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dry hands and feet
Hi Ladies......wondering if anyone can recommend a really good moisturiser for dry hands and feet. I am on Caelyx chemo at the moment but have been on numerous ones before that. I had hand and foot syndrome before and my oncologist took me off my meds to clear that but now my hands and feet are just really dry. I'm using…
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Changing chemo.
Well I received the dreaded news from my oncologist today after scans earlier this week. One good thing was there is no spread to the organs, but not so good for the bone scan. There is more spread in the pelvic bones and head of the femur. I'm having an xray to check there is no fracture from the cancer. On Tuesday I will…
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Mixed meeting pre surgery
I had an ultrasound after the 4x AC and have now had 4x taxol (1x Herceptin and Perjeta) an undetermined area was picked up on the ultrasound. So my surgeon appmt was Brough forward...He was really happy with the response from the main tumour, that makes him lean towards lumpectomy.He ultrasounded the new “lesion”, but…
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Will I see my girls grow up
only finished my treatment in November. Chemo and radiotherapy as preventative treatment after successful lumpectomy that had spread to 2 lymph nodes. Now on holidays in Queensland and after a freak accident at Movie World that hurt my ribs I had a CT scan to check for damage I have received the devastating news that I…
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Chemo conundrum article
Today's Australian had an article on de-escalation of chemo on certain breast cancer patients. The article has come from the wall street journal in the US. Page 10 in the Life section of The Australian for those interested in downloading it for a read. It would be good to get peoples thoughts on this esp those who have or…