I was pregnant-33 weeks. I had my mastectomy and lymph node op at 35 weeks, was induced at 38 weeks and started chemo when he was a week old. Nightmare does not describe it xx
Oh gosh yes, I remember now. I cannot imagine going through all of that while being heavily pregnant/with a new baby. No wonder it is so difficult for you. Youāve not have time for hormones to recover before starting chemo, or time to get your head around the diagnosis before being thrown into having a new baby to look after. Itās like living a nightmare at a time that should be one of the happiest isnāt it xx
It really is Taran. You must feel the same. I had such lovely plans for maternity leave as I bet you did. Xx
No, this is not how I planned my maternity leave to be at all!! I feel like my baby girl will be turning 1 and Iāll have lost most of the year to worry, hospital appointments, treatment and side effects!x
Exactly Taran. Letās hope for many more years to make up for this hideous one though xx
Hi all,
just to make you aware
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Should you start Chemo in June
this is the link to the monthly thread
and should it be July the new thread is here
and should you require some tips and tricks
forum.breastcancercare.org.uk/t5/Chemotherapy/Chemotherapy-Tips-and-Tricks/m-p/1026233#M132489
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Lots of support, shared stories, questions answered, a laugh or two - as well as a cry or two.
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Sue xxx
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How is everyone today? Iām feeling tired, chemo yesterday. Sending love. Katy xx
Hi Den glad all went well with your tests. Xx
Hi Sue
Iām having weekly paclitaxol at the moment so have just done my fifth week. Iām having 12 of these I think then 3 or 4 FEC. I havenāt joined a chemo thread as yet. Iāve been struggling with the whole thing a bit to be honest and havenāt felt too sociable. How about you? Xx
Hi Katy, how are you getting on with it all now? Do you feel more positive now chemo is started or are you still struggling? You should come and join us on the June thread, everyone is very lovely and very supportive. You donāt have to be sociable if you donāt feel up to it, but knowing everyone is there is such a help xx
Hi Taran, Sue, Ann and everyone else. Thanks for the kind messages. I am feeling a bit better thanks. Little man is doing great thanks and my little girl just adores him. I think theyāre going to be best friends! He has smiled once but only for her! Took them both to the park this morning in the sunshine which was nice. Iām now at hospital for a brain scan which is not so nice. Have only just got round to sorting it as I couldnāt have it while pregnant. I donāt think itās the norm to have one but Iām so paranoid I requested one. Hope it is all ok. Taran how are your little ones? Have you had your first chemo yet? Ann congratulations on your new granddaughter. What a lovely name and glad she is doing well after a difficult start. Sue you seem like such a lovely supportive person trying your best to help others when you are going through it too. In fact everyone Iāve come across seems lovely, just makes you feel this should be happening to the horrible people of the world, not normal, kind and loving women xxx
Hello ladies,
Just wanted to share this picture with you. It is of a lady I breiflyĀ met at my breast care centre, whilst waiting to be called into my oncologist appointment - This lady is a Triple - has completed her active treatment Ā and is sporting the most amazing re grow hairdo I have ever seen - body glitter rubbed over the scalp to hide the irregular regrowth!
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Hi Katy, how did you find the brain scan? Hope it was ok for you. When do you get the results? Itās nice to get out and do normal things like taking your children to the park isnāt it. Itās so easy to get so caught up in tests, hospital visits, treatment etc that we forget what itās like to be ānormalā. Today is my boysā school summer carnival. Really looking forward to it and hoping it stays dry! My baby girl is doing great. Really growing now. I still havenāt started chemo yet. Had my bloods and signed the consent yesterday and starting Tuesday. Think Iām as ready as I can be.
Ann, congratulations on your new granddaughter! I bet she looks like a little doll being so small! So glad to hear she is doing well.
Hope everyone else is ok too xx
Hi Taran it was ok thanks apart from knowing your brain is being scanned which is weird and scary. Results on Monday. Hoping all is ok. Enjoy your boysā carnival. Itās lovely and sunny here, hope it is for you too. Glad your little girl is doing well and getting big. Iām sure my little man is having a growth spurt at the moment, heās bursting out of all of his sleep suits! Thereās an annual funfair here in a big park just down the road from us today so taking my little girl whoās so excited about all the rides! Xx
Arggh canāt have my weekly taxol today as white blood cell count too low. Strange as I feel fine, apart from being tired. Iām panicking that the cancer cells will be on the rampage but the chemo nurse assures me that the previous chemistry are still working in my system. Hope so. Have the injections for 3 days now to boost white blood count xx
Chemo not chemistry!
Hi Pam.
Sorry to hear your not to good today. I will be thinking of you this week.
I am only just one and a half weeks into my chemo and had my first visit to a&e. I thought I had got a throat infection. Was tender, but also had pain in my back. Turns out it was kidney infection. On antibiotics now. Keep your spirits up. Xxx pam
Note to self. Lol check the date before replying. Pam Whitfield. That was one of your post. Slap my wrist lol. Sorry about that.
Pam xx
It is with great sadness that I tel u Jinny passed away this morning, so so sad xxxxxx