Maree72
7 months agoMember
Heart Question?
Hello all,
its been a hot minute since I've been on here, but I'm back with a heart related question please?
After my treatments chemo, stopped in Easter this year, long story but I got 1/2 way though the 16 cycles,
Radiation completed on 5th July after 6 weeks.
Not yet on hormone blocking tablets, that's another story for another time. Waiting on my KI67 results before I make that choice.
But I got given my results today from my echocardiogram done 2 weeks ago - my oncologist has now referred me as a cat 1 to the cardiologist as they have found thickening of my heart chamber on the outside, this wasn't present in the echo prior to chemo starting. They say its not life threating and I'm unlikely to just up sticks as have a heart attack, always good know.
So has anyone else out there in the breast cancer land experienced this?
Not to sure what to expect, or how to manage this, I still get fatigued, I still have brain fog days or moments,
I've returned back to my swimming pool exercises and swimming, the gym - as well as yoga and all my physio exercises I do.
So I'm pretty active - I don't drink ( very much or at all) , my choice, think the last glass of wine was over a few weeks ago, I'm not a smoker, I watch what I eat since this dam cancer nightmare,
I take all my victim's and supplements,
I'm in menopause, sleeping is very very difficult due to the insomnia - I retain fluid, in my ankles and hands, this is how the oncologist picked up on this, that and I got on my high horse about testing the heart after all the treatments had been done, to see if there are any changes - after watching breast cancer trials webinar about heart health and breast cancer, it was an incredible watch, so much info given and shared. So they agreed to do a follow up echo.
And now this ??
So any one out there with anything they would like to tell me about, share etc,
I should hear back from the cardiologist department at the hospital with in 30 days, guess Ill know more then, just for now, I'm completely guessing as to what happened now?
Thanks so much :):smile:
I'm not worried (much)
its been a hot minute since I've been on here, but I'm back with a heart related question please?
After my treatments chemo, stopped in Easter this year, long story but I got 1/2 way though the 16 cycles,
Radiation completed on 5th July after 6 weeks.
Not yet on hormone blocking tablets, that's another story for another time. Waiting on my KI67 results before I make that choice.
But I got given my results today from my echocardiogram done 2 weeks ago - my oncologist has now referred me as a cat 1 to the cardiologist as they have found thickening of my heart chamber on the outside, this wasn't present in the echo prior to chemo starting. They say its not life threating and I'm unlikely to just up sticks as have a heart attack, always good know.
So has anyone else out there in the breast cancer land experienced this?
Not to sure what to expect, or how to manage this, I still get fatigued, I still have brain fog days or moments,
I've returned back to my swimming pool exercises and swimming, the gym - as well as yoga and all my physio exercises I do.
So I'm pretty active - I don't drink ( very much or at all) , my choice, think the last glass of wine was over a few weeks ago, I'm not a smoker, I watch what I eat since this dam cancer nightmare,
I take all my victim's and supplements,
I'm in menopause, sleeping is very very difficult due to the insomnia - I retain fluid, in my ankles and hands, this is how the oncologist picked up on this, that and I got on my high horse about testing the heart after all the treatments had been done, to see if there are any changes - after watching breast cancer trials webinar about heart health and breast cancer, it was an incredible watch, so much info given and shared. So they agreed to do a follow up echo.
And now this ??
So any one out there with anything they would like to tell me about, share etc,
I should hear back from the cardiologist department at the hospital with in 30 days, guess Ill know more then, just for now, I'm completely guessing as to what happened now?
Thanks so much :):smile:
I'm not worried (much)