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

 

  • Ah well done you. Think you can see the the light at the end too :-)

    are u having 15 sessions over 3 wks? I don’t mind my tats ( I’ve got 5 dots...others have less). Others want rid of them ( I get that too). If you want yours removed after ask ... my hosp could help you get sorted to have them removed free of charge so yours might too. Rileyroo can let you know the process if you want to know more about it as she had hers removed.

    Try not to get hyped about Thursday.... it doesn’t take long ( mostly laying there while the measure u up) nd a light pin touch ( edited cos look what it auto does t the word pin ***) for the tats.

    The sessions themselves ....change into gown, into room,  set up on table, couple of mins treatment, off bed dressed nd out.....where I went always seemed to b running 45 mins to an hour behind bless... hopefully yours will b on time :-) 

    so... kick back, relax nd do all things u till Thursday u r nearly there lass :-) x

     

     

     

  • Morning peeps 

    wondering how u r feeling today dizzel ?

    bad :- none yay

    good :- school run, shops, garden centre, coffee nd read book order of the day..... normality.... bliss :-)

    have as good a day as u can peeps x

  • Morning :)

    thank you x yes it’s 15 sessions over 3 weeks.... a lot of tooing and fro ing so fingers crossed the weather doesn’t get too bad for the journeys there and back! I will know on Thursday when it will start :)

    I think there’s a light shining a bit more now, thank you so much x

    Good.....sunny day, shopping trip for goodies yay

    Bad.....none :)

    have a lovely day x

     

  • Training has started! I do walk about 4 miles a day at work about 14,000 steps! Thanks Sandra your support and everyone’s else helped me so much x 

  • Hi pippin nice to have you here even though we all wish circumstances were different. 

    I had 15 sessions over 3 weeks radiotherapy and as sandra says you spend more time waiting and getting set up than you fo having the actual treatment. 

    Almost there hun. You seem to be quite upbeat and positivity is the key....although we all get down days. Listen to your body through treatment. I experienced extreme fatigue. But I recovered well and went back to work on a phased return the month after I finished radiotherapy. It will be a year in March that I was diagnosed, and had WLE an SNB in April. 

    Unfortunately we are doing it all again as my partner was diagnosed with stage 2 prostate cancer the week before Christmas. He is currently having monthly injection for 6 months and will have 20 sessions radiotherapy at the end of April. 

    Anyway lol...That's me x

  • Wow beach you are good!!!! All the best to you. You will be super fit at the end of all the training x

  • Thank you Cornish will keep you all posted how it’s going!  X 

  • Wow amazing. I did 10,000 steps the other day and I was knackered!!

    Keep it up and keep us up to date.

  • I work in a supermarket on shopfloor so walk a lot which is helping! Today I have done 19,161 steps which is over 6 miles! X

  • Hi all,

    I'm so so really. One moment I'm fine, the next having meltdown . Went to oncologist yesterday. Infection is still there so prolonged my antibiotics. Spent the whole appointment crying at her. I've been told it passes but it's difficult to see at the moment . Still not a word from Jamie. I think that is all definitely done and dusted. No going back now. Heart breaking:-(

    Going for my herceptin tomorrow though so getting back on the treatment band wagon xx