Starting chemo in June

[BerthaB]

Hey Sandytoes,

I don't feel young right now.. but a few of the subjects would have been of interest, may keep a look out for another southern one and see if I think it would be useful at the time.

Been for a long walk today felt good.

hugs,
BB

[Guest user]

BB - you are still young! Especially for all of this cr*p!

The forums are really useful if you would like to meet similar aged women and while the majority on my forum were interested in the seminars on fertility there were great seminars on reconstruction, lymphoedema, menopausal symptoms, body image and sexuality, diet etc. I don't think there's another one down south for a while so I guess it depends if you still feel as though you need support by then.

I went literally a month after diagnosis and managed to get myself switched over to the excellent surgeon who led the oncoplastic reconstruction seminar - and now also to the fertility specialist! I'm also still in touch with a few of the girls I met there.

x

[BerthaB]

Hello Girls,

Sandytoes, dont be sad honey. originally I was down for MX so I got used to the idea during Chemo, so when I had the lumpectomies it was kinda a chance.. so it has not taken me long to get back to the idea of an MX

Lorna: Great to hear this.------ tra la la .... yippee all done !!!!!!

I hear I am also still young at 43 it did not occur to me that I could go to a young womens forum !

BB

[Guest user]

Lorna-hip hip hooray get your boots on and get walking
Pam xxx

[Guest user]

ALL DONE !!!!!! No more needs said....xxxxxxx

Let the walking begin......

[Guest user]

Lorna, Was your last zap today...or were you skipping out today?? Hopefully your last one is done and more early mornings! Great that you're going on the YWF. It's very therapeutic to meet similar aged women going through it from a similar area.

Rexi - did you read the blog? Really sad...

X

[Guest user]

Hi Guys- u all sound well....BB i hope ure getting there , this will be ure only set back !!! final....

I am going to the younger womans forum in Glasgow in March , looking forward to it. Though the laugh is i only just make it as i am 45 ....hope i dont look like the mum to them all. I have met a girl from my town who is only a few years younger so she is going too , friendships develop in all circumstances 🙂

I have the darkest tan ever from radio , really tender under arm but only 1 to go , tues....... so pleased. x

Downloaded war horse , so thats my plan today to read the whole book, bliss

Keep well girlies

xxxxxxx

[Rexi]

Oh no, I didn't Even think to see how the story continued. Off to her blog now ...

[Guest user]

Oh Bertha. Makes me sad thinking of you being sick because of nerves and everything you've had to go through. Done now. Definitely the final one. So crap what you've been through - especially as you were so happy with your first op cosmetically. Really hope you're OK.

Pam - hope you've been practicing your surprised face in the mirror!! Have a fab time. You totally deserve it.

Rexi - yay to the haircut! I did read the C-Word and recommended it to other young women as it was such an upbeat, yet candidly written account...until she developed secondaries and now has only been given months to live. She is amazing and continues to document it all on her blog - but in the circumstances the book has lost the reassuring and upbeat nature it had when she was declaring herself a cancer survivor. Really sad.

On a positive note, i can keep inflating until I'm happy with the size! Going back for another top up in 2 weeks. Have told my husband that I'm in charge of this decision otherwise would be on danger of taking on Jordon-proportions! Have also booked 3 holidays for the next 3 months...plus a few nice weekend breaks over the summer months. Can't wait! So nice to be able to plan things again and have things to look forward to isn't it? Have frantically started exercising every day in a bid to shift the weight I put on during treatment now that I have the motivation of being seen in public in a bikini but not alot happening so far! Will see how I go by the end of the month before I resort to blaming the Tamoxifen!

Have a lovely weekend.

X

[Rexi]

Ooh, and I had my first haircut today - to tidy up the wilderness on my head. My hair looks neat and almost as if I actually may have wanted short dark grey hair, almost 🙂

[Rexi]

Bertha - so glad you are out (again)! Why is your tummy a pin cushion? I only got the injections for thrombosis into my tummy...
At Xmas time, I had a ladder of ever increasing blue marks up one of my veins on my right arm though, cannula in another vein. When they run out of space they started at the wrist - I can still see the shadow of that hematoma. 😞

On the general upside in my current rather lazy life, I finally emptied the 3 removal boxes in my bedroom this morning - they have been staring at me since early Dec. Have not quite organised my wardrobe yet, but these were the last 3 boxes from the move ( lets not mention the 10 sitting in the garage and then there is also a full storage room, that requires emptying. I SO have to become more ruthless about STUFF). Anyway, it has been the most energy I have displayed in weeks 🙂

Pam - it sounds so lovely that your oh is planning this for you! And the holiday next week! So sweet!

