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Hi Kim, Im 43, diagnosed 1st June last year, 15mm,IDC er positive, wle, didnt get clear margins, second op end of june, no node involvement, no chemo, 4 weeks rads and tamoxifen. Im married, have two teenage sons and our new puppy Ozzy who is a delight to have around.

Ozzy got his first jag yesterday and didnt even cry, he is a wee soul, bet you are excited getting another dog.

Fiona, enjoy your meal out today, Maggie still cant believe its the big 50 next week, can you please pm me your address, thanks

Sharon, how are you doing, how is your wee niece , its really exciting becoming an Aunty, hope chemo goes ok for you today

Everyone else, have a lovely weekend and take care

love

Carol x

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Hi Kim,

I’m the new one too! I’ve just turned 37 (I think!), diagnosed Dec 2008. Found lump the week before we moved to Paisley, diagnosed the week after! Lumpectomy on xmas eve! Further surgery to remove some more tissue in the January 2009, lymph nodes clear. 2cm lump, grade 2. 6 FECs, extreme vomiting throughout! That was my biggest problem. Eventually they kept me in Beatson for each chemo, there was no point in sending me home! Four weeks of radio, finished middle August. Five years tamox and two year zoladex. Still having ‘can’t believe this has happened to me’ days!

I have Lewis who is 9 and hubby is Cliff. We are an army family and move around alot. Moving back to Edinburgh June this year! Two dogs, Meg 6, Border Collie (behaves perfectly, well trained and Murdo 1 1/2, Cairn Terrier (cheeky rascal, untrainable!). My dogs have got me through this! They never expected me to be positive all the time and never commented on how dreadful I looked! And, they made me walk them everyday, otherwise I would not have left this house!

Fiona - was in the shop today, those grey hairs just never took the colour! They were un-colourable! Will have to go back to being blonde to disguise them! How depressing!

Hope you all have a good weekend. Can’t wait for live episode of Enders tonight (I like my soaps).

Sarah XX

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Hi Guys

Big welcome to Kim and Sarah!

I’m Annie, diagnosed 4th jan last year with IDC. It spread to the lymph nodes but thankfully the 5cm tumour responded exceptionally well to 4 x FEC and I only needed a lumptectomy and lymph removal. Then 4 x Tax - of cursed memory! then 6 weeks of rads at the Blessed Beatson, which ended on 6/1/10. I am Her2 pos so will be getting Herceptrin for another 10 courses. Seeing my consultant on 25th to get a handle on everything. All in all, a year almost to the day of treatment.

Getting better bit by bit, though Tax made me doubt it as I had a hellish reaction to it too. But I am glad I persevered.

Maggie, you know how much I wanted to see the back of the Beatson. I know it sounded like I was an ingrate but those 6 weeks in the freezing snow, over the Christmas hols were no fun. At all.

Carol - how is Ozzy? He’ll be missing his mum and sibs. Pound to a penny he is emcamped to the foot of the bed. More probably on th pillow. Am i right, or am I right???

Maggie - way to go girl - you are shot of all this chemo/rads nonsense before a birthday with an 0 at the end of it. Hope Jack’s
poor wee tum is settled.

AUNTIE Sharon. Ain’t auniethood great! Not having to change too many of the brown nappies … but all the fun stuff. Is Emma going to be called Emma?

Shiela, hope they can give you something other than Tax. It is a nasty wee drug. Please let us know when you are feeling a bit better.

My big Whisper had to have his leg amputated this pm (op was scheduled for the 9th) but detiorated so the leg was taken from the hip. Poor wee guy is disorientated and sore. Thank god though the procedure is over.

Hope all of you are thriving

Annie xx

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Hi Guys

Big welcome to Kim and Sarah!

I’m Annie, diagnosed 4th jan last year with IDC. It spread to the lymph nodes but thankfully the 5cm tumour responded exceptionally well to 4 x FEC and I only needed a lumptectomy and lymph removal. Then 4 x Tax - of cursed memory! then 6 weeks of rads at the Blessed Beatson, which ended on 6/1/10. I am Her2 pos so will be getting Herceptrin for another 10 courses. Seeing my consultant on 25th to get a handle on everything. All in all, a year almost to the day of treatment.

Getting better bit by bit, though Tax made me doubt it as I had a hellish reaction to it too. But I am glad I persevered.

Maggie, you know how much I wanted to see the back of the Beatson. I know it sounded like I was an ingrate but those 6 weeks in the freezing snow, over the Christmas hols were no fun. At all.

Carol - how is Ozzy? He’ll be missing his mum and sibs. Pound to a penny he is emcamped to the foot of the bed. More probably on th pillow. Am i right, or am I right???

Maggie - way to go girl - you are shot of all this chemo/rads nonsense before a birthday with an 0 at the end of it. Hope Jack’s
poor wee tum is settled.

AUNTIE Sharon. Ain’t auniethood great! Not having to change too many of the brown nappies … but all the fun stuff. Is Emma going to be called Emma?

