Hiya love. Glad you’re doing ok. Im good thankyou. I finished all my treatment just before Christmas. Then was discharged from main cancer hospital not long after. But can contact my local hospital if ive any concerns. Im just taking ibandronate daily for 3 years and just told to check myself regularly and will have next mammogram in December. It is good but still a scary feeling. Im doing a moving forward course next month but apart from that carrying on like before. I didn’t go back to work as im not up to it with arthritis and other things just not physically up to it. I appreciate you checking in. Take care xx
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Hi All
My mastectomy went well today. I came home this evening. Pain is manageable with paracetamol so far. The consultant said it went very well. I am glad to be home and not having obs all night. :o)
I hope treatment is going well for all of you. Big hugs Anna xx
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Great to hear the mastectomy went well @anna_x51 and wishing you a good recovery 
. When do you get your results?
I start my last cycle of Capecitabine chemo tablets on Weds and hopefully that will be the end of my treatment on 16th April after 16 months 
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Sending positive thoughts to everyone on here xx
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I hope treatment is going well for everyone. Keep on keeping on! I will send positive thoughts and vibes out!
@diamonddapple wow well done on getting to the end of treatment. Its good to look back at what you have achieved in the past 15 months and you have done it with such positivity even when you hit bumps in the road!
I too am done. Mastectomy complete, portacath out (they let me have it in a pot) and histology all clear. The mastectomy is healing nicely and exercising and stretching everyday helps me have a good range of movement. And an added bonus i had very little side effects from zolandronic acid. I will just have annual scans going forwards. Coming to the end of treatment is amazing. I didnt dare think about it a year ago and yet here i am resuming all regular activities albeit 2 boobs and a couple of teeth lighter but happy and grateful! Thanks again to all you lovely people on here that have provided support and encouragement. I will be paying it forwards! Xx
Big virtual hugs Anna xx
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That’s brilliant @anna_x51 that you too have completed treatment and fantastic that your histology was clear 
. I went back to the hospital on Weds morning after I had downed my last lot of chemo tabs and had a clotted cream and jam scones for breakfast 
. I went back and rung that bloody bell so hard to celebrate the end of my treatment. Very liberating but also a bit surreal.
Like you say it has been a long journey with bumps along the way, some bigger than others but doable, especially with you lovely ladies on here with your ongoing love and support and fantastic oncologists, BCN’s, surgeons and chemo team, what a brilliant job they all do.
I am now looking forward to lots of celebrations with lovely family and friends.
Those of you who are just starting or are part way through your treatment although it is long, YOU CAN DO IT.
Sending love and virtual hugs to everyone on this chat xxx
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