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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…
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My first Gyno visit. What happens?
Hi ladies I have to see a gynocologist today to sort out my endometrium polyp - good times - and I have never been to one before. Shameful I know. At my age I should know better *hides under blanket* What happens when you first go in and meet the gyno? Is it a quick hello and then you get probed and prodded? Or is the…
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Improving Bone Density
Just thought I would update about my experience so far with attending classes at The Bone Clinic for osteoporosis (Letrozole/Femara induced) in my lumbar spine. Absolutely loving the sessions and meeting lots of lovely people also keen to improve their bone density through weight bearing exercise. I have never been a "gym"…
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Three and a half years out and exhausted!!
Hi there, Do others who are this far out from surgery and radiation (still taking Tamoxifen) suffer from a whole body and mind exhaustion? I work as an Early Childhood teacher and have returned to work full time this year, after working four last year. I don't know if it's the Tamoxifen, my age (57) or the job..or all of…
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Fingers sensitive to cold
I am wondering if anyone suffers from cold sensitive finger tips. I am three years out from treatment but each Winter as the cold sets in my finger tips become very sore and crack. Today it began flaring up as it is cooling down now. Two finger tips already cracked I understand neuropathy is common during and a shortly…
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6 Months On
It just occurred to me this morning, musing on it being the first day of Winter, that it is 6 months to the day that I got on this rollercoaster. This time 6 months ago, I was rushing around at work, getting things done, so that I could leave early for the recall appointment at Breastscreen that was going to totally turn…
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What to do with my hair 5 months after chemo? Hair dyes?
Hi, My hair is fairly thick now but still very short and a bit wavy, especially at the back, puffy on the top,flicks out at my ears. l am hating the colour, it is such a weird salt and pepper colour with a tinge of red. I did not have this much grey before, l am a natural redhead, l did get a few foils in my hair regularly…
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Why are we in hiding?
This started as a post on another discussion but I felt that it's importance to me meant it needed it's own spotlight. I started to diverge from the issue at hand with, "If anyone has an issue with my disease that is their problem - I can't deal with it." The only concession I make is head covering when I'm out of the…