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Posted by lesley1956
I thought it was supposed to help talking things through but today was my first psych appointment and for some reason I came away angry. What did come out of our talk was my issues with abandonment have carried over into how I feel about my medical care and my breast cancer. When I said I did not t...
Posted by Tazzy
On the 16 March 2013 after spending the weekend with my head in the porcelain bowl I came across a lump in my left breast that I had never noticed before. Monday seen me at the drs getting medication to stop the vomiting and thought I would mention it. I nor the doc could not feel it but I was sent...
Posted by SueB
I recently had a follow up appointment with my Oncologist after the usual battery of tests and scans. All tests are clear and bone density scan is stable. I told her I had quit the Arimadex 2 months prior and was feeling better in terms of the hot flushes. After talking about the symptoms I wa...
Posted by MelRom
Everyone has heard all the the stories about Angelina Jolie taking preventative measures for which, if truth be told I would have probably done the same. What all the news reports are not covering is that, genetic testing BRCA01 and BRCA02 is not the end all be all of gentic testing. Actually, speak...
Posted by Mollie
Hi, I thought the second time round would be easier, but no! I was diagnosed with high grade DCIS in September 2009, was treated with a lumpectomy and no further treatment which was a relief, then the roller coaster started again in March this year. I was further diagnosed with high grade DCIS in th...
Posted by Nada
It’s been a bit over 12 months since my diagnosis and I feel like it’s not over for me, even though my treatment is finished, apart from taking Tamoxifen. I was diagnosed on 29 February 2012. After a few days I knew what my treatment would involve. I remember thinking that once I got thr...
Posted by Jodi
I'm interested to hear from others who did not go ahead with chemo, I haven't decided what I'm am doing or not doing but I'm interested to hear from women with ILC that maybe decided not to go ahead with chemo...
Posted by taniag
Well, D day is here, Im off to Perth today for surgery tomorrow.. Scared, yep, but also glad to be getting this thing out of my body and hopefully get on my road to recovery. Hardest thing is leaving my children, sounds silly probably bu we never leave them anywhere and they now have to stay ...
Posted by Jodi
Well I saw Dr G today finally, and he has told me he was surprised when I had booked in for a double mastectomy with his registrar, I told him the registrar didnt seem to see any other option. Dr G told me he was happy to do another clearance before we went the mastectomy road. Oh thank god or carin...
Posted by SueB
Hi all, I'm copying/pasting this from a word document. The text size looks minute but may pan out once i hit 'enter'. If not I shall try and correct over the weekend. Decisions…decisions….decisions! Treatment is usually a point on a line between Profess...
