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Exercise
Good evening ladies...those on Letrozole or other meds that cause muscle and joint pain. What exercise have you found helps. Thank you xx
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Biocell implants by Allergan recalled
Europe has taken Biocell implants by Allergan off the Market. Other rough textured implants were withdrawn earlier in the year. Australia's TGA has yet to decide They are believed to cause a rare blood cancer. 3 Aussies are believed to have died from it
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Eyebrows
Good evening all…after losing your eyebrows did you use anything like drawing them in or those eyebrow stamps…can anyone recommend anything? And also did anyone have a dry scalp and what helped…thank you x
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Acupuncture study at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse
For ex-patients who have been treated for breast cancer at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse in Sydney; they are recruiting people who completed the cancer treatment but still experience pain, fatigue , sleep disturbance and/or numbness / tingling to participate in an acupuncture study that will run for 6 weeks from mid August to…
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Ongoing Pain
Hi! I was diagnosed with early breast cancer 11years ago, and went onto have a lumpectomy, radiation therapy, and hormone therapy. I recently had my yearly scans, and all came back okay. YAY! I still get daily pain in the affected breast where the cancer was, is this a situation that others get, is it a common long term…
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how often to have check up
I have diagnosed mucinous carcinoma in this January, and I had left breast mastectomy and immediate Diep Flap reconstruction 3 weeks ago, last week I went to my breast surgeon for post-surgery check up, he said based on my pathology report the cancer I had is lower grade and lymph node is clear too, so he recommended to…
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Anti-anxiety - effexor/pristiq? Advice or experience
So anxiety is nothing new for me, but tamoxifen is definitely making me more edgy. I'm taking B12 but don't think it's helping particularly. I've been really successful with managing my anxiety for almost 20 years, since my late 20s, without medication. But I do have to modify how I live my life to do that. I think I'm…
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A Question of Travelling long haul
After being diagnosed August 2021, I have completed chemotherapy, 3 lumpectomies with 3 lymph nodes removed, radiotherapy and I started zoladex and letrazole last month. We flew to Adelaide from Sydney to see my husband's family last weekend and I wore a pressure band on my arm to prevent lymphoedema and apart from a few…
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Exercise
Good evening everyone…I forgot to ask my surgeon this question. How soon can you return to exercise after a LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP partial…it’s almost 7 weeks post surgery…Thank you xx
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Letrozole & Ozempic
Good evening all, hoping someone can help…I’m a diabetic and I’ve been on Ozempic for a few months, which has been great for stabilising my sugar levels…but I’ve lost no weight with it…I’m not sure whether it’s because of Letrozole…anyone else on aromatase inhibitor and Ozempic and had success with weight loss? Thank you…
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Annabel Crabb - Q&A on Recurrence & Fear of Recurrence - 11th May 5-6.30pm
Annabel Crabb is doing another online presentation on Recurrence & fear of recurrence this time (last one was on mets) I have registered & will hopefully watch it later as that is hubby's chemo day, so I may not be able to watch 'live'. You can also put up a specific question if you like when you register (tho as thousands…
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Emotionally abusive husband
Has anyone had an angry, controlling, emotionally abusive husband while going through the BC journey? Is it possible, that living with him and enduring so much emotional hurt has contributed to my BC diagnosis? I believe emotions and trauma play a big part in illnesses, especially cancers. It might not be the sole reason,…
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Support near you (support groups)
Having been asked in pms by a few members I thought the link below may be helpful to others also. You can type in the search bar your area and follow up from there, but I am not sure if these groups are running as usual now. Find services and support in your area (bcna.org.au)
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Strength after chemo treatment
hi, I’ve only had one chemo treatment and generally doing ok but I am feeling less strong overall and my bones hurt. I am wondering if I will get back to my strength after chemo?
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SHINE (The Sleep Health in Breast Cancer Study)
Hi Members, BCNA's Policy & Advocacy Team recently shared the below study which may be of some interest to you: SHINE (The Sleep Health in Breast Cancer Study-Evaluating the impact on psychological wellbeing and medication adherence) Researchers at the University of Strathclyde Sleep Research Unit in Glasgow (UK) are…