I didn't care about what I looked like or what people thought, I was only thinking of raising as much money as possible for causes close to my heart. <br />
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When I was bald and eyebrowless I got up every morning, painted my face and got on with my day. As soon as I had enough hair to cover my head I stopped wearing my wigs. I didn't care about the whispers in the school yard because I had gone from long hair to no hair. I just didn't give a crap! Let people whisper! I had hair and I was PROUD!<br />
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I learned exactly what my husband and kids meant to me. It broke my heart to be stuck in a hospital for a week when all I wanted to do was give them the biggest squeeze possible and I was so happy to get back home to them.<br />
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I realised how much my husband loves me. A man who will shave your head for you and still stay strong even though my sister told me later that she could see the tears in his eyes while he was doing it.<br />
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I'm crying now as I'm typing this but you know what, it feels GOOD to get it out of my system! I sometimes feel like I bottle things up and don't talk enough. My hubby has enough on his plate between bills and work and stuff and I really don't like burdening him too much about my feelings! He's always there for me but I never let it ALL out because I don't think I'd ever stop!<br />
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I know that there are always people out there worse off than you and my heart breaks every time I see someone I know getting more bad news. I am an emotional person and it doesn't take a lot to make me cry these days.<br />
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People say "Oh you're so brave, I wouldn't be that strong." I say that's lies.<br />
Anybody who is diagnosed with cancer CAN'T just lie down and give up. Life is worth fighting for and you have to fight until you take your last breath because I know for certain that that's what I will be doing and I don't intend on doing it any time soon!<br />
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You do what you have to do to stay alive... if somebody told me in the morning that I needed another mastectomy and needed my ovaries out too then I would have absolutely no problem with that. I don't know when/if the time will ever come for that but I'm ready for it all the same!<br />
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But you know what, I'm going to carry on, have some chocolate,keep my double chins up and live my life, one day at a time!<br />
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Thank you for staying with me through this journey, it really is a rollercoaster!!<br />
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<b><br /></b>Jacinta Geraghtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987639873306643837noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788089949526050727.post-38376819063193571072012-11-01T16:36:00.001+00:002012-11-01T16:36:44.565+00:00Pics, pics and more pics!Hey everyone!<br />
Hope you're all doing good! Or at least better than I am at the minute! Still trying to get my pain under control, I've been to my GP several times and he keeps changing my medication to try and find something that will work for me but its looking like I will have to be admitted into hospital at some stage to try and get to the bottom of it because the painkillers they have me on should be working but they're not!<br />
Anywho, I thought I'd post a quick photo update of the last few months because you don't want to be listening to me whinging away now, do you??!!<br />
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So there's my quick catch up! I'm going to try my hardest to blog more often, if I end up in hospital I'll have plenty of time on my hands so watch this space!!<br /><br />Jacinta Geraghtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987639873306643837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788089949526050727.post-70778982325808214882012-09-25T10:38:00.003+01:002012-09-25T11:01:44.590+01:00My 100th post!!<div><p>I realise that I'm not your average blogger. I don't post all that often (almost 2 months since my last post in fact) but the truth is that i just don't have the time or energy for it any more!  In my last post I said that the doctors had told me that I could have psoriatic arthritis but in my visit last month they told me that i don't have arthritis but have fibromyalgia instead. Everyone keeps telling me that its a good thing that i don't have arthritis but it still doesn't make the pain any easier to manage or cope with. I've really felt like crap the last few months and even with all the tablets they've put me on I still seem to be in a lot of pain and not getting a lot of sleep. I'm actually going back to my GP this afternoon because I'm not due back to hospital until November and i just can't put up with being in constant pain for another 2 months. </p>
