Hi I am Jo, and from Tonbridge in Kent. I was diagnosed with IDC feb 2012 when I was 41, had chemo then surgery, then rads and now on tamoxifen. Had loads of post treatment commplications throughout 2013, in and out of hospital for scans and surgery, but am now finally starting to feel normal again ( what ever that is!!)
Really looking forward to meeting everyone!
xx
Hi Pat, I’m getting the train up too. Going up to London Bridge early Friday morning. xx
This is probably a silly question, but what is everyone bringing with them?! xx
Chocolate!!!
Hi all,
I was due to be coming from Chandlers Ford in Hampshire but have been to the hospital today with a very red, sore throat and a lower than expected white blood count (am on day 11 since first FEC) so I can’t travel anywhere. It’s safe to say that I’m absolutely gutted that I can’t make it as this was the one thing that I was looking forward to. Right now I have a lot of thinking to do and need to weigh up whether chemo is the right thing for me to do or not.
I hope you all have a fantastic weekend full of fun and love, and maybe one day I will be able to meet some of you.
Xxx
Bummer!!! So sorry you can’t make it. Chemo really is pants isn’t it. I had to cancel many a plan through one illnesss or another throughout treatment and it really sucks Big time. I got to the stage where I refused to make any plans because I couldn’t Bare thedisappointment. Hope you feel better soon. Have you got a haven near you? They run little days like thus all the time. The other thing you can do is a look good feel better day where you get a free makeover and hundreds of£ of lovely makeup, they run fairly regularly to do if you can’t make one you might make the Next. Good luck xxx
Huge thanks to all the lovely ladies, speakers and staff at the younger womens forum in London this weekend. It was very informative, emotional and fun. Met some amazing people and hope to stay in touch. Thank you BCC. Jo xx
Huge thanks from me too to the brilliant organisers and speakers and lovely to be in a room full of such positive ladies. Got some really useful info as well as ideas for lifestyle changes I’m determined to make sure I use! Laura
I’d also like to add my thanks to the organisers, volunteers, speakers and everyone who attended and made it a very enjoyable, useful and sometimes emotional two days. A fantastic boost halfway through my chemo for me and I left with a tired but light step and encouragement. Thank you thank you all.
Boloolah, I hope you can make it to the next event. Don’t worry that you might have finished your treatment by then. A lot of people there had finished hospital-based treatment but found it very useful for the networking and also talking about moving forward and side effects from Tamoxifen etc.
This is very true. I really got loads out of it and I am 18 months post active treatment. Definitely go once your treatment is done. It’s worthwhile at any stage. Really wishing you all the best work your treatment baloolah. Xxxx
Thanks for the messages ladies. I’m much brighter this week - just in time for my next cycle (yay!).
It sounds like everyone had an awesome time so I’ll see what I can do about booking a place on another event.
Xx