Congratulations Anne on your news!! nothing better than a wee baby to keep you distracted…he’ll be like a breath of fresh air to you all. Pleased to hear your chemo went well, will keep my fingers crossed for you that your side effects keep away…x
Lynn, Hope your mouth starts to feel a bit better soon, I did notice your post and put a wee reply on that.
The YWF was brilliant, thoroughly enjoyed it…It was so good to spend some time around old friends and new…Laughter is therapy and tears are healing!..and there are no better friends than the ones sitting in the same boat as yourself!..anybody thinking of going should go, you get a lot more out of it than you expect…
Needless to say I’m tired today, so don’t plan to do much at all…
Hello hello hello…sorry Ive been so bad at keeping in touch.
Glad to hear you all had a great time at the YWF outing…I would have loved to have come. Im just on my way out to a dog’s birthday party (don’t ask ha ha)…so I will try and pop in later for catch up…welcome to all the newbies xxxx
Congrats on your new grandson, how lovely Anne. Lynn hope you are feeling better today.
well truly knacked today, dont know about everyone else that went to the ywf, but I do feel a lot better in myself apart from the menopause talk, still trying to get over that one!!! you are all mad and really good to meet other girlies, we were truly spoiled with food and cakes.
Sharon, keeping everything crossed for you tomorrow.
Hi to everyone else and enjoy the rest of your Sunday
Anne CONGRATULATIONS! What a packed, eventful day you had missus! Wee Kez’ baby Lily-Rose’s head is engaged,so she could go at any time. She is a lively wee baby too Kicking the tar out of her mum. They are going home tomorrow and Iam seriously gonnie miss them, but will pop down (legs permitting) in the next couple of weeks now that cat is out of the woods. A wee break and some sea air will be welcome.
Lynne, I was advised to suck an ice lolly during Tax as I had horrrible mouth problems and on my last 2 sessions I had only a couple of short lived mouth ulcers. Might work … Anyway, cannot hurt. Good luck and glad you are not suffering too much. xx
No results on the scan yet, got to be good news? Got the date for the bowel op - Aptil 9th. Not especially looking forward. They couldn’t do it in November - too much trauma at the time.
Great catching up. Been awfy busy over the last week and knackered now.
Have a lovely Monday! Hope you enjoyed your forum and raised the roof and glasses. Oh Maggie, did you enjoy your canine shindig?
Hi Everyone
I am new to the forum. I come from Ayrshire so not too far from Glasgow about 40 mins.
I was dx on the 19th February, had a WLE on 22nd and the results showed I had 8mm grade3 invasive ductal cancer. Back in for sampling of my lymph nodes at the beginning of March, got results last week and they are clear.
Saw oncologist on Tuesday and I should be starting 6 cycles of FEC chemo on the 6th Apr, then when that is finished 4 weeks of rads at the Beatson.
It has been like a rollercoaster ride the past 5 weeks as I was perfectly fit and healthy until I had my mammogram. I have had wonderful support from my family friends and workmates, but it is good to talk to people going through the same as me.
Look forward to hearing from you all
Love Anne xx
Had a great time at YWF had to go to bed early (2 am).Great news
Sharon getting treatment at Marsden. Went for check up today had mammogram wasn’t to sore, have to get bone scan for pain in side and an mri later on.Back to work next week a gradual return over 6 weeks, hope everyones treatment is going well
Thanks for your support. I had a lumptectomy on the 22nd Feb and then the lymph node op 2 weeks later.
Just want to get started on the chemo now and get the next step of this journey on the road.
Hope to hear from you again.
Annexx
i felt really fit and healthy before i was diagnosed too… was in better shape than i had been for a number of years walking 10 miles a week up sauchiehall street to sandyford place… had even managed to lose a wee bit of weight and the last thing on my mind was having cancer again… but 10 and 1/2 months later and im just getting ready to go back to work.
chemo wasnt fun but wasnt anywhere near as bad as i expected and the hairloss didnt bother me at all… nervous about restarting work especially starting my new job with chemobrain in tow in about 5 weeks time.
hi girlies, hope you have all recovered from last week!!! got really sad news today, one of my friends hubbies died aged 40, they think it was a heart attack, I am totally in shock and cant take it in, he was fit and healthy, went to the gym and was always out running and he was a gem of a guy.
its just so unfair and they had 2 teenage kids, just as well we dont know whats round the corner.
awww carol really sorry to hear about your friend… very true that we dont know whats around the corner… just means we all have to make the most of every day.
