Had my surgery Wed 27/07/16 to remove Leftie-lou and with it - cancer. I've cried many tears - tears for the pain, tears for the 'why me?', tears of self pity, tears for my now missing Leftie-lou, tears for the 'what will people think of me now' thoughts. And I still cry those tears, although not as often and not for as…
Had my last chemo round today. What a relief that I will no longer have those chemicals put into my body. I've got a 'get out of cancer treatment' for a month card. Next round of surgery on the 12/08, can't wait, NOT!, but it won't be an invasive as the first surgery I had in April, no lymph nodes being removed this time,…
The beautiful woman that gives my my oncology massage recommended this Catalyst program to me yesterday. I'm sharing it here because I think it's one of the most significant pieces of research I've seen. Short version: * Exercising during chemotherapy can enhance treatment and prevent muscle loss * Exercise has proven…
Hello everyone, welcome to the Friday update! Community Highlights We have 29 new members. Please give a warm welcome to Kate13, MayaV, dtrif5, Effi and all our new members. This week we had 79 posts and 436 comments. Here are a few posts you may have missed - * Big red * Let me yell it loud and clear .....chemo is done! *…
Hi all, Have popped on here a couple of times and have finally gotten around to signing up so I can post. I was diagnosed on April Fools day 2016 with stage 3 breast cancer. I've had 2 rounds of FEC with another 2 to go and then I'm onto D for 4 rounds. Then it's a bilateral mastectomy and then radiation, so an interesting…
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