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Scanxiety
Definitions. scanxiety rate. the tension which builds particulary amongst those who have or have had cancer as they move towards their regular check up scan, hyperscanxiety being the period as they await results I am sensible and know better than to get wound up by it, but hey every time the date is pending, this Friday,…
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So Tired
Hello Girls, I hope you all have a great Easter & ate way too much chocolate. :) We had friends arriving on Good Friday from Canberra so I was madly cleaning the guest room & bathroom in readiness, they arrived & we all went off to see RockWiz at Hamer Hall, a lovely time was had by all. Our guests went home Saturday lunch…
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Almost finished treatment
Hi all Its been a while since I have posted but I have 5 rads left until I finish my treatment. I'm hoping to start work in about two weeks only on a casual basis. Basically just looking for tips on how adjusting to life as a new normal or again? I have continued to exercise through rads so not really having much fatigue…
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I am enough
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Feeling lonely
I get that people don't know what to do or say. I know they probably feel like they have to give us space to deal with what's going on and I knew some people's reaction would be to pull away. But I'm still surprised at the lack of connection. Do we really live in a world where it is ok to just text your own family about…
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I just got a sex change....woot woot!!!
Had my pre surgery appointment with my surgeon today at a major teaching hospital here in Sydney. I had decided to ditch my turban or knitted beanie and go au naturel...bald and bold...so to speak. After said appointment I needed the loo, and was washing my hands after doing the deed. A woman pushed the door open, spotted…
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What a journey
What a journey the last 5 years of my life have been 5 years this June my mum was diagnosed with cervical cancer at 68 she had a 8 cm tumour but after testing had not spread anywhere else she had chemo and rads including brac radiation she is doing great now.. 2 years ago my sister who is 18 months older than me was…
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Moments in our lifes
https//www.facebook.com/PurpleFlowerSwati/videos/1626860677329280/ I thought this was beautiful
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Keep smiling
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Hair loss and regrowth
Hello all, just thought it might be interesting for people to see what happens in a year from hair falling out, to end of active treatment. I had 4 x AC, 12 x Taxol, then 25 x readiotherapy, Finishing in October 2017. The hairless photo was March 2016, the curly one was March 2017 (last week). I had straight hair with…
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Trivia, how do you take your pills?
Probably a bit sad I know but pill taking is still kind of new to me since before I had breast cancer I thought you had to chew panadols, not swallow them whole. Now I take my Tamoxifen, half of a tiny 100mg aspro, two vitamin C tablets, a pro magnesium pill, and a vitamin D3 pill. I like to make a contest of it and see if…
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Going it alone
How do you do this on your own? In my second round of A/C chemo. Don't know what to do.
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Advice to make it through an event
So my son's graduation is tomorrow :) I am almost a week past my first chemo and suffering from diarrhoea and fatigue. I am following instructions to try to manage it all but I am worried that I won't be enough to get there for him. His was a tough road and that he persisted and is now a teacher is so special. I don't want…
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Angry or not??
What do you do if you feel really angry with someone but at the same time, in the back of your head, you heard... stop it you are just being a bitch???
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Completely Rubbish.
As I sit here literally sobbing into my gluten free pasta with butter I wonder how it all came to this. It's like all my efforts to keep going for the last ten years were a complete waste of time. Trying to keep fit, keep on top of my job, rebuild my house, raise a decent human being--it all comes down to gut aches and…