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what now
what a year last year was , breast cancer in May , a month or so later diagnosed rheumatoid /osteoarthritis , shingles for xmas and now bad fatty liver , go see a dietician the doctor says so im on the list , in the mean time i'm trying to figure out what i can eat and what i cant , i was told soya milk is bad for those…
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The Secret Suckiness Of Life After Breast Cancer
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/10/176194/life-after-breast-cancer-survivor-story?
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How to curb the fear
Hi everyone, it has been quite sometime since I have been on the network. We have had other dramas in our life and my focus has tended to be on that. A couple of weeks ago my psychologist commented on how sever my anxiety and depression is. I have struggled so much emotionally since finishing my cancer treatment back in…
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PAIN
Does the mental pain for having had breast cancer ever leave. I know I am not coping with having had cancer, having 2 mastectomies, having had chemo, living with the nephropathy pain, having a very uncomfortable expander in while waiting for the next surgery, having to work full time through all my treatment, being bullied…
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Another step in the right direction!
Yay!! My final.visit to breast surgeon today. After 5 and a half years on hormone therapy, given only a small met to one node and osteoporosis in spine, she says she is happy for me to stop taking tablets! Now to see if some aches and pains go away. One more visit t o oncologist in September and fingers crossed, thats it!…
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Kiddy corner
I went for my three year oncology check up today and got bumped to a woman who introduced herself as 'one of the oncologists' who was seeing me because my regular was running late. Now, I don't mind seeing registrars who are not fully qualified. I get it. But this one didn't bother to explain her position. It took me all…
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Sex after breast cancer, UK article
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-7837125/The-taboo-Sex-breast-cancer.html
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Financial Mess
If there wasn’t enough stress while waiting for final decision on whether its mets or arthritis. It seems that I'm always chasing my tail or robbing Peter to pay Paul which sucks I knew the financial burden of having cancer sucked big time from experience when hubby was diagnosed but it was never this hard i thought I’d be…
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What Happens When You come off Herceptin ?
Hi I am 52 and have just finished my year of treatment. I had 6 rounds of chemo, lumpectomy,sentinel node removal, radiotherapy and 18 Herceptin infusions. My periods stopped at start of treatment and I've had no hot flushes etc. Now I have stopped hormone treatments will things change? Will I get menopause symptoms? Will…
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Miracle Fruit
Has anyone going through chemo tried the Miracle Fruit stuff seen on SBS?
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Friday the 13th! Don't I know it!
It's not even my 1st cancerversary! I went to my physio today, been going for months for early prevention of lymphodema and cording. She asks, What is this bruising? I say, I noticed it last week/two weeks and thought I would keep an eye on it, but it looks to me just like the one I noticed before my diagnosis, and my boob…
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Tamoxofen
Would love to hear from anyone who is on tamoxifen. I am due to commence taking this and am concerned about any potential side effects xx
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Goodbye oncology, now 4 years NED
The title says it all, whoohoo!
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Last round of chemo today
Last round of chemo today and I'm feeling nervous . I feel like the chemo has been my safeguard for three months. My friends all sent me congratulation messages this morning but I'm nott feeling it. Its so terrifying. I will now continue with herceptin and commence Tamoxifen in a few weeks. Im now concerned about the side…
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Choosing between tamoxifen, zoladex or no treatment at all...
Hi all, I'm new to this forum but not new to BC. I was diagnosed in May last year, had a lumpectomy, sentinel lymph node biopsy, radiation and started tamoxifen a year ago. However I suffered terrible side effects and was given the choice of zoladex as an alternative to it. I have not been on tamoxifen since may this year…