Had my last chemo round today. What a relief that I will no longer have those chemicals put into my body. I've got a 'get out of cancer treatment' for a month card. Next round of surgery on the 12/08, can't wait, NOT!, but it won't be an invasive as the first surgery I had in April, no lymph nodes being removed this time,…
The beautiful woman that gives my my oncology massage recommended this Catalyst program to me yesterday. I'm sharing it here because I think it's one of the most significant pieces of research I've seen. Short version: * Exercising during chemotherapy can enhance treatment and prevent muscle loss * Exercise has proven…
Hello everyone, welcome to the Friday update! Community Highlights We have 29 new members. Please give a warm welcome to Kate13, MayaV, dtrif5, Effi and all our new members. This week we had 79 posts and 436 comments. Here are a few posts you may have missed - * Big red * Let me yell it loud and clear .....chemo is done! *…
Hi all, Have popped on here a couple of times and have finally gotten around to signing up so I can post. I was diagnosed on April Fools day 2016 with stage 3 breast cancer. I've had 2 rounds of FEC with another 2 to go and then I'm onto D for 4 rounds. Then it's a bilateral mastectomy and then radiation, so an interesting…
BCNA is coming to Tasmania as part of our free national Information Forum series. We are bringing leading experts to events in Devonport on Tuesday 30 April to talk on a range of breast cancer topics. Our events are for anyone who has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer or who is living with or after a breast cancer…
BCNA is coming to Tasmania as part of our free national Information Forum series. We are bringing leading experts to events in Hobart on Thursday 2 May to talk on a range of breast cancer topics. Our events are for anyone who has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer or who is living with or after a breast cancer…