Blogs

Read stories from Click members as they travel through their breast cancer journey.
Click Blogs are a great way of sharing your thoughts, feelings and progress with other Members and the Breast Care Nurse. This is also a great way to get to know your fellow members and provide them with words of support and advice.
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  • Round 1

    Posted October 28, 2013 by Chris

    Well first chemo session today, we arrived in perth around 7am so decided to have a cooked breakfast. Whilst sitting in the cafe we looked out of the window ( which overlooks a lane way) to see an old bloke chugging on a large bottle of Emu Export, he then pours some into an empty coffee cup and off...

  • Happy :-)

    Posted October 27, 2013 by Mazzi1984

    Hi all Just wanted to stop by and say thank you for all of your kind words, best wishes and hugs! ! Surgery went well. I am off the heavy pain killers, the brain fog has lifted and all is going well. Looks like I need the full 7 days for the drains but I am mobile and shuffling things around t...

  • Time Warp

    Posted October 25, 2013 by SusanS

    Looking back & reading through previous blogs, I can't believe how much time has passed since my last blog. It only seems like last week, and yet is feels like a lifetime ago.I survived the radiation treatment ... horrendous for me, but I survived.I survived the 3 weekly Herceptin ... a walk in the ...

  • popped bubble

    Posted October 23, 2013 by lesley1956

    I thought I was moving forward but I think I have presumed too much. I got told I was getting an appointment with a surgeon and thought it meant I would be considered for surgery but now I am thinking its just to talk and nothing will come of it. This damn emotional rollercoaster got me again and I...

  • Back to work

    Posted October 23, 2013 by Chris

    So I went back to work today, it felt really weird, especially as the system has been Dow for the last two weeks! I went in at 7.30 all pink and fluffy, youllbe relieved to know that normal service was resumed by 8.30 and I was back to my grumpy self. It was great seeing everyone and I got lots of h...

  • Taking Tamoxifen after a bilateral mastectomy

    Posted October 22, 2013 by Mollie

    Hi everyone, I'm 6-7 weeks post operation having had a double mastectomy with a diep reconstruction at the same time. I've been advised that I should continue which taking Tamoxifen for 5 years despite my breast tissue being removed? I was also told I do not need to have any mammograms either! I ha...

  • Feet not touching the ground and random rambling

    Posted October 21, 2013 by lilstewie

     Father forgive me for I have sinned, it has been over a week since my last blog. (Apologies to any religious types who may find this statement sacreligious). For the last 10 or so days it has been a bit of a runaround having Chris taken to sample the delights of modern diagnostic technology. S...

  • Naptime at 5pm okay ??

    Posted October 18, 2013 by Mazzi1984

    Yawn.... This sitting around not doing much is exhausting !I'm still a bit sore and puffy from the lumpectomy the other week so I think hubby is letting me get away with the fact that the dishes are still yet to go into the dishwasher. Hmmm, I will get there at some point :pHad the specialist appoin...

  • Stop the train!

    Posted October 17, 2013 by Chris

    Ok so today was a bugger! Woke up at 4am couldn't back to sleep so feeling very tired and weepy. Got to RPH, first appointment was at the Breast Clinic at 8.30, for biopsy of small lump and tagging the larger one with a clip. Unfortunately because my breastie dumpling was protesting at all the pokin...

  • Oncologist

    Posted October 16, 2013 by Chris

    So all set for a relaxing day to today...until 9am when I got a call asking if I could pop in at 2pm to see Dr Redfern, the oncologist. Off I trot on the train again,dragging hubby along for secretarial support! So upshot is I have a grade 3, ductal breast cancer which is HER 2negative. So feeling v...