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im new to this would like to know if there is anyone in nottingham area i have had my operation get my results on feb 16th

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hi there
hope your well
i just seen your post and see you have your results coming up soon
i am from notts if i can help you in any way i will
i was diagnosed jan 2010 at the age of 34
i had mastectomy and full axillary clearance
chem rads tamoxifen
just had mt recondtruction 2yrs later

alison

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Hi Alison
great to hear from you im age 37 ive got 2 children age 11 and 10 hope your reconstruction gone well
i have had wle and snb get my results week today im so scared that they havent got it all or the glands are involved. how did your chemo go i not really wanted chemo it looks so bad with all the side effects
sorry to go on but it plays on your mind all the time do you feel really well when all your treatment is done
hope to hear from you soon
tracy xx

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hi tracy

i know the waiting is the hardest part you just want to know whats what and get a plan to fight the bugger

look if your gonna need the chemo its not nice but doable
i had 3 fec and 3 tax and got by and my girls were 10 and 5 at the time

the worst for me was the hair i didnt want to lose it but hey if it was gonna save my life it was a small price to pay

i am back to myself now and you do put it to the back of your mind after everything is complete

you can do this and will do this and be here to tell your story in years to come

please let me knoe how your results go

love ali xxxx

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Hi teabelly

I live in Notts but ended up having treatment at Derby Royal. I was dx in Sept 2010 age 42. Been back at work since June after mx, chemo (6 FEC) and radiotherapy. Still having herceptin every 3 weeks.

I didn’t lose my hair as I used the cold cap.

Best of luck for your results next week.

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hi Nottsgal
im considering coldcap but you hear some bad reports about it how did you find it ?
thanks for getting in touch i will let you know hoe results go
tracy xx

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Hi,
I am in the Nottingham area as well, I was diagnosed in September 2010 at age 34. WLE and SNB followed by reconstruction, freezing eggs before chemo, then chemo and finally radiotherapy. Mine was triple negative so no further active treatment. Although just found out that I have BRCA 1 mutation so waiting for referrals to discuss all that.

I didn’t get on with the cold cap (lasted about 15 mins) but there were some ladies there and another that I have met since who it worked for. If you do end up having to have chemo, there is no harm in giving it a go, but get a wig voucher just in case. My wigs were really good, and a lot of people didn’t realise they were wigs. I now have a headful of ‘chemo curls’ but am reluctant to get it cut.

Fingers crossed for your results.
Jen

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I am from nottingham
Had breast cancer at 29
Had chemo and radiotheraphy
I am still here and smiling 17 years on
have you been to maggies at nottingham city hospital

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hi rosie
i am under city hospital
maggies???

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hi im under kings mill hospital but got to have radio at city hospital
hi ali im scared of losing my hair but if it saves my life it will have to go its good to hear from people who have got throught BC will let you know my results
thanks nottsgal im defo about having coldcap to try and save my hair
thanks jen and rosiechin glad ypu both got through it
lots of love tracy x x

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Hi Tracy

My big thing about losing hair was that I would only have had v short hair to go back to work. A GI style cut would suit a lot of people but I knew it would make me look butch as I have a round face. I have to meet a lot of people in my job and would have been worried about how I looked (vain?). Anyway, the cold cap isn’t nice but chemo isn’t nice. It depends how much crapness you can put up with. When I first had the cold cap on I thought I wouldn’t be able to stand it but I thought I’d give it 10 minutes and after that it was OKish. I was told by the Macmillan people that you can use Alpecin shampoo whilst having chemo as it only has caffeine in. I didn’t find this out until just after my last chemo. It is brilliant stuff though. My hair did thin but at least when it began growing back I had some length to it and the short newly grown fuzz filled in any sparse patches.

Now why couldn’t we be the people in Nottinghamshire who won 40 - odd million on the euro lottery instead of the people who got BC?

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tracy
i had my chemo and mx at kings mill as i dont live far from there
now been put under city after my reconstuction

all the best xx