Good afternoon all! I am tomorrow finishing the first 15 of my radio therapy sessions, and am glad to report little enough grief (tiredness, yes, red skin, yes, but no lesion - cross fingers).
On Wed, I am therefore starting the final 5, booster ses...
Hi, just looking for advice. I had lymph nodes removed about two years ago, had a touch of lymphodoema, but v mild, got it checked at hospital physio but never heard about another appointment and it seemed ok, so plodded along. Now my hand is swollen...
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 ...
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 ...
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 tam...
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...
I am awaiting a response from the Breast Care Nurses and the Nurses at the RT centre in James, but they are taking their time, and I need to decide soon, so I thought I'd check the collective wisdom here.
I get the option of a flu jab each year in th...
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...
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...
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 8c...
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. C...
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 a...
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