The good and the bad

Hi peeps

I have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. Taking the excellent advice on this website I pretty much started by taking it one day at a time. This does indeed help. 

I thought to share the good and the bad and would love to hear anyone else's should they wish to share.

Today I had both a good and a bad moment. I received 2 letters in the post.

The first was from the hosp confirming my op date (my bad moment) cos my stomach dropped and I had that now familiar feeling of anxiousness take hold for a moment but shook it off cos I know it is needed. 

The good - my 2nd letter - as if... a tax rebate - boom  . Not half put a much needed smile on my face . Reckon a my treat family meal is in order.

Eeee it's the little things ain't it. 

Take care peeps 

Sandra x ️X

 

  • Hey Sandra hope you feel better soon. You must go to the dr and get checked.

    I am still commuting? I was meant to finish this temp role this week but have moved onto another temp role in same company so still commuting.

  • Bless.... very scary for you. Worth seeing dr so can advise some coping techniques ( hopefully it will be your first nd last tho). 

    I too have had 1 panic attack- I’m scared of heights nd I was on 2 nd floor at an art venue ( erm basically the same as just being upstairs). It had a glass wall and to get back down it was either a glass elevator or stairs that were see through nd moved when u walked on them. Then the panic kicked in... clammy, fast heart, felt like I was gonna pass out nd just like the movies my sight was like zooming in and out and a feeling of complete panic. I stood back into room slowly pulled myself together waited for a group going into elevator- stared at someone’s back walked into the elevator- did not take eyes off their back till I walked out of the elevator on the ground floor. I have never experienced anything like it before or since. I so hope this too is your 1 st and last ️

  • Oh.... I thought the temp job had finished and you decided to not do it again... bless. 

    What made you decide to do more? I hope you are st least feeling a little better ️X

  • Morning peeps 

    bad :- day 5 of cold - feeling ever so slightly better tho.

    good :- done school run but cos raining lil ones daddy is rained off for work so he will pick them up so.... back in bed with hot water bottle- movies, book nd sleep order of the day.

    abs are aching each time I cough ( which is a lot) gonna have abs like a washboard lol

    have as good a day as u can peeps x

  • Oh No, Sandra. You should go to the dr. Best to be safe. Alot of people have this cold & are saying it's a bad one. Did you have the flu shot? Take care of yourself.

    I'm very exhausted all the time but I thought I'd give it a chance as I started temp job when had family wedding which didn't help. Boob is painful so going gp this week and consultant next week. Very itchy too but these symptoms could be due to anything so not having a panic.

    Hope everyone else is keeping warm and doing as well as possible.

  • Hi 

    bless I hope you are at least looking for something closer to home cos can’t help but feel closer will be of the biggest help for you. 

    Hope all goes well with your appointments... I still get pains in mine of occasions... feels like the scar tissue inside the breast is pulling when I stretch then can be painful when lie on side etc for a few days. Strange old world cos when I had the cancer no pain at all ... yet now. Mines not new it’s always been like this since op.

    no didn’t have the flu jab.... but this is just a bad cold not the flu. I’ve not booked drs cos well it doesn’t feel like I have an infection-  It all feels high upper respiratory.. ears, nose nd throat. This is the norm for a cold for me. At least the ears have stopped tingling and the itchy feeling has stopped too now- and everything is loosening up so throat doesn’t hurt when I cough... still a lot but not as much. Honestly it’s my abs lol.... even sitting up they ache. All the tensing up when coughing is toning the muscles up lol. 

    Everything crossed for yr appointments ️

  • Morning peeps 

    bad :- well still got cold but feeling slightly better again today. Seriously me abs are really getting a work out with the tensing up coughing cos they are aching when ... I do anything lol. Gonna b so toned up by the time I’m better 

    good :- snowing here ( ground still clear but def snowing). Apparently this has the same result as rain for working outside... so son in law off again today nd I’m not needed so rpt of yesterday. A day closer to feeling better yay. 

    Have as good a day as you can peeps x

     

  • Hope your soon feeling better Sandra. Sure if we had some nice warm sunshine it would make you feel better! 

    Today I got my appointment for my first mammogram after last year’s scare, it’s next Thursday. Ladies can I ask do they do the same checks they did last year when I first went about my lump or is it different because of my history? How long do I have to wait for my results? Thank you X 

  • Hope it gets better quickly Sandra. I had a few of those the winter after treatment  - I found putting Vicks vaporub on chest, upper back, ribs and behind ear really helped. Worth a try? Next swimsuit edition will feature Sandra with the toned abs!!! Gotta laugh (not too hard Sandra or you'll start coughing!)

    Beach - sigh...the anguish we go thru when that first mammo date comes. It's hard but we are all there with you. I had same mammo - found it absolutely killed on operated boob but I took 2 nurofen and coffee before my mammo! Did think of alcohol but one sip and I'm tipsy so wouldn't have been great turning up drunk to my mammo!! Fingers crossed and maybe ask your medical team or nurse if you will be having same as before. I got my results in 3 weeks but I cannot fault the care I've got. 

    I hope all you ladies are keeping warm and well.

  • Hi Beachbabe! Hello everyone,  I am still around. I haven’t been on this site because I have been feeling miserable with the shingles it’s been almost 6 weeks spend a ton of money on many seeing doctors and nothing helps so just waiting for that to go away. Beach babe  ,  i’m sure your mamo  Will turn out OK but I understand the first one after the scare is not fun. I have mine coming up in June and I am so scare about it. Plus I am feeling really depressed, I’ve started crying every day, feeling lonely thinking the cancer is coming back at any moment I have been a mess lately.  That’s why I haven’t been on this site because I don’t want to bring anybody down  But I need some words of encouragement I don’t know what to do not to feel this way they are not even work helps or my family. I have to try to talk to you guys more often  and that’s what I try to do again like before I’m sorry girl I’m not in a good mood but I don’t need to get this out to talk to someone and I love you all 

     

    Liliana 

    xoxo