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Grateful for each day
Hi everyone, i just reread a post by Nadi dated 11th February. She so beautifully put into words the feelings for her husband that I have for my husband. I'm a bit down today, no reason but my husband always tries to boost me. We don't celebrate Valentine's Day but we just wish each other a lovely day. When I look in the…
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Hey you!
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my uninvited guest
Hi new friends, I have never written a blog so this will be more of a ramble that I hope makes sense. I have had an interesting few years since 2009 starting with a Uveitis flare, a recurrent eye disease due to my testing positive to the HLAB27 gene, I managed to keep it at bay for about 2 years without a flare, only to be…
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First round felt too good to be true
Hi ladies, day 13,after my first chemo,i have had no bad side effects,apart from mild nausea,constipation,ive been very well, no sleep,well very little,if anything i feel hyped ,no my normal self,anyway i saw oncologist today, and it seems the chemo didnt really do its job,so next round will be more potent,poor me,and here…
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Don't be afraid to 'loose it'!
Gee we can really be our own worst enemies sometimes. We try to hide our fears and struggles from those around us. It is pretty natural to want to protect our children (even if they are adults) from the scary side of bc, but I wonder if this is always the right way to go about things. If we continue to bottle up all those…
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BELIEF
Morning Troopers! I guess I am blessed in that I have a bit of a break while I recover from my surgery until I start active treatment...I'm expecting way too much of myself and want to jam pack these days with a lot! I have to step back and tell myself that it's only been three days since my re excision! This morning I got…
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How extreme have you been!
Hi everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend and were able to get some activity in. I wanted to share with you one of our events taking place this weekend. Brave for BCNA will be happening on Sunday 14th February, Valentines Day. We have participants in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane who will be jumping from up…
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Day 3 after chemo 2
Day 3 after chemo 2, Sun 7th Feb. I got up this morning at 5 and breakfast done and dogs walked by 6.30am. I had a bit of a nap after that but I seem to have not bad energy today and no side effects worthy of note. I even cleaned the neglected for a month vanity basin, snuck out while it was shady and pruned a few little…
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You do get through this
Hi everyone, When I was first diagnosed I was shocked and terrified, like most of you. Unfortunately it seemed that the news just kept getting worse. It was bigger than the mammogram showed, it had spread to my lymph nodes. Even though I had had a mastectomy I would still need radiotherapy after Chemo. My mind kind of shut…
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A weighty issue
Hi all i finished chemo end of August last year, had surgery three weeks later and finished my radiotherapy end of November. I'm finding it really hard to shift weight since I stopped treatment despite eating (relatively) well and working out three times a week. Normally this would have seen weight come off quite quickly…
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Breathing a sigh of relief
I am sitting here having my 3rd cycle of chemo through my newly inserted port. After a lot of pain using it to get bloods yesterday I was apprehensive about how I would go today. I was given an elma patch with local anaesthetic to put on an hour before. When the dreaded time came I DIDN'T FEEL A THING. Hallelujah! What a…
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Get-together Lunch
LADIES We will be having a lunch on Wednesday 10th February, 12 Noon, Lakes Resort Hotel, 141 Brebner Drv, West Lakes. Come along and enjoy lunch, have a chat and meet some fantastic ladies. If you wish to attend please let us know.
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Not so happy today..
Oh my, Im usually ok with pain, but this is getting me down! First I get neuralgia NOW I also have cording! Isn't the universe content enough it gave me BC,? Now I have to deal with the side effects of surgery? It's really, really frustrating! I would otherwise be able to deal with healing. Finally seeing oncologist…
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Wouldnt it be nice.....
Hi to all the inspirational ladies out there I have a funny story i would like to share with my virtual friends. Its been pretty heavy duty on here lately (bc sucks doesnt it!) and i would like to give you all a giggle. Apologies in advance for the stereotypes but the majority of us are women and i am sure you can relate.…
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Welcome to our new members!
Hi everyone, I wanted to give a shout-out to our new members that have just joined the "Get active and keep well" group. I know that many of you are keen to find out what types of activities are best to be taking part in. I have read a number of post about walking, running and yoga. Do you do these activities to stay…