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29 July – Breast awareness after treatment session

29 July – Breast awareness after treatment and the signs and symptoms of a possible recurrence The session is designed to provide you with more information on the importance of breast awareness following breast cancer treatment. At the session the spe...

Posted by Lucy BCC on Fri Jul 16, 2010 8:01 am with 7 comments

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Hi all Here's the link to more information about the topics to be discussed in these sessions as you requested: http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/breast-cancer-breast-health/moving-forward/ Best wishes Lucy

Lucy BCC, Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:40 pm
Darling buddies from May - moving on

Hi, hope you all wiggle your way over here from our other giant thread. Just want to wish you a very Happy New Year and hoping that 2009 will be much better for all of us. Go make those dreams happen Love Lily x x

Posted by Lily200 on Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:34 am with 2283 comments

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hi everyone lily sorry youve picked up some horrid virus, its typical when youve now got a classfull of lovely adorable teenagers to face. i had a bad bout of thrush in my throat other week, so i know how yolur feeling, curbs the appetite though. don...

everydaymatters, Wed Sep 08, 2010 8:41 am
Chillow Malfunction!

Hi...Does anyone else have the same problem as me? I bought a Chillow about 6 months ago and sleep on it every night, but lately its like sleeping on an empty crisp packet! It seems to have lost all its thickness despite topping it up with more water. ...

Posted by paris on Tue Sep 07, 2010 4:13 pm with 4 comments

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hello Paris My first chillow sprung a leak and I returned to them and they replaced it. The service was brilliant so do give them a call or post it back to them good luck Hilary

taffk, Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:35 pm
Worrying about cancer all the time

Hi all I wonder if any of you ladies can offer any words of advice? I have suffered from anxiety since my thirties (am now 55) and since BC diagnosis in jan 2008 it has got much worse, perhaps unsurprisingly. However, as well as imagining every littl...

Posted by Elvi on Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:46 pm with 15 comments

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Wise words, Gill. Ann x

Ann_04, Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:13 pm
Please can I share here as no one else is noticing!

I've just tried to support another member here and realised that I'd like to feel supported too... I live on my own and now that active treatment is over there is no one in my world that has any idea how I'm feeling! Not even here on the forum. After a...

Posted by Welsh girl on Fri Jul 09, 2010 2:24 am with 149 comments

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Hi Steph, Hope you have a wonderful time, I'll talk to you when we get back as we are leaving this Friday. Hope the hip gets better soon. Lots of love, Dianne x x x

Jodie1, Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:09 pm
Watch those bones

Hello everyone, Haven't posted in a while because busy with work. Anyway, the reason I am writing in is that a while back a friend who had had BC nearly a decade ago and had the same onc as me began to suffer a few months ago from pains in her hip....

Posted by ChristineMH on Thu Aug 26, 2010 10:45 am with 5 comments

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I've only just found this forum. I was diagnosed with BC in Oct 09 had 2 operations by January, Chemo at the end of Feb which I had a very bad reaction to and ended up back in hospital with Neutropena so once I got over that had to start Rads in April,...

Whinnie, Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:00 pm
6 months after taxotere-feeling dreadful

It is six months after i finished 5xtaxotere, I'm not on anything now. But I feel dreadful, tired,aching (especially shoulders and neck and arms),headaches, nausea just how I felt on chemo. Dr's done blood tests but shows nothing up. Anyone else fel...

Posted by sue987 on Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:05 pm with 20 comments

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Hi Sandra, Just wanted to say congratulations on your new granddaughter. What a wonderful start to the week for you. Long may it last. What a lovely name too, so pretty. I have 11 grandchildren, 3 of whom are girls, they're all a joy. Hope everyon...

Jodie1, Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:24 am
so i should be so happy

dx 10 nov. 4 ops, chemo and rads and now I should be so happy as it's over so why am i so scared ?? so many ladies on this site have supported me so feel rather pathetic right now but i am scared about what the future holds for me. Has anyone else fe...

Posted by kayh317 on Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:59 pm with 35 comments

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Annie - I am so glad you are feeling a bit better about things. I think we all have our ups and downs and presume that the downs become fewer as time passes. I am one year on from my dx and finished my rads in January. Sorry to sound corny but time is ...

Ann_04, Sun Aug 22, 2010 7:01 pm
facial hair!!!

I finished chemo mid may and then had 3 weeks rads...hair is coming back thick and fast thankfully BUT i have also gained some very unwanted facial hair!! I've googled and it seems to be normal, but does it just go on its own or do i have to get rid o...

