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When to go on a long holiday?
After a year I have finally finished all treatment. However I want to finally go on a holiday. How soon after finishing treatment have others gone on a long holiday. I am okay but find I fatigue easily . I have neuropathy in my feet which makes walking after a while difficult. Things I took for granted I can no longer do.…
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Goal Setting
I’m now just a few months shy of four years since my diagnosis. (Yay!) I’ve recently been thinking about the whole subject of goal setting and why it matters. Following my diagnosis and plans or goals I had in place vanished in a puff of fear. The world was suddenly uncertain. How could I plan for anything when I wasn’t…
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Probiotics, vitamins etc after chemo
Hi ladies, I have just finished chemo & started taking a probiotic for digestion. I forgot to check with oncologist to see what else I should take. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Osteo- Arthritis and other chronic conditions post treatment
HI, Just a quick question. In December last year, I was diagnosed with severe osteo-arthritis in several points of my body. I am discovering lots of people have this condition and I am learning how to manage it but they all have one or two points in the body that are effected whereas I have 8-9! I am wondering if the…
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Feeling Over Whelmed
When does this all end? Four years into this journey and wanting it to end! I thought I was doing so well, tackling head on everything that has been handed to me, detours aplenty in this journey. Thought I had got to the top of the mountain and could enjoy the view and head on a new journey. But no, another detour. I am…
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Is seeing a band at Rod Laver Arena even a Possibility?
Before my diagnosis in early Jan we bought tickets to see Twenty One Pilots at Rod Laver in late March. We now know that the concert is on the Friday night at the end of my 4th chemo week, with chemo usually on a Monday. I've been having the AC chemo, 3 weeks apart, and I think I'm traveling pretty well. Brain fog,…
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Moving forward
The last 2 weeks I've increased my work hours to 8 hours a day 4 days a week. I felt ready to do this but still surprised how much more tired I am with just an extra hour a day. I've needed a nap when I've got home each day. I've also needed to back off my exercise a bit again. Seems to happen like this. Can have a week…
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Why I haven't been here for a while (It's good news!)
Hi everyone. Sorry for being quiet for so long. I have great news. I’m working on my first book! As part of my recovery from the cognitive damage done by treatment, I signed up for a few short courses on Udemy when they had their new year sale last year. One of them was on writing and publishing for Kindle. I think it was…
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Time to admit defeat in the workplace?
Went in to Centrelink today to apply as dad’s carer. The case officer suggested I should register for disability myself and my husband apply as carer for both myself and dad who has bone Mets from prostate cancer. We have been living for 8 years on a line of credit and getting deeper and deeper in debt with no government…
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breast lumps
hi all, I'm new. I found a lump on my right breast 2 years ago. I had a biopsy done but never found out the results ( doctor told me if there wasn't anything wrong he wouldn't contact me). recently I noticed the lump had gotten bigger so I went and saw a doctor ( my doctor was on leave) and this female doctor told me she…
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Tummy problems
hi all, I finished chemo and Radiothreaphy last Aug 2016. I'm triple neg. I had a lumpectomy stage 1 grade 3. No lymph nodes involved. Apart from an attack of shingles I got thru all treatment ok. However since last Aug when I finished I have had tummy problems. I've had Ultra sounds and a ct scan....all fine. I also had a…
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manicure & pedicure
I just feel like i need a pamper Is it a big issue to get a manicure & pedicure I just want the hand and foot massage part along with the nails trimmed, and to sit in the massage chair. I have just done the worst hack job on my toe nails ever, no shellac or anything like that. just clear polish.
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So far, so good
When I saw my oncologist for the first time 3 and a half years ago, I had just had a mastectomy and partial lymph node removal. The pathology was not the best and she informed me that I had a 67% chance of recurrence within 10 years. Treatment (chemo, radio and hormone therapy) reduced this thank goodness. Today's 6…
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Ran in the Bridge to Brisbane
just wanted to give all the newly diagnosed some hope. August 2015 I had a mastectomy and axillary clearance. Had 6 TAC chemo, then radiation then three weeks in hospital with an infected seroma. Finally off medication in May 2016 and started running. For me it was something to focus on. A couple of weeks ago I ran 5 k in…
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Therapies, Reiki, Reflexology
Hi! Just thought I'd start a discussion with regard to alternate therapies like Reiki or Reflexology? I did have a session of Reflexology not long after my mastectomy surgery but I must admit I couldn't relax into it properly as it just felt like a stranger was playing with my feet. She didn't pick up on my thyroid issues…