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Happy Birthday wishes to @cranky_granny for 30 March
To dear @cranky_granny Wishing you a wonderful birthday for today, filled with family, friends and lots of love and laughter Best wishes <3
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Happy birthday to @MattyBoy
Happy birthday wishes to @MattyBoy I hope that you have a great day Best wishes
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Happy Birthday to @Shamrock81
Happy Birthday wishes to @Shamrock81 I hope that you had a wonderful day <3
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Happy birthday to you dear @Isaidso for 30 March
To dear @Isaidso Wishing you a very happy birthday for today I hope that you have a great day :)
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Wishing you a very happy birthday @"Bon Bon"
Happy birthday to @Bon Bon
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chemo about to start docetaxel and cyclophosphamide
Hi ladies, Ive just been told I will be starting chemo in the next week or two. I am so nervous about the side effects and hoping the treatment works well. I have 2 small tumours approx 9mm each in close proximity to each other. the doctors tossed up if neoadjuvent chemo would be best or lumpectomy would be best and the…
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Help from anyone who uses a pump-up prosthesis, please
Having used and liked one brand of prosthesis for many years I am finding them hard to locate due to minimal retailers. I am due for one after 3 years and I am looking at replacing it with the other brand and read about the pump-up ones. Has anyone used one ? If so, are they as good as they are made out to be ? Are they…
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McGrath Nurses
i am so angry and sad regarding women that have had surgery and have no one after wards to help them, after my surgery I had a pamphlet that had a McGrath nurse I could contact which i have and they have been a gods send to me. I have been told it is different for private and public if your public you are on your own which…
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Have a Merry Xmas and all the best for 2022 .....
Hi guys Many thanks to all of you, for 'being there' for me & everyone else on the forum during the year - it has been a tough year for many of us, for so many different reasons. We have a wonderful community of people here, who are happy to help others in their time of need. Let's keep that generosity of spirit going over…
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The things that people say....
"I know just how you feel. My friend has been through that". "You're lucky. Cancer will probably make you lose weight". "Oh. Breast cancer? My mother inlaw died of that". "I wish I had the chance of seeing how my hair looks when it's short like you do". "If you need help, call me anytime. Just not on Tuesdays, Thursdays or…
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Dating and meeting new people
I’ve just started dating after my divorce, I was diagnosed just after separation. So no potential suitor has seen the new me in the flesh (although every person in the hospital lol). I’m a little nervous! Any advice? At what point do you tell someone about your diagnosis?
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Advice for aching wrists, joints
Hi 👋 I have been on Tamoxofin for just over a month and I’ve started experiencing really sore wrists to start and now pretty much all joints. It’s worse when I do body weight workouts, I feel like it’s all over and even lying on my side during exercise, it’s like a “bruised” feeling. I know it’s early days and an expected…
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Implant mobility
Nearly 3 months ago I had a mastectomy and reconstruction with implant at the same time. Things were going well but the implant is now a bit mobile… waiting to speak to my surgeon but wondering if anyone else out there may have experienced this?? Cheers ellen
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Woohoo! We have a HUG emoji
Thank you so much @Kate_BCNA for getting our ‘hug’ emoji up and running! I think that everyone will find this a terrific addition to our post responses .... when you really ‘feel’ for the person posting, but may not have anything to add in writing to the conversation! The Mods weren’t able to add it as an ‘extra emoji’, so…
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Long time between drinks!
Hi All! It's been a while....Lots of changes....both mentally and physically....a long time between drinks, so to speak. I have spent this morning going through my old posts here and all I can say is WOW! It's been 5 years since diagnosis and I am still dealing with the aftermath this bitch left me with. This forum was a…