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One year after surgery ...... and all good!
Last week I had a mammogram and ultrasound, and yesterday I saw my surgeon one year after my lumpectomy. At this stage all good! I am very happy. Continue to take Anastrazole tablets, luckily with no side-effects for me. Love and best wishes to all BC sisters and brothers.
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YES Org is having a sale - help with atrophy and dryness
Just wanted to let those of you who are suffering from V atrophy and dryness know that YES org is having an online sale until 25 June 2018 and has free shipping for orders of a certain value. Their products have made a huge difference to my life and brought relief since chemo slammed me into early menopause. Yes products…
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Getting the flu
have finished chemo bout 2 months ago but just come down with the flu (courtesy of my precious granddaughter). Do I just ride it out at home or worth going to the doctors (thinking about immunity levels) or am I over reacting ?
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Webinar about hereditary cancer risk
Saw this come up in fb newsfeed in case anyone is interested https://nbcf.org.au/18/webinar/
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iPrevent survey
I just completed this survey. What a load of bollocks!
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Infected Tissue Expander - reconstruction advice
Hi girls and boys, Im back in hospital with an infected tissue expander (the syringed out 180ml of pus) the chemo had turned my seroma into a toxic soup. It’s now gone to cellulitis. I’m currently on iv antibiotics, the Surgeon has said he will give it a couple of days then if infection not cleared up he is gonna take both…
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Herbs
My oncologist just showed me this app and said this is the one that she uses to check what herbs are ok to take.
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Wigs
Hello everyone, I’m due to start Chemo in 7 days and have been told I will lose my hair. Can anyone recommend a good wig supplier? and is there any Medicare funding for this? also what’s the best/ most comfortable to get?Capless or Lace front? The websites I have been on are crazy money and I’m not sure what I’m looking…
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Less than fresh
When I had my double mastectomy I had a sentinel node clearance on the right side and a full sentinel and axillary node clearance on the left. Since then, no matter that I lather up like a marshmallow with dove soap in the shower then use my normal roll-on deodorant, by the end of the day I’m feeling way less than fresh -…
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Moo goo cream for radiation.
Received a big bottle of Moo goo cream for Christmas and when I started chemo received a gift from the chemo company which included a tube of the same cream. I was given Sorbelene by the radiotherapy nurse but I found the thick consistency of it unpleasant to smear over my breast. So I used up all my moo goo which had the…
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Chemo still sucks on taxol
I'm almost halfway through my taxol cycle and so OVER it. Day 4, yesterday...I borrowed my SILs hedge trimmer and pruned some of the overgrowth from around the house - had a break halfway so didn't push myself hard. Went for a walk in the forest with the family - 3km but over 15 minutes per km so a gentle stroll, really.…
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Immunity Boosters
@Flaneuse @viking1 @arpie I thought this topic deserved its own thread! A discussion on another thread has got me thinking about my immune system as well as the characters above. I've been concentrating on my gut as research is increasingly showing that gut health rules the health of so many other areas of the body,…
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Difficult Emotions
4 years on from lumpectomy, aux clearance and radiation, I have just had an aux dissection op 2 weeks ago, 5 days in hosp as I live on my own in regional area, and had to wait for district nurse place to open up. Drainage removed today by surgeon. I looked in my diary from 4 years ago when my sister had come to the city…
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Melbourne ONLY: Opportunity to participate in a study designed to improve your health and wellbeing
Receive three months of free supervised exercise at fitness centres throughout Melbourne with the EX-MED Cancer program. * Sessions are supervised by qualified exercise physiologists who specialise in exercise for people with cancer * You’ll receive an individualised program specific to you and will be exercising with a…
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5-2 Diet
Hi I was diagnosed with breast cancer in June 2017 it was a major shock as the time my way of coping was to emotional eat especially chocolate, 11 months later I am now 20-25 Kilos overweight, in a May I had a epiphany and released I needed professional help I have seen an exercise physiologist I am now doing 2 group…