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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…
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The Journey Begins.......
Well what a month it has been, life is full of surprises! Around the middle of June I noticed I was becoming short of breath initially I put this down to lack of attendance at the gym and general laziness. It then got to the point when I thought that it could be more than lack of fitness, so I took myself of to the local…
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Newbie
Hello everyone :)I'm new to this blogging thing so I hope I get it right.I'm starting 5 weeks of radiotheraphy on Tues,hope it won't be as bad as chemo was. I'm looking for some new friends,to share this roller coaster ride that is our life at the moment :)
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New diagnosis
Hello, I have just been diagnoses with breast cancer. It is still like a dream, where I am in it but not taking part. This is my own worst nightmare, as I am a trained oncology nurse myself. I found a lump in my armpit a while ago. I had a very bad tooth infection when the limp showed, so everyone was thinking that was…
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LIsaG
Well the support of friends has been amazing! My social life was pretty great already but I seem to be constantly meeting friends for breakfast or lunch out - better enjoy it while I can.., I find I have a whole new appreciation for sunrises and sunsets... I bought myself a new chair just to sit on the beach and enjoy the…
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I have just been diagnosed
Hello everyone! am new to this site.... and new to this blogging... I am 41 years old with a new granddaughter due any day now! Think i may be in some denial that all of this is happening and really dont know what i am in for... found this site helpful as i spent all night on google finding out what a biopsy is, different…
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Advice for the newly diagnosed
Hi all, Just going through the current posts, and 1 recurring theme pops out at me for all the people out there that have just been diagnosed. I also remember how I felt, and as a cancer nurse AND cancer patient i thought I might post some tips. For all the other "old hats" Feel free to add anything :) 1) take a deep…
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Emotional wreck?
Today I presented a talk on BCNA for a luncheon group of 80+ people at a self funded retiree complex. I hadn't given a talk in the past few months, so prior to the event I had gone over and adjusted my talk, added more info on older women, and was happy. I gave my talk and had very good feedback, even an invitation to talk…
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A patient for Lucy Van Pelt
There was nothing romantic about this cancer. Utterly arbitrary, it didn’t have a narrative. It was just blank-faced and dutiful, a civil servant among diseases. So I went deep into some glum pop music and constructed what stories I could there." Giles Smith, Lost in Music. Shortly before I left Sydney (where I’d been…
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OMG
OMG, just over 2 weeks since diagnosis of lobular breast cancer, head spinning like linda blair, not even sure how this blog thing works but will give it a try booked for mastectomy and reconsturction on monday, scared beyond belief, i hope i am doing right thiing ALL my surgeons and specialists and NURSES are fantastic…
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Wed afternoon
Hi everyone, I'm looking forward to seeing you all again this Wednesday afternoon. It's hard to believe that another fortnight has passed since I saw you all last! The days are going by too quickly! I am all sorted with my leg now. I have about 100 metres of walking and then I am stuffed so I have to ration how far I go at…
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DEDICATED TO MY MUM
I made this for my mum...... and i wanted to share it with you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPj1w_O2QkI
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Merry Christmas One & All
Greetings everyone. I would like to say thank you to all those wonderful women who have shared my journey with me - reading, and or posting helpful supporting replies. You are all very brave wonderful women and I take my hat off to you all. This has been a year of turmoil and anguish of being in shock, denial, and some…
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Stable - schmable...
Hi pink ladies, Clinic today - basically the disease is stable - schmable. I'm pretty down about it. I have had all of my hopes pinned on remission. It is unlikely that this will happen. So I have to get my head in the space that stable is a good result. The CT cannot tell what is active and what is scar tissue but…