Sandytoes, a cup size in one sitting? How many sitting will you have 🙂

SuperT - a C-cup seroma? Wowh! Hope it goes down soon! Mine was spread across a wide area, couldn't see it week from the outside - but I have reported plenty about that 😉

Lorna, must have mixed you up re work. Good luck for Feb instead 🙂
As I have been off since 1st Dec, which has been the longest since dx, I now can't quite imagine how to fit it in again. Have become so lazy :). Well, one step at a time, RT first, then I ll have a think about phased return.
I was well positioned for a promotion next month, but bc put a stop to it. I will probably be considered for next year instead. I d like the recognition, but I am in two minds if I want to have the added stress that comes with it....

Have any of you read any BC books? I didn't realise they existed until a friend mentioned that she has read a couple to understand better what I am going through, by reading similar real stories, their thoughts, treatments etc. I thought that was really sweet. Anyway, I have now also read a few in the last few weeks. So far, I quite liked 'the c-word' ( nothing like the American series of the same name). Sandytoes, there seem to be parallels to you - well without having met you 😉

Rexi xxx

[BerthaB]

Hi girls,

Out of hospital today.
Count was low but they went ahead with the op after boosting with an injection. It has been a busy 24 hours in the injection depatment my tummy is a pin cussion and ended up with 3 canula holes.
Felt fine in the morning but started being sick after bloods. think it was just the needle phobia but they put something in the Canula to stop it... being sick kinda hurts..

Sandytoes inflated..... excellent great news...

Pam wow finished fantastic... and a holiday next week...

Katie, glad you enjoyed your holls

SuperT hope you c cup seronoma starts to clear soon.

Lorna 3 to go hope all goes well.

Rexi strange I am 43 but no-one has mentioned ostoporosis . My Grandmother has it, I will ask next time perhaps..

Hugs,
bb

[Guest user]

Hi girls
Well finished rads on Tuesday and it now seems to be sinking in that I have no hospital apps everyday.I must say it is great to get back to some sort of normality.Have been cleaning and cooking and doing very mundane things but actually quite enjoying it.I think my hubby has some sort of secret celebration planned for tomorrow as we are going out and all my friends seem to have something on when I phone and ask if they want to meet us and my hubby insisted I bought a new dress when we were up town on Wednesday but time will tell and if he has I will act super surprised.Also busy getting stuff ready for holiday next week so it's all go.
Bertha b hope everything went well with the op and you are recovering quickly
Sandy toes well done on boob inflation.I bet that felt really weird
Lorna are you finished rads today if so woo hoo
Love to all pam

[Guest user]

Hello Junies!

BB - hope op went OK and you're not feeling too beaten up by all of these ops and have been OK getting your head round a mastectomy when you were expecting a lumpectomy the whole time. Rexi - hope wound is continuing to heal. Pam - great news that rads are done and Lorna - only 2 left...? ST - hope the swelling abates soon...

My excitement is that I had my implants inflated today! It was really weird - but nice to be slightly bigger. Am now probably a B/C cup.

x

[supertrouper]

Bertha B - good luck for tomorrow xx
I am 3 weeks post mx and axillary clearance and still have a c cup sized seroma!

[Guest user]

Hi all, Hello Katie, u sound well and chilled, gladmu had a good holiday.

Rexi, I am not back at work, I was there 3 days in dec. however I am going back on 6th feb . I normally work shifts but will be mon-fri initially prob with reduced hours if I need it. Kinda dreading it now, I forget everything , so it will be a laugh if nothing else. NB ...I am glad u are really dense , lol.

Only 3 rads to go, def very tender now but the cream gets slapped on and it does help. Tired with the early appointments, get up at 6.30 every morning .....good practice for entering the real world again.

Speak soon

Xxxx

[Rexi]

Oh - what's this thing about tumour marker? Nobody has mentioned that to me either, nor has anybody taken any blood from me for it...

