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Any opinions ladies. Am planning on a return to work to a new job. Starting the application process now but there is a hole in the CV due to cancer. Do you mention it or not. Feel like no one will touch you with a barge pole when you are in remission from cancer....

I got off lightly on the 4 AC, only had a couple of very bad days each cycle. The prospect of 12 weekly taxol is a bit daunting. I'll be starting this Thursday and have 10 steroids to take Wednesday night and then whatever they give me as pre-meds. I wonder could anyone give me any insight as to when I will come crashing down from the steroids and how long a "low" might last? And when any other side effects are likely to kick in. I have 3 little kids and not much help as husband works really long hours but up until now I've managed very well with a few dig outs from neighbours and parents. I could ask for extra help but actually prefer to do things myself unless I really am in a bad way. Thanks in advance

Hi, I've been on tamoxifen for about 2 and a half years without too many problems. My periods had stopped during chemo, I had one after chemo (end 2011) and up until yesterday had none since. I'm 43. Then yesterday as I was going to get my smear, nurse said there was a little blood in cervix (she did smear anyway) and I've been bleeding since, about the flow of a regular period (from memory, sorry if TMI). I don't think it's anything to do with having the smear but I do feel bit crampy and a little worried.. . Am seeing doc tomorrow and have asked breast care nurse to contact me but just wondering if anyone has been through similar.

I was out at a sporting event with friends, a sport I would normally be very active in but am not at the moment so I went to support a few friends. It was the first time I noticed being avoided. A wave from behind the closed window of the car or the other end of a room. Then I became self conscious about the people who I had spoken with and started to wonder if I was making them feel uncomfortable so I went home. My close friends were grand, it's just the people you meet when you're out. I know I'm being sensitive but it did hurt a little. I'm not contagious, if my arm was broken there would be no problem, I'm not terminal, I look and sound the same. They would happily chat to me if they had flu (which I always resent, btw!) and that would be fine, apparently. So, what happened to my identity, how did I lose it, when did I become Cancer and not Trish?

[color=#BF0040:82ua6k5m]I'm a year finished my chemo and radiotherapy, during which I lost my hair. It grew back very grey initially but I decided to brave the grey. As it continued to grow I noticed blonde and honey brown colours coming through. I had thick, wiry, dark brown hair before treatments and now had finer, curlier hair in a totally different colour. I left it be and resisted the urge to colour it. Now, 1 year on, I have long hair, with curls and more on the honey blonde colour spectrum. My hair has completely changed colour as it grew going from very grey to virtually no grey at all. I'm wondering if anybody else experienced similar.[/color:82ua6k5m] Ps wondering if I can post an image here, thanks

I have to have a repeat CT scan in August as the first one showed a cyst on my kidney and my liver. Im so scared about it , Ive just had Breast caner and a mastectomy and Im so scared that there is other cancer there although they said it isnt cancerous. Has anyone else had a similar experience with positive outsome

Ladies, Some of you might have seen on my siggy that I am a participant in a trial - the SOFT trial - supression of ovarian function. Results of the trial were presented at ASCO during the week:- http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/newsfr ... OFTandTEXT http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE ... #t=article I happened to be randonised into the one that had the best results

Hi all, I've my planning ct scan for rads tomorrow. I'm just wondering what I should expect and how long I'll be in for? Will I meet with radiation oncologist or someone from the rads team or is it just that I'm in for the scan and then head home? Trying to decide if I'll bring hubbie with me, he'd have to take the morning off work and there's no point if it's just a scan. I don't know how many sessions I'm due to have, will I find out tomorrow or later? Tia! Pamela

Hi Everyone, Have not been in touch for couple of months.Great to see so many familiar names still posting.I have appointment with oncologist end of the week, my first since I started on Letrozole. Apart from stiffness in both hands every morning I have no great problems with it. Night sweats have lessened, especially since I realised they inevitably follow after a few drinks. The combination of hangover, night sweats and sleeplessness is a great motivator to avoid alcohol. I still have not got appointment to see surgeon again. Neither have I got appointment for the follow up liver scan I was told I would need 6 months after surgery as something showed up when I was scanned while in hospital. Have other people also had these delays? Appointments come fast and furious while undergoing treatment so a delay now is a bit unexpected. Active.

Hi all just wondered if anybody has had a holiday in the window between chemo and surgery. My onc and breast care nurse said yes no problem. Just wondering am I biting off more than I can chew. We had a holiday booked for the end of June to Canada , as my 22 year old son ( who we miss dearly) moved there in December. Aer Lingus do not give refunds, so we stand to lose €2k in flights that wasn't easy come by. But can rebook up until November, which was when we booked initially. This will cost around €600 for my husband myself and 15 year old son. I finish weekly taxol at the end of August ( all going to plan). Will I be up to it? I don't intend to be doing a lot of site seeing or walking around too much we will be staying central, so everybody else can do this. And I'm quite happy to stay in and read etc. and go out for dinner etc. I will have a break of about 4 weeks from taxol. Sorry it's so long winded but would love to hear anybody else's experiences before committing to this. Don't want to be throwing more money away if possible. Thank you in advance Ann