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Encore - free hydrotherapy for breast cancer
Just a reminder .The YWCA in most states ( not Vic atm but I gather is being looked at seriously ) runs a free 8 week x 2 hour hydrotherapy course in both metropolitan and regional areas. The next courses will be starting soon usually October . In addition to hydrotherapy there are talks on the Otis foundation ( free…
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Emotions
Hi all Since chemo has begun, i feel life is different. Im anxious alot fearing what is going to happen next. I havent been going out and just feeling blah. Today whilst feeling like that a friend turned up. I cried on her shoulder and she gave me a canvas with never give up on it. I felt much better and she is going to…
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Tara’s Story – Finding the good in the bad
This young lady shared in the TNBC group on facebook that I help admin this video it is powerful so I asked her permission to share it here. https://iconcancercentre.com.au/taras-story/
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Parabens and Phthalates
I'm not sure who posted about moisturisers containing parabens the other day, and can't find it now, but there was an interview on breakfast radio the other day about it. I think the interviewee was from SAHMRI (but didn't really catch it properly) and she was talking about chemicals in cosmetics that are known endocrine…
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I Can't Blame the Lack of Sunshine...
It's been a beautiful day - Spring in the middle of Winter - but it might as well be overcast and dark. It takes so little to cloud over any positive feelings I have. I finally got myself to the phone this morning to make the appointments to get me to a psychologist as I need to have a health care plan done. I'm pretty…
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WHO ELSE CAN'T SLEEP? - MARK #2 Indignation at Closure of Original Thread
Imagine: Here I am at 3 am, unable to sleep and happy to be able to get onto my favourite thread and chat with some of my favourite people, like @kmakm @Kiwi Angel @finch @eastmum @SoldierCrab @Kattykit @tigerbeth @kezmusc. connecting me across this country with a common side-effect of this 'Shitfest Spectacular'…
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Grammar
Morning - As some of you may know from my last post, I have put myself on a break from the forum as I take stock of where I am at and be in the background for my baby sister who has just been diagnosed with cervical cancer. However, over the weekend I did some selective reading and found a couple of threads that were…
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Today's lesson
On an earlier post someone on here upset me and I reacted - not a good look! The comment was around grape juice and I don't drink - has nothing to do with religion or anything else for that matter. Personal choice and I am always the nominated driver when we go out and about with others. We have a friend who's wife was an…
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Thank you for your support
I just posted a question about hair colour and it got me thinking about all of the people I've met on this site since December. I know that I've still got a lot of "new experiences" to come but looking back on the last 8 months of diagnosis, surgery and chemo, I couldn't have done it, and stayed relatively sane, without…
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Left and Right
I'm sitting in the waiting room ready for my exercise class and I've just seen a notice about a study for BC survivors and recognition of left and right sides of the body. That has got me thinking of course - is this something people do suffer from (apart from normal left/ right confusion)?
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Thanks BEACON
I'm into my seventh year since diagnosis of HER2+stage 4 in left breast. Dec.2011 I had a masectomy and since then have been on Herceptin and Arimidex. Last week I had a biopsy near the scar and results show that there has been a recurrence, small and very slow growing, in the original location. I will commence radiation…
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Faith on Fridays,....for those that believe in God and want some encouragment
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Hair Colour
So, I'm thinking 5 steps ahead as usual. Now that chemo is over, I'm looking more closely at my hair. At the moment, I've got some grey and brown regrowth on the sides and some longer, sparse sections along the top that are white (and I don't think ever fell out). I know there's not much point doing anything at present…
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I was responding to Lmc1310.. all good don't cry, it will make me cry
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My tips after having 12 months of treatments !
May I offer a few little tips, a few things that I did while having two surgeries, 16 rounds of chemo, 30 rounds of radiology. Magnesium & bark, turmeric, hair/nails/skin, probiotic ... all purchased from my local health food store. My hair fell out everywhere..head, eyelashes, eyebrows, pubes ! , all my nails split really…