Bone density - I had a bone density scan last week - which has been the easiest of all checks/treatments to date - Low radiation, nothing hurts 😉
My onc suggested it, since I have not had a period since July and with my age (41) and hot flushes, it could mean the onset of early menopause. Well, I don't really mind in general, however it's about 10y to early and it could raise the risk of osteoporosis earlier too. So as a baseline, I had this scan. They gave me a copy of the results straight away, just showing a graph indicating how dense my bones are ( left hip and lower back bones) compared to people of my ethnicity and age, and also within a red, yellow, green diagram. The good news is - I am well in the green area and above average - which is a good start 🙂 check gets repeated every two years.

Lorna, how is work? Didn't you start last week? On a phased return or full on?

[Rexi]

Hi Girls!

Every day is better for me - post infection :). The wound was leaking like a tap at new year ( double dressing soaked and leaking out), but since yesterday only half the single dressing was wet after 24h - what a progress! The hole has granulated, so its almost level with the skin area. The district nurses, who still come by daily, have been very good. I went to my GPs surgery last Friday and suggested that I could now be coming in every morning to get a fresh dressing, but they couldn't accommodate that?! So I am staying at home in the morning and wait for the nurse to come to me still. I thought it would help to go there, but apparently not?
Anyway, It just has to heal please, proper, so I can start radiotherapy.

BB - I cross all fingers for you - the op is on the 12th, right?

Sandytoes - total shocker on that first 'fertility expert'. What an inconsiderate idiot! I can barely imagine what you have been through emotionally - additional to the bc rubbish. Great big hugs for you and your oh and a little cheer for the reoccurrence of the periods!

Pinkypam - congrats to finishing your rads! And holidays to start next week! Sounds fab!

Katie - I agree with sandytoes - it seems like you have been away for weeks and weeks! How long have you been away for? Sounded like a great holiday. Wasn't it weird to not be at home for the Xmas and new year time?

Lorna - you are almost done! Yeahy. Totally agree with you - I am bit scared of losing my treatment crutch, too. However, I still have the whole of the radiotherapy still to go - did I mention I am anxious to start ASAP, please...

Rexi xxx

[Guest user]

hi girls
Well last dose of radiotherapy tomorrow and I can't wait.Its been a long haul what with christmas and new year holidays making it drag on.My nipple is rather sore since I started the booster doses.Definately feel a difference between the two treatments.Feels like a bad case of joggers nipple without the jogging.Hubby comes home tomorrow after two weeks offshore so are going to go out for a nice meal and my first drink this year woo hoo.
Katie -nice to hear from you and delighted you had a great holiday.How did your skin cope in the sun and the pool?
Bertha b -sure your op is this week if so good luck.All my thoughts will be with you.
Love to everyone
Pam

[Guest user]

Katie!! Lovely to hear from you. Can't believe you only just got back! You've been gone for aaaages, you lucky thing! So glad you had a fantastic time and have come back feeling so much happier and healthier.

I know that I had bloods taken...but nobody spoke to me about tumour markers...!

I'm about to book up some holidays and I CAN'T WAIT!! (Although dreading wearing a bikini - have put on so much weight and with very tiny boobs now my tummy sticks out further than my boobs... Will definitely miss my DDs then...!)

X

[worthks]

Hi Everyone,
So lovely to catch up on all your posts and happy and most importantly HEALTHY new year.
I got back on saturday and had the best holiday ever. Amazing how i now appreciate everything. I feel relaxed and dare i say it .... healthy??
Sandytoes, so pleased there is hope for you and great news you started your periods, mine have not returned so i think its a great sign if yours have come back.
I had a blood test today to make sure my tumour markers count had come back down as it kept increasing during chemo but apparantely thats normal as the injections i was giving myself make the tumour markers count high? anyone know what im talking about?
hope everyone is ok, Lorna - when you finished - must be soon? woo hoo!
berthab - sorry you have to have another op, you've had 2 (or maybe 3) so last one will be a doddle! good luck!!
pam - you will have the best holiday as you will savour every second of it and chemo will feel like a distant memory!
rexi - so sorry to hear about your hospital stays, hopefully new year, new start and no more problems!
linda and everyone else, hope your feeling ok.
Lots of love katie x

[Guest user]

Hi sandy toes
Great news from fertility expert.Never give up hope.My friend was told she would never conceive naturally and is now the proud mother of two both conceived the normal way.I am however in agreement with Bertha b.How dare they tell you your ovaries were obliterated when they have no expertise to back this up and surely the fact you had a period so soon after chemo disproves this theory.I too think you should demand your money back as I'm sure trading standards would be interested that they are advertising a service they clearly are unable to provide.Also the stress that they have put you through is unforgivable.It is bad enough going through what we have without people trying to make money out of our misfortune.
Much love pam

[BerthaB]

Hi Girls.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts..
One week to go before my 3rd and I hope final op..
Did a full day of work today ( from home of course) felt good and dare I say it "normal."
Both kids now back in School and Nursery.
Bought some Bras with pockets for my fakei
Hair is growing,I have short but "there" eyebrows now and eylashes are just starting to peep through.

