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Recently diagnosed
I was diagnosed with breast cancer 2 days ago. And since then it has been a whirl wind of emotions. I have been told it is in the lymph nodes but do not know the stage of cancer and have been going through tests to see if I have secondary cancer. This has been one of the scariest times and boy do you go through all the…
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1st post
Hi Everyone This is my first post, so it may be a little long. Really need to find out if there is anyone else in this situation or have been through this and any ideas on how to cope best... I was diagnosed last september and a week later I had a skin saving mastectomy and reconstruction. 4cm mass left breast, 3 nodes…
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A little more Black and white
So the follow up scan cleared things up for us - the tumors are growing slowly on tdm1. So the drug is no magic bullet for me like it has been for some others. The progression is mm but enough to show a trend and reason to be taken off the trial. I expected it so I'm ok but my emotions have still been flat. You see with…
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So it begins again
Well my worst nightmare has come true :( Saw my Doc today and it appears I now have mets to my lung and liver and have to start chemo again,I'm numb,but I will fight with all my might,it's not going to win!!!! It's been caught very early and I have alot of options left,this is by no means the end......
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Milestones
My dear Alex is now 8 - my funny, sweet stubborn little girl - who has a grateful list most nights that is so long I sometimes have to say - enough now - keep something for tomorrow night! Finished Year 2 and onto year 3 next year - a fashion plate, you were not happy this afternoon as I brought to wrong bathers for you to…
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Latest scan results
Hi all, more good news today, thank God! Some lung tumours have shrunk slightly, one larger one in particular is now no longer visible at all and some tiny tumours have remained the same! No new growths anywhere in my body - bones and organs :) . Today's results also confirmed further healing in my bones, so I'm rapt with…
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Being a Voice
It's been a while since I blogged but I have been thinking lately about the small voice of those of us who are living with advanced BC. So I thought I would try to blog a little more regularly to be another little voice, another way of making a small contribution. I recently celebrated turning 40 and found loads of great…
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Waves on the sand, waiting for the Tsunami...
My lovely mum found a lump in her right breast in Sept 2012. Wave no.1... Mammogram/ ultrasound/ needle biopsy revealed the lump was cancerous and that she also had DCIS in the other breast. Wave no 2... Appointment with the surgeon led to her decision to have a double mastectomy. Wave no.3... The surgery found a total of…
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Well...crap
How much crying can one person do?? Without the headaches that follow?? I know there is a song called "I don't like Mondays", but I've now found my own reasons to not like Mondays. It was a Monday that I found the lump, a Monday that a diagnosis to cancer was confirmed, a Monday that I had all my chemo treatments, and this…
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October is nearly upon us!
Hi everyone I thought I would share with you the latest activity that I've heard about that the graduates and members of Room 912 are doing for Breast cancer awareness month. It would be great if you could also add your activities as well in another post. Firstly congratulations to Tonya who featured in Melbourne's Herald…
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reflection & where to now?
Hello my fellow pink sisters! I hope you are all smiling and laughing- well as much as you can be! Its been a long time so I am going to write a long blog today so apologies! I finally finished 12 months of herceptin 6 weeks ago! yay!!!!!!!! but im back there next week to get my port flushed! bbooooo! how long did people…
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my doctors and secretaries, all are very busy
I am under public system since last Tuesday or something. I still have same doctors (breast and plastic surgeon) but appointment with breast surgeon is now impossible. Her secretary told me she'd try to get one for me yesterday when I sobbed and told her that I did not have enough technical information about my case to…