Posted by jem31 on Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:36 pm with 8 comments

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Thank you for all of the replies - i'm not on tam so it must be down to the chemo. I finished chemo in may and only noticed the hair a few weeks ago!! I will reach for the veet as it's getting on my nerves now, it definitely won't come back thicker w...

jem31, Sat Aug 21, 2010 6:44 pm
Period after chemo

Hi ladies, does anyone know if I can expect my period to return, I finished chemo in March this year and was told that it could take years?

Posted by LadyVictoria on Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:33 pm with 15 comments

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I was diagnosed 4 years ago at 45 and had my last period 2 weeks before I started chemo, Nov 2006. I'm now 49 and have had it confirmed twice that I'm post menopausal - had 2 slight bleeds last year which were checked put by a Consultant (had an intern...

cherub, Sat Aug 21, 2010 4:02 pm
Symptoms of brain secondaries?

Hello ladies, I haven’t posted much recently but I do log on fairly regularly and especially like to catch up on posts from those of you who were diagnosed around the same time as me last year. Anyway the thing is, I had a strange ‘episode’ this evenin...

Posted by scottiedog on Wed Aug 04, 2010 7:36 pm with 22 comments

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Hi all Just to join in here, I have 3 children, 2 daughters and a son and I always confuse the 2 daughters names, and have a grandaughter also who is caught in the middle of the brain trap. I also have a female dog and I find myself calling my daught...

peacock, Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:13 pm
fatigue

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003, when I was 33. I had 8 sessions of chemo, followed by a bilateral mastectomy. I then had several reconstruction ops. I was on tamoxifen and zolidex for 5 years; I thought I had gone through the menopause. Whe...

Posted by curlyhaired sue on Sat Aug 07, 2010 12:13 am with 8 comments

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Hi Ladies, I finished my treatment in March (6 FEC) and I am so thrilled I took advise from another young lady who suggested that I try acupucunture to help with my nausea/fatigue. 5 Months on and I am still having it once a month, if anyone is in Lon...

LadyVictoria, Fri Aug 20, 2010 1:55 pm
RANT ALERT - HATE MY HAIR!

I am hating the new hair! It's too short and does not suit me! Finished chemo on the 1st April, and it is taking ages and ages to grow back! I really miss my old hair, want to use my hairdryer and staighteners and do my hair properly! Rant over! Hav...

Posted by NAZ on Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:17 am with 76 comments

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They really seem to be looking after me & are extremely professional. I have to go back tomorrow for him to show me how to wash & blow dry my hair. Yes I understand that I need to go back to keep it maintained on a weekly basis. I'll probably get fed u...

stellam, Thu Aug 19, 2010 8:56 pm
Dilemma - blood markers yes or no?

I finished my treatment at Christmas and have the surgeon for follow up since. Last month I saw the Oncologist for the first time since October. He takes a different view from the surgeon and from another Oncologist I'd been seeing for rads in that h...

Posted by elinda45 on Sun Aug 15, 2010 6:41 pm with 11 comments

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I was glad to find this thread as I have just had my first 3 month review post treatment, and apparently the CEA marker is a bit elevated. So I am just trying to understand it a bit. The Onc said he wants to keep an eye on it and will run it again in...

feistybluegecko, Thu Aug 19, 2010 2:46 pm
So fed up

I know I should be grateful for having recently got my hair back.....but I'm so self concious about it being so short. I look about 20 years older and its making me feel really down. Its been growing back since around February and its only about 2inche...

Posted by paris on Thu Aug 12, 2010 2:54 pm with 14 comments

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Yay, we can start a 'racoon thread' soon...! Happy hair growing all!

NAZ, Tue Aug 17, 2010 6:54 pm
help

I wanted to ask if anyone else has my experience of pain on the site of the mastectomy more than two years after the operation? It is not constant, although minor discomfort is fairly constant.

Posted by Mozart1 on Sat Aug 14, 2010 2:57 pm with 3 comments

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Hi, I suffered with constant and fairly severe pain from mx from 3 months post surgery to the time I had further surgery earlier this year. I was referred to the pain team and diagnosed with post mastectomy pain syndrome. Apparently it is qute a comm...

marjay12, Sat Aug 14, 2010 9:37 pm
Feel like i'm living on borrowed time!

