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dealing with risking fertility due to chemo
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with BC back in February. As you all know, it was a huge shock and a deeply depressing time as I waited for my surgery (mastectomy of left breast). We thought that perhaps I had caught it early, surgery would be the only treatment. However, after the biopsies came in, I need to do chemo- more…
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I need to stay happy and polite
sisters give me the strength to not abuse anyone ?? I have not even reached my fourth week since left mastectomy and Lat Dorsi reconstruction and have really bad necrosis and it's like I'm holding my family and extended family back from living their everyday normal lives!and my goodness they let me know!with the "you…
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The healing wonders of nature
Hello Ladies Living in a very dry rural area we feel really blessed to have had 24 mls of rain overnight (so far this year we have had less than 300 mls). This will help the brown paddocks, help our wildlife and top up our water tanks. It has been a great morale booster for me. I yearn to live by the sea but this is a good…
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The journey begins – The surgeon!
So it was a flying visit to the Breast Assessment Clinic to pick up all of my results for the surgeon, and before I knew it we were sitting in the waiting area of the surgeon’s office. I was as nervous as anything and, unfortunately, we had to wait about 40 minutes which did not help my nerves in any way, shape or form.…
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a magical sunday afternoon walking along the beach
Hi friends, My husband and I live on the mid north coast of NSW, at a little village near the beach.The ideal sea-change situation, with plenty of fresh air and tranquility. We have been here for 17 years, but all of these pluses has not stopped the big "C" word from entering our lives. I was diagnosed with breast cancer…
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Moving on
Two years since it all began , who'd have thought you could get through it all and then feel like it almost never happened
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Tough day
Tough day yesterday but thank goodness have my positive head on again this morning
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Embrace the day
Hi Everyone, my hubby and I have arrived in Wangaratta for their Jazz and Blues Festival that starts tonight and runs all weekend. We're off to dinner, then over to the Blues Marquee tonight to see Joe Camalleri and the Black Sorrows. Getting ready to shake a tail feather, Trace ??????
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Lumpectomy and lymph node removal
Hi i have just been diagnosed with breast cancer two weeks ago and I have a lumpectomy and lymph node removal next week I had a bone scan on Monday don't know any results. then I got a call today to have a ct scan the day after surgery just wondering if all this is normal. Thanks Nicky
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Six years on....
Wow, I can't believe it is six years today since I first heard those words, you have malignant breast cancer. I truly did not think I would be here today espescially after being diagnosed with a recurrence of the same aggressive triple negative breast cancer 18mths later. Yet here I am, two lots of chemo, one lot of…
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Depression & Femara
Hi Ladies, I started taking Femara in April and although I initially thought I was okay on the drug, I could not have been more wrong! I had joint pain which I expected due to the joint pain I had experience during chemotherapy. What I did not expect was the carpel tunnel, muscle weakness and depression to the point of not…
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Enjoy this week!
Thinking of you all at the re-training this week. Sorry I cant get there- it has been a hectic time. Best wishes especially to Lisa. x Mandy
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Life during reconstruction
Hi. My mum has had a double mastectomy in July. She has the tissue expanders in and if currently getting them filled and then has to wait 3 months before she can have the next surgery. My mum was a PCA before hand so while she is recovering and preparing for the next surgery she can't work in her field as she is…
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chemo on cancelled....
After 1 session of chemo was hospitalised twice in 5 days.. heart fraction reduced an diagnosed with a floppy triscupid mitral valve.. had double subcutaneous mastectomy. Sentinel node had microscopic cells.. will see oncologist tomorrow for discussion of taxol for 12 weeks.. but am so so scared ... just dont feel I can…
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Day 5 of post chemo.. does it ever get any easier :-(
Day 1 - 7th Oct - of chemo, I thought .. this is ok, felt a bit jet lagged but ok, then 3 hours post the stomach cramps set in, sever headache, heart palpitations and sweating.. I went to bed feeling just awful, Day 2 - not so bad, went shopping had a 20 mins walk, thought this seems ok.. stomach cramps remain, headache…