not having a great day. we are are still waiting to see if my dads surgery can be brought forward. no luck yet. i thought i was coping well, but burst out crying at work today, i was not even thinking of my dad at the time! trying to get on with life...
This time last year I had just been diagnosed with BC my world was turned upside down but after surgery and reconstruction in March and Chemo from April til July treatment was over, im taking Tamoxafen every day.
I started back to work two days a wee...
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Having a really bad day can't stop crying scaring hubbie. Don't know where to turn. Finished TCH surgery and radio still on herceptin outlook positive but feeling so low have nobody to talk to and even harder to find someone who understands c...
Well, wasn't that one hell of a quick year!!
I am coming down from a day of a huge high after getting my results of MRI/ultrasound/mammogram which were all good and made me grateful that surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and now Herceptin all did ...
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Am posting this from hospital bed.surgery first thing in morning early start and long day awaits.Am remarkably calm at moment(although sleeping tablet at ready!!)
Please cross fingers and say a little prayer that mastectomy and reconstructio...
I had a wide local excision and sentinal node biopsy done this day last week. My scar is much bigger than I thought, around the nipple and right across the breast. That hasn't been too painful, but my God is the sentinal node biopsey scar sore and ...
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Is anyone else on this trial?
I'm due to get 1st injection today. I couldn't face it on day of chemo on wed. I feel so ick today I don't feel like it either. I'm told I'm the last person into the trial. Hard to make decisions about these thing...
Hi all, me again with more questions for my friends to answer.
How long after treatment do you wait to apply your first lot of aqueous cream/ Aloa Vera and how many times do you apply the creams each day. When applied after treatment do you wash of...
A few weeks ago I had brachytherapy and I hope my cancer has been nipped in the bud. It was diagnosed very early (6 on the Gleason scale). The side effects are kicking in and am peeing nearly every hour during the day but in fairness i am only gett...
Hi my dad has recently been diagnosed with bowel cancer which has spread to his liver they told us he has 3 to 6 months is this true or can he live longer it's killing me to know this and watch him every day knowing he has this I have been told that...
We have established an advocacy group for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) patients and carers.
Thanks in part to the help provided by the Irish Cancer Society, on 29 April we held the first ever Public Information Day specifically for CLL pati...
Hi I am on tamoxifen seven months now and while some side effects have diminished I find the fatigue is not improving much despite walking every day etc. Has anyone on this drug longer than me seen an improvement over the long term or is this it ? ...
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