Hello Ladies My active treatment finished in July. I've had a lumpectomy with lymph node clearance, chemo, a baby in March (diagnosed with CF in April), last chemo, and then rads. As well as a baby I also have a 2 year old. People keep saying 'oh I...

Posted by ohbaby on Sat Aug 07, 2010 9:15 am with 16 comments

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scottiedog - I think a lot of us feel just like you. Ann x

Ann_04, Tue Aug 10, 2010 1:09 pm
Bruising on my breast 1 year on

Can anyone provide advice. I am a year out of treatment - the full works including mastectomy and reconstruction and all the lymph nodes taken(donor site was my tummy). I have been fine and been careful with my arm, however, at the weekend I tried (pr...

Posted by susan48 on Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:07 am with 1 comments

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Call the specialist reconstruction nurse just to put your mind at rest. Jacqui

jacqui37, Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:29 am
Painful finger and toenails...

Hi to all I finished my last chemo (Taxotere) on 23 July, and since then my finger and toenails have become very sore and painful. My fingers and toes are very stiff and feel almost numb, and any pressure on my nails is quite painful, even the quilt i...

Posted by Milos~Mum on Mon Aug 09, 2010 9:27 pm with 2 comments

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Milos~Mum - I am sorry you are having so much discomfort. As Mel says, there is another thread about this. I had WLE/SNB and rads. I didn't have chemo but I have ridges across my two big toes. The left one is worst and it is really sore. It feels as i...

Ann_04, Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:29 pm
swimming & bald head

just about to have my last chemo then 3 weeks of radiotherapy. I've booked a few days away later - good to have something to look forward to - but it suddenly struck me i will still have a bald head. The problem is, the place has an indoor pool and I...

Posted by foodie888 on Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:28 pm with 5 comments

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I've been swimming twice a week throughout chemo and the first time I went I bought a £1.99 swim hat from the pool and it has lasted throughout (have finished chemo 2 wks ago). I only wear it because I don't want to be stared at and I haven't as lots o...

cat107, Mon Aug 09, 2010 3:41 pm
yearly mammogram

It's just over a year since I have my diagnosis of breast cancer. Should the hospital automatically send me an appointment for a mammogram. My next appointment for check up isnt till October.

Posted by gocat on Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:26 pm with 7 comments

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We seem to have had our ops very close together. My op was on August 11th.

cadi, Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:42 pm
Acid reflux problems continue on

Hi all Some may remember I posted a while back about having severe acid reflux problems which started a few days after my last chemo in October. I was put on omeprazole but kept getting attacks two or three times a month which included vomiting for h...

Posted by elinda45 on Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:02 am with 24 comments

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Hi Elinda, Yes I had oral thrush 4 times out of the 6 lots of chemo so it's possible that it then went internally. The anti-fungals made me feel just a little queasy but nothing very much so I was able to continue taking them. Also found Randitidine ...

Linbin, Fri Aug 06, 2010 3:06 pm
How long is your hair?

Calling all peeps who finished their chemo about April time this year..how long is your hair? Mine has a covering all over but appears to be growing really slowly! Although i am getting braver at going out and about bareheaded, i think i would feel fa...

Posted by NAZ on Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:58 pm with 29 comments

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Hi all, hair seems to grow at very different paces. Mine seems to have got 'stuck' at this length. Hi Flora - lucky you having to have hair cut! My daughter did a quick trim of the wispy long bits. No real sign of curl yet though. But it does see...

Mammie, Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:55 pm
ANC - cancer recurs in same breast, where does it go first?

Just a thought, and I haven't asked onc or surgeon yet, but if all the nodes have been removed, where does the cancer go if it recurred in same breast? Straight to bloodstream or lymphatic system with no stopping it? Any ideas??

Posted by Steph10 on Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:36 pm with 4 comments

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So I suppose it just goes to the next set of available nodes, ie the supraclavicular. I think probably if I were to have mets, then bone seems to be the better option!

Steph10, Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:43 pm
First mammogram coming up and still very sore

I am due my first mammogram since treatment has finished, had WLE and the swelling in my breast had gone down quite a bit, but recently the swelling has come back and is oh so very sore especially near the nipple area and under my arm, will they still ...

Posted by C me on Sun Jul 25, 2010 3:39 pm with 4 comments

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I had my first year check up, including mammogram nearly 3 weeks ago, was told I'd get the result in the post "in a few days" but 2 weeks later still nothing so I phoned, eventually told that the result was all clear and that a letter had been sent. It...

Dae, Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:38 am

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