hi im 36 mother of 3 n diagnosed dec 23. ive had 2 ops n 5 of 6 chemo n finding it very hard at mo. feel so peed off n cant get rid of that feeling. would love to chat. x
Hi. It looks like this discussion thread has been going a long time and i hope i will be able to join the community here. I was diagnosed with breast cancer just after xmas and have had a mastectomy last week. I have a secondary tumor in my hip and possibly in my head so will have to face chemo and radiotherapy although I dont know the details as yet. I would love to make friends on here who i can both support and find support from on this journey. I have 2 grown up children and they have surprised me recently as to how supportive they can be. It certainly is a case of role reversal in my house. Chassis x x
Welcome to the place no-one wants to be.Hope you are coping with the mastectomy and glad to see you have support at home.I had mastectomy 4 years ago and have recurrance in the lymph glands in my neck and chest .I have been on chemo for 2 years to contain it and like you have 2 grown up children and 3 grandchildren ,so plenty of reasons to fight on.Hope you have a good medical team looking after you.What part of the world do you live in?We are a well scattered lot on here.
Lots of great advice from our pal Tony there! I think just being as patient as you can is the way to go! Your hair will grow in it's own time- but I agree with the diet thing - that will help the strength and quality of your lovely new hair.
Mine has come back very grey and very curly. But y'know what - I reckon that's it's natural state (which I haven't seen for a while thanks to my lovely hairdresser!)
I posted a few photos on my blog recently after my first haircut in 12 months. You can have a look www.letyerhairdown.blogspot.com
It's in January's posts under 'chop and change.' I've included photos from skinheed stage to granny grey hair stage, then finally, short, chic and styled. It's great to have hair again, but looking at those photos as a skinheed, I think I quite suited that look!
Great that you're swimming by the way, and much easier with short hair!
Seriously though, I am sorry I missed your previous note...I have just looked back and found it.... Frankly it is all a bit strange as we are carrying on as best we can normally but have moments when I just get so bloody angry with everything. I absolutely HATE chemo and the biological stuff as on a mixture of Irinotecan and Avastin and have a scan in about 3-4 weeks time to see how it is getting on...I am hoping they will find nothing but not getting my hopes up too high...
Apart from that rare glimpse into my brain, I am doing okay, still working as best I can and loving my new motorbike although I am doing more polishing than riding as riding a big bike (or any bike for that matter) with a chemo head is not good .
I leave miranda locked in the shed for the two weeks post chemo then have a 3 days window the third week where I get her out to ride her then the cycle starts again...
p.s. Miranda is my motorbike in case you were wondering!
Firstly naming your bike is perfectly natural! I have guitar called Bernard After Alvin, My drum kit is "The Office" Named well before the TV Show, and my percussion rig is The Office Junior!! I still haven't got round to the final part of my bike test. Work has been slow so it's on the back burner. What is hotting up is my Breast Cancer Campaign "Project 350" Having been awarded a place on the Vodafone World of Difference scheme means that March and April I can just steam on with it. Raising awareness about breast cancer in men and women, raising funds and at least calling to the fore partners of breast cancer fighters. Lots to do. Big press stuff this week. It is being rolled out in Kent first so anyone reading this from Kent wishing to join in please just let me know and I will forward them details.
just wondering where everyone is?? n how you are? keep checking daily n nobody been on. do hope all is well n i mean all of you. please get in touch. know i need to write more too. got pain management app in 2weeks. cant wait to manage it n not put up with it. joined facebook n am addicted! had a 4 hour chat with patrica on sat nt! was great. keeping in touch with lou through it. great catching up with old old friends too.
rose hope you are still improving? think of you often.
that shampoo i talked about is called matrix biolage forte theraphie cera repair pro n can buy from amazon. the lady that posted about it said it was brilliant stuff. gonna get some myself. by the way, had my first hair cut on saturday! will post pic cos the one here is bloody awful! so photogenic...
Hi leonie, I've not been on for a few days, we were away in fuerteventura, just back tonight, was lovely to get away and to go walks in the sunshine. I just wanted to ask if any of you girlies who have went into menopause because of chemo or just because it's time lol have tried the lady care menopause magnet? It costs £20 from boots and basically you put it down front of your pants lol and it helps with the flushes, it seems to be working for me, google it and let me know if anyone tries or has tried it. Lots of love col x
hahahahaha! I haven't tried the magnets but my sister-in-law has and although she said that they seemed to help her with the hot flushes especially at night but you need to be careful. She told me tales of being at work and they had some filing cabinets that were used as a sort of partition between two areas, she was talking to someone on the other side and 'clunk' stuck to it. Also metal shopping baskets and reaching into the boot of the car can also cause a problem. She had me in stitches when she was telling me about it.
I have just joined this site today and your post caught my attention regards the shampoo. I finished my Chemo last November and finished radio last Wed. My hair is starting to show now yayyyyyyy and i have dandruff lol (not complaining) what is special about the shampoo you mentioned?
Hi Patricia, yeah I've read stories about things like that happening to people, luckily not to me well not yet lol, John came in to room other day with it on and said look col I'm a fa**y magnet lol it was so funny, gotta laugh, it does seem to be working, so fingers crossed, I'll catch up with you on face book xxx
Hi Patricia, yeah I've read stories about things like that happening to people, luckily not to me well not yet lol, John came in to room other day with it on and said look col I'm a fa**y magnet lol it was so funny, gotta laugh, it does seem to be working, so fingers crossed, I'll catch up with you on face book xxx