<p>The worst part is that I feel bad for complaining at all. I've been through a mastectomy, chemo and all the other crap that cancer throws at you and I've come out the other side. I'm alive, what right have I got to complain? I should just be happy to be here!  But the truth is that the pain I'm in now is worse than any pain I've had in the last two years and I am just sick of it! You are there telling doctors that you can hardly walk, push your son in his buggy or even manage to do a bit of housework and they look at you as if you're lying!  I can't peel potatoes or veg any more, I've dropped hot saucepans and burnt myself because I can't hold anything heavy any more, the list just goes on and on!  I know there are a lot of other people out there that have this horrible condition, I'm by no means the ony one with it, and live each day in constant agony.</p>
<p>Anyway, thank you to everyone for sticking with me through this mad life of mine and hopefully my 101st post will be a bit of a cheerier one! I know I haven't done anything makeup related in a long time but I haven't bought anything in ages and at the minute I'm not really bothered with it at all so I'm just filling in my eyebrows and putting on some mascara every day and that's about it!</p>
<p>PS. If any of you have fibromyalgia, or know somebody that does, I'd love to hear from you!</p>
</div>Jacinta Geraghtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987639873306643837noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788089949526050727.post-32895205945613604402012-07-31T14:40:00.001+01:002012-07-31T14:40:33.002+01:00Gold Medal Award! Another catch up post!<div style="text-align: justify;">
Seeing as the Olympics is happening at the minute, I thought I would award myself with a gold medal for the worlds worst blogger event!!! I know its been absolutely AGES since I posted and half of you probably think I'm dead or something but I'm still here and in one piece!!</div>
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My nipple reconstruction went really well and I've healed up quickly as I always have before but unfortunately my nipple has almost flattened completely and I was warned that this could happen so I was half expecting it really because anything that can go wrong usually does when it comes to me!! I'm due back up to hospital in a couple of days for my 6 week check up and if they ask if I want to try the operation again I don't think I'm going to bother. I've coped with one nipple for almost 2 years now and don't really see what difference its going to make, I really don't care either way to be honest!! There are more important things at the minute!</div>
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I attended the spondyloarthropathy clinic (bone and joint clinic, its a real word, I promise you!!) last week and went through all my aches and pains with the doctor. He examined all my joints and read through all the blood results and xray results that I had brought with me. He said that he thought it was Psoriatic Arthritis and called in one of his colleagues to get a second opinion. Of course, his colleague DIDN'T think it was Ps A, he thought it was something else and ordered more blood tests and xrays of my hands and feet. I was told to come back in a month and we'll take it from there! I'm really in limbo at the minute, the anti-inflammatories my GP gave me aren't doing much to kill the pain and its really gone painful walking anywhere! I'm walking on the outside of my feet as leaning on them hurts like hell and my back is absolutely in ribbons! My hands are gone really sore and even things like pushing the buggy are agony, peeling veg and stuff is horrible too! I know I shouldn't be complaining because I know that other people out there are going through much worse but its just so awful and I really feel like an old woman at the minute!! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael and Michelle on their wedding day!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cait, Michelle and me!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me and Michelle, we've known each other since we were about 8, she's standing on a chair here!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hair growth update! July 2012</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aaron getting his full yellow belt in Eagle Martial Arts from sensei Julie McHale</td></tr>
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Hey everyone, I hope you're all doing well and enjoying the lovely "summer" weather we're having!</p>
