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Swelling in the reconstructed breast
Hi all, this is my first post. September 2017 I was diagnosed with 6cm tumour with node involvement - not visible on ultrasound or mammogram. May 2018 I had a skin sparing mastectomy ‘L’ breast with a spacer. In July 2018 I had the reconstruction done. Since then I have been just getting on with life. This included taking…
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What a fortnight!
17 Aug sat. Closed down business. Started cleaning up the mess 18 Aug sun. Cleaned up business. Had job interview 19 Aug mon. Had another job interview. Did more sorting and cleaning 20 Aug Tues. offered job. More cleaning and sorting. We have so much stock left. Had heart echo 21 Aug. Wed. More cleaning and sorting 22…
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GERMS IN THE REAL WORLD
Hi all I’m one month into 5 of chemo. I’m pretty paranoid about going out in public due to picking up a virus or something yucky from someone, and if I do I hold a scarf over my mouth!! Am I being over cautious? How do you approach this? I don’t want to be a recluse for 5 months. And I want to enjoy every moment too. Is…
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Chemo and Exercise
Well, Chemo 3 is happening on Monday and so far so good. I am getting used to being at about 70% pace. Have just read a great book by Alison Porter: Stronger than Before and am putting some changes in place for my life over the next cycle including exercise - well walking. Now, does anyone have any advice? I know I could…
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Come and try dragonboating
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Chilling out at an Otis
In for a weekend of R &R at an Otis Foundation property in SA. Unfortunately, too windy for the SUP but will make the best of it 😊
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Feeling frustrated
One week tomorrow since I finished radiation treatment. I was told it would peak this week and they wore not wrong. It has been a very trying time. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were the worst and now the tiredness has kicked in. Feeling very low today. I am over being sore and uncomfortable but it is the tiredness that…
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Possible help for toe pain
fortstudy.com.au has a free trial thingy for people with osteoarthritis pain in their big toe. Not sure if they will take people who are on als but it may be worth a try.
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stomach always upset
Hi, I was recently diagosed with a triple neg stage 3 cancer. Successfully removed with clear margins, but pathology showed, particularly aggressive. Just had first 2 chemo treatments of doxyrubicin/cyclophosphamide, having 4 fortnightly sessions, followed by 12 weekly sessions of paclitaxel. Then 3 months of radiation…
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Diet changes for tnbc
Evening! I have been doing some research into changes in diet to help keep tnbc at bay, but would love to know what you guys have implemented. I know karma/fate may ultimately have other ideas but I am in a good head space and want to kick this f***** to touch if I can and get a lot healthier. Thanks to taxol and steroids…
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Swollen parotid gland after chemo for bc
Hi, this is my first time starting a discussion here, I have done a search and can’t find any relevant info so thought I’d ask you wonderful people. I was diagnosed last month with bc and have had 2 rounds of chemo so far. Both times I have developed a swollen parotid/salivary gland 2-3 days post chemo just on one side and…
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My marriage needs counselling
I'm 2 years NED. I'm one of "the lucky ones" whereby I feel absolutely fantastic physically despite my medications which consist of Femara and monthly Zoladex injections. However, mentally, I fell down hard with possible depression, anxiety and ptsd. I sought professional help early in "my journey", but fired my…
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Massage
I know that in general, massage is okay. However...every year at work we get a week of being spoiled which includes a 15 minute massage. I missed it last year as I was on sick leave but it turns out that it is happening on Monday and it goes against the grain to give up a massage. However, I don't want to cause any undue…
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Energy surges
Have had a couple of interesting days. Yes, unlike most of you I am only in the first cycle, just about to head into week 3. My energy surged back yesterday (morning) and then again this morning. Got heaps done throwing out clothing I will never wear again and tidying up, etc. etc. but then after some advice from a friend,…
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Pawpaw sap
My brother was telling me about herbal medicine of pawpaw sap so I googled it and found this. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890309/ Its not easy to find pawpaw around here lately because of the drought. We used to have them coming up wild in the garden but not any more. Does anyone have a herbal capsule…