Hi amanda I still got 9 rads to go before treatment is finished, hoping my hair will start to grow quite quickly but knowing my luck it won’t. My consultant told me to have a year off so will see how I go but to be honest I can’t see me going back before December, I work as a midwife. There has been 5 of us off with BC in 2 years, scary or what, xxx
Aww Pam u have been thro the wars this year but have done so well. I’m dreading my mammogram as it scares me. How many hours are u working at the moment.
Sue x
Dee it sounds as if your daughter is doing well the chemo is so horrible, tell her well done.
can I ask does anyone take any vitamins or supplements since finishing treatment and if so what are they, thanks Sue x
Thank u Pam I will ask when I go to clinic beginning of September xxx
Yes, best get professional,advice
theguardian.com/society/2015/apr/21/vitamin-supplements-increase-risk-cancer-heart-disease-research
Pam x
Hi Suzanne / everyone
I am also interested to know what vitamins everyone is taking. I am taking bit D3 , Rosehip and bitter apricot kernel . A lady on a different forum recommended them she has triple neg and ten years out. I’m not sure if all this stuff makes a difference but I’m giving it a go. Dee I’m sending lots of love to your daughter and wishing this vile time away for her. I didn’t think I would make it through had 8 altogether . She will soon be through it and smiling again xxxx
Hi all hope u r all ok? I’ve woken up today with fear and panic again, worried sick. I hate this, maybe it’s because my treatment is coming to an end and I have an appointment beginning of September with breast consultant and I’m afraid of what he’s going to tell me,.
Sue x
Hi Suzanne,
I’m sorry you’re feeling like this today, but I think this is normal, especially given where you’re at: when my treatment came to end I found myself feeling very anxious - unsurprising as you’ve been “held” by the treatment (horrible as it is) and suddenly you’re about to be thrown back into the world with nothing to support you - or at least that’s how it feels. Also, the upcoming check up is scary. I remember all this so well even though it was 13+ years ago…And the fear will continue to come and go - heightened at check up times etc - but my oncologist wisely described it at the time as being like a stone thrown into a pond and the ripples (fear) close to the centre are huge but then they subside to become smaller and less frequent. This is at least what I have experienced and 13 years on I still occasionally have fear-ridden moments , but I trust they will pass.
Good luck to you & everyone else.
Bel x
Thank u Bel, it’s so horrible this feeling, I’m just dreading seeing consultant, I’ve yet to see him where he hasn’t given me bad news and it’s playing on my mind. Also I think the fact that my hair isn’t growing back yet is getting me down I want to get rid of the ‘cancer’ look, so need eyebrows and eye lashes, hopefully I will start to feel more myself then, this anxiety has to be the worse tho, but hearing you years later is loverly, thank u xx
Aww Pam I feel for u 2 but god willing we will be ok, I keep asking myself why did I have to have Tn, why couldn’t I just have one of the other ones but at the end of the day I tell myself cancer is cancer!!! My friend was diagnosed to oestrogen positive bc just over a year ago, and hers has come back in her lungs, so I suppose anyone with cancer has the chances of it returning
My oncologist told me to stop focusing on the Tn but it’s hard not too isn’t it. I wish u well Pam and everyone on here, jinny hope u r ok xxxx
Hi Suzanne
I know how you feel my last rad was July 10th. I went to see onc and she just took a look at my skin gave me a hug and said see you in three months, so hopefully your appointment will be ok. I am just trying to keep busy … Wake up each day with a plan for the day so my mind doesn’t start wondering. I’ve also had a couple of hols … They did help so maybe if you can book a holiday so you have something to look forward to. My hair isn’t even an inch long yet :(. But at least it’s growing a bit 
. I had very long curly blonde hair before but it’s growing back really dark nearly black. Hoping everyone else doing ok. Pam hope your appointment goes ok . Dee wishing this vile chemo time away for you daughter xxx
Hi all, hope u are all well, I’m down to my last 5 rads which they r now doing on the tumour bed, I’m so sore under my arm tho. Wishing u all the best.
Love sue xxx
Hi Suzanne
Not long to go now . My skin flared up a week after I had finished. I used simple products and just aqueous cream in the end. The flare up lasted only about a week and all back to normal now xx hope everyone else ok ?
I am Janice 30 year mom of two. I have just been diagnosed lymphatic duct carcinoma stage 3 her2 triple negative. I am extremely scared of the what if…its like the more I read and educate myself on the findings the more discouraged I feel. All I keep hearing is stay positive be strong…how can anyone be strong knowing they are soon to die and if I dont die I am going to be deformed from my original body and I can deal with not having breast or ovaries or not having my long wavy hair but how about if I dont make it…I wont see my 11 year old son learn to drive or graduate h.s. or I wont see my daughter grow into a young woman…who will teach about her menstruation about boys…who will be their mommy?..are any of u a survivor of triple negative?
Thank you for posting this because u have been the only fraction of hope that I have gotten since my diagnosing 5 days ago
Hi Janice try not to read to much on the net it scared me so much. Not all women with TN die quite a few survive, you just have to have the treatment and hope for the best, it is hard to stay positive especially in the beginning but godon’t willing we will all get thro this. Just remember any cancer can reaccure at any time, I know a few who had oestrogen positive bc that has returned, my oncologist told me a few with tnbc does reaccure quite quickly but the majority don’t, it’s such a worry and such a horrible time, sue xxx
Yes sue it is but reading positive outcomes on here arr very helpful
Am I the only one who is terrified of finishing my treatment ?? My friends keep saying bet your glad to finally finish but it scares me, I feel like someone is taking my security blanket away and I don’t know how to deal with it, Sue x
No sSuzanne you’re not! I finished rads last Friday and feel the same…It’s mixed feelings but been so traumatic it’s going to be difficult to move on. I imagine most feel like this. Perhaps we need a bit of therapy? I’m going to take anti depressants for a few months…that should help lol x
Sorry to ask another question lol. But did anybody skin break down while having radiotherapy, mine has broken down under my arm and under my breast, this is worrying me a bit altho the girls down there tell me it can happen and is normal, just wanted to know if this has happened with anyone else. Pam I hope your ok am thinking of u xxxx