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ROCKHAMPTON HERE WE COME
well bugger bum Daryl had to take me to Townsville hosp today 3rd as i was still getting dizzy and still in pain from my fall. they said it is highly possible i could have a tiny hairline fracture but even if they xrayed treatment would be the same rest and painkillers. as my eyes were okay didn't feel it needed to have…
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Becoming normal
Hi all, Last time I was here was when I just had the lumpectomy Since then a lot has happened. 35 days of radiation later I had 4 rounds of chemo. Just after chemo finished I had one month to get everything together and move countries. I had been offered a nice position in Germany. Yes I had managed all that but now…
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An exciting change for me
Hi all, Just wanted to let you know about a change in my responsibilities here at BCNA. I'll now be looking after our resources (My Journey Kit, Hope & Hurdles, and My Care Kit) as well as looking after our Breast Care Nurses. So, as a result, you won't see me around quite so much in the online network. I'll still be here…
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A Cup-One no longer two.
I have decided to opt for a single mastectomy Wednesday 25th July 2012. I have always been an A-cup bra size- but from Wednesday I will just be "A cup". A single cup- no longer two. Although I was teased for being flat chested by family as a teen, now in my 40's my breasts have sagged a bit giving them some definition and…
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the weird & wacky
Was just reading lanilumps71 latest post, and alternately laughing and fuming about some of the more ridiculous recommendations supposedly well-meaning people have offered about how to deal with cancer. My personal favourites are (1) being told about a yoga devotee who (supposedly) meditated her tumour away -- the…
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So many of us
Hi to all my friends, its adean Im on the magic carpet ride now, been of to the oncoligist have my plan and now of to the radioligist next thursday. The more appointments I go to I get blown away by how may of us that there are its amazing how you just didnt acknowledge it before but now waiting in rooms and places you…
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ON HOLIDAY
Hi everyone sorry i haven't been on line we are having a well deserved break. we left home for Northern central QLD on 23rd july went to lightning ridge , didn't strike it rich , BUMMER. on 28th we went to walleroo and roma at Roma went shopping and at the supermarket there is a really high side step and muggins (me )…
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Speaking the Truth
On the 20th of June this year I underwent my routine mammogram at BSV, albeit 2 or 3 months after I was actually due. As I was about to leave I could see my *pictures* & immediately asked the ? technician what is that white mark & which breast is it? She stated that she was not qualified to read the films, but I shouldn't…
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Pink Clothes Hangers
Hi all, I had a mastectomy 2 months ago and was fitted for my prosthesis at a lovely shop in Mornington (Michelle-Ann). The service was wonderful. But being a girl I have checked out a few other shops too however it becomes a little frustrating when you have to ask where things are, particulalrly bathers. Last week I was…
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Morry
Hi Ladies I have just been to my Oncologist and next month he would like me to consider going onto XGEVA(denosumab). For the last year I have been having Zometa and been coping rather well. He feels there has been great success with this drug. I would love to hear from someone who is taking Xgeva. I sometimes work on the…
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new here!
just trying to say hello and see how this works?
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Event: NBCF Research Roadshow 'Fear of cancer recurrence'
The National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) are extending an invitation to those interested in hearing the results of a study on ‘fear of cancer recurrence’. This session will be held on Tuesday, 24th July at at Sydney University. * Select this link for more information or to register.
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I feel guilty being happy
WE HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME thats what the surgeon said about my scans it doenst appear to be anywhere else. I let out a sound like a wounded dog and my husband still believes it was the F word. BUT I felt a sense of GUILT to all my new friends that dont get good news, my new friend was waiting with her husband my…
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New to site.
My heart is thumping and I my mind races at a million miles a second and then comes to a screeching halt where there's no thoughts at all. Then I remember and it starts all over again. My journey began at 2.00 this afternoon. OMG! I wanted to run out of the room. I've never written on a blog before and don't know why I'm…
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lost my mind
Hallo all you gorgeous ladies , went of and had all the scans and what not today and enough water to drink till next week, I mean how many times can you actualyy pee in a day. After all was done I stopped at the shops with my 23 year old who supported me all day and bought myself a 40 dollar box of chocolates just for me,…