posted by sunshine71
29 December 2012
Getting there....wherever there is!
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31 December 2012 14:19
[color=#804080:zkv9l8bn]Its been a while since I've posted but I've been busy....with the treatments for cancer. Its seems to take up so much time, like a new full time job. But I am getting there...wherever 'there' is! I've now had my double mastectomy,lymph nodes removed, my reconstruction(phase 1 might add, I have very high standards ) and I'm well into my chemo treatments. I've finished my 4 AC which I hope never ever to have to go through again. Side-effects - I had so many unfortunately yet have spoken to people who tolerated the AC very well. I'm onto the taxol weekly chemo now which is a walk in the park compared to the AC, which is a huge relief. My veins didnt hold up great so got a portacath in which unfortunately has an infection around the incision site right now so on antibiotics again and had to find a vein in my hand for chemo this week as the portacath couldnt be used due to the infection. But the main thing is I'm moving forward and getting closer to the end of all this treatment. It really hit me around St.Stephens Day that I'm really going through all this. I'm not sure why that day but maybe it's something got to do with how much has changed for me since last year. This time last year I had breasts, hair on my head and not a clue of what a cancer diagnosis involved. Fast forward and all has changed. Its a lot to take in and I dont think I really had the time to take it all in......nearly 6mths since my diagnosis and its starting to hit home a little. I suppose I'm getting fed up and tired of looking at hospitals and the little glitches that happen on treatment. I've become so knowledgeable about things like veins, infections, scars etc its crazy. A whole new world.
I just hope this time next year I can say its all behind me, well the hard bits anyway. I know I have to live with this for the rest of my life and my life will never be the same again. But here's hoping 2013 is a year of good changes and happy times for me. I want to get through this and still have a smile on my face.....I don't want to be bitter or angry that this has happened to me-because that's just it. It happened to me, I didn't ask or plan for cancer. It is so random and I just happened to be next.
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