A little update :)

You too lana. Xxx There are a few of us ready to start chemo. We can keep each other company :-)

You too lana. Xxx There are a few of us ready to start chemo. We can keep each other company :-)

You too lana. Xxx There are a few of us ready to start chemo. We can keep each other company :-)

I too start chemo soon and a colleague with B C said the port is not painful at all . She found biopsies worse. I am a sook and fear all the blood tests and Canullas bring put in. I am going to have a port . Good luck with your treatment!

I too had similar feelings at the beginning of my treatment. Everything happened within a very short space of time and my world turned upside down. I felt like my old life was suddenly over and I had this different one to come to terms with. At first it felt like I had no control but once you know more about your diagnosis and treatment you start to lose that out of control feeling.

There were two advantages, as I saw it, to having everything happen quickly. First you did not have too long sitting around thinking about what was going to happen next. Secondly it meant that treatment would be finished earlier and I could begin to recover. I cannot believe that I am almost finished. Surgery and 18 weeks chemo done and only 10 more radiotherapy treatments! Then I get to find out what hormone therapy will be like for me.

We are moving into our new house this week and I see this as a beginning of the next stage of life. Recovering and adjusting to life post breast cancer.Just keep on taking it one step at a time. Give yourself little rewards after each chemo and before you know it you will be over the worst of this treatment.

You will not regret the port. I never had one and even though my veins survived, it was the worst part of having chemo for me. Getting the cannula in each time was nerve racking and usually took more than one go despite being well hydrated etc. You really start to feel like a pin cushion after a while!

I can see you are so much calmer and stronger now, Jodie. I am sure you will handle chemo just like you have got through everything else so far. Soon you will be looking back on it like I am and be amazed at how strong you are. Sending you lots of good vibes for Chemo and hope you don't have too many side effects. :) Deanne xxxx

I too had similar feelings at the beginning of my treatment. Everything happened within a very short space of time and my world turned upside down. I felt like my old life was suddenly over and I had this different one to come to terms with. At first it felt like I had no control but once you know more about your diagnosis and treatment you start to lose that out of control feeling.

There were two advantages, as I saw it, to having everything happen quickly. First you did not have too long sitting around thinking about what was going to happen next. Secondly it meant that treatment would be finished earlier and I could begin to recover. I cannot believe that I am almost finished. Surgery and 18 weeks chemo done and only 10 more radiotherapy treatments! Then I get to find out what hormone therapy will be like for me.

We are moving into our new house this week and I see this as a beginning of the next stage of life. Recovering and adjusting to life post breast cancer.Just keep on taking it one step at a time. Give yourself little rewards after each chemo and before you know it you will be over the worst of this treatment.

You will not regret the port. I never had one and even though my veins survived, it was the worst part of having chemo for me. Getting the cannula in each time was nerve racking and usually took more than one go despite being well hydrated etc. You really start to feel like a pin cushion after a while!

I can see you are so much calmer and stronger now, Jodie. I am sure you will handle chemo just like you have got through everything else so far. Soon you will be looking back on it like I am and be amazed at how strong you are. Sending you lots of good vibes for Chemo and hope you don't have too many side effects. :) Deanne xxxx

It does all seem like a blur at times. Those feelings you are having are all normal. I remember loving the days I could work as I could be Just Paula, not Paula the woman with breast cancer. I didn't have a port first time round and in hind site wish I did as my veins are trashed. Hence the need for a port the second time. It is a very simple procedure under the twilight anaesthetic. It was so funny when it was over I told them I was awake the whole time... They laughed at me and assured me I wasn't. I just remember hearing them talking and obviously drifted off and then heard them talking again. It really is a visit to twilight land. I still have my port two years on. I get it flushed every 6 weeks which takes a matter of minutes. The only reason I haven't had it out is that I am having more surgery and will get it out then. It has come in handy over the years. If I am due blood tests when I am getting it flushed the nurses in oncology take them through the port. Good luck with the procedure. The port makes chemo much easier. Take care. Paula :)

It does all seem like a blur at times. Those feelings you are having are all normal. I remember loving the days I could work as I could be Just Paula, not Paula the woman with breast cancer. I didn't have a port first time round and in hind site wish I did as my veins are trashed. Hence the need for a port the second time. It is a very simple procedure under the twilight anaesthetic. It was so funny when it was over I told them I was awake the whole time... They laughed at me and assured me I wasn't. I just remember hearing them talking and obviously drifted off and then heard them talking again. It really is a visit to twilight land. I still have my port two years on. I get it flushed every 6 weeks which takes a matter of minutes. The only reason I haven't had it out is that I am having more surgery and will get it out then. It has come in handy over the years. If I am due blood tests when I am getting it flushed the nurses in oncology take them through the port. Good luck with the procedure. The port makes chemo much easier. Take care. Paula :)

As terrible as it is that everything happens so quickly, it's also a blessing. You don't really have time to think. Be good to yourself and listen to your body. Don't push yourself to hard. It's only been 3 weeks since I was diagnosed with secondaries and in that time a whole lot has happened and I get to travel 1200ks each way for treatment. Look after yourself. Xx