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Just feel like running away
Does anyone else just feel like running away. It's almost 2 months since I finished radiation, and getting close to 12 months since my diagnosis. I see my Breast Surgeon next week. I am grateful, and I have come through surgery, chemo etc, ok compared to others, so I think I should just be "getting on with it", I've…
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Charlotte Tottman speaking about hers (and others) cancer experience
Just found this today - well worth a 'watch' .... with Charlotte Tottman talking about her own experience with breast cancer, as a part of a 4 person panel ..... She was diagnosed with BC in 2019 - and amazed that it shook her so much, as she'd been treating patients with cancer for some years ..... Community Heart Media…
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Red hot scar - 1.5 years post surgery
Anyone got experience of an old scar (1 year, 3 months) suddenly becoming inflamed ? It’s just one surprise after another honestly 😡
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Wedding
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Things that Francis R. Croken wished he'd been told when diagnosed ...
I've copied the 'sources' at the bottom - but I thought you may like to read it below in one piece: Part 1 Cancer - things they don’t tell you about, at diagnosis …. Your relationships are about to change. All of them. Some will get stronger. They will probably not be with the people you would expect. The people you want…
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Awaiting results
Moderator moved @Michelle_Woriginal post from the 'Activity' section to the discussion page:
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Muscular cramp
Just curious to know if anyone post treatment has suffered really bad cramp? I had noticed a couple of times in the night I had calf cramps (nothing too severe) but I have just started aqua aerobics to try and help the range of movement in my arm due to full axillary clearance being done, but it seems every time I hit the…
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Motivation tips please
So here I am. Tired of having treatment. Eighteen months worth in 2018/19 and then mets diagnosis in 2022. Eight months in to a lifetime of treatment and I have already lost my motivation for going. It is only once every three weeks I keep telling myself, then a PET scan once every three months. I can do this. Easy. Side…
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Overseas Travel (with breast prosthesis, travel insurance)
Hello, Has anyone travelled with their breast prosthesis overseas? I read a tiny article ʻsomewhereʻ that going through security was a nightmare with the BPʻs. Second question - pre cancer, travel insurance was a must for the added security. With cancer being ʻa pre existing conditionʻ I see that travel insurance is not as…
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Letrozole - How long is too long?
Hi, I'm 56yrs old and I've had bilateral breast cancer (2001 & 2012) Lumpectomy x 2, chemo & radiation I've been taking letrozole for 10 years - I have osteoporosis (significantly improved with prolia injections) and my cholesterol levels have been slowly increasing with most recent results showing a very high level…
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Letrozole - Fracture in spine
Hi, a couple of weeks ago I posted about pain in my bones in my ribs and needing a bone scan. At the time the doctor was checking on bone mets. Well I don't have bone mets which is great but the bone scan revealed a fracture in T9 of my spine and osteoporosis. This is scary because I have not even injured myself. I do…
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Bone Scan along with 3yr mammogram and ultrasound
By way of a little background I have been getting pain in my ribs off and on for a couple weeks so I was sent for an xray which didn't reveal much. The pain started on the right side in a rib bone directly under my right breast which had the cancer. The last couple of days the left ribs and muscles are sore. I really felt…
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5 years today since my surgery ....
Celebrating my 5 year anniversary (today) since my surgery .... This would be the first year that I didn't 'remember' my 5 year 'diagnosis date' of January 5 as well! Up til 'that' phone call, I'd still convinced myself it was just cysts ..... LOTS of water under the bridge since then - and many thanks to those on BCNA…
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The last treatment and feeling cut loose and lost
I had my last treatment on the 30th of December which in my mind was supposed to be the happiest day after a long road with bc. I have to admit the lead up to that day I found so hard to handle, I was scared, I felt lost like I was losing my security blanket and what perhaps was keeping me alive. I almost dreading going in…
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Interesting article on Keto Diet, specifically re Breast Cancer
A friend was interested in trying a Keto diet (high fat, low carb) & its relevance, specifically, to Breast Cancer - and whether it would even be 'safe' to do so ....... She asked her Onc if it was OK to try. Onc said FINE. So far, she has lost 5kg and feeling much better in herself - she was diagnosed Stage 4 a few years…