Posted Aurelia
byBack home after the double mastectomy. Given the all clear or as Doc said 99.9%. Best news ever. Have a haematoma smack in the middle of my chest from a drain. The pain is unbearable at night, but hey I'm alive and home. I feel I need to be helpful once I recover. For now, let us all heal well.
Posted lesley1956
bywent in to get my chemo today but with all the side effects it was no go. Onc took one look at me and asked a serious of questions then booked an urgent head CT.Scary.................. the good news was yes I have a brain and no there are no mets in it. Hooray happy dance Damn you Viralbin and your...
Posted lesley1956
byHow many of you have well meaning friends, the kind that ring you up to tell you about the miracle cure? Tonight it was a very adamant lecture on the use of oxygen peroxide therapy, now I have never heard of it but I think its something people use to bleach their hair. Slowly and patiently I...
Posted lesley1956
byThis is not just about me, some of you may think it is but it's not. It's about the way we all perceve each other, the way we judge. For the past eight months I cheered others up smiled and hid behind a shell of it will be ok. Now I am saying it like it is. Have I been happy with my medical treatm...
Posted lesley1956
byIf you don't like what I have to say don't read my blogs because they will be honest and a bit hard core. have been working on some of the stuff that makes me truely unhappy over the past couple of weeks. Stuff like when my husband walks into the lounge with something he has made and I compliment i...
Posted Chris
byOk, 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...
Posted Chris
bySo 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...
Posted Diane
byLots to do today. I'm now beginning to lose my hair. I think it'll be a cap or hat on monday when I go in again for chemo. Heading for spotlight as soon as the shops open, need to get some stuffing and backing material for a most gorgeous patchwork spread I've been occupying myself...
Posted lesley1956
byNo chemo again last week and a bit of a nervous/emotional breakdown. I have made an appointment to see the physc next Monday. Yes I have been having suicidal thoughts but I don't believe I will act on it. I am struggling with the new version of me and relating that to the me who used to be. I go ba...
Posted Kula
byI am preparing for a mastectomy in 10 weeks. Can anyone help me in the basic practicalities? What clothes are best for hospital? What should I wear home from the hospital? ( I'm going home by taxi.) What is the most comfortable to wear at home? When i start back to work (about 3 weeks) what is t...