Healing well

Hi Jenine,

Oh the tropics how lovely!!! I live in sydney and it has been a very miserable summer. If its like this next summer i will be moving to somewhere sunny.

I am glad that its only for the first week that its tough for you to hold your kids but as you say its only 1 week out of 3. 

All the best, take care of yourself.

Danielle xx

Hi Jenine,

Oh the tropics how lovely!!! I live in sydney and it has been a very miserable summer. If its like this next summer i will be moving to somewhere sunny.

I am glad that its only for the first week that its tough for you to hold your kids but as you say its only 1 week out of 3. 

All the best, take care of yourself.

Danielle xx

Hi Jenine,

Oh the tropics how lovely!!! I live in sydney and it has been a very miserable summer. If its like this next summer i will be moving to somewhere sunny.

I am glad that its only for the first week that its tough for you to hold your kids but as you say its only 1 week out of 3. 

All the best, take care of yourself.

Danielle xx

Hi Danielle,

I'm not sure about what contact I can and can't have with the kids.  Last time, they told me not to hug and kiss the kids in that first week.  I'm concious of the fact that because we live in the tropics I sweat a lot and I don't want the kids exposed.  I'm particularly careful in the first week after the dose, but then I relax  wth them. 

I guess it is all part of the process and ultimately it is only 1 week out of 3 and we have our little ways to work around.

Cheers,
Jenine

 

 

Hi Nenie,

How are you going? I was just reading your post and read what you said about not kissing the kids due to being toxic. Have you been told to do that?? I was just told to flush the toilet twice with the lid down and not to have unprotected sex. I could not imagine not holding and kissing the kids. That must be terrible for you. 

Danielle xx

Hi Danielle,

Yes, it is great to heal so well this time.  I had a harder time with my first mastectomy, so this has been a nice suprise.

You are right and the school has been very supportive without making me feel that they feel sorry for me.  I too agree that it is good that the kids are young.  I also have good neighbours (friends) who are providing support as well and a neighbour looked after them for us when I had chemo this week. 

The kids have been through this before but I'm not sure what they remember.  I have had the talk about the 'special medicine' and how my hair will fall out again, so they are waiting for that at the moment.  I had my first chemo yesterday so they won't have that long to wait now :).

My son was a little funny when I came home last night because I had spoken about the fact that the medicine is toxic to them when I first have it.  I pretty much live in my room for the first week, which is hard because I just want to hug them, but I blow them hugs the same way I blow them kisses.  Once he realised that I was ok and could still blow him kisses and hugs he seemed to settle. 

So far, it has been ok, but I guess I just need to wait over the next three weeks and over the next couple of months.  I'm feeling quite positive and tolerated the chemo well last time and as it is pretty much the same routine, I'm hoping that I will tolerate it well again.

Cheers,

Nenie?

 

Hi Danielle,

Yes, it is great to heal so well this time.  I had a harder time with my first mastectomy, so this has been a nice suprise.

You are right and the school has been very supportive without making me feel that they feel sorry for me.  I too agree that it is good that the kids are young.  I also have good neighbours (friends) who are providing support as well and a neighbour looked after them for us when I had chemo this week. 

The kids have been through this before but I'm not sure what they remember.  I have had the talk about the 'special medicine' and how my hair will fall out again, so they are waiting for that at the moment.  I had my first chemo yesterday so they won't have that long to wait now :).

My son was a little funny when I came home last night because I had spoken about the fact that the medicine is toxic to them when I first have it.  I pretty much live in my room for the first week, which is hard because I just want to hug them, but I blow them hugs the same way I blow them kisses.  Once he realised that I was ok and could still blow him kisses and hugs he seemed to settle. 

So far, it has been ok, but I guess I just need to wait over the next three weeks and over the next couple of months.  I'm feeling quite positive and tolerated the chemo well last time and as it is pretty much the same routine, I'm hoping that I will tolerate it well again.

Cheers,

Nenie?

 

Hi Jovra,

No, I did not have a big break between cancers - only a year and a half.  The chemotherapy treatment seems to be the same, even two of my meds are the same (1 chemo and the herceptin) with one new chemo med this time.

Yes, I two have support in neighbours.  One of our neighbours took the kids after school this week when I had my chemo and looked after them, did their homework with them and the home reading so when my husband and I picked them up, he was able to just feed them and get them ready for bed.  It is good to have support.

The teachers and principal at the school have been good and very supportive and the kids have settled in to the school, so I'm feeling very comfortable with their school routine.

Now it is just a wait and see how I go with the chemo over the next few months.

Cheers,

Nenie

 

Hi Tonya,

I had my first breast cancer in my right breast in May 2009 and treatment lasted until 2010.  This second cancer in my left breast was diagnosed in late November 2011.  So only a year and a half between cancers.  I guess this means that I still have the memory and knowledge of the treatment, so I know what I'm in for.

Yes, it is a kick in the guts to get cancer again and I prefer not to have to, but it is what it is.

The kids have settled into school well, and teachers and principal have been really supportive and a neighbour helped out this week my looking after the kids on the day I had chemo.

So far, so good, and I will see how it all goes over the next few months.

Cheers,

Nenie

Hi Nenie,

How are you going? Thats great that you are healing well and even better that you get a break to do your mummy things. My daughter is in year 1 this year and my son is going into kindy the same as your kids. I was also a new parent at the school when i was going through my treatment and everyone was very understanding without making me feel as though they felt sorry for me. 

There is a school chaplain at the school who is there to assist with kids who are having a rough time and never has he had to chat with my daughter as it has not phased her at all. I think its good them being so young when we were diagnosed as they do not fully comprehend it. They have not heard stories in the news like older children may have so they have nothing to compare it to. They only know what we tell them and what we see.

I think its great that you are going to chat to the principal i hope that you have the same experience with your new school as i did with mine.

Goodluck with their first day, keep us posted how it all went.

Danielle xx