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Quote of the day.....

'Life is amazing and then it's awful. And then it's amazing again. And in between the amazing and the awful it's mundane and routine Breathe in the amazing,...

'Life is amazing and then it's awful. And then it's amazing again. And in betw...

•8 years ago

Free tattooing

Hi ladies. Just seen an article on BBC website about a lady based in Weymouth offering free tattooing to cancer patients, may be worth a look, sorry don't know...

Hi ladies. Just seen an article on BBC website about a lady based in Weymouth of...

•8 years ago

Bone

Hi everyone can anyone help I've been taking letrozole for 18 months now and every bone in my body hurts my hands and arms are bad can't even pick anything up...

Hi everyone can anyone help I've been taking letrozole for 18 months now and eve...

•8 years ago

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Hair today gone tomorrow

It's happening.....my 'tufts' are exiting the arena....😳😅. So glad I'm already wigged up 😂👍🏻💁 thanks to the advice on here to get ahead 😃 haha of the...

It's happening.....my 'tufts' are exiting the arena....😳😅. So glad I'm alread...

•8 years ago

Chemo Brain

Hello All. In 2013 I went through 16 rounds of chemo, 4 A/C and 12 taxol at 31 years old. I believe my Chemo brain \\ fog has really progressed. I worked...

Hello All. In 2013 I went through 16 rounds of chemo, 4 A/C and 12 taxol at 31 y...

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•8 years ago

Thyroid function

Hello all. just a quickie.. i have to have blood tests for anaemia and thyroid function b12 etc because of gradual increase in fatigue and other symptoms,...

Hello all. just a quickie.. i have to have blood tests for anaemia and thyroid f...

•8 years ago

Crumbling teeth😖😳 What next?!?

Hello all 😍 I hope this message finds you all in 'fine fettle'. I am in the dentist surgery as I type this waiting for work on back teeth that have been...

Hello all 😍 I hope this message finds you all in 'fine fettle'. I am in the den...

•8 years ago

DIEP reconstruction

Hi I have finally got a provisional date nearly 3yrs post mastectomy for my reconstruction!!! At last I maybe a little more balanced up top and then close that...

Hi I have finally got a provisional date nearly 3yrs post mastectomy for my reco...

•8 years ago

So grateful

Hi,I would like to share the good news! My surveillance mammogram is now NORMAL! This time last year, I was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer. After the...

Hi,I would like to share the good news! My surveillance mammogram is now NORMAL!...

•8 years ago

Pre op

Hi all I'm going for my pre op tomorrow, what's involved? Lots of love Gitte

Hi all I'm going for my pre op tomorrow, what's involved? Lots of love Gitte

•8 years ago

Ring that bell!! Chemo done.

Hi all. Well I finally got to ring the bell ...whoo hoo. Last session of chemo done and dusted. Feels great ( if you ignore the side effects that are just...

Hi all. Well I finally got to ring the bell ...whoo hoo. Last session of chemo d...

•8 years ago

Wow

Hey ladies How you all doing ? What a week 1st cycle wasn't to rough more uncomfortable loads of pills and the injections have been a giggle ... not keen on...

Hey ladies How you all doing ? What a week 1st cycle wasn't to rough more unco...

•8 years ago

new to site

hi ladies this is my first post and yes i am new to the site ii was told back in octomber that i had invasive ductal cancer with lymph node...

hi ladies this is my first post and yes i am new to the site ii was told...

•8 years ago

Tamoxifen side effects

Hi ladies I have read that many of you have had various side effects from taking Tamoxifen. The mother of a dear friend of mine did not go into great detail...

Hi ladies I have read that many of you have had various side effects from taking...

•8 years ago

Lymphodema ?

Hi ladies I am going into hospital tomorrow for total lymph node clearance, does this mean I will automatically have lymphodema in this arm? Or is it a case of...

Hi ladies I am going into hospital tomorrow for total lymph node clearance, does...

•8 years ago

Tamoxifen and eyebags???

