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Healthy Mind & Feeling Good But Why?
I've been told all mixed news this week and await further tests. I don't want to find out. Only had a couple of negative biopsies yet I've never felt fitter. I'm strong, Ride my horse nearly every second day, go to work then home to grown family & husband. They are great. But as I sit up late because I can't sleep as to be…
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Welcome aboard a really supportive forum
hi @Pinkisthenewblack Welcome to the online forum I am sorry you have need to join us but please know we are a supportive bunch of people who are happy to answer questions and let you vent in a safe environment and give you reliable information and point you in the direction of more information if you need it. Just click…
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Income protection/tpd cover
hi all christmans 2016 went on holidays from work , (work in disability which is very emotionally and physically demanding) only to be dx with bc. Feel ripped off have exhausted all sick pay and holiday pay (was a holiday from hell) after having a mastecemony , axillary clearance , zoladex 2nd cycle and now at radiationion…
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Port slipped/flipped - aching and painful
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Worried.
hi all, I haven't posted in a while so I thought I would give use all an update. i finally got a appointment with a breast specialist this Friday so that is good news, I am a little worried and scared about what she will say, I have notice for the past few months as well that the area my lymoth nodes are ( near my armpit)…
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More details of trial .It will run for a year Help!!!!!!!
Feeling devastated today and I received details of trial. One year.... six months weekly then monthly for six months. I will have to travel to Peter Mac Parkville. All drugs have side effects this one not too bad. My husband is over it wants a break for me. As I am triple negative I cant take any drugs. So what am I…
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Adelaide surgeons?
Annabelle asked on the activity wall.... Can someone help her ? Can anyone in Adelaide recommend a good surgeon?
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Has anyone been on a trial ?
I have been offered to go on a trial for a new drug. I will be going tomorrow. Part of me is saying hey this is good finding more cures for cancer. The other part of me is saying noooo no more blood tests checks mirs etc. I try to pretend cancer never happened to me. Well guess what it did. I feel if I can help anyone and…
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5 years and discharged
Hi all yesterday l was officialy discharged from peter mac boxhill radioligy. Never to return hopefuly. It will be 5 years in june cannot believe it. My radioligist shook my hand and said she loves it when she gets to walk you out and thats what she did. I still have my other drs to see l felt very strange and a little…
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Thanks for the Mammaries.
Well here I am on the final countdown to my double mastectomy. Six more sleeps and the girls are gone. My first remembered awareness of my boobs changing, was me being a bridesmaid for an older cousin. I was 13 and my other cousin (the other bridesmaid) was a year older. We were both wearing A line dresses and I was a size…
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Sharing Photo-Shoot Warning: Contains nude images. Not suitable for work or little ones.
These are some of the photos I did with an amazing photographer who helped me to express some of the raw emotions attached to the diagnosis and to capture the ravages to my body from treatment.Please view with this in mind. I also worked with a lady who painted my face to capture two different views. Yes, my tattoos are…
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Second Opinion Tomorrow
I didn't think to even get a second opinion until speaking to one of my friends recently. I had Invasive Ductal Carcinoma. Oestrogen and progesterone positive. Had a lumpectomy and then an auxiliary Clearance. 1 lymph node was involved. I had a horrible time with chemo and ended up in hospital after most treatments.…
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Wanting to Share
Hi Everyone, I recently had a photo-shoot to celebrate my breasts prior to surgery. I wanted to capture the raw emotions I felt from the diagnosis, and the effects of treatment. I was lucky to work with a wonderful photographer who "got inside my head" and achieved what I was looking for. I would be happy to share some of…
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Hair Loss when to Shave
Hi ladies Reading a lot today and trying to see when to do the shave the head
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18/4. Libbyb's Birthday Today
Sending a huge Happy Birthday Wish to the lovely @LibbyB. Wishing you happiness, joy, fun, excitement, love, laughter and lot of yummy cake. All the best lovely. Xx Cath P.s. sorry it's so late in the evening. Xx