<p>I had my nipple reconstruction done almost 2 weeks ago now and i got the bandages off a week ago. I'm actually really impressed with the job that they done on it and i can't wait now until its all healed up and I can get it tattooed! I'm not going to be posting before and after photos or anything like that but its a welcome change after having a patch of skin where I used to have a nipple for the last 20 or so months! I was a bit sore for a few days afterwards even though my boob and armpit have been numb since my mastectomy so I had to take plenty of painkillers! The morning of my surgery (which was Friday 15th June) I got up at 4am and got the 5am bus to the hospital. G followed me up in the car when he'd gotten the kids off to school etc. I had brought a book so had plenty to keep me occupied while waiting to be called for surgery. One of my plastic surgeons team came around to chat to me and go through everything with me. She was marking me up when she spotted my "thumb print" scar (that happened when i was burnt during my mastectomy) and asked me if I'd like it made smaller while I was having the nipple done. Of course I said yes!I went down to theatre early enough and began worrying about what I always think is the worst past of surgery, getting the cannula in my hand. I HATE needles and i get so nervous when I start thinking about being stuck with one. I start sweating and my heart starts racing! A nice nurse gave me some numbing cream so that it wouldn't hurt as much to get the needle in. My last 2 surgeries I've been brought straight into the theatre to be put to sleep but this time I went into a little "anaesthetic room" to be knocked out. There was the nice nurse and a female anaesthetist who were really lovely to me and were chatting away to me to distract me while the male anaesthetist was slapping the hand off me trying to get a good vein! He finally got in it and they hooked me up to a drip but they had to wiggle it around to get a good flow (ugh!) and thankfully they didn't have to redo it!Then I was given some oxygen and next thing I knew I was in recovery! I think I was out for about 90 minutes or so. I was brought back to the ward and about 3pm I was given some toast and told I could go home. Isn't it funny how the toast you get after fasting just tastes like the nicest toast EVER??? G was up in the waiting room so we walked down to the car and headed home.</p>
<p>I've been complaining of pain in literally ALL of my joints for a long time now. Last summer I went to the doctor and was given a box of 100 painkillers. I only took a couple of them because I didn't want to end up addicted to them or something! While I was having my light treatment last summer, I told my dermatologist about the pain and he told me that he would refer me to a bone and joint specialist, its a spon something or other, I can't ever remember it, and i eventually got an appointment for the end of July this year. The last few weeks though the pain has been unbearable and i was really starting to worry that it was something bad so i went to my GP the day before my operation and he told me that I'd need blood tests and an Xray. I had Googled my symptoms (as we all do!) and came up with psoriatic arthritis, which is a form of arthritis that people with psoriasis get. The GP said the same thing so i had my blood tests done a few days after my surgery and went to the local health centre to have my xrays done. I had to sign the form to say you're not pregnant and it always annoys me when i have to go explaining that u haven't had a period in over 2 years because of chemo and hormone tablets. My hands were xrayed first and then my back. I had to lie on my newly formed nipple which was very uncomfortable but I didn't want to have to go telling the radiographer ANOTHER part of my life story so I laid there and said nothing!</p>
<p>2 days later the doctor rang me to say yes, I do have psoriatic arthritis. He said that he was waiting for some of my blood work to come back so I'd have to come down and see him in a week or so and we would have a chat about what to do next. I told him that I was due to see a specialist anyway so at least the timing there worked out well! He asked me if i had enough painkillers to keep me going til i came down to see him so I told him I had a box of them!I'm going back to see him in the morning so i'll let you all know how it goes! The pain is really awful, my hands, feet, knees, hips, shoulders and basically everywhere hurts like hell and now its starting to hurt when I try to make a fist too so it hurts to pick things up. Walking, and especially pushing Ryan in his buggy is agony. I keep telling G that I'm going to end up in a mobility scooter before long! Wouldn't you think I've been cursed enough for one lifetime already?  I got the phone call from my doctor while I was bussing it up to get my dressing off, of course that had to cause me hardship too! The bandage got stuck to a scab or something to I had to lie there while they let it soak and then the doctor came in and whipped it off!! Good job I can't feel anything there any more eh!?  On my way out I met the female doctor who had suggested making my scar smaller, its now half the size it was, and i thanked her for suggesting it! She got me to show her and agreed that it looks much better so THANK YOU for that!</p>
<p>If you've managed to read this far without falling asleep then congratulations! Myself and G are heading to a friends wedding on saturday so its the first wedding (apart from our own) that we've been to in about 5 years so it will be nice to catch up with some friends and neighbours for the day!</p>
