I think we can all relate to this girls story https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/surviving-breast-cancer_us_5bce13e8e4b0a8f17eef3512?fbclid=IwAR2qTrKUOW57clE5yueJCsKykyPLroM9TniEoSF3LI6pvcNrFeNc8Q9XEBw
Just by coincidence as it’s not something I dwell on, but last night whilst looking for something else I came across my diary that I kept when first diagnosed. Today is exactly nine years since my first diagnosis of Triple Negative Breast cancer. It was such a scary time. Yes, I did go on and have a little hiccup…
Today my gorgeous work celebrated my 6 years breast cancer free. All meds stopped on friday.yippee although l still have blood cancer its one less problem to worry about
LIfe is good at the moment. It has been 2 and a half years since my diagnosis. Surgery, chemo, radiation and Herceptin are a just a memory. I am over my latest bout of fatigue thanks to taking Vit B and magnesium. Hot flushes at their peak again, but I now just think of them as BAU - business as usual. Work is great. I am…
Hi All, So I have been reading a few posts where people seem to be in a bit of a slump so here’s a happy story. I finished all treatment (double mastectomy, axillary node clearance, 6mths chemo and 6weeks radiation plus herceptin) so have been on this shit roller coaster for 17 months now. I had my last herceptin on…
Dear fellow travellers I’m currently in Ullapool, Scotland and had a very poignant and touching exchange with another woman at a local market. I bought a knitted headband from her. As I took off my hat and put on the headband we both realised that our hair was similarly sparse and immediately knew why. She came out from…
Hi all, Please see post below by Saskia Lichtenstern, a breast cancer survivor from London who has asked us to help her reach out to women about a book she is putting together written by thousands of breast cancer survivors for women stepping into their footsteps. Saskia explains: This book isn’t about being diagnosed with…
We often talk on this network about creating and adjusting to a 'New Normal'. Nearly every day I walk up to the top of a hill near my house and always walk around and admire this Iron Bark gumtree at the top. It was blown over in a wind storm more than 15 years ago. There are enough roots in the ground that it has kept on…
Hello Lovely Ladies, Well today was the day I went back to the specialist after the first year of this (no I am not gonna use the word) epic STAGE of my life lol. He doesn't want to see me again till next year after my yearly Mammogram. Which I am sooooo happy about. Sooooo why have I just been outside with tears falling…
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