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Hi ladies, Anyone know what the score is on tinting eyebrows after chemo? I finished taxol three weeks ago and have some brows back... but you can't see them they're so fair! It's a shame as my head of hair is going great guns! Is there a reason why prople avoid hair dye after chemo? Thanks as always!

Hey guys, I am just looking for a bit of advice. I am 34 years old, and have never been pregnant. There is no breast cancer in my family as far as I know. At the end of July i noticed that my left breast felt odd, no pain I just felt like there was something going on with it, so after work I checked it out. I noticed a small lump directly behind my nipple. I felt around it and in doing so some clear/white discharge came out. I left it alone as I was going on hols that day and decided I'd just keep an eye on it. Over the following 2 weeks the discharge came out on its own and eventually stopped. 2 months later I woke up with a pain in the same breast and when I checked it more discharge was coming out, this time it was more yellow in color and quite runny. I squeezed the lump and more more discharge came out mixed with some blood. I went to my docs the next day who checked it out and gave me antibiotics as he though it might be an infection. A week later and the lump is still there so the doctor referred me to the breast clinic for a mammogram and ultrasound. i went private and two days later I have my ultrasound which showed nothing. The consultant could feel the lump, and said it could be a cyst, or it could be duct ectasia, or intraductral papilloma and that he was given me the all clear for now. i am to go back in January if the lump is still there and he may do a biopsy. Its been over a month since my ultrasound and the lump is still there, absolutely no change in size. recently I have started to get very slight shooting pains in this breast too. Should I push for a biopsy sooner? I think its fine but my family is worried.

I have been on tamoxifen since May and I finished my radiation treatment in June. Since then I have noticed that I cannot lose one ounce of weight even though I have joined the gym and attend regularly. Is this stubborn weight gain an effect of tamoxifen? The hot flushes have been coming fast and furious in the last few weeks. I didn't have a period for 5 months then a really heavy period!!! I am all over the place. Any tips would be gratefully accepted. Michele

Ladies I have a selection of these sized for the larger lady (40 DD) to give to anyone who would like them. Having no boobs now means no need for these. If anyone is interested please pm me otherwise I will be sending them to recycling. Dane

Hi Guys To any of you lovely ladies who will be unfortunately losing your hair through chemo I would gladly lend you my wig.. I say lend as wanna keep it for a keepsake for years to come. Its really nice and it was around 550 mad price ...... would be delighted to help someone out and lend it, its in great condition. You can see pictures of me in my blog www.kickingtheshiteoutofcancer.com and see what the wig looks like, I even had the head for the wig (I called her Daisy) Hopefully might save someone a few quid bloody exorbitant prices we pay for wigs..... when I get back over thinking brain back gonna check out getting wigs cheaper to us cancer chics. Private Message me if interested

I have finished RT just over a week ago, and in the last three weeks or so I have found myself occasionally from episodes of shortness of breath. They don't tend to last more than an hour or so, and are not related to exertion (I have continued with relatively intensive exercise routine, though less intensive than usual towards the end and todate). The RT oncologist can hear "asymetric" breathing, but the chest xray I had two weeks ago or so showed nothing worrying. Anyone had this experience? Catherine (suffering one at this very moment, in the middle of a work meeting )...

Hi, I'm new on here, I just finished 8th cycle of chemo today, plan is surgery in a few weeks and rt after. Just want to say I've been reading some of your posts in the last few weeks and found them great I'm 39 and I was diagnosed in June with 8cm invasive lobular bc which didn't show up on mammogram or ultrasound and was then found through biopsy and could be seen on MRI. It seems this type commonly goes undetected on routine scans and also can be due to dense tissue in younger women.(not that I thought I was that young ) I had no idea this can happen before my diagnosis. It was all a huge shock, but, as the weeks passed I started to get through the treatment and processing it all as I go along!! Great to be able to join a forum like this and I look forward to chatting to all you amazing ladies!!!!

hi Girls Just wondering if anyone has expereinced the same so I know I am not alone. Had my second last expasnion yesterday I haev around 350mls in me now. The pain however afterwards was extreme I had to drive home and dont know how I made it. Can hardly walk, getting up and out of couch is so painful, can hardly move my arm. I would just like to know if other people felt the same pain so I know its normal and hopefully will subside. Thanks Dee

Hi, we got bad news reqarding my Father-in-laws cancer recently. Our only daughter (8 years old) is very-very close to him and he is coming home for palitive care ( his wife has passed also). Just hoping to get some advice or experience from others as to how to tell my daughter, should we tell sooner or later? Thanks in advance.

Hi all, I'm taking the plunge and bringing up the topic of stoma care. I had an operation for bowel cancer which invaded the pelvic area requiring the removal of my womb ovaries part of a kidney, part of the large and small intestine as well. I am on a course of chemo therapy at present and will have radium as well. While the surgeon and oncologist have not given any prognosis regarding life expectancy they both said that even advance cancers now respond very well to treatment and I know they are looking at my case in a positive way, as I also am. I have a stoma and received help from specialist stoma nurses while in hospital - I adjusted very quickly to to idea of it and became proficient in looking after my personal hygene etc. So what's my point? Well since coming home I realise that its quite a job getting supplies of bags, and all the sprays and things to go with it. At first the hospital put me in touch with a company who supplied this stuff - I then had to get a prescription from my doctor and send it to them along with a cheque for prescription charges. I ended up with too much of one thing and not enough of another. So I changed to getting supplies from my local chemist this required that I go in and let them know reference codes for each item so they could order in. On one particular day I spent an hour waiting in the doctors in order to get a prescription for supplies. Another time I ordered a repeat prescription on a friday and was told on monday I didn't give them enough time and to come back. In my opinionall this beaurocracy around these prescriptions is a waste of time and energy on my part and on the part of the G.P's as well (who by the way has been very supportive of me during my illness - no complaints there). Why are they not availabel free to bowel cancer patients at a point of distribution (like the chemist)? Its the only way we have to go to the toilet - no one else has to jump through these hoops to answer the call of nature. After all I only use what I need to use - I dont think there is a call for them on the black market so I wouldn't see why I should require any more than is necessary - what would you be doing with them anyway? What does anyone else think? Am I making a mountain out of a molehill? Jo