Hi pippin and a warm welcome to the thread....there are some lovely people on here  and now we have you too :-)

You have done fabulous me dear...may not feel it but... the hardest bit is under your belt. Just know how u r feeling is totally normal. Look after yourself and rest when u need. No right or wrong way to deal with the blow you have been dealt. Do what is best for u nd yrs. I know it’s hard but try to look on this “wait” time as down time from everything hosp. The cancer is out now...even I can see the light at the end of your tunnel.

letrozole... been on it a yr now. In the beginning I had 2 wks where I felt 90 and ached all over then i woke up one morning nd well u talk... it had gone and I was back to normal. Mind u I did also get really bad night sweats .... again this has dissipated but still have the odd night. I was told I might get side effects but they often clear up in the first few wks so try t work through them ....I did and they did :-) I took my meds at 9pm cos I’d read somewhere it helped- don’t know if it did but still take them late. Everyone is different and some needed to change to another medication so play it by ear and know u have options.

radiotherapy......start slapping that moisturiser on now in prep. Others will hopefully drop by nd tell u their regime...mine I used aveeno in the lead up to RT then my hosp supplied QV cream ( not all hosps do this)...post RT I finished off the QV cream then went back to the aveeno ( your skin will continue to “cook” for a couple of wks post RT). My skin was fine it got a tanned look to it .....remember everyone is different.

so.... good luck for Tuesday. Do things u like or fancy till then. Ask away anything u need ..... lots of been there done thats or I too am at that point to chip in and help. 

U are not alone we are here if u want or need us.....or to just shoot the breeze  :-)

take care lass x

Hi Sandra 

Thank you for your warm welcome and all the encouragement and for sharing your experiences with it all x 

I dont feel quite so alone now, it’s weird that everything else goes on as normal but my life is suddenly taking a different unexpected route. Getting used to this new way of life a little bit but it’s hard to not ‘do’ especially when you are a ‘doer’ but I expect it will come back in time....hope so! 

Thats very reassuring for me that you said the hardest part is under my belt, I didn’t think of it like that and will jolly along to the hospital this afternoon with that thought :) thank you x

The good......sunny day and goldfinches galore in the garden!

the bad...... tummy wobble about hospital this afternoon and scary thoughts of them poking the sore bits

Hey Sandra. I'm good hun. And other half is doing ok given that it's only 3 weeks post diagnosis.

Hope you are well x

Hi Cornish 

Thank you so much, it’s comforting to belong somewhere where everyone is in the same kind of boat or have been in it and got out!  It’s hard to explain but it feels like nothing has changed but everything has changed if that makes sense. 

Im so sorry to hear about your partner and wish him well very soon. Its another hurdle isn’t it and I hope all will be ok for him and for you too xx 

I had the planning and tattoos today but they are delaying RT because the end of my SNB scar looks a bit unhealed so I’ve got antibiotics for that. They will start it in 2 weeks and I can’t wait for it to be over and done with :)

That’s really good to know that you are back at work! Seems such a long way off for me yet and so many decisions to make after this.

thank you xx

Oh Sandra , reading about your reviews cheered me up no end :) :) :)

fingers crossed you win in the draw!! Xx

Hi jbains 

Hope you are well and are keeping warm xx

Good luck today Warrior!

Ooo new job potential well.....all the luck in the world wished for u today....go on girl... knock tha socks off :-)

Good luck today Warriorqueen x 

Lovely for u t take time for us jbains :-) 

Its pretty mild here at the min... long may it last. 

You rest up after the long flight then.... you enjoy every min. U deserve a good time so make sure u have one. I have hol envy :-) x

So glad all is as well as it can be, especially more so in the early days as we both know form our own experiences they can b the worst emotionally. 

Thinking of you all me dear :-) ️

Ooo ya all ready for radiotherapy to start just need that scar to heal. How many tats have u got ( I got 5 ... not heard of anyone having as many lol) . X

Ooo ya all ready for radiotherapy to start just need that scar to heal. How many tats have u got ( I got 5 ... not heard of anyone having as many lol) . X

Morning peeps 

sorry we didn’t hear from u yesterday dizzel... would b lovely to hear from u today... thinking of you ️

Bad :- none.. yay

good :- sitting at daughters waiting on her new flooring for the extension they have built t b delivered. Then t shops I go...lil ones house at school have the most house points so they all have a come as u please day next tues.. get t watch a dvd and take soft toy nd cushion in with them...she doesn’t have a cushion so have rqst for a unicorn one... wish me luck lol

have as good a day as u can peeps x

Hello to all you beautiful women, last night I read through this thread and it had me tittering like a teenager! 

The good.   .... I found this forum and it has saved my sanity 

The bad............I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma a few days before Christmas, my world caved in.....lumpectomy last week....and appointment next wed for treatment plan...

Xxxx

Hi Sandra

i got 3 tats, one either side and one in the middle and a whole road map of marker pen! That has washed off so I don’t know if they draw them again when I go.

5 is a lot, you were brave xx

Bad ...antibiotics are yuk

Good....going to see hairdresser yay ......it’s been weeks and weeks and weeks!

have a lovely Friday xx

Hello Marlyn

A huge welcome...even though I’m very new here too xxx

sorry to hear about your bad xxx I have the same and had my op on 13 December. Like you I think my sanity has been saved by being here and I only found it very recently. The support is amazing and already I’m looking at things in a different light :)

So very thankful to Sandra for starting this and all the other lovely brave ladies here xx

Xxxx

Morning Sandra

good luck with the unicorn chasing!!! :):)

xxx

Hope you are feeling ok Marlyn xx

big hugs xxx

Hello, feeling ok.....I think! So glad I found this forum, I find myself dipping in and out....and even find myself trying to reassure other ladies! Who would have thought that!! Just want to thank you all ( too many to mention) for keeping me in check....I love you all ( said in a very mellow dramatic theatrical way....with arms flung open) xxx

Hi Marlyn

warm welcome t the thread lass. You have joined us a fair way through your steps to wellness...like pippin your light at the end of the tunnel is in sight :-) .... pause for dramatic effect ;-)

Try to enjoy the break from all things hosp by doing everything you.... u have earned it :-) x

Lol.... unicorns are rare but not impossible to find..... apparently! Operation unicorn pillow successfully accomplished... she’s chuffed t bits with it :-) x

3 tats they must have been going for the illustrated woman look with me lol. I have 1 on each side 2 on my breast plate then when I went t my first appointment they put another on the upper part of my boob. No more ink drawing tho :-) 

hope ya scar heals quick x