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.
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 Jackie welcome to the forum, you're just behind me, I finished chemo oct and rads beg January, just read Leonies post re shampoo, might be worth trying it, my hair very short but had it cut into a style now and stopped wearing the wig, hope you're doing well. Col x
Scan was a bit of a fiasco !!!All plugged in and ready to go,lay down and about 10 seconds later had to sit up because I cant breathe laying on my back.tried again but no go so i asked if I could lay on my stomach as i can breathe OK then .10 mins later after numerous phone calls they said it would be Ok,They are so helpful and did everything they could,so I had the scan laying on my tum and they found out that the computer flips the images the right way which no-one knew so it was a learning curve all round !!!Dont get results till oncologist appt next week
Glad you are having help with the pain,you have had such a time I hope it does the trick and life gets easier .
Oh Colly,walks in the sun,How lovely that sounds I had to laugh about the magnet,i had a mental picture of all the trolleys in Tesco attached to someones crotch and following them round like a crocodile
I,m so glad you are at the far end of that tunnel now,All good things to you darling.
Thank you,I can see i am going to be a little addicted to this page!(didn't think anythinkwould replace my facebook. I am feeling very good and positive if not a little tired.
My hair is coming back however very dark ( nd and bits of grey!)My friends recon its always been that colour its just always been coloured.I will be going back to a blonde in the summer. Im still wearing the wig but wont be long now (it keeps the head warm as good as any hat too:)
I am Going to try the olive oil that a few have mentioned and the anti-dandruff shampoo.
I must say that when I read about the magnet it sounded like the answer to my prayers! however I did google it and there was an article in the daily mail where a professor said that he believed the reason it might work is that it could maybe raise female hormone levels. I have to take letrozole for 5 years to reduce oestrogen which is apparently what my cancer (Lobular breast) feeds on. Having read that I intend to ask my GP or breast nurse if they know anything about it. I was taking HRT before the breast cancer and it was great no hot flushes or any other symptoms of the menopause. They are all back now big time!! As I didn't come into any other 'catagory' of women most likely to get it - age having children - breast fed - didn't drink - wasn't overweight - my medical team seems to think it quite likely it was the HRT.
I don't want to worry anyone using the magnet but think it wise to check with your doctors first
I must say that when I read about the magnet it sounded like the answer to my prayers! however I did google it and there was an article in the daily mail where a professor said that he believed the reason it might work is that it could maybe raise female hormone levels. I have to take letrozole for 5 years to reduce oestrogen which is apparently what my cancer (Lobular breast) feeds on. Having read that I intend to ask my GP or breast nurse if they know anything about it. I was taking HRT before the breast cancer and it was great no hot flushes or any other symptoms of the menopause. They are all back now big time!! As I didn't come into any other 'catagory' of women most likely to get it - age having children - breast fed - didn't drink - wasn't overweight - my medical team seems to think it quite likely it was the HRT.
I don't want to worry anyone using the magnet but think it wise to check with your doctors first
