Hi dizzle 

Not everyone gets the tan look... the line was straight - if I had worn a straight strapless swimsuit you would not b able to see the tan line it would b below. Look at the tattoo dots you have been given.... the tan line if u get will not be past the tattoos as the are the boundaries for the radiotherapy and will not go beyond. 

I personally had no tiredness what so ever but... there are others who did get it. Guess you won’t know till u have treatment- just prep for some rest time then if needed u r sorted. Get Xmas bought nd wrapped. Non perishable Xmas  foods ready nd waiting. Make nd freeze a few meals ( or just have take away if u feel tired. 

Hope this helps ️X

Sorry for the late reply Riley...went in shower nd daughter dropped by then went t bed ...oh the excitement lol.

u have done brilliantly should b well proud of yourself ️

When I was at work we did the one Xmas card at the front for everyone t sign nd box for donations... I was always surprised how much we raised... like u we did a different local charity every yr much better than cards ain’t it. 

Me nd my 2 daughter had £10 a month come off our wages (£30 a month from us) we all did £5 of it to cancer nd other £5 went to British heart. Since retired I no longer donate cos on a very limited budget nd 1 daughter stopped when she became an apprentice again big wage drop. So only one daughter flying the charity flag now. Tbh  we did it for around 20 yrs so helped a little. Now my mooching around charity shops is about as good as it get lol.

hope all is well with the family ️ X

Hi.... no not heard anything from her for a while. 

Hi [@tigercub]‍ would love to hear how it’s going lass ️X

Afternoon peeps 

bad :- blinking freezing here...can’t seem t get warm

good:- was reading a post on fbook. Was a lad dissing the current trend of Xmas trees...saying how they have to match the couch etc. He then went on to reminisce about the trees he remembered as a child. He fair gushed about the magic of them that he remembered and posted some pics of decorations he remembered being on them. I found this totally heart warming... his obvious joyous memories he had ️

Do any of you still have Xmas tree decorations from when u were a child. Would love to see a pic to reminisce :-) I have none from when I was a child but gave the ones I bought ( 43 yrs ago) to daughters. Pic of one she has sent me .... anyone remember this one ?

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Hi Sandra ...

Not been on here for awile ... as been really busy ... and had my wonderful granddaughter for a few days ... so put everything on hold to have quality time, as don't get to have her so much now ...

But just seen those lovely comments you put on... and it was so lovely, esp comming from you ... so a big belated thank you ... 

I see there's others joined this amazing group, and so good to see them on here ... though wish it was different sercomstances. . But hay ho ... I for one, think this is the one up to having cancer is chatting to all our buddies we've met on here, and to know wer all still holding each other's hand ... 

Love the pic of your grandkids ... oh my ain't we lucky ... those little faces, and nanny hugs, are what life is all about .. and in a way even better then our kids, coz we get the best bits, then hand them back lol .. but don't know what I'd do without them ... loved the Cinderella panto we saw yesterday ... oh no you diddnt... oh yes I did ... sorry thought I was still watching the show ... lol 

So good luck to all of you in these early days of diagnosis ... we all know how scary that is ... so get your boxing gloves on ... because together well kick cancers *** ... Chrissie 

Hi yes in those early days just before my masectomy, it was the fear of the unknown... so my Dr gave me dulsilupin ... It was mildish and 3 days befor op, I had 2 three times a day ... I floated into hospital, and the stress was gone ... along with boob ( sorry that's my naughty sense of humour) and just had two a day for a few days after and now just one at night, to help relax, as lot of bone problems ..and it helps me drop off ... it just took the panic away ... 

So dragonfly do what you have to do to get through ... it's those early days that are the scariest ... you've got amazing support on here ... and Sandras right, you can do this ... it's not about being scared, it's about facing those fears and still pushing through .. Chrissie x 

Having a bad day today. Feeling paralysed with fear. I am so scared it has spread everywhere. I am really trying to be positive and hoping the hormone treatment is working but really don’t want to go and get my results on Thursday.

Hiya Dragonfly - I'm feeling exactly the same. I think yesterday was the worst, all I did yesterday was read and read other people's experiences and I also downloaded and read Victoria Derbyshire's book which is a diary of when she was going through breast cancer. Yesterday I felt really tormented, agitated and I didn't get to sleep until 3am. 

I'm off to the docs shortly to see if I can have some sleeping tablets or something just to get me through to Thursday (which is results day for me too). MRI & CT scan tomorrow. 

Like you, I've been convincing myself it has spread everywhere and that I am riddled with. Especially because I have a lymph node involved. However the consultant radiographer today confirmed it was just the one by the looks of it (obviously not as good as none being involved but better than two ha). He also scanned across my neck etc and couldn't see anything enlarged there so did feel a teeny tiny bit better hearing that. 

What hormone treatment is it your are on? 

If you want to chat or vent you are more than welcome to drop me a message xx

Hi Lorna, This is a real shock to the system isnt it?

I am on Anastrozole which hopefully will shrink the tumour but not sure how quickly that works. The nurse said a couple of weeks but no sign of shrinkage yet. Apparently it will halt any growth in new tumours.

The problem i have is that it is outside the breast so already in the skin and not contained in the breast at all. Apparently mine is 1 percent of all breast cancers. I have had it at least 4 years also as it was misdiagnosed but I really must get a grip because I cannot change anything and as the specialist said at least I am on medicine already.

I am trying to stay away from Dr Google as it makes everything so much worse. 

I am sending you strength to get through this. Maybe things get better when we know what we are dealing with. At the moment it is all so vague.

Anna x