<p>I was asked by the lovely Karen from Lovely Girlie Bits, who works in the hospital, to do a guest post on her ever so popular blog a while back so please feel free to check it out! Here's the link! http://www.lovelygirliebits.com/2012/06/guest-post-by-jacinta-full-moogoo.html</p>
<p>Once again, thank you to everyone who reads my blog, I really enjoy having a place to let off steam and get everything off my now 2 nippled chest! ;)</p>
</div>Jacinta Geraghtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987639873306643837noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788089949526050727.post-46165953061841951282012-06-12T16:01:00.000+01:002012-06-12T16:01:10.537+01:00Crappy few weeks!<div style="text-align: justify;">
Well, once again I've been a very bad blogger and not posted in a long time! I have been very busy though, Ryan ended up in hospital just over 3 weeks ago, he had a seizure in his bed and had to be taken by ambulance to Tallaght Hospital. Luckily I was in bed with him at the time and when his breathing went funny I started shouting for G. By the time I had ran downstairs to get some Nurofen for his high temperature his eyes had gone up in the back of his head and he was just in a daze which was so scary! I just phoned 999 and G took him into the bathroom to splash some cold water on him to try snap him out of it. He was in hospital for just over 3 days and while he was in hospital we were told that he had a bad chest infection, swollen glands and tonsilitis. They changed his asthma inhalers as they said the ones our GP had put him on were way too strong for him and he seems to be fine since getting home. We were up in the hospital yesterday for a scheduled appointment and he seen his own doctor (G told them the doctor he was attending when they went to a+e but nobody seemed to listen to him) who informed me that he had had pneumonia again (Ryan was in hospital with pneumonia when he was 10 months old, the day after my first chemo session) in the same lung. I was so shocked that I didn't really respond, pneumonia hadn't been mentioned to us when he was in hospital! He had another xray done yesterday and the doctor rang G today to tell him that there's still some signs of infection so they are going to send us out a prescription for a 2 week antibiotic and he has to go back up for a check up and xray in another 6 weeks time so its really worrying because I know pneumonia can be very dangerous! Hopefully everything will be ok, he's been in better form for the last 3 weeks than he has been for a LONG time!</div>
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As for Aaron, he's in good health as always, doing brilliantly in school and flying it at martial arts! He has his next grading in a months time and he has 1 tip on his belt already so he will have to work hard to get another 2 tips so he can go for his full yellow belt! He will be getting his summer holidays in just over 2 weeks time so with any luck we'll get to have a lie in here and there!</div>
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G is in great form, we celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary last weekend and we went out for dinner to The Loft restaurant in Arklow and had a delicious meal! It was nice to have a couple of hours to chat without 2 screaming mad men running around the place!</div>
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And me? Well I'm going in for my nipple reconstruction in 3 days time and I'm doing everything I can to distract myself because I'm as nervous as hell! I HATE getting knocked out, I don't know if its getting the needle in my hand or the thought of being put to sleep but I get really nervous and worked up so I'm just trying not to think about it! I had my ultrasound done last week and it wasn't the most pleasant of experiences! I had to be poked and prodded with a full bladder while doing my best trying not to think about weeing or even worse, wetting myself!! After 30 minutes I was so relieved to be able to go for a wee but the nurse then said she would have to do an internal ultrasound too so that took about 45 minutes and was just so uncomfortable! She said that the results would be sent out to my doctor so fingers and toes crossed that everything will be ok! I'm seeing a specialist next month about my joint pain which is gone really bad lately, I've taken more painkillers in the last week than I have in the last couple of years so I'm hoping there's a reasonable explanation for it all!</div>
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I have my driving test in 3 weeks time so I've been going out with my sis in law Lisa to practice (anyone who doesn't know me probably doesn't know that I've only just started learning to drive!) and she says I'm "flying it"! Her words, not mine! I don't really think I have a hope in hell of passing seeing as I've only driven about 10 times but sure, wouldn't it be a small miracle if I actually managed to pass it???? Time will tell!</div>
