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The New Me.
I was so looking forward to a works Christmas Party this weekend to catch up with people I hadn't seen for a quite a while as well as friends who have been there for me since the beginning of this shitty BC journey. I got the old glad rags on ready for a fun night but once having got there I just felt I didn't belong.…
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The best thing about Christmas......
Hoping everyone had a wonderfully brilliant xmas. My goodness, this is the first time in three days I have actually had time to sit down and post anything. What a whirlwind. There has been a lot of newly diagnosed joining us over the last weeks leading into the festive season, and I so hope you guys all made it through ok…
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I thought I was doing okay
I thought I was doing okay. Finished treatment in April. Now part of the short grey hair brigade-hair has grown back grey and wirey so growing some length is not an option unless I want to look like 'the Doc' from Back to the future. Back at work. It has taken the better part of 6 months to get my head around it all,…
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Life after breast cancer
https://au.pincandsteel.com/ Hi ladies...not sure if this belongs in CREATIVE CORNER so just popped it into General discussion..am sure some one will direct me this may be my first post on this sight...if I have posted it was a long time ago.. lets face it I can't remember my address some days so how and why would I stress…
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Oncologist Response to Fear of Recurrence
I went to my checkup with my oncologist on Thursday and I thought it worth sharing. I like my onc and trust him to be doing the best for me but I know that to a large extent, that's on faith and recommendations from other health professionals. He's a fairly quiet and reserved man who I have come to know more over the last…
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2 years and a third of a breast ago
This time two years ago, I was at my mum’s house in deep devastation, all cried out, shock manifesting in my body all over, listening to my cat purring, stunned and numbed and quietly sitting with the new knowledge that I had stage 3 breast cancer. Making a pact with myself to either fight the fucker and live or hurry up…
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An interesting read
I think we can all relate to this girls story https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/surviving-breast-cancer_us_5bce13e8e4b0a8f17eef3512?fbclid=IwAR2qTrKUOW57clE5yueJCsKykyPLroM9TniEoSF3LI6pvcNrFeNc8Q9XEBw
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Nine years on.... Triple Negative
Just by coincidence as it’s not something I dwell on, but last night whilst looking for something else I came across my diary that I kept when first diagnosed. Today is exactly nine years since my first diagnosis of Triple Negative Breast cancer. It was such a scary time. Yes, I did go on and have a little hiccup…
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6 years breast cancer free
Today my gorgeous work celebrated my 6 years breast cancer free. All meds stopped on friday.yippee although l still have blood cancer its one less problem to worry about
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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…