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SVT - Super Ventricular Tachycardia
Sorry I have been off the forum for a few days but I have been in hospital. I chucked a wobbly yesterday and they finally let me go home. I hate hospitals bigtime! On Friday morning it was a beautiful morning with a gentle high tide so I made a coffee, put it in the kayak and went fishing for two hours. Mistake number one-…
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Quote for this week
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Avoiding sick people
I am one week post chemo, radiation starts in two weeks. Our family Easter gathering is today but I’ve just found out my nephew is going to be there and he is recovering from the flu. Should I stay away?
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retreat
does anyone know of a retreat to help with PTSD, anxiety, grief from breast cancer? have googled but find they are generic with addiction and other related mental illnesses.
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Happy Easter
"I don't know where the eggs come from, and I don't know why I have a compulsion to hide them"
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Cording Treatment - Report back
I had my first laser and physio treatment for cording issues yesterday and I thought I'd report back in case anyone else is interested. While my surgery healed really well, I have developed cording (some sort of axillary web syndrome) under the arm, tightness across the scar site and a constant feeling of bruising down my…
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Bras
@melclarity Hi! I know I should've kept the link but I didn't so there you go! Could you please respond with the name and contact for the Bra fitter that you spoke of - I think from memory you said she was from Port Melbourne Hopefully this link will be useful to others as well as me Take care and hope you're enjoying this…
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What is the hardest and what is the easiest
I was trawling through the discussions as I do most 4am's and came to wondering what is hard and what is easier for each of us to deal with. I wasn't even sure whether to post this (so please take it down if inappropriate) or if it should be in Tests and Treatments or Health and Wellbeing. I've thought a lot about how it…
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Gone shearing
Got a Number 2 for now. No more ghastly combovers.
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Hoping to swim if I get the courage
Wish me luck, guys. I've got my new bathers and the hunk of silicon to go with them; a new streamlined hairstyle that hopefully won't pollute the local pool. I'm hoping given that this is Day 5 after AC that I've got energy to try swimming as the weather outside is miserable for walking. I drive past the indoor pool when I…
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Clexane Carnage.
Due to a pre existing blood clotting disorder, I was taken off warfarin, which I had been on for more than eighteen years and put onto clexane. This was because I had to have the biopsies, port installed, chemo, then surgery. For this reason, the clexane was deemed a safer anticoagulant. I am now in the process of changing…
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Everything is shrinking!
I haven't been here for a while and thought this would be a good place for advice. Its 4 years since diagnosed with BC and 2.5 years post treatment. I have been so focused on my general health, resuming work and looking after sick elderly parents that I have neglected my sexual health. Basically everything is shrinking…
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Life after active treatment
I found this network early in my treatment and interacting with others on here helped to change my view of myself. During the months of treatment, I began to see that people who opened themselves to sharing and learning from others seemed to cope better. I think before all this I was a private and closed sort of person. I…
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Encore Program - Central Coast NSW, April 26 - June 14
For ladies on the Central Coast of NSW, if you are interested in going along to the next lot of free YWCA Encore sessions, Term 2 starts on Thursday, 26th April, 11.30am-1.30pm at Erina, and they have some vacancies. You can enrol, or get further details by calling Vicki 02 9285 6264 or emailing: encore@ywcansw.com.au. For…
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So my family have asked me to get help
I'm coming up to my 1st anniversary of being diagnosed. In a recent conversation with my family I have been told that I need to get help, that I need to find someone to talk to because my feelings are not healthy, that I'm not dealing with things very well. I'm honestly a bit dumbfounded as I thought I was doing…