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So that's whats been going on here lately, that's not even mentioning all the baking I've been doing for cake sales, birthdays, christenings and confirmations! I am absolutely shattered lately, I just seem to be constantly on the go and I am WRECKED! </div>Jacinta Geraghtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987639873306643837noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788089949526050727.post-21905659523167894252012-05-10T20:53:00.001+01:002012-05-10T20:56:07.621+01:00Health Update May 2012<div><p>I've had 2 hospital visits in 2 days and have another one to look forward to next week so safe to say that I will have had my fill of buses for a while!  Anyway, yesterday I visited a gynaecologist named Gráinne Flannelly who I had been referred to by Ms Rothwell, who is my breast doctor/surgeon. Because I had been turned down by the genetics crowd in crumlin due to having no family history of cancer, Ms Rothwell had told me last year that she would refer me to a gynaecologist and get my womb and ovaries checked out. I filled the doctor in on my history and she was happy enough with everything, I have to go back and get an ultrasound done and then come back for results (if I'm told to come up 2 days after the ultrasound I will be worried but no point panicking over milk that hasn't yet spilt, am I right?)  a few weeks later.  My appointment was at 9.15am so i had to get the bus at 7am, which meant getting up at 6 but I was back home by 12 which wasn't too bad I suppose!</p>
<p>Then today I was back up again to see my oncologist. Well, I tell a lie there because MY oncologist has recently had a baby (Congrats Dr Walshe!) so I seen another oncologist but anyway, on with the story!  She was very happy with me, I explained how tired I feel all the time and she said that because of the "menopausal" effects of the tamoxifen as well as fatigue being a side effect, I was bound to be tired!  Factor in running around after 2 kids and its to be expected really! She also asked me if i had put on weight and of course I have, a stone or so in the last year which will not shift at ALL!!  She checked my boobs, said she was happy and to come back in 6 months!</p>
<p>Next Friday I'm back up <i>again </i>to see my plastic surgeon about the next stage of my reconstruction, which involves having my nipple reconstructed.  I'm actually starting to have doubts about having it done now, do I need to have 2 nipples?  I definitely want to get an implant in my good boob to match them up but going around with a permanently erect nipple kinda scares me!!  I suppose all I can do is talk to him next week and see what he says!</p>
<p>So that's it for now, I'll keep you updated on what happens next week! <br>
Thanks for reading!</p>
</div>Jacinta Geraghtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987639873306643837noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788089949526050727.post-84643035342345553592012-05-09T13:22:00.001+01:002012-05-09T13:26:36.988+01:00DIY Nail polish using loose eyeshadow!<div><p>A while back, I couldn't find the glitter polish that I had created in my head in any of the shops. They weren't the right colour or not glittery enough or whatever so i made my own using some clear polish and loose glitter and i was really happy with how they turned out! Yesterday as my dinner was steaming away and the boys were drawing at the table I decided to try and make some coloured ones using some loose eyeshadow! I have load of Collection 2000 and Barry M loose eyeshadows (more than i'll probably ever need!) so I thought I'd mix a few together and see how they turned out! I had 4 clear polishes so I went for a pink, a silver, a green and a purple. I'm delighted with them, they're fast drying and are soooo shimmery and sparkly that I just kept staring at my nails last night! I'm going to pick up a couple more clear ones today as i really fancy a black with silver glitter and maybe something else too!<br>
They're easy to make too. Just tap some loose shadow into a folded piece of paper and tilt it into your polish, then shake like Beyonce! I find the CATRICE topcoat works great as it has the little silver balls in it which make it easier to shake!<br>
And just a quick NOTD with my silver polish and OPI serving up sparkle on top!</p>
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<br/><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5D7xvU0YklPwDQ3v49ulAEENMLHyML0vx40s-1kb0gEUBQJ1UBhyJ4avDSWzolpyEXaTJX7cLYq0UFSVo2C7KmCbYZiXwT30lhzUfbT2nJT3TXOeDDZJeRzLNLgC-BBidAwt5YSGU2554/' /><br/><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3ODq2KhskxHpLGYzM96oZQboONxnzx6w5-wEwFE3BpJFNerUYkY36afQh_AmJJDsvepLX93V3WT1iUOgslEB-hxF2foje009w1GBSBgWYPvqDjeDJKoH3S-bUhHy03WhWuf32EZeSBV9/' /><br/><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxbZmaRNMmZijm10mB279mcR0hXdNAkbueuUzcTYJIWPbMZqvAWXMKaskUCLK-v8aIsuNx1-cHxfl2LPBl3O2o_eVLsCTd74oIcfy6XpTllI3w_HrQ4t7FmfIfRKW6aK2YFX737H7uHBR/' /></div>Jacinta Geraghtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987639873306643837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788089949526050727.post-52336241474302616192012-05-08T15:08:00.001+01:002012-05-08T15:21:05.562+01:00Ebay goodies!<div><p>I know I haven't been posting much lately but then again, I never really did so what's new there!! <br>