Lorna happy days half way there on the Rads. Finishing is not on my mind yet but I hate all the fuss made of me at the mo!
funlady hope you get your surgery date soon .
Holiday sounds great PAM ! always good to have something to look forward to.

Sandytoes. - So Glad the specalist blew their theory away and you have some hope for the future. Your body is showing willing with your new years Day period too !!!
Go and demand your money back the tests were not accurate, they did not have any expertise and they caused you severe stress. I know it requires effort and energy which we all lack at the moment but give it a go. They can only say yes or no. (I can help you draft a letter if needed send me a PM.)

Hugs
BB.

[Guest user]

Hi Pam! A holiday! YAYEEEE!!! I'm hopefully going to get some booked up shortly!! Desperate for something to look forward to now Christmas and New Year are over. Glad the tablets are balancing you out a bit (you're not on Tamoxifen are you...??) and hope the last couple of zaps go well.

Rexi - hope appointment yesterday was OK and your fears of your seroma filling up again were unfounded? Sorry we missed each other yesterday - but hopefully catch up over a coffee when you're in for your rads. Hope you heal up super quickly and get the rads started soon.

I had an appointment with a fertility expert who led one of the seminars on the Young Women's Forum and she was brilliant and gave me some hope. She was very down to earth and sensible and told me I obviously had to worry about my health first - but I know that. I guess all I want is some hope for the future. However, she did say that the information that the other fertility expert was wrong. Basically I'd paid quite alot of money to a local clinic for tests as they told me they'd be able to accurately tell me whether the chemo had left me infertile or not. When I went for my results the consultant told me that my ovaries were olbliterated and my ovarian reserve was undetectable and there was no way I would be able to have children. When I pushed him on the levels he'd expect from someone who'd finished chemo only 6 weeks ago he said he had no idea as he'd never dealt with anyone who'd had cancer before (this is despite their website and huge posters in their clinic declaring their expertise with cancer patients). Anyway, the lady I saw yesterday specialises in young women with cancer and she said that no tests can be accurate so close to chemo and that the ovaries can recover. My period started again on New Years Day (Happy New Year!) and she thinks that is good news. SO FINGERS CROSSED!!! Now just have the small hurdle of keeping the cancer at bay...but feel happier with having hope for the future again.

BB - thinking of you. At least you'll be saying goodbye to this exploding gremlin for good.

Lorna - you still with us? Haven't blown away yet...?? Great news you're halfway through...

Funlady - good luck with surgery and radiotherapy.

x

[Guest user]

Hi girls
Happy new year to you all.Just home from RAD 17 out of 20.Seems to be going ok although was very tired over the festive period so had a very quiet time.Am onto my booster doses which do appear to be stronger and poor little booby very hot but skin intact so happy days.Eventually mentioned mood swings to GP who although I didn't agree felt I was a bit depressed so I agreed to go on a small dose of anti depressants and although I hate to be proved wrong do appear to be making a difference.
My lovely long suffering hubby has booked us a lovely holiday to gran canaria on the 21st of this month so I am really looking forward to relaxing and being pampered in the sun.
Rexi- so sorry you had to be in hospital hope you are on the mend
Bertha b-good luck for your next op so sorry you have had to go thorough al this on top of everything else but at least u can be sure they get rid of it all this time but I'm sure it must be daunting when u were not prepared for it.
Sandy toes -hope the appt with fertility doc goes your way you deserve some good news.
Katie how was the holiday.Hope it was great
Everyone else a happy and healthy new year
Pam

[funlady4]

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL THE JUNE PEEPS IM STILL WAITING ON MY SURGERY AND RAIDIOTHERPY JUST HAD MY 6TH HEPERCTAN ON THE 3 JAN SEE MY DOCTOR ON THE 9TH SO I GUESS IM GOIN TO BE BUSY THIS MONTH OH WELL .......STAY BLESSED ONE AND ALL

[Guest user]

Hi ladies
Well halve way there, woo hoo, though getting kinda scared of the treatment stopping. I still feel I need the security of being checked and x rayed etc....but I'm sure I will adjust !!!
Sandy toes you are looking great, great eyebrows, mine are getting there slowly as is hair

Rexi...u coping ok...
Bb ..good luck with ure op.

