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Just catching up.
I bet you're glad chemo's over with Linda and you must have been so worried when you found the other lump. Thank goodness it was just an enlarged milk duct and you don't need any further treatment for it. BTW we have the same surgeon...and presumably the same as you Jan. I agree - she's fantastic.
I didn't see my BCN on diagnosis day (it was a different nurse that gave me the diagnosis) but I've seen her a couple of times since...and spoken to her on the phone.
I bet you're glad chemo's over with Linda and you must have been so worried when you found the other lump. Thank goodness it was just an enlarged milk duct and you don't need any further treatment for it. BTW we have the same surgeon...and presumably the same as you Jan. I agree - she's fantastic.
I didn't see my BCN on diagnosis day (it was a different nurse that gave me the diagnosis) but I've seen her a couple of times since...and spoken to her on the phone.
Hi Ladies,
Yay!!!!!!!!!!! Last chemo over and done with. I danced out of that room.
However, it was a bit of a strange day.
I have seen 3 senior consultants, one after the other, had an ultrasound, and had my last chemo.
Why the 3 Consultants? Well, last week whilst on holiday I found a small new lump in my good breast immediately above my nipple under the areola. I hadn't told anyone at all, even OH, until I knew what it was. I researched it of course and decided it is a Papilloma in a milk duct. (These are wart-like lumps and normally benign). I told my lovely Dr. H who I see every time immediately before chemo. He got me straight on the bed, so to speak, and said he thought it might be a cyst, saying it is highly unlikely to be suspicious because 5 cycles of chemo would have zapped it.
As luck would have it, my own surgeon Miss G. was having a breast clinic in the next room so he called her through (saying it would cost him rather a lot of alcohol and a few cakes). She said much the same as the oncologist but as she had some spare slots on the ultrasound machine she referred me upstairs to the breast clinic. Up I went and was immediately taken to the ultrasound room and scannned by the senior consultant radiologist. She couldn't find any lumps but said I had a slightly enlarged milk duct that would feel like the lump (hard, small and like a small marble, smooth and round). The milk duct is enlarged but still within normal parameters so no treatment needed. Phew!!!!
Three senior consultants all within half an hour and the best service ever. If I ever see anyone blasting the NHS I will have to comment. I couldn't have asked for better service.
Linda xxx
Yay!!!!!!!!!!! Last chemo over and done with. I danced out of that room.
However, it was a bit of a strange day.
I have seen 3 senior consultants, one after the other, had an ultrasound, and had my last chemo.
Why the 3 Consultants? Well, last week whilst on holiday I found a small new lump in my good breast immediately above my nipple under the areola. I hadn't told anyone at all, even OH, until I knew what it was. I researched it of course and decided it is a Papilloma in a milk duct. (These are wart-like lumps and normally benign). I told my lovely Dr. H who I see every time immediately before chemo. He got me straight on the bed, so to speak, and said he thought it might be a cyst, saying it is highly unlikely to be suspicious because 5 cycles of chemo would have zapped it.
As luck would have it, my own surgeon Miss G. was having a breast clinic in the next room so he called her through (saying it would cost him rather a lot of alcohol and a few cakes). She said much the same as the oncologist but as she had some spare slots on the ultrasound machine she referred me upstairs to the breast clinic. Up I went and was immediately taken to the ultrasound room and scannned by the senior consultant radiologist. She couldn't find any lumps but said I had a slightly enlarged milk duct that would feel like the lump (hard, small and like a small marble, smooth and round). The milk duct is enlarged but still within normal parameters so no treatment needed. Phew!!!!
Three senior consultants all within half an hour and the best service ever. If I ever see anyone blasting the NHS I will have to comment. I couldn't have asked for better service.
Linda xxx
Thanks Jan. I like the drinks voucher idea!! Shame about the parking though. It's a nightmare at Burnley too. My OH drops me off then goes off to park. He usually finds somewhere on the outskits of Timbucktoo. 
Good luck with this cycle Wendy, and also with the transfusion. From what I have read elsewhere on the forum a transfusion does help with the energy levels. I wish I could have one!!! 
Linda xxx
Linda xxx
How are all you Burnley Babes doing?
After chemo 3 on Tuesday and Neulasta jab yesterday, so far so good for me. Not holding out much hope for it to continue
Hugs, Linda xxx
After chemo 3 on Tuesday and Neulasta jab yesterday, so far so good for me. Not holding out much hope for it to continue
Hugs, Linda xxx
I'll be in a green top and jeans.
The only major side effect I've had is diarrhoea on cycle 2. I was bad with it for 4 or 5 days and lost 9lbs in weight because I lost my appetite for a couple of days and had to force myself to eat soup, baked potatoe, bananas and toast. It was all at the same time as the diarrhoea. I was told to take Immodium, but didn't take it properly, so a lot of it was my own fault. Once I started taking it properly, the diarrhoea cleared up and I was able to eat well again. All the weight came back!
No major bone pain at all so far and only minor irritations from time to time, otherwise well.
See you later!
The only major side effect I've had is diarrhoea on cycle 2. I was bad with it for 4 or 5 days and lost 9lbs in weight because I lost my appetite for a couple of days and had to force myself to eat soup, baked potatoe, bananas and toast. It was all at the same time as the diarrhoea. I was told to take Immodium, but didn't take it properly, so a lot of it was my own fault. Once I started taking it properly, the diarrhoea cleared up and I was able to eat well again. All the weight came back!
No major bone pain at all so far and only minor irritations from time to time, otherwise well.See you later!