I've been buying some nail art stuff and baking supplies on EBay lately as they are so much cheaper than to buy here.  The first item that arrived on my doorstep this morning was this set of 15 nail art brushes which cost less than €3 and with free delivery! Here is the link http://www.ebay.ie/itm/300664264606?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 to the EBay page where I got mine!<br>
I'm planning on using some of these for nail art and some for cake decorating when I'm hand painting something, obviously I will keep them separate! ;) There is a good range of shapes and sizes so i may figure out which does what!</p>
<p>The second item I got this morning was a set of micro beads.  I know these are all the rage now so I wanted to pick up some cheapy ones to see what the fuss was all about! I'll use them in the next few days and try get a photo up! I actually snorted when i opened the pack, I really hadn't expected them to be THAT small, absolutely titchy!! <br>
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/160687437501?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 this is the link to the beads!</p>
<p>There was a dotting tool in the brush set so of course I had to test that out straight away, I'm gonna pick up a set of these soon cos they're Fab! Apologies for the cackness of my nails, they are in tatters lately!!</p>
<p>Anyway, short and sweet it is, I'm working on a couple more posts that I hope to get up soon!<br></p>
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<p>So, Aaron got over his chicken pox and is back to his usual noisy, can't sit still for a second self! Ryan woke up with them yesterday morning so hopefully he won't get too many of them because it will be a lot harder to stop him scratching than Aaron!  At least you could tell Aaron not to do it and he wouldnt! But try telling a 2 year old not to scratch something, best of luck with that one!  The weather has been miserable for what seems like forever and I'm just sick to the back teeth of it!  I've been out driving a couple of times but even if i wanted to drive at the minute I can't because G has a new job and needs the car for work so hopefully he'll pick up a cheap van for himself and i can get driving because I hate having to bring the kids out in this rain to go to school etc.</p>
<p>My big man Aaron earned his first belt in martial arts a couple of weeks ago, he's now a white yellow belt and is very proud of himself!  He's going to 3 classes a week now so he's taking it very seriously! I'm hoping he will keep it up, I'd love to have done that when i was younger! He even wants to be a martial arts teacher when he's older!</p>
<p>I've been very well behaved lately, I finally got to Gorey to visit the new Boots that opened late last year but all I bought was a 17 foundation and mascara!  One of the chemists down the street has started stocking NYC cosmetics so I picked up one of their foundations and a couple of nail polishes, its a very reasonable brand, the polishes were only €1.99 and the foundation was €3.49. A rival for my beloved CATRICE and Essence? Only time will tell!  I realised the other day how neglected my make up case is, I seem to only be using the things that are in the basket on top of it because mornings are always a 'rush to get out the door at 9am or we'll be late for school'  kinda scenario!  I'm going to make an effort to start using some more stuff from my case, I don't think my Mac palette has been touched in months thanks to my Inglot eyeshadow obsession!  I don't even wear eyeshadow now on weekdays, just bung on some foundation, fill in my eyebrows, throw on some eyeliner and mascara and I'm ready to run out the door!  I've been using my Real Techniques stippling brush to out my foundation on every day rather than the Inglot one, I just prefer the RT one as the bristles are shorter so you have more control over where its going etc.   I'm even thinking of purchasing a back up just in case anything ever happens to it!</p>
<p>We booked our first holiday in 10 years last week! We're going to Salou for a week in August, originally we were going to go as soon as Aaron got his holidays at the end of June but his martial arts grading is mid July so he can't be missing classes or he can't get his next belt!  I'm a bit nervous about entertaining Ryan on a plane for the 2.5 hours but our flight is at 9.30am so hopefully he'll just sleep most of the way!</p>
<p>I haven't been taking any photos lately, my hair is getting on my wick lately (I know I shouldn't complain because its better than no hair!) and i just want it to GROW, GROW, GROW already! I miss tying it up and just being able to do things with it! I know it will get there eventually but its very frustrating, all this WAITING!  My psoriasis is also acting up on me big time and that's really annoying me too!</p>
