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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…
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Will the curls stay? Plus trouble growing eyebrows
Hi, just wondering if anyone had straight here pre chemo and now has curly hair? My hair is very curly, fuzzy infact. Wondering if it will go or stay. Also, anyone had trouble getting eyebrows back? Did anything help? Cheers, Catherine
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Surgery done!
Hi ladies I have now had my surgery and am in hospital. My BMX with implant recon went amazingly well. Dr French actually completed the surgery much quicker than he expected to. All scans I had the week were all clear as well so it has been a good week! And to top it off, my sister had her baby yesterday too. no regrets…
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Hair regrowth
can someone give me a pep talk? I finished chemo on August 19th 2016. 6 weeks of radiation followed during which my hair completely left me. No regrowth happened as it does for some people. My hair regrowth is very slow and I am thin on top still after 5 months. I can't imagine ever having 'enough' hair again. I am taking…
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Tai Chi qigong AUSWUSHU competition in Melbourne this sunday
I will be with the Macquarie University team if anyone wishes to come and see what tai chi and qigong are all about I find it very relaxing form or exercise and meditation combined. since taking this up 3 years ago my bone density has improved from osteoporotic to osteopenic and apparantly I've grown 2.5 cm! (think most…
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Relationships
since being diagnosed with DCIS the rlationship with my partner has taken a turn for the worst. I am 61 and we have been living together for 2 years and dating 2 years peior to that. When we met our life was wonderful, full of fun and lots of intinacy and sex. Now it is dull and lifeless with both of us looking at perhaps…
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Exercise Physiologist, where do you get one?
Hi All, I just watched the rerun of the Catalyst program about exercising with chemotherapy, it was originally screened in May 2016. It was amazing the improvements in people's health and cancer reoccurrence. Has anyone been offered this type of exercise program with their chemo or after. I really feel neglected being in…
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Rash
Hi all. Hoping everyone had a great new year. I have been doing well lately. I enjoyed Christmas, had a quiet New Years and am generally getting on with life now all treatment finished at the end of November with my last Herceptin. My fatigue has improved. My weight loss is still on track. I lost 24 kgs just before…
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How to set New Year’s resolutions for your health that will actually work!
Note from BCNA: The following is a guest post, the first in a series we're bringing you this year. Dr Helen Donovan is a health psychologist specialising in initiating and maintaining long-term health behaviour change. Her experiences encompass:* health coaching with individuals and groups * developing, implementing and…