Evening ladies
not been round much but been reading
welcome to new comers, sorry you have to join us x
had number 4 today took paracetamol beforehand and then few hours later. I know most of you haven’t had too much trouble with rads, but I think I must be in the minority
early night tonight again to try and get some sleep, I have come to hate 4am,
sheena x
Hope the visit from your work went OK, Jill. Can you do a phased return? I’m v lucky as I get six months on full pay and can do a phased return. I will have had the whole six months off because I had 3 ops but I can’t imagine going straight back into full time, specially with Letrazole side effects. I am a single parent with mortgage so can’t go part time.
It was as ok as these things can be mf,I can do phased return,when I finish rads .
An acquaintance heard I had breast cancer and just emailed me to say “breast cancer is from an energetic rape - it could be a person place or thing - it is not physical - it took out your self nurturance. Don’t believe the lies and get Jesus into your life daily to guide you.” WTF?! (As the young folk say.)
That person is obviously barking mad.
Hi all and welcome to newcomers,
Jill can you organise Brad Pitt to come with me tomorrow and I could really do with a shoulder and neck massage, anyone will do! Been catching up with all the posts. Glad your afternoon went as well as could be with work - go back when you are ready and don’t try to do too much too soon. I didn’t realise how much rads would effect me or it could be the tamoxifen - I’m just so tired at the minute. Glad I’m not working this week. Hoping to go shopping with my daughter tomorrow after rads. My shoulder and neck are really painful tonight - it’s staying still so long this morning I think. Hopefully I can sleep tonight and tomorrow will be a better day. Fingers crossed they find my clips quicker tomorrow! Going to have some painkillers before tomorrow’s session to help. Goodnight all x
Brad booked.
Good luck hope they don’t keep you waiting and all goes to plan.
Booked.
Ha - I will ask her, Maria! Hope you’re all sleeping - had one wonderful night of normal sleep, now back to the fitful Letrozole schedule. Sigh.
Me too but reading a good book x
Morning ladies…
thanls Maria for that about the clips they have never mentioned that to me hope you all slwpt well thats the beat sleep ive had I a long time dodnt wake up once for loo ar anything even turned alarm off at 3am and went back off dont even remember turning it off…its gonna be a nice day today too ;0)
christine x
Good luck with first rads - I’m sure you will be fine. I’m now taking painkillers to hope it helps with shoulder/neck pain. Hopefully it won’t be as long today. Hoping Brad is on time to pick me up - thanks Jill 
Have a good day ladies xxx
He’s looking forward to it Sharnie…who can I get to take me to mine when I start next week,…Brad and Poldark are pretty much fully booked now.
Thanks Maria for the clip information, that’s been a puzzle to some of us lately x
sheena
Wonder why he’s not fully booked… … I will have to do some more recruiting…
They have to practice the technique before you start so if you were going to have it you would know.I am left sider too but they never mentioned heart at planning, think it is to do with whether it can be seen on CT scan or not.
Morning, fellow lefties. The lasting effects of rads were explained to me at the planning meeting and I had to sign a paper to say I’d been informed. For me, that included possible lung damage/ breathing problems and also heart damage, though I was told heart problems were very rare now because beams are more precise (as someone else on here said). When I asked more in a review, the radiotherapist drew a picture of where the beams were going. Only 4 more rads to go for me!
Hi everyone, as you can see I have been catching up on chat. I had my planning meeting 10th it was a doddle-- I was anxious of what happens.
Appointment was 2.15 I was seen within 5 mins for b/p and all that. then called into a room with 4 radiologists scanner I thought it was going to be just a flat bed. but they just mould it around your body to get you in the right position, you have a gown they give you that you keep for each session and it is very discreet with velcro on front and shoulder which they just opened it at the shoulder on surgery side. They measure and mark your site with a marker that washes off. The tattoos were nothing like normal tattoos --Ouch! I never felt a thing I didnt even know he had done them - so do not worry its not even like a normal injection. I then lay in the position and the scanner is just like a doughnut the bed moves in and out of it - not closed in at all. The staff come in and out couple of times. Makes a sound like an aeroplane engine starting up (not so loud though!) and you feel nothing while it is scanning and nothing touches you. it took about 15/20 mins start to finish. Oncologist was waiting for me for chat.
So many people there at my Hospital The Christie Manchester I thought I was going to be there a long time, I was in total just over an hour and on way home.
Hope this helps anyone who is anxious like I was - its fine. Maggie X
Not tempted by Eric Pollard…