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School holidays are here and that means grandchildren visiting. Very exciting especially as the weather has stayed sunny during the day.That makes life a lot easier for me, when the children stop to watch tv I am right there with them. I do not know how you girls with children manage to keep going.

thank goodness I have missed out on the cording returning. I had it for the first few months Mary worked her magic and relief. I am still having trouble with bone soreness it started when I first started on pactitaxel.Must be still working its way out of my system.

Pleased you liked tassie Louise it is one of my favourite places. I remember when they advertised that art gallery opening. Good that it has lived upto all the hype.

Life still keeps throwing up little surprises, keep smiling

Hi All!

We seem to have gone quiet this week. I've been wondering if any of you are experiencing cording in the arm after axillary clearance? I've had it for a few months now and its a real nuisance. Mary worked on it some time ago and that gave me some relief at the time, and I thought it was all fixed. However, a couple of weeks ago, it started up in a slightly different location all the way down to my wrist and kept getting tighter and tighter. Have any of you had your withered lymph vessels snapped by Mary? Its an interesting sensation to say the least. Seems that just when you think things are improving or settling down, something else comes along.

We'd all love to hear how you're all getting along....

Louise

Karen, that's good news.

Louise

Hello again,

Doctor said that what I am experiencing is all part of the treatment. She wasn't worried about it at all.

Hope you have all had a nice day.

Karen

So pleased to hear about yuor noses, I was not game to mention the blood, have also gone to tissues. When I mentioned it to John Stewart he just said mmmmmm.I felt silly . Good to hear I am normal by our standards.

So pleased to hear about yuor noses, I was not game to mention the blood, have also gone to tissues. When I mentioned it to John Stewart he just said mmmmmm.I felt silly . Good to hear I am normal by our standards.

Where are all the photos of you lovely ladies??

Where are all the photos of you lovely ladies??

Where are all the photos of you lovely ladies??

Hi Girls,

Sounds like some of us are tripping around all over the place. Just had a weekend in Tassie with my husband, brother and his partner. I haven't spent a lot of time with bro during the first half of my life. He's 10 years older, and his first wife wasn't very family friendly. They broke up about 4-5 years ago, and I'm closer to each of them now, than I was when they were married!! Try figuring that one out!

Any hoo Tassie wasn't too cold and not wet ( a blessing). Main reason for going was to see the new Mona (Museum of Old and New Art) art gallery in North hobart on the river. If you don't know about it, it is a privately funded gallery and cost $175 million and contains the private collection of its philanthropist  owner David Walsh. Fantastic exhibition, and free (they don't even ask for a contribution)  - I highly recomend it if you're down that way. Be warned though, there is a lot of confronting and explicit material, and give yourself plenty of time if you want to soak it up and reflect.

I've had 'the cough' since AC treatment, and was told it would probably eventually go away. Nothing seems to be certain or known when I ask questions. And yes, I've changed from hankies to tissues because when I blow my nose its mainly blood. I figured it was still the mucous membranes thinned out from the treatment. apparently the cells in those areas grow 3 times faster so they get knocked around by the drugs.

My neutrophils were down a bit last week, so had to go home with the injection to use the following day. I was disappointed, and no one seemed to be a ble to tell me if this was going to continue to get worse, or could just go up and down. The nurses are very helpful, but sometimes I find it hard to get the answers I'm looking for. Has anyone else had to miss treatments for this reason, or use the injection again?