Shiela, hope they can give you something other than Tax. It is a nasty wee drug. Please let us know when you are feeling a bit better.

My big Whisper had to have his leg amputated this pm (op was scheduled for the 9th) but detiorated so the leg was taken from the hip. Poor wee guy is disorientated and sore. Thank god though the procedure is over.

Hope all of you are thriving

Annie xx

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Hi Everyone,

Annie, sorry to hear about your wee cat… hopefully he’ll be on the mend soon…

Sarah, that’s a shame about the hair!! My friend has the same problem, she has italian hair and the white ones are so resisitant to colour she’ll have to go lighter too…she’s never had chemo so we can’t blame it on that! maybe if the composition of your hair alters in the next year it might settle down…They say it takes about a year for chemo to leave your system.

I enjoyed my dinner last night it was lovely, My sister in law and niece are away home now, so all quiet here…

Looks like the holiday to Spain is going ahead, so far it’s me, Sharon and hopefully Lulu…anybody else not fancy it?..I’m making up for last year and going to cram as many in as poss!!

Hope you’re all having a nice weekend
Hugs
Fiona xxxxx

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Hi Fiona

Spain sounds great but I don’t think I could leave the kids for that long - a night away at the Young Women’s conference will be bad enough!!!

I’m just having a large glass of wine to recover from Kian’s bday party - 16 boys running wild!!! but they had a great time.

I hope evryone has a good week.

Hel
xx

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Welcome to Kim and Sarah - it all seems a bit much when you first start on Forum. I could never remember names etc, but you soon get into the way of it.
I am 60 years old and live in EK. Moved here 3 years ago to be near my daughter - I’m a widow. She is just 5 houses away and lives with hubby and baby Jessica, 16 months. I have a son and they have Cameron, whose 4 next month.
First diagnosed 12 years ago with usual mastectomy and chemo and Tamoxifen. Spread to Ovary 5 years ago and been on and off chemo since. Get Taxotere and Xeloda. Taxotere is a bugger and SE’s are getting worse. It does work to reduce tumour so just have to keep going.
No pets but daughter has a wee dog, Daisy, a Bijon, who comes to me often. Gets peace and quiet and spoiled with me.
Look forward to meeting up with you girls soon.
Fiona - hope to meet up with you girls on Wednesday if feeling OK
Sharon will let me have details of where and when.
Sheila

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welcome kim,sarah. Hi the rest of the girls
My name is yvonne I had E+CMF 6 weeks Rads all finished, now taking tamoxiphen for 5 years hope you find this site as good as I did.
Sharon congratulations hope you have lots of fun with your niece how are you doing?
Sheila hope your feeling better
Maggie congratulations on finishing have a lovely birthday

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Not long home…that’s them done and dusted, bought KFC on the way home and sat with the dog in the car eating it and watching the sunsetting over Castle Semple Loch.

Onwards and upwards :slight_smile: xxxxxxx

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WOOHOOO WELL DONE MAGGIE!!!

To Kim and Sarah - I am 35 years old, diagnosed with IDC, ER/PR negative, HER2 positive in left breast 22nd Sept 08, had 4 FEC which didn’t work then 4 Taxotere and Herceptin, mastectomy and immediate Recon April 09, 30 Rads July and Aug.
Diagniosed again 7th Sept on Right breast with bulky breast cancer while on Herceptin. Had mastectomy 8th Oct, not allowed immediate recon, NO Chemo, and 20 Rads Dec 09.
Diagnosed with skin metastases under recon site, 30th Dec 09, day after finishing Rads. Also have small lung and liver secondaries and some lymph nodes in Stomach show cancer. Now on Taxol which I have my 6th session on Frid, then CT Scan next Mon to see if anything changed.

Sarah - I work for the APC, I work for RLC officers, although haven’t been at work for 1yr and 4mths. Are you living on the Paisley patch?? Meeting my boss and some collegues tomorrow night for dinner.

Baby is great, been seeing quite alot of her

I am so looking forward to the wee week away in Sept. Also looking forward to the Young Womans forum, hope your booked Sarah.

Hope all is well with everyone.
I feel really good at moment, don’t even feel like I’m on chemo, if only I could get a good nights sleep it would be even better!!

nite, nite
Sharon xxxxx

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Hey Maggie - Congratulations for getting to the end of your rads.

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Hi girls
Thanks for letting me know a bit about you all. It’s really hard to come into an established group where everyone knows each other but you have all made me really welcome and I thank you for that :slight_smile: hopefully i’ll know everyone before long! I’m living in Paisley now, moved here 3 years ago when I got married but originally from EK and am pretty much up there everyday as my daughter and 2 granddaughters live there.
What kind of puppy is Ozzy? The german shepherd Dexy we r fostering for the rescue just now is fab. He follows us about everywhere, we r thinking of renaming him “shadow”!! So happy to see so many of u r going to YWF. Can’t wait to meet u all.
Congrats on finishing ur rads Maggie!
Have a good week.
Kim xxxx

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Hi Kim, Ozzy is a Cockerpoo, which is a cocker spaniel and poodle crossbread, he is chocolate brown and adorable, totally smitten by him, we had a german shepherd years ago, so this is totally different as Ozzy will be a lot smaller

Maggie, well done on finnishing rads, you must be so pleased its all done, did Jack get some of your KFC?

