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 i have been on this site for a while but havent really got into the chatting, just reading. A friend of mine told me to get on here and that it would help me as you are all very supportive. I was diagnosed in Dec 09 with breast cancer, i had surgery, reconstuction, 6 chemo, 5 weeks of radio therapy and i am currently on tamoxifen.
I would love to chat with you all as i dont know where my head is at. I have a young son too, and trying to cope with things day to day is a struggle for me. AS some of you have said i am also very tired and i have no energy. I was looking for some advice. I have to back to my onogologist on Wednesday and some of you have said about getting a bone scan, do you think i should ask about this as my ankles ans wrists get extremely sore at times, but my gp said it was a side effecty from the tamoxifen, but i am now so worried in case this has spread to my bones. Can some help me as i have asked the doctors about the statistics of cancer coming back, and i do realise that no one can say if i will get secondary cancer, but unfotunately stories that i have read not only on this site but on other sites, women that i have talked to or read about who had grade 2 breast cancer and a similar experience to me all seem to have had a secondary cancer. i would love to chat with you and find out your experiences as i have myself so worried and i woukld love to hear from you all. Thanks and love to you all.
Hi- I am new to this and have been a keen supporter of breast cancer research as I had been carer for a family friend of mine, who had fought breast cancer for 12 years and sadly passed away last year after the breast cancer relapsed.. She tried everything but I was annoyed at times when oncologists wasnt able to give any help/guidance beyond chemo etc..
However, one thing that kept her going was that she attended yoga lessions at Haven Group in Bristol - it made her feel less stress and tired and that was what kept her going... I just had another friend who was diagnosed with grade1 breast cancer and had a surgery, she had been practising for yoga for years but find that she cant do her normal practice but she still wants to do something from home - are there any yoga resources - books/yoga instructors/videos that she willl be able to use/ find useful? I tried contacting Haven but they only provide lessons in the centre..
Hi everybody, I notice none of us have been on since Christmas time, Im hoping thats good news and because we are all doing well and not the opposite. Lee my darling how are you? I miss your chat, I speak to a good few of the others on facebook. Im doing well, just trying to keep fit, I out on a bit of weight during my chemo and now Im finding it hard to lose it, going to gym a couple of times a week.
hi Colly and hi to everyone who is still logging in
glade to hear you are ok. I did log in few times but for some reason i could not access the forum. I finished my radio almost four weeks ago. I had two of seventeen herceptin but that is stopped now because my heart scan has shown that my pumping fraction is 45-50% did anyone had similar experience? I Dont know what will happen next. I was told that appointment with cardiologist is next but that was almost two weeks ago. I am worrying because my treatment has stopped and waiting is not good for me. Hope everyone is ok
Great to hear you are doing well, I also put on weight and have been trying to lose it, walking, pilates etc. I am in Australia at the moment, it was a bit of a hurdle to get me back here after 2 years, but I am so glad I came. The weather is great and I am catching up with my sister who lives here. I am going to a cancer group meeting tomorrow night as one of the ladies my sister works with had bc about 10 years ago and asked me if I wanted to go, I thought I would see how the treatment is out here compared to ours. I will let you know how it goes.
Maki - sorry I cannot help re your scan as mine were ok, but I am sure the experts will get it sorted, best of luck with it all.
I too put on weight with the chemo and steroids and generally not being able to exercise, but I have since begun the P90x programme from the states and its fantastic (but very hard)
Anyway Im doing great however I may have to go back for another operation as my right breast has stretched scarring from the reduction.
I shall try to update my photos as I have had hair extentions put in and feel like my old self again.
Hi All, Can't quite believe it's two years today since I started the dreaded chemo......but more significantly it's also two years today since I gave up smoking!! I too put on weight, have managed to lose half a stone since middle of January but now seem to be stuck, of course, it doesn't help that I cook for a living and hence have to taste everything. Am hopeful that as Spring/Summer is just around the corner (is that gales of laughter I can hear?) that this will spur me on.
Funny the anniversaries we mark, I bought loads of cakes and took them into work on the anniversary of my diagnosis (just in Nov), think I might jet off someplace to mark the second though.
Well done you on giving up smoking though, my aunt did the same when she was diagnosed, she's 5 years down the line now (and heading to China next week), me, I never smoked, drank or ate junk food so I can't think of what to give up (please don't suggest chocolate). I gained a stone and a half during chemo - but I think I needed a bit of padding, but I have lost half a stone of it. I feel pretty stiff at the moment but hopefully the joints will ease off.
I'm away to take the dog to the park for a quick romp around, that should do us both good.
It is good to hear that you are all doing so well and feewling good. Well I can't belive it was 2 years ago last weekend that I gor diagnoised and I go back into hospital on the 30th March for my reconstruction, I cannot wait.
Well I am enjoying life again and like so many of you put on the pounds during treatment but now loosing it again thank goodness. Last year was a tough time as I lost my niece to cancer she got diagnoised on the anniversay of my mum which is the day after I got diagnoised so last weekend was a tough one in some ways.
Has anyone heard from Lonnie or Caroline? Tony I read your posts quiet often and as for all you other lovely people I do miss the chats we all use to have but hey life moves on and we are all here to move with it. As for all the new people on here I'm sorry you are going through this but you can all do it as we all have.