<p>I'LL try not to leave it so long next time and will try take a few photos!</p>
</div>Jacinta Geraghtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987639873306643837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788089949526050727.post-5697337763498387752012-04-03T13:24:00.001+01:002012-04-03T14:45:33.069+01:00Snow joke!<div><p>I'm really hoping that this forecasted snow is a late April Fools! I mean, the sun is shining and I'm actually WARM! How is it supposed to snow when people were going around in summer clothes just a few days ago? Typical Irish weather really I suppose! You really can have all 4 seasons in one day, or even an hour sometimes!</p>
<p>Anyway, I hope you are all well! We've got a very upset little boy -Aaron- in the house who woke up with the chicken pox and isn't able to go to his Easter GAA camp or Martial Arts! I'm hoping he doesn't get too many spots and I'm sure Ryan will have them sooner rather than later too! I'm itching like mad now too even though I've had the chicken pox when i was young. G isn't sure if he's had them or not so we may ask his Da!</p>
<p>I've been a very good girl lately and haven't bought much make up at all apart from a few Avon bits.  I've been flat out baking cakes and spent hours the other day making G a Man United jersey cake! I'm delighted with how it turned out and I know he was really impressed with it! I kept catching him in the kitchen admiring it!  Then our niece Hannah was 2 on Saturday and she's Curious George mad so i made her a giant cupcake with yellow buttercream and G spent 2 hours making George out of fondant. I made some bananas and a yellow hat (for the man in the yellow hat!). It looked lovely but I jusypt don't get the fascination with giant cupcakes, I found it hard to decorate and because I'd never made one before I was worried that it wasn't cooked properly or something! We brought it down to G's sister on Friday evening and she was delighted with it (so was Hannah!) But I just kept thinking that I wasn't happy with it so i got up early Saturday morning and made a fresh cream sponge and decorated it with butterflies and it just looked nice and I knew it was cooked properly! We brought it down Saturday afternoon and 5 slices later it was almost gone! I don't eat fresh cream but this was delicious!!  I'm decorating my fruit cakes later this week for Easter Sunday and then in 2 weeks time I'm making a christening cake for my cousins baby! I'm actually really nervous about doing it because people other than family will be eating it so I'm just hoping that it will look and taste nice!!</p>
<p>Aaron is now able to read everything and he's reading this out as I'm typing it and giggling away to himself! He's a funny little dude!</p>
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<p>I've been feeling really tired lately and I'm not sure what's causing it because I've had blood tests and stuff done and everything came back ok but its so frustrating! I bring Aaron to school and have to sit down for half an hour when i get home to have the energy to do anything! Hopefully I'll get back to normal at some stage although I don't really know what 'normal' is anymore!</p>
<p>My hubby aka G is 32 on Thursday so tomorrow I'm going to attempt to make him a Manchester United jersey cake! I made my brother in law an Angry Birds one last week for his 30th birthday and I was delighted with how it turned out! I bought myself a few new decorating bits and pieces on eBay, I'm still amazed that food colouring is cheaper to buy from America than here or the UK! </p>
<p>I'm nearly at the end of my 3 month eyeshadow buying ban and to be honest it hasn't been that bad, its made me make more use of what I already have! Plus I've been buying more nail varnish instead! ;)</p>
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First, I apply foundation to the back of my hand and apply it to my face using a stippling foundation brush (more on this brush at the bottom of the page!) using circular motions until your foundation is well blended in.<br />
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I've been using this Catrice Infinite Matt foundation lately and have just bought a 2nd bottle of it because I really like how it looks on my skin. Its the lightest shade (010 Light Beige) and at €6.99 a bottle its hard to beat!!<br />
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When my foundation is on I usually fill in my eyebrows using a dark brow matt eyeshadow and an angled brush. Between years of using creams for psoriasis and the chemo I had last year my eyebrows aren't very noticeable any more so I like to fill them in!<br />
