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Welcome to forum.am also new and just had my first chemo today so far so good .I just believe all will go well.fingers crossed

All the best on your holiday

Praise 

Hey Tara

My stance has slightly changed I’m starting to panic, I’m now a stage 2 grade 3 TNBC, and I’m not kidding it’s scaring the *** out of me!! I’m trying to remain positive My treatment starts 3rd Sept as they needed a further MRI, before Chemo?!

p.s don’t be on a rush back until that house is spotless

Thanks Praise, hope you carry on feeling good on the chemo - I'm reliably informed that some do make it through relatively unscathed, lets hope we're the lucky ones eh?

Sorry to hear things have got more challenging and that your stage has increased - how did that happen?  As a novice to all this I would have thought that they'd do enough tests to determine what the situation was up front then they could see what impact the chemotherapy was having and not have to delay chemo??

So your chemo will start shortly after mine, I'll give you the lowdown end of next week, should be fun!!!

I am off for what I hope is my last tests tomorrow, the worst bit of which is that I have to get my lazy *** out of bed at 6.15, I'm more of a 7am plus kinda gal but have an MRI guided biopsy at 8.45, then an ECHO in the afternoon luckily the long suffering boyfriend is taking me for lunch in between - I wonder will a couple of vino's affect the heart monitoring?? Not that it would necessarily stop me, especially as wine may taste like p1ss after next week (well that's my excuse anyway).

Not sure my humble abode has ever been spotless, I did however manage to clean the downstairs which is nothing but miraculous, didn't want to stretch myself too much so may do the upstairs over the BH weekend...something to look forward to!  It's funny (as recently had long hair) that on next hoover my long hair will no longer be clogging the dyson, its true that every cloud has a silver lining, finding it can be challenging granted.

It may be that some distraction may help your increasing worry?
 

I too am an absolute novice to this also, kinda freaking me out! I think because I’m 2cm, maybe it’s borderline or possibly the fact that it’s a triple negative cancer? Either way I’ll still meet it with the same set of boxing gloves as before.  We are currently making lemon cake and drinking beer, I don’t think the wine would increase the heart rate I think if anything it would lower it I went today to try on wigs that didn’t go so well, I’ll try again on Tues good luck with your appointments do you good to get out of bed early I’ll be thinking of you as I turn over for my second sleep  

Hi I can feel you, anything that wont be able to see with eyes is hard as we take it by feeling but try to be positive as u say.every every voice of fear be lies,  I had same feelings wasnt sure I could feel like oh it's gone somewhere but all other tests were pretty negative, bone, organs ,blood .as you wait for treatment try as much as you can eat alkaline foods with high proteins and cut off carbs. It really helped me feel right as many symptoms were gone and rarely happened. 

You are in my prayer ,you will win the battle Jesus with you.

Have fantastic day. Yesterday was my first chemo but so far I still feel ok slept well hoping to win as well.

XxxPraise

Hopefully. Hopefully hopefully God with us will do it all well well

Loving the alcohol & cake at gone 10pm - get you!

Yeah getting up at 6.15 was delightful, the cats were glad for an early morning feed, the greedy bugg4rs.

MRI guided biopsy was worst test to date, difficult to get comfy but needed to stay still and boob then wouldn't stop bleeding, poor nurse had to apply pressure to my boob for 30 mins and am still wrapped up mummy style in bandages, not too painful though the needle did feel most odd, lovely nurses & radiologists though.

Boyfriend, who is not the most patient at the best of times, was not happy with fellow drivers on road as due to delay only had an hour to get to the usual hospital (which didn't have the MRI & biopsy machine) and we'd planned to go out for a lovely lunch, Luke warm panini in costa at the hospital was not what I had in mind.

Anyhoo arrived for ECHO and was asked to remove top & bra and told nurse that would be difficult & revealed bandaged chest (now looking even more like a butch lesbian with short hair & taped t1ts) and after much deliberation they decided not to do echo..ah well.  So am having that on Tues when have bloods pre chemo.

I do hope that when I remove bandages that bleeding has stopped, already ruined one set of sheets the other week...nice!

Hope you cake is sooner lovely, have a fab weekend and BH Mon.

Spam

Oh my god I laughed at loud at this, “Lesbian with tapped ***”!!

I actually don’t normally drink prob a glass of wine a month but this last 2 weeks I’ve needed a tad more!

So sorry that your biopsy was painful, atleast you have had that out of the way now, I only had the standard biopsy, and like you I bleed a lot too, came home with a wee ice pack on my boob!

I have 4 cats and 2 dogs, all automatic feeders, my husband lol

I will have you in my thoughts on Tuesday xx

Hi

just wanted to say good luck for the 29th...chemo day is truly underwhelming, they pump you full of good stuff, I positively skipped out of the unit after my infusion thinking....hell....is that it? I can cope with that!!! Of course the crash came later, but I was at home....

i have a feeling you will cope very well, I absolutely love your humour....mine can be pretty dark but it has carried me through.....now ...I think with our " new looks" we should either become truckers or join a gay pride march somewhere.....