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Frustration with the Breast Clinic at Westmead
Waiting times for clinic appointments vary between 5 hours and 3 hours. Today 2 hours with a sign saying we are short of Drs, we are 1/1/2 hours behind.After 2 hours I left, the same last week. The public health system is in crisis, yes, however if they know they are going to be short staffed, how about triaging or…
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Favourite quotes
Hi everyone, i was wondering if anyone would like to share a quote they have appreciated while going through cancer. This is one of my favourites:
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Gifts for Women with Cancer
Good evening ladies...and hope this is allowed...a few months ago I posted on here asking for your opinion on a business name for gifts for women with cancer...well I’m approx 8 weeks from launching The FOC Box (The F#ck Off Cancer Box) a % of each box sold will be donated to cancer research and BCNA. Anyone here on…
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Last Chemo
Yah had my very last chemo on 6-12-17 so excited .now i start my Radiotherapy on 27th December any tips would be helpful if any thank you
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Who’s getting their festive on with me ....
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Herceptin and pain in the legs, especially at night.
Hi, I finished my chemo last Monday (3 rounds of FEC and 3 of Docetaxol 3 weeks apart) and my Herceptin injections were started with the Docetaxol, so I am now awaiting my 4th sub cut injection (I need 17 all up and they are 3 weeks apart too). With chemo 5 I took panadol, 2 tabs 4x a day for pain relief mostly for scar…
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Last Herceptin
I have my last Herceptin today. I have been having it as a sub cut since last December but Medicare told Oncologist I don't qualify for any more unless I pay for it ($3000). The oncologist said medicare said they would consent to one more but has to be given as an IV infusion and they will only give partial dose. I don't…
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Side Effects of Radiotherapy - What to expect
So, I've had 19 treatments with 6 more to go for breast cancer. I had a lumpectomy so my breast is still mostly intact. So far apart from being tired my skin has held up well with regular application of Sorbolene and a couple of days of of Elocon for itchiness. In your experience out there in breast cancer land is this as…
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Link for understanding pathology
Hi, Is someone please able to share the link for the page on understanding a path report. After asking my breast surgeon multiple times for a copy during active treatment without success, my survivorship nurse finally came through with a copy. Seems fairly irrelevant now that I'm out the other side, but I would still like…
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OK. I think I'm going to do it.
In the past few months I've had quite a few of you suggest I should write about having breast cancer. Thanks to those who've both posted and PM'd me with words of encouragement. That's the niceties out of the way. "Oh, just take your posts out and put them in a book.' Right. I had some idea I was a loud mouth but I've…
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CHEMO TIP
Went thru chemo five years ago after a mastectomy. While in chairs the chemo nurses advised me that they administer steroids to help with the nausea. And that you would come down of the steroids two to three days later. Did not like that feeling. Nurses said to ask the oncologist to take out the steroids. They advised that…
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MBCF
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Hi
I haven't been on for awhile, it's been 16 months since bc don't know where the time has gone. i think I have turned a corner with the emotions been good for a while, still having laser and don't seem to have as much pain as I did. Hope you are all doing well one way or another and that you give a fantastic xmas and 2018…
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Mens Breast Csncer Forum
This is our next centure into community desk in shopping centres starting next year. Just as an awarenes program.
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Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Hi all, Just seeking information about what type of chemo I will receive for a triple negative ductal carcinoma insitu with NO lymph node involvement ( second mastectomy 10 days ago). 26 months ago I had first mastectomy for Oestrogen 90% positive and progesterone 90% positive breast cancer and received 4 rounds of TC…