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BCNA requesting your help with our 2019 Christmas Appeal
Hello everyone, We are looking for your help with our 2019 Christmas appeal. For those newly diagnosed with breast cancer the holiday season can be full of uncertainty and isolation. That's why BCNA is there, to support all Australians affected by breast cancer, no matter the time of year. We are looking for two stories…
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Oncologist visit
Hi everyone, well today was my visit to oncologist for two months, I'm taking kisqali and letrozole and my results were great and she told me everything was stable I'm so pleased everything is doing what's it's suppose to be doing. Enjoy your day everyone I know I will be now 🙂🙂
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Talking about new diagnosis, treatment
I was diagnosed on 5/8 and am waiting for a date for surgery. So much is unknown about treatment until my pathology results come back. I have an amazing family and friends but am struggling to talk with them as this makes ‘it’ real. They just want to support me and are respecting my need to talk only when I feel like it.…
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Starting retirement with a bang/crashSo here I am
Hi everyone. Firstly, what a lovely group this is. It has really helped me already <3 I retired early May ,and had a beautiful trip with my husband to celebrate. “What are you going to do now?” said almost everyone. Well, I was going to do all the things in my life I had never had to time for!!! So many things!!! Lucky…
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Saying no
So I have a conundrum.... I am in constant lingo between saying no to people/situations and then feeling terrible guilt about it! I’m trying to follow advice in regards to making this time about me and my healing but then I feel I’m spending more time feeling like I’m letting people down and feeling selfish...anyone feel…
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Friends
Evening lovelies, I have been having a hard time lately with being empathetic with my friends and family over, what seems to me, such trivial problems. I understand everything is relative to whats going on in everyone’s world but I feel that this is causing a rift in between mine and my family and friends relationships and…
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Diagnosed 2 days ago
From @Caroline71 Hi Everyone I am new to the site, just turned 48 and only diagnosed 2 days ago with stage 3 invasive breast cancer.It has spread to my lymph nodes and the muscles in my chest and I still have to have scans to see if it has gone to other organs. I am utterly devastated as I only had a scan in December and…
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New To BCNA
Hello Everyone, My name is Gavin and my wife (Karen) was recently advised she had BC (March 9th), I’ve been a rock for her and our two kids at home (we’re in our 50’s) and have advised my girls living at home that I’m there for their mums journey and will be her biggest support person, I’ve done a bit of reading over the…
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Won the wrong lottery
Hi, 1 in 8 and I wouldn’t win Tatts but I’ve won an early diagnosis triple positive gremlin. Surgery was a little over 3 weeks ago. Clear Margins and negative in the sentinel nodes - another win 🙂 I had an appointment with the radio guru today who says 4 weeks of treatment after my chemo. So that will be a few months away…
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Body scan done a shadow found on my lung
Hello to all, I am still remaining positive, have had lumpectomy 1/8/19 and the margins were clear but found cancer in sentional lymph node not sure if I'm having an auxiliary dissection due to finding a 1.5cm shadow on my lung from the body scan and bone scan good. Having a PET scan next week to find out if the cancer has…
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Feeling down
Well the last couple days i have been feeling down, teary, realisation of what is happening rears it’s ugly head again someone unlocked that oh so carefully locked door I had it behind. Had a kidney stent removed and replaced on Tuesday, it’s my 3rd week on Kisqali, so I’m on my normal week now as I like to think of it,…
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On the spot
I had to make a decision today and my response was based on what I currently feel up to coping with. Hubby is very disappointed. My previous fantastic feeling has since plummeted. I feel BC has robbed both of us of so much. Maybe I just need to get away. Thank you ladies for being here for me. I’ll feel better tomorrow.
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Hip fracture
Tomorrow would have been a month back at work after 12months absence due to treatment .a simple grocery shopping has turned into a hip fracture didn't fall ,or hit anything just took a step wrong. Now going to need hospital stay for a week and a walking aid for at least 6weeks. Upside , no surgery , got to keep positive.