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Bone density
Hello ladies! I don't post on here much anymore ,but I wanted to share something with you tonight:)I am almost 4 years post mastectomy and chemo,and 3 years since my advanced osteoporosis diagnosis.Since my osteo diagnosis,I have tried really hard to exercise EVERY day,eat all the things that are supposed to help me,and I…
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On a healthy eating education.
I recently did an online BCNA course in Healthy Eating and Breast Cancer. There is a booklet available which the course followed from BCNA. You can either download it of order a hard copy for free from BCNA, thankyou btw BCNA for that. With my chemo brain I had to keep on repeating my lessons but I think i got something…
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Ups and downs
I am about to have last cycle of chemo , then I start radiation , I am most of the time very positive But I don't think about dying , but I keep thinking about my funeral , so I'd like a bit of help with those thoughts Julie
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pain from exercising (methinks)
Hello Brave Ladies. This is my first post! I have exercised pretty much throughout my diagnosis and now 15 months since last radiation treatment I have soreness around my rib bones and back. My breast also experiences stabs ( for want of a better expression). I had a lumpectomy in Aug 2015, 4x chemo, 1 month radio and go…
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Grumpiness
I was never ever grumpy and now 10 weeks post radiotherapy and about 9 weeks after starting letrozole /Femara 2.5 mg I seem to be grumpy on a regular basis. I'm not sure what's going on and don't like being grumpy! I've had an infection in the operated breast for 3 weeks now and taking keflex for that. I wonder if other…
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Home after a wonderful holiday in Greece, Italy and Dubai
Hello ladies, just wanted to say hi to you all. I arrived home on the 29 May after a beautiful three weeks trip. Everything went like clock work and I kept healthy although my usual tummy problems annoyed me every so often. The fitness program I put myself on before travelling really helped, although I didn't get to do…
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Update
hi all, I'm sorry I haven't updated use all on how I am going, I got really Crook and I couldn't log back in :/ i had had my appointment with the Breast surgeon and she was lovely, we sat and had a look at my ultrasounds and she said my " big lump" is fine but she's not sure about my new lump that has appeared, so I am…
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Breast cancer recurrence
Hi! The recent news about Olivia Newton-John being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, has really put the fear of breast cancer recurrence right back center stage in my head. I was diagnosed with early breast cancer in 2011, so am six years clear...despite the odds being in my favor of no recurrence, I am, once again,…
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Bit After The Fact
Bit after the fact I know but I completed the 4km Mothers Day Classic & got me a new medal :0 coz we all know Im only in it for the medals being the medal junkie I am according to my hubby. Thats me on the left with the girls before the run & again me on the left during the run.
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Today's painting
Hi to you all, Its a really miserable day outside, so I've been concentrating on my painting for the day. Hoping that it brightens your day. Cuddles, Trace xx
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My book on fear of recurrence is published!!!
Hi everyone. Well, it's finally here! I got the email from Amazon Kindle this morning telling me that my book on dealing with fear of recurrence has now been published! Here's the link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072PC8S5M/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1494282097&sr=1-1&keywords=Free+from+fear I've listed it at $5…
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Low immunity & hypersensitive to medication.
Saw my phych nurse today and told her I had to go off the Escitalopram for anxiety and depression due to diarrhoea and nausea and my lymph nodes going crazy. I gave her my blood test results which are great except for lymph levels high and the results for the ultrasound of breast and lump under arm which is too small to…
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Falling in Love Again
Cancer makes you question everything. You realise your days are numbered. You realise your days have always been numbered and you’ve been ignoring that universal and obvious fact for most of your life. Oh sure, at some level you’ve known you were ultimately going to die, but it always seemed like an event that was so far…
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Take care of yourself xxx
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Don't just accept fatigue after end of treatment/chemo as normal
Just wanted to let others know about an experience I've had. I finished 4 rounds of docetaxal and cyclophosphamide chemo Feb 2016, finished radiation May 2016 then finished 12 months of Herceptin Nov 2016. Since finishing treatment I have continued to experience random episodes of absolute knock down fatigue. In March I…