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Doing really well but it's never far from the surface
LIfe is good at the moment. It has been 2 and a half years since my diagnosis. Surgery, chemo, radiation and Herceptin are a just a memory. I am over my latest bout of fatigue thanks to taking Vit B and magnesium. Hot flushes at their peak again, but I now just think of them as BAU - business as usual. Work is great. I am…
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Some happy positive stuff!
Hi All, So I have been reading a few posts where people seem to be in a bit of a slump so here’s a happy story. I finished all treatment (double mastectomy, axillary node clearance, 6mths chemo and 6weeks radiation plus herceptin) so have been on this shit roller coaster for 17 months now. I had my last herceptin on…
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Sisters in solace
Dear fellow travellers I’m currently in Ullapool, Scotland and had a very poignant and touching exchange with another woman at a local market. I bought a knitted headband from her. As I took off my hat and put on the headband we both realised that our hair was similarly sparse and immediately knew why. She came out from…
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and now I am a survivor ?
5 years - 5 years of tests, treatment, scans - everything to eradicate this alien from my body. Now I have had my 5 years scan and nothing !!! nothing at all !! I am clear again. It's weird. My surgeon said goodbye, I hope we never meet again. I see my onc in a couple of weeks and I am hoping she says the same. I watched…
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DONE AND DUSTED
I'm clear of cancer... how can anyone say that. I finished rads only 2 days ago, had a CT scan yesterday and today was told I'm cured. Arimidex for the next how many years and life goes on. But it won't be my old life that I loved so much. What if I don't like my new life. What if I don't like the renovated version of me.…
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Five Pearls of wisdom
Hi all, Please see post below by Saskia Lichtenstern, a breast cancer survivor from London who has asked us to help her reach out to women about a book she is putting together written by thousands of breast cancer survivors for women stepping into their footsteps. Saskia explains: This book isn’t about being diagnosed with…
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New Normal
We often talk on this network about creating and adjusting to a 'New Normal'. Nearly every day I walk up to the top of a hill near my house and always walk around and admire this Iron Bark gumtree at the top. It was blown over in a wind storm more than 15 years ago. There are enough roots in the ground that it has kept on…
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PHEW Well that's a phase of my life I don't want to go through again.
Hello Lovely Ladies, Well today was the day I went back to the specialist after the first year of this (no I am not gonna use the word) epic STAGE of my life lol. He doesn't want to see me again till next year after my yearly Mammogram. Which I am sooooo happy about. Sooooo why have I just been outside with tears falling…
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So my family have asked me to get help
I'm coming up to my 1st anniversary of being diagnosed. In a recent conversation with my family I have been told that I need to get help, that I need to find someone to talk to because my feelings are not healthy, that I'm not dealing with things very well. I'm honestly a bit dumbfounded as I thought I was doing…
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Ovaries removal
Hi ladies, As I get back to “normal” life after BC last year, I realise just like other ladies on here, I want to do everything possible to stay alive as long as I can. Sure I am still at risk of having my cancer return even though I had a bi mastectomy and sure becsuse I have that damn brca1 gene and considering my mum…
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Interesting article shared on facebook
Hi All. This is a great article. A little more depth would have been nice, but good that people are discussing.…
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BC Survivor
When is one defined as a Breast Cancer Survivor? Is there a time frame?