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Preparation
I was diagnosed last Friday and it has been a rush of appointments, tests etc. I think I am in shock and just going through the process but the reality is that I will start chemo next week. I have been reading the advice in the paperwork I have. There is only me but I am well supported by friends. Are there some day to day…
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Many Happies, Brenda5!!!
Many Happies, @Brenda5 - I hope you are being treated royally well & taken out for a lovely dinner!! I hope you got into some fish & got some 'fishy pressies'! They should know your passions by now!! ;) I head to Darwin next week & hope to catch a barra on your behalf ...... don't hold your breath tho! LOL It will be fun…
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Groups Pop into groups reminder
hi Community please drop into any groups you belong to and see if you can help new members to answer their questions and give reassurance etc... http://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/group/1-choosing-breast-reconstruction http://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/group/3-christians-diagnosed-with-breast-cancer…
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All the Melbourne ladies & visitors .........'Party time " ??
Well after the chat about catching up at a "virtual party" I thought we may actually organize a real catch up !! Please let me know your thoughts as I'm more than happy to organize a get together. As I'm in Melbourne that's where it will be ,but would love to meet anyone else if they are visiting . Happy to catch up any…
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Ladies in Singapore?
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed just this past Thursday. I am Australian, working in Amsterdam but in Singapore with some family challenges when I found a lump. I had a biopsy on the lump on the left and mammotome biopsy on calcifications on the right. The lump is stage 1 invasive dictate carcinoma, right side thankfully ok.…
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Lumps
Ah, the joy of little lumps! The one removed last week turns out be a seborrheic keratosis. Important words are benign and harmless. I am getting a collection, two neurofibromas (one removed along with my breast just in case it was a skin cancer) and a schwannoma, still in situ as it’s as harmless as the rest but no-one…
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Hormone therapy, is it worth it webcast
@kmakm Way to go , Kate! You were awesome! And thanks for having my drug holiday question featured too. I am doing a diary for it but had not contemplated continuing it after resuming the drug but now i shall, good idea. There was so much info that i will have to watch it again if i can figure out how to do it!…
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Stuck at home viewing
Well cold , wet and windy here .Just discovered the free SBS on Demand site which enables viewing of series , films ( around 500 including some newish releases) and documentaries.Handy as midday viewing not great.Might be useful for some undergoing active treatment also.It needs to be downloaded to your computer/tablet and…
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Painful/stiff hands and feet post chemo
Hi...I finished chemo 9 weeks ago now but still have very painful hands and feet. I noticed it after approximately 6 taxol, however i went on to complete all 12. I don't think its peripheral neuropathy as there's no numbess, it feels more like arthritis? I struggle to open things and its painful to walk. My oncologist says…
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My Otis Retreat
Hubby and I arrived back from Thredbo on Sunday - after 9 days away - including 5 days in Creekside, the Otis Foundation retreat in Thredbo. We stayed in Sydney for the first night with my brother & SIL, then down the coast to Batemans Bay with another friend ....who has just taken delivery of a gorgeous miniature…
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Cool bandanas and other headwear
Hi there everyone. I have a shopping bag full of scarves and cool bandanas if anyone would like them. They started with me three years ago this month and then went to Newcastle for Christine then to vic with @Salpal then back to NSW with @Kellee who kindly posted them back to me with a gorgeous card and key ring Each one…
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Seroma fluid build up
Afternoon everyone, I’m having problems with build up of fluid and am wondering how long it takes to,go away. My op was 8 weeks ago but five weeks in my seroma burst thru my incision and I ended up having day surgery to clean out and restitch it together again. I massage my breast every day seems to make no difference. Any…
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Bon Voyage
Our Kate, @kmakm and our Jo, @JJ70 are off on holiday to India on Friday. Let's wish them a Bon Voyage, a well deserved holiday and a fantastic time. Thankyou Kate and Jo for all your support and for just being there for us. Have a great time. Annie
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#firstworldbreastcancerproblems
The Letrozole joint pain in my thumb makes it really hard to hold my gin and tonic glass... B)
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No evidence of disease (NED) for 3.5 years.
2nd May 2019 was out patients appointment to physically check for no breast cancer. I wasn’t really worried about it until I got to the waiting room when I suddenly got diarrhea and had to go to the loo. After that I got really nauseous and dizzy. It all got too much for me and I closed my eyes for most of the waiting and…