I started taking Tamoxifen 20mg daily as of January 11,2017. Anybody noticed about their eyes? My eyebags are so big and so swollen. Dont know if this common...

I started taking Tamoxifen 20mg daily as of January 11,2017. Anybody noticed ab...

•8 years ago

Part 2

Well after all that fuss ... I'm getting a pic line .... and part 2 has started chemo via a cannula today ... wow the force field is up and running ... the...

Well after all that fuss ... I'm getting a pic line .... and part 2 has started ...

•8 years ago

Skin burn from radiotherapy?

Hi ladies the first week of radiotherapy I didn't have too much trouble, a slight pinkness of the area that was treated, but otherwise OK. However then the...

Hi ladies the first week of radiotherapy I didn't have too much trouble, a sligh...

•8 years ago

Ache under breast and next to scar.

Hi Everyone. I got diagnosed with breast cancer Feb 2016 I am her2 positive. I had a lumpectomy followed 2 weeks later by complete lymph node clearance . I...

Hi Everyone. I got diagnosed with breast cancer Feb 2016 I am her2 positive. I ...

•8 years ago

Struggling

I have a follow up with my oncologist today - the first since my radiotherapy treatment. I am really struggling with the effects of the Zoladex injection I am...

I have a follow up with my oncologist today - the first since my radiotherapy tr...

•8 years ago

IVF and breast cancer - my experience

Hi Ladies. This is the first time that I've posted here. I was diagnosed in June with locally advanced breast cancer and following a mastectomy I'm now...

Hi Ladies. This is the first time that I've posted here. I was diagnosed in Ju...

•8 years ago

New to this group why didn't I find it sooner?

Hi all, Although British I have lived in the Netherlands for more than half my life - I am completely bilingual and have done all my treatment in Dutch, but it...

Hi all, Although British I have lived in the Netherlands for more than half my l...

•8 years ago

Stupid Question ?

Ladies I have been told I am Er+ and Hr2+, and will receive Herceptin. But what about Tamoxifen ? Is it a case of one or the other? Or the one they feel...

Ladies I have been told I am Er+ and Hr2+, and will receive Herceptin. But what...

•8 years ago

New to group x

Hi all I am new here and so glad I've found this group. Have had lots of tests since before Christmas and get full results tomorrow although I know there are 2...

Hi all I am new here and so glad I've found this group. Have had lots of tests s...

•8 years ago

Wow next step starts

Chemo starts on the 24th 3 cycles of FEC then once a week for 12 weeks with another drug then radiotherapy in the U.K. Then another for the bones every 6 mths...

Chemo starts on the 24th 3 cycles of FEC then once a week for 12 weeks with anot...

•8 years ago

Scared of what the future holds

Just home from hospital from post mastectomy surgery consultation, I am absolutely devastated as surgeon explained that all 12 lymph nodes removed at time of...

Just home from hospital from post mastectomy surgery consultation, I am absolute...

•8 years ago

Forgot to take Tamoxifen!

Help! I forgot to take Tamoxifen today. I take it at 9am everyday. I'm 12 hours late. Question: Should I take it now and delay tomorrow's days by a few hours...

Help! I forgot to take Tamoxifen today. I take it at 9am everyday. I'm 12 hours ...

•8 years ago

jusr waiting

I have just had a breast biopsy which was rather painfull and waiting for results.I asked if I had cancer but other than spell it out I was told,its NOT...

I have just had a breast biopsy which was rather painfull and waiting for resul...

•8 years ago

A little light entertainment :D

Has anybody on here aquired the Amazon Echo yet? My husband Gerry purchased one for me for Christmas. I am a bit of a techy at heart albeit that I am a 'Silver...

Has anybody on here aquired the Amazon Echo yet? My husband Gerry purchased one ...

•8 years ago

4th chemo

Hi I have just had my fourth chemo, I know things will improve over the next few days but basically I don't want to on this journey anymore, I just don't want...

Hi I have just had my fourth chemo, I know things will improve over the next few...

•8 years ago

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