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 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
Glad to here all your storys. love the fa**y magnet storys lots of mental pics.
welcome Jackie iam bit behind you have another 7 radios then done .This place is fantastic help but we also have the odd laugh we may not know each other but this lot have become great mates!1
so lovely to see everyone back with their tales, i missed the chat! Interesting about the magnet, i wonder if it means i can push the trolley hands free??!! The chemo arm aches so a change is as good as a rest.
i've been having sort of 'hot flushes' but they were always described to me as rising from within and lasting from one to ten minnutes. i seem to get very hot - head sweats which is yuck and find it hard to settle at night with the heat. I have been keeping as active as possible - not cut down on tea thou or the cigs but i am definately going to give them up. I have set myself a target to quit, but not til after my birthday on 5th as i want to enjoy completely with champers and no cravings! this is my mile stone before radio starts.
My daughter and her kiddies moved out this week into their own place at last, and although I am looking forward to some quality US time i am missing them terribly. you never switch off from being a mum and it gave me a role again. Never mind, have taken up knitting and sewing again - just need a sewing machine! hand stitching takes so long. No complaints thou, I am pretty good for two weeks out of three and the other week we dont mention as i am rough rough rough, but compared to some of you mine has been easy.
congratulations on finishing treatment! glad you like this page. the shampoo i mentioned is for thickening your hair. a lady put up a post about it a while back n swears by it. its a few pages back called hair thickening if you want to read it. let us know how youre getting on.
Thank you for the advice on that recommended shampoo I am going to try and get some for my daughter , she's massaging her scalp now with Olive Oil as another person recomended
Thank you for the advice on that recommended shampoo I am going to try and get some for my daughter , she's massaging her scalp now with Olive Oil as another person recomended