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Next I put some Too Faced Shadow Insurance on my eyes to stop it creasing or disappearing from my eyes! I've been using this Collection 2000 Peep Show eyeshadow palette for the last couple of weeks, its really great and best of all it was FREE when you bought the mascara! The 4 colours are great for creating neutral looks! I applied the lightest colour to my eyelids and then added some of the brown on the bottom row to the outside of my eyes and blended it using my new Inglot blending brush. I sometimes add a little of the black colour to the crease to darken it up, I don't really do the barely there look!!!<br />
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Next I took my new Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner in the blackest of black shade 'Perversion' and applied it to my waterline and a small line on the top of my eyelid. Then I put on my Collection 2000 Peep Show Mascara.<br />
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Next step was blusher, I used a small amount of this Catrice one which I've been using every day since I bought it a few months ago!<br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">I bought some new brushes recently, I was up in Dublin last week so I picked up a couple of brushes in Inglot. Below is a photo of my new blending brush and stippling brush. The brushes are so soft and I really love using them! The foundation brush was €30 and the blending one was €18 (I'm nearly sure it was anyway!) and I used my 20% Meteor discount again so it was €38 altogether which is still much cheaper than Mac!!</span><br />
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I had originally been looking to pick up the newly released Real Techniques stippling brush (€16.59) but the Boots in the Jervis Centre was sold out. Thanks to the power of Facebook my aunt informed me that they had them in stock in my nearest Boots which is about 20 minutes away and luckily a friend was going there the following day and she kindly picked up one for me! This brush is really something else, its so soft that you just want to pet it (I kid you not! I actually spent about 5 minutes stroking the brush hairs after I got it!!) and I really like how your foundation comes out using it. The head of the brush is a lot smaller than the Inglot one and is stiffer so you really have a lot of control when you're using it! I'd seriously give this brush 10/10 and have been using it almost every day for the last week! At just over half the price of the Inglot brush this is well worth the money and I really really recommend you get one if you haven't already!<br />
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Just another photo comparing the 2 foundation brushes!<br />
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I know this is my longest post in a long time and I appreciate those of you who have stuck with me! Between hospital appointments and sick bambinos I just haven't had the time lately but hopefully I'll get back into the swing of it soon!<br />
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Once again, thanks for reading!<br />
<br />Jacinta Geraghtyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987639873306643837noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3788089949526050727.post-83410250363010844272012-02-13T11:44:00.001+00:002012-02-13T12:04:53.050+00:00Another catch up post!<div><p>I had my 2 week post-op checkup on friday and the plastic surgeon was very happy with how rounded my boob looks now so the next stage is to come back in 3 months time to discuss nipple reconstruction!  I know its gonna be a few months before its all done and matching up again but I'm looking forward to it!</p>
<p>I haven't been reading as many blogs lately and I know I haven't done any tutorials in forever but I'm hoping to get back to normal soon! Its almost a year now since I finished chemo but my energy levels are still zero!</p>
<p>Poor Ryan hasn't been well all week, he has a chest infection and his nose is like a tap! He's on the mend now though and after 6 nights of no sleep, we've all slept better the last couple of nights! Aaron had the dose on his 6th birthday the poor pet but thankfully he's ok now too!  However, I'm feeling like death warmed up at the minute and am starting to cough as well so I've started popping pills to try kill it off before it gets too cosy!!  It took me 6 weeks to shift the dose I had before christmas, my immune system must still be low!</p>
<p>I want to post about the new bits I've picked up but may wait til I'm on the laptop as I can't seem to upload photos on my tablet!I've gotten a couple of new brushes which I'm loving!   I got a couple of Inglot brushes and a Real Teachniques one!</p>
<p>I also want to post some photos of the birthday cakes I made for the boys! G is gonna be 32 next month and I'm going to make him a Man United jersey shaped cake so that should be fun! I'll have to pick up some more red food colouring on ebay and some edible man utd cupcake toppers to use as the crest on the cake! I'm sitting here trying to think of something nice to bake tomorrow for valentines day, I THINK I'm gonna do a sponge cake with baileys buttercream but that could all change, you never know with me!</p>
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