Hi @Trishym,
Well , you have been through it all!, welcome to our corner of the world, although I know its the last place you want to be,I am a bit older than you, in fact I could be your mum, my son is 45, my granddaughter 17, work out the math, I was a young mum,I had a surgical induced menopause at 29, so believe me I can understand{early ovarian cancer}, we are all unique and individual and the drugs have got a lot better since I went through it,so it will really be a matter of waiting and seeing how your body reacts! my own father had the same procedure that you did for your pleural effusion and yes its not nice and very uncomfortable,you are going to be on one of the best combos around after your operation, I am on a different chemo called xeloda, I too have mets to my spine and liver, it just sucks!!
There are a lot of support services around, its a matter of navigating the system, so pleased that you have your mum to help you, do you have any other support, a McGrath Breast Care Nurse, a counsellor/pyschologist? I would imagine the school
where your kids go have been very supportive, the nurses here at bcna are fantastic so if you want a chat there is a lot of info that they can give you, also for us ABC{Advanced Breast Cancer} girls they have a fantastic service in place, they have the services of a counsellor by the name of Dr.Carrie Lethborg, she will speak to you in the privacy of your home via telephone link up, google her name and you will find out about her, then just ring the 1800 number and ask to make an appointment, have you spoken at all with the cancer council, they have a lot in place for us as well, I dont want to get too personal, but I would assume that you are not working at the moment,if not are you aware of the services in place that you can access, there is a foundation called the otis foundation, they have holiday homes throughout Australia, available, free of charge for us, just a thought for after your next surgery, after you have recuperated you might like a holiday, I know there are other organisations in place for younger mums as well, but as an old chooky,will leave that up to the younger mums to help you with,I dont want to bombard you with information over load at this point, you have enough to think about,You, can do this!!, one step, one day at a time,we are always here to help and support you.
wendy55
