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duxx1234
8 years agoMember
Treatments
Hello everyone, I have just joined this forum. I am 67 years old and I was diagnosed with Stage 3 19mm TNBC late November 2017. I had a lumpectomy and 3 sentinel nodes removed. Two out of three had c...
Mollygirl
8 years agoMember
Sorry mucked my post up...
damn hair - survival is more important right!!!?
@duxx1234, have you got a start date for chemo yet? Where are you having chemo? You will probably have an info session before or day of with one of the nurses. They will talk to you about how to care for yourself during chemo - mouth care, bowels, meds, diet etc. If you have a breast care nurse, use them, lean on them. They are a wonderful resource and it's to my regret I did not utilise my amazing breast care nurse fully because I'm so stubborn.
Breathe in, breathe out. We know you can do this... We did. Xxxooo
damn hair - survival is more important right!!!?
@duxx1234, have you got a start date for chemo yet? Where are you having chemo? You will probably have an info session before or day of with one of the nurses. They will talk to you about how to care for yourself during chemo - mouth care, bowels, meds, diet etc. If you have a breast care nurse, use them, lean on them. They are a wonderful resource and it's to my regret I did not utilise my amazing breast care nurse fully because I'm so stubborn.
Breathe in, breathe out. We know you can do this... We did. Xxxooo