Words of wisdom

Hi - I have not had my radiotherapy yet, I start next week.  I had my mastectomy after chemo finished so have had to wait for the scar to heal.  I have had my planning session and tatts which was pretty good.  I will just be glad when it is all over.  The good news was that their was no live cancer found after surgery, only scar tissue so the chemo had done its job.  My radiation is just as a preventative treatment.  Sue

I also love the anaology your oncologist gave you Sue about the marathon. Im exactly half way through TAC chemo and having a few hurdles to get over but I will remember these words. Then will be heading down the road of radiotherapy whcih Im told is a 'walk in the park' compared to chemo...lol. I hope so because ill be back at work by then!

How was your radiotherapy, may a I ask Sue????

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Timely post! Great anaology and I'm going to steal it. Know exactly what he means because although not a marathoner, I am a long distance cyclist and swimmer and know just how that last 10 ks can feel!

I'm only three months in, did my round 3 of four rounds of AC chemo yesterday, and had a bit of blurgh week last week in terms of thinking I wish this was just over (which I appreciate with need for ongoing hormonal therapy/vigilience/at least two or three more surgeries (depending on whether I end up with BRCA 1or 2 and need to get my ovaries removed)....it's never really going to be over and I really only spent quality time getting my head around this last week.

So with your onc's analogy in mind, I'm going to think of each part of treatment as a long distance event, so look at the switch to Tamoxifen once my chemo is over as my next event in the sporting calender, and ditto my reconstruction and preventative left mastectomy.

Given I've worked and played almost as normal since diagnosis and through chemo, I have a lot to be thankful for. And can only hope the next lot of 10ks ends are kind. Hard by kind. And always feel so fantastic to cross that finish line.

Wishing you all the best for the coming marathon. You'll kill it, cheered on by alll who care about you.

Thanks for sharing.

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Timely post! Great anaology and I'm going to steal it. Know exactly what he means because although not a marathoner, I am a long distance cyclist and swimmer and know just how that last 10 ks can feel!

I'm only three months in, did my round 3 of four rounds of AC chemo yesterday, and had a bit of blurgh week last week in terms of thinking I wish this was just over (which I appreciate with need for ongoing hormonal therapy/vigilience/at least two or three more surgeries (depending on whether I end up with BRCA 1or 2 and need to get my ovaries removed)....it's never really going to be over and I really only spent quality time getting my head around this last week.

So with your onc's analogy in mind, I'm going to think of each part of treatment as a long distance event, so look at the switch to Tamoxifen once my chemo is over as my next event in the sporting calender, and ditto my reconstruction and preventative left mastectomy.

Given I've worked and played almost as normal since diagnosis and through chemo, I have a lot to be thankful for. And can only hope the next lot of 10ks ends are kind. Hard by kind. And always feel so fantastic to cross that finish line.

Wishing you all the best for the coming marathon. You'll kill it, cheered on by alll who care about you.

Thanks for sharing.

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