Sharon, good luck for Monday for your scan, good to see you are going to Spain, we are hoping to go to Florida in October so no Spain trip for me.

Need to arrange a meeting with my boss and get my return to work sorted, what a thought!!

Hi to everyone else

love

Carol xx

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Afternoon Ladies!!

Big Whoop Whoop Maggie!!! on finishing Rads, What did you do with your self today?, bet it felt good having no Beatson?..
I’m Sitting here, tea and shortbread!! all warm and fuzzy, Just opened the email you sent me about the hedgehogs!! Well one word!! gorgeous!! Had to put the pics on facebook…I sooo want a baby hedgehog! and I don’t do prickily things…especially after being so smooth for the past year!! HaHa…xx If anyone who wants a peek and isn’t on facebook, PM me your email and I’ll send them on…

Also If anyone is available tomorrow and would like to come along to Lunch for Maggie’s Birthday, Please do, we’ll be at the Waterside Inn on Barrhead Road at 1pm…You know me? any excuse to eat!!!

Well…off to do some housework…oh what a thought!! Take care girls.

Fiona xxxxx

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Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Maggie
Happy Birthday to you

Enjoy your day

love and hugs

Carol xoxoxo

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Morning Ladies,

Sharon - Yes, we do live on the Paisley Patch. Hubby doesn’t work in APC though, He is OC for Recruiting and works from Hotspur St, Maryhill. Trying to organise our next move back to Edinburgh. Should be moving end May/beg June. Its a very small army world!
Whats the Young Womens Forum? Don’t want to be missing out on anything!! Good luck with your scan Monday.

Happy Birthday to Maggie, hope you have a good day. Glad you’ve finished rads and don’t have to go to beatson everyday!

Well, its just me and wee Murdo today. Cliff away to work with Meg and Lewis at school. Still not dressed and the house is a tip, need motivated! Had one of the worst nights yet last night, tossed and turned, window open, window closed, covers on, covers off, need a wee, window open, covers off, need a wee, walk round the bed, mind racing with irrational thoughts… it was endless!!! I know I would feel so much better for a full nights sleep.

Can’t believe is snowing again! Was going to go through to Edinburgh with other half to have a look at the army houses but I’d have to drive home myself and I had visions of being snowed in on the M8!

Kim, hope you new charge is settling in. My collie follows me about all the time too. If I put certain jeans on she knows i’m taking her a run but if I pick up my handbag she knows shes going nowhere! They are so clever! I walk them everyday, huge big long walks but each time we go, you would think they had never been out ever before, they go mad!

My wee boy, bless him, is all happy cos cheryl cole is single again! He fell the other day, waving at a friend passing in the car and split his elbow open! He was very brave, didn’t cry. Me personally would have been screaming!

Anyway, I really should move myself, I’ve got a Jedward going on with the old hair. Hope theres not an emergency!

Love Sarah x

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Happy Birthday Maggie

Lots of Hugs

Helxxxx

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Sarah,

Here’s the link about the younger woman’s forum which is on the 19th March, There might be some spaces left if you give them a ring or email they’ll put you right. Would be great if you could come.

breastcancercare.org.uk/about-us/our-services/support-for-younger-women/younger-womens-forums/younger-womens-forum

Had a great Lunch today, Nice food and a good blether, always goes down well with me!! It was lovely to see Maggie on her birthday…And Sharon too… The Waterside inn was lovely and There was a roaring fire on and I could have stayed there all night.

What’s this weather like??? I’m hoping it stops soon!!!

Hope all you girls are all snuggled up tonight

Big Hugs
Fiona xxxx

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MAGGIE - Hope you had a great birthday. Sorry missed lunch but was bit nervous driving in such awful snow. Enjoy the freedom of not going to the Beatson every day.
SARAH - sometimes you just have one of these days when you can’t be bothered. I find that I can’t sleep all night then want to sleep from about 9 in morning.
FIONA - sorry missed lunch. Hope we can organise another one soon.

Saw oncologist on Tuesday. Because of bad reaction - NO MORE TAXOTERE. Staying on Xeloda for another 4 cycles then scan to see how things are. If good, could get wee break from chemo then start me on something different. Doesn’t know yet what it will be.

Hope everyone else OK

luv
Sheila

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Morning ladies,
Bit worried this morning (understatement)! Found a nobbly bit under pesky right boob last night. Off to Doctors at 11. I’m sure its nothing as boob just not the same as other one anymore, but better safe than sorry. I’m sure I’m being silly, had mammo last month! Will keep you posted.
Sarah XX