Now...to wine or not to wine.....lol

Xxxxxxx

[BerthaB]

Hi all

Happy new year to all and wishes for a good 2012 wherever you are in your treatment.

Rexi --Great news that you are out, a good start of the year for you !

Great to hear talk about being "done" it realy spurs me on. Allthough my goalposts keep moving for the rads start I will get there and apparently will need less after a MX ?

Starting to sleep better now at night. School starts again on Thursday so going to have to get up a lot earlier !

Back to work on the 5th for a week or so ...

hugs,
BB

[Guest user]

Happy New Year Junies! 2012 felt like it would never come when we started but here we are and I think we can all give ourselves a pat on the back. Some are now done (Katie), and many of us still have further surgery, rads, herceptin and/or tamoxifen to go. May 2012 be much kinder to all of us and bring much hapiness and much, MUCH better health.

X

[Rexi]

A happy and healthy 2012 to all to you!

Nice quite evening for us 🙂
Yes, I have escaped 🙂 I just hope it will stay this way. I don't have any unblemished vein anymore, i don't want to think about where they would want to stick a needle in before it's all healed up, so I have to stay out 😉

The district nurse has been today for new dressing, which I really needed as the fluids started to escape. Yuck. She said I should be eating protein, which seems to help the healing process.. And something about 'packing' the hole to help the healing. Argh! She didn't do anything, maybe I should be asking on the surgery threads.

Anyway,
Linda, I won't be in London on Tue. The children are also not back to school yet. I ll be in london daily from whenever radiotherapy will start - no idea yet, need to fully heal first. I wish I could fast forward to that stage. Sorry about your arm pain 😞

Sandytoes, I may be in London bridge Hospital, if my surgeon has a slot avail, he has been on holiday during this ordeal. I ll find out on Tue and pm you 🙂
You are going to see the fertility expert, right? Good luck!

Happy New Year! X

[Slendablenda]

Well done Rexi, good luck next week Sandy.
I agree with you LindyLou, back in June it was impossible to imagine this far ahead. It has been months of just following medical appointments and being "done to". I am aware that many of you have had more set-backs and complications than I had. I hope your treatment goes more smoothly from now on.
Tidily for me my treatment ended on Dec 23rd. I'm still feeling surprisingly tired, no- exhausted, no energy. I keep reminding myself it is only a week since my rads finished.
Thank you everyone for this thread. There's been so much support, useful tips and shared experiences.
Here's to us for 2012 ladies. Happy New Year. xxx

[Guest user]

Brilliant news, glad to hear your home Rexi and can see the new year in with your family 🙂 xx

[Guest user]

Rexi's updated Facebook with news of her escape. Hurrah! She's out!!

[Guest user]

Hear, hear Linda! Here's to a fantastic and healthy 2012 and leaving much of this behind in 2011.

Rexi - I'm in London Bridge hossie on Weds! So you have another willing visitor IF you did happen to STILL be there, but keeping everything crossed that you escape tomorrow.

X

[Guest user]

Rexi - hope you are now home and back with your family, really feel for you. I hope you're not (for your sake), but just in case you are, I am at London Bridge Hospital on Tuesday for a Manual Lymph Drainage massage which I am hoping will ease the pain in my arm. So if you happen to be there let me know - I will PM you my mobile number.

Slenderblenda - let us know how work goes on Tuesday for you and what staggered return plan you come up with, I will probably be following you the week after, although to be honest I still don't feel ready but am feeling a bit of a fraud now that all my treatment is over .... I know it's stupid!!

Lorna - I think you are back at work, how are you finding it?

Back in June the end of 2011 seemed such a long way off, especially knowing what we had ahead of us .... BUT we are very nearly there and I would like to wish all my new friends and fellow sufferers A VERY HAPPY AND HEALTHY 2012, you have really helped me get through this year ... so a BIG THANK YOU TO YOU ALL.

Love Linda x

[BerthaB]

Hi Rexi,

Hope your escape plan works ok and your out of that room with family for new year.

