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No comfort
I dont know why im writing this other than i need to express it and i cant think where else. Before bc i used to talk about stuff i was gunna do but i never seemed to get around to it. I had a life coach for 7 years and never completed goals just recuced my confusion and stress around events. Now i have to do stuff. This…
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What did you do to mark the end of active treatment?
So im kindof limping over the end of active treatment. There has been no fanfare, no celebrations and no bells. I finished chemo late. Id been looking forward to finishing before new years and then chemo got delayed buggering up my plans for a great new years eve celebration. Then i looked forward to my birthday which was…
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One year post surgery
I had a lumpectomy and one node removed February 2020, node all clear and good margins taken from lumpectomy, then radiation for three weeks. I have an appointment with my oncologist in 2 weeks and saw a surgeon ( not mine, I’m public so whoever was on I suppose) in December. I had to ask him if I was going to need to have…
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What it feels like to finish treatment - the aftermath - add your experience
Hi, A few people have recently finished treatment or hit the 1 year mark. It might be helpful for others to get a glimpse of the range of experiences that people are currently and have previously had post active treatment. Im not talking symptoms but experiences, emotions and reflections. What do you think? Ill start this…
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CanCope - an online program to help those with Cancer, cope both emotionally and physically
Woohoo!! Are you feeling down and depressed with your 'post BC body & mind'? Would you like to access a Psychologist but not able to? Monash University is running 2 programs over 12 months - for people with cancer, to help cope both mentally & physically with a cancer diagnosis & treatments. This program gives EVERYONE…
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2 years post BC and now this
two years since i had radiation therapy for breast cancer , annual scans were clear , the last one in February, now I find a hard lump in the same breast. is it C or damage to tissue after i fell on my hands n knees in the shopping center?? i had issues with tendons and such a long while after the lumpectomy last time ,…
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Feeling ordinary
Ok ,so I’m a few months post treatment finishing. Day by day, I’m feeling slowly better and so glad to be here. Grateful for my care. In some ways I feel really lucky! Life seems more magical in some ways, and I am mostly enjoying my second chance at it. Heck, yesterday I went on a flying fox at a park! Lol :D But. I…
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Feeling different after cancer
Hi, Found a book on kindle that others may relate to, its called "after breast cancer" by hester hill schnipper. Lately ive felt a bit isolated and unable to describe to others around me what im feeling and how what has happened has changed me. Im finished with the worst (i hope) of the treatment but im not feeling like…
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Hairy face
I am happy to have my eye lashes and eyebrows back. Happy to see hair on my head slowly growing back. Don't even mind it's salt and pepper in colour. But my face is looking like a hairy yetti. Could not be coping with that so I had a facial with an alkaline wash that melted it all away. Dmk products used. The facial cracks…
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Stopping Tamoxifen after 10 years
Hi everyone I haven't been on here for quite some time. I hope everyone is travelling well. I have now completed 10 years on Tamoxifen and 10 years of hot flushes. Sometimes they are really severe and I sweat like I have just finished a heavy gym workout. I take Gabapentin to help take the edge off (have tried Effexor and…
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My funny hair
A bit flippant here. I am so grateful to have hair again but gosh its ridiculous. It feels on top like shag carpet. So soft. But of course it sticks straight up.
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Preventative mastectomy?
Hello everyone,On New Year’s Eve, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer. I have a fast-growing, triple-negative tumour in my left breast that had spread to my lymph nodes. It requires six months of chemotherapy, a mastectomy and removal of my lymph nodes on the left, and radiation therapy. I have very small, very…
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Scanxiety management
Hi All, Back again for sage advice and wisdom. I have been doing okay. Survived my first term of teaching after 6 months away. The new issue is discovering how what were once routine procedures that didn’t bother me, now have me crying like a baby and hyperventilating. Scans I had last year during my BC treatment…
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Fighting cancer, husband wants out, children taken away
Hi everyone, I'm writing on behalf on my sister who is currently fighting cancer and is going through a very difficult time, a year and a half after her cancer diagnosis. This is her story. Jane and John have been married for a number of years and have several children. There are tensions in the marriage, because John has…
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New boob abnormality
Hi all, I first want to say how grateful I am to everyone for sharing their stories here, they often help when I'm struggling. That said I'm finding things particularly hard at the moment. I was originally diagnosed oct 2019, her2+ er-, with large lump and lymph node involvement. I had ac then Taxol, 2 lumpectomys to get…