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• Lumpectomy

  by Chris May 23, 2014
  So went In yesterday morning to have my lumpectomy. Early start had to be at admissions for 6.30 am, then I went up to the. Ward, had a pre med, then to breast clinic to get a wire put put in prior to having the surgery. Getting the wire put in was fine, the doctors and nurses and radiographers in...
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• Final chemo

  by Chris April 28, 2014
  Soooo, had my final chemo session today, as I was was being plugged in a song came on the radio that means a lot to me, Big Country's In A Big Country. It's the sort of song that gets you up and jumping, the group originated from my home town in Scotland and it brings back memories of high school an...
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• Strangers

  by Chris April 6, 2014
  So I was sitting at Muffin Break having coffee with a friend and an older lady (complete stranger) comes up to me and says" you know having cancer or whatever illness you have, really suits you" I' m kind if gobsmacked so just smiled and nodded. She then stops again as she comes back with her coffe...
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• FEC u too!

  by Chris March 8, 2014
  So what can I say about my first experience of FEC ? Oh yes it sucks! I wasn't sick which was good, I did however feel like I'd been hit by a bus. I had some discomfort in my stomach, my Knees and other joints felt painful and I felt nauseous. I found it difficult to walk my feet were numb and When...
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• FEC

  by Chris February 26, 2014
  So this week has seen me starting FEC. I was quite nervous about this, as I'd been warned that it's not as kind as the NAB Pacoltaxol.i thought I'd have 3 drip bags but it started off with....take a tablet for the nausea, get the red and white junk, slowly put in through the thingymabob in my arm ( ...
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• How to feel better?

  by Chris February 8, 2014
  Ok, so I'm feeling much better the last few weeks, less lethargic, more oomph, definately not low like I was was the school holidays. It's got me thinking about what I now do to keep myself on the up. On the whole I try to keep my head in a positive space, but that is sometimes harder than it seems...
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• Good news

  by Chris January 31, 2014
  So we saw the surgeon today and it went really well. He seemed really pleased with the way the hitchhiker has shrunk, in fact it's shrunk enough that I'm booked in for mammoplasty on 22nd May! I will be in overnight, and I fully intend to be out the next day as fast as my wee legs can get me! The su...
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• Burswood

  by Chris January 19, 2014
  So I've been feeling totally crap last week, snotty and coughing with an eye infection that lives me so much it just doesn't wanna go! It felt like a wasted week, it was Friday before I felt like I had any energy. On Saturday morning though I was back to feeling listless and tired. We had booked in...
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• Yuck

  by Chris January 15, 2014
  So this week I've been on my chemo free week. I'd had visions when I first started this chemo malarkey that the free weeks would see me dancing gayley round the house, catching up on the jobs that have been left and sorting the garden. Well duh that just shows what a dumbass I am! This week has been...
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• Chemo day

  by Chris January 6, 2014
  So off we trot again for more chemo" today was the last session of this cycle, I have a week off next week, the 3 more weeks of the nab paclotaxel before starting FEC. They got a nice shiney new treatment room and it's much brighter and much less shabby than the old one, much more roomy too, but i...
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