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Oh well, I still dont know
After my inoperable tumors went thru 5 months of chemo, I finally had a mastectomy just before xmas on 20th December. The breast nurse had assured me that all would be revealed after the mastectomy, i...
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I had all my chemo at Byron Bay's new unit. My friends compared their visits with me to those of a luxury hotel, so one on one was the attention. I enjoyed sitting in there with floor to ceiling glass windows overlooking pastures. It was only when I got home that the chemo would dig in.
The mastectomy was at Tweed Heads Hospital, neglected by the NSW Govt. for years now, they do an excellent job under very difficult conditions.
I was given a fantastic booklet called Positive Oncology by Sue Mackey (an optimistic approach to the big C). It's short and easy to read and full of so much common sense, she reassures me that I am striving in the right direction.
But I have my moments of crippling anxiety... who wouldn't?
Thank you for your response, I feel this is the only place that I can say what I want.
I had all my chemo at Byron Bay's new unit. My friends compared their visits with me to those of a luxury hotel, so one on one was the attention. I enjoyed sitting in there with floor to ceiling glass windows overlooking pastures. It was only when I got home that the chemo would dig in.
The mastectomy was at Tweed Heads Hospital, neglected by the NSW Govt. for years now, they do an excellent job under very difficult conditions.
I was given a fantastic booklet called Positive Oncology by Sue Mackey (an optimistic approach to the big C). It's short and easy to read and full of so much common sense, she reassures me that I am striving in the right direction.
But I have my moments of crippling anxiety... who wouldn't?
Thank you for your response, I feel this is the only place that I can say what I want.