Hi Lulu
Thanks for your post.
It is good to know I am not alone in this fight, I have wonderful family and friends but it is good to talk to people who know what it feels like.
I am off to hospital tomorrow to have an echo test on my heart, then on Tuesday I go back to see the oncologist about when my chemo will start. It is planned to start on 6th April. I will have my chemo at my local hospital, after that 20 rads at the Beatson.
Hope to hear from you again.
Love Anne xx
Hello everyone - hope all is well with you,Carol i know all is not well for you, what a terrible shock that must have been,my thoughts are with you.
Nothing great to report here unfortunately - day 20 today and losing hair at a distressing rate - despite the cold cap and Prof.Plant’s juicing suggestion. Chemo no. 2 on Tuesday - i will persist for what its worth. Sore mouth is at last on the mend, it took 3 trips to the docs before any improvement, can’t bear the thought of that being a recurring SE. Sorry - not feeling very upbeat.
Hi Lynn
Hope your next chemo session goes better. I am going for an echo heart test this morning before I see the ONC tomorrow to discuss starting my treatment on 6th April. How long did you wait before your chemo started.
Wishing you all the best for tomorrow, hope all goes well. let me know how you get on.
Hi Anne - i had the MX on 28th January and started chemo on the 9th March. Good luck for the 6th,i’ll be thinking of you. There’s a few of us post on “MX mid feb” who are starting chemo the same time as you - might be worth giving it a look if you need some support. The thread should really be re-named now since almost everyone on it has moved to the treatment stage from the MX stage, but no one has been inclined to change the name. i think there’s 3/4 who are starting that week.
Hope the echo went well, i had one too (don’t know if everyone has one or if it depends on the type of chemo.)
Been a while since I was on…Had a really busy week at work last week so I’ve been a few days getting back on my feet…
Lynn, sorry to hear chemo is giving you a bit of trouble, hope you start to feel better soon…
Welcome Anne, where about’s are you from? I come from Ayr but live in Glasgow now. Good luck with starting chemo, at least things are moving along now…I had my lumpectomy on 26th Feb and first chemo on 10th April last year, so the time scale is about the same. I can’t believe that’s a year ago, it really doesn’t feel like it!
Carol, Sorry to hear about your hubby’s friend, it brings us down to earth with a bump…we really do have to make the best of every day.
Yvonne, good luck with going back to work…I got the all clear with mammogram and chest Xray, just waiting to go for my endoscope now.
Annie, any results from scan yet? hope all is well…Sharon is down in London today till Wed having tests…
Big Hello’s to everyone else, hope you are all doing well and kept nice and busy!!
I’m having pain in my back and it’s stopping me sleeping at the moment…I even bought a padded mattress topper and it’s not working, I’m hoping it starts to work soon as I know it’ll end up with a trip to the Docs…
I am from Galston so not far from your own home town. It is good to have joined you all and hear all your different experiences. I am not looking forward to starting chemo but I am sure I will cope as I have lots of wonderful family and friends to support me.
Please let me know if there is any get togethers I can attend if I am fit as I would love to meet you all.
Speak to you soon
Anne xx
Not been on for wee while. First week of Xeloda OK but struggled through second week. Was at hospital on Monday but they didn’t reduce dosage - I have to persevere with anti nausea tablets.
Some good news - Gran again.
My daughter in law gave birth on Monday to baby boy. She was 5 weeks early. He is 5lb 11oz and just seems really tiny. He was born on the same date as Cameron, their 1st child. He was 4 on Monday.
Both still in hospital as baby has jaundice and also strepb infection. Hope to get home at weekend. Baby is called Murray.
Hi Sheila, nice to hear from you again and congratulations on becoming a gran to baby Murray, what a lovely name.
My friends hubby died from a blood clot, she got the results of the post mortem today, so scary and to make matters worse the funeral is not until next Tuesday due to it being Easter.
meeting with boss tomorrow to see if anything can be done about this three week course!!!
hope everyone doing ok with treatment and Happy Easter to you all
well had my meeting with my boss today and he suggested not going back until after my first mammogram is done which is June, he is giving me a 2 month phased and dont need to go away on my course until August/September, really pleased and thats one less thing to worry about.
Helen, enjoy your last day of being in your thirties!!! life begins tomorrow xxx