Hugs,
BB

[Rexi]

Hi girls,

Still in hospital and they were thinking about keeping me in until New Years day. I do appreciate the free hotel room in london on new years eve, but not really keen. They listened and have now decided they can let me go home with more oral antibiotics from tomorrow, and the district nurses need to replace the dressing daily. It's time anyway, because I am running out of space on my arm for bloodtests :(. Even more grateful for the port over the months!

I had my portacath removed today, deffo easier than putting in :). My wound is open and still weeping fluid, but the seroma area looks and feels much better now. I am getting my normal appetite back. So it's looking up.

Sandytoes, Cornwall and beach sounds fabulous. Busy next week for you, too.

Thank you all for your good wishes :)I wish you all a good and health for 2012!

Rexi xxx

[Guest user]

Rexi! Oh no! Rubbish. Hope you feel better and escape soon! Are you feeling ill or is it painful? Or both?

Lorna - presume you're back on the rads in between Christmas and New Year?

Have to say I'm enjoying my Christmas/NY break from hospitals. I'm down in Cornwall and have been on lots of lovely long blustery walks on the beach with our puppy and eaten and drunk far too much. Back in for Herceptin on the 2nd Jan, an appointment with my surgeon on the 3rd and with a fertility expert on the 4th though!! So will be straight back into the swing of things when back home.

X

[Guest user]

Rexi - Ofcourse we want to know how ure doin, what a time ure having. I hope its on the up now.

Away for number 9...

xxxxx

[BerthaB]

Hi rexi,

Never ever think we will b bored ... !

I would also be upset . Hospital is somewhere you never want to be especially at this time of year .

I hope you escape soon.

Me .... just has a needle nightmare, woke up sweating thinking I was in hosp . Relived to find I was at home . Just gona try to calm down and go back to bed ! Hate being up at this Time nothing to distract, still have mild ringing in ears from chemo.

Hugs
Bertha

[Rexi]

Girls, I really hope you don't get to bored with my step by step account of this - just step over it, if so :). It's feels good to write the details down, nobody else really can relate.

Boxing day - one of the liquid filled areas had become bright red overnight and was suddenly leaking! I thought that can't happen, once the wound is healed?! I noticed only at the hospital and was getting a bit upset, I must admit.
So here I am - in a reduced staffed hospital - they got a radiologist in extra for me (and one other patient) to drain as much as he could - needed to be done with ultrasound, still couldn't find the stuff without. Drained another 400ml.
They have found the bug from blood through the port as well, so is the port the source of the infection? Anyway as I don't need the port anymore, the removal date has been brought forward to this week, as soon as the admin department is open and we know when it can be done.

Silver lining? Temp seem to be under control, I can properly rest and don't feel guilty for not being able to do anything ( way to painful to move, however Tremadol in hospital sorts the pain out, yeah), I don't feel totally exhausted anymore and my spirits are on the up again

Rexi xxx

[BerthaB]

Hello all ,

Rexi , what a pain having to go to go to hosp. Hope it goes away as quickly as it came .

Slendab finished rads wow best x mas prezi ever !! Hope the nail loss slows down .

Just gona put the little people to bed , v tired after 2 days of excitement .

Had Indian today.. We always do on boxing day. Yum ...
Managed to cook a little of it too .with help from sis .

Hugs
Bb
.

[Guest user]

Happy belated Christmas everyone!! Hope everyone was spoilt rotten!

Rexi - can't believe I've missed all this drama. Rubbish. Hope you're feeling better.

Hope everyone's feeling healthy and happy.

X

[Slendablenda]

Happy Boxing Day everyone.
BB, Rexi, Super - I hope things improve for all you very soon.
My rads finished on Dec23rd. HURRAH!
My OH and I don't have children so we've had a quieter Christmas than usual. I've succumbed to ready-prepared foods instead of everything being home-made. OH has been great and I never knew he was so capable!
There's no going back for him..............
I'm still gradually losing all my nails , only have 3 pairs of shoes I can wear at the moment.I won't be buying shoes in the Sales this year.
Am getting anxious about returning to work on 3rd. Jan. I'll have to discuss a phased return with my Manager. Still getting over the effects of chemo.
Oh well, I'll worry about that next year.
Happy New Year everyone. xx

[Guest user]

Rexi u have certainly been through the mill , what a pain, i hope u are now on the road to recovery.
I am gonna have a day on the couch and xmas tele....bliss

xxxx

[Rexi]

Merry Christmas!

The hospital let me go home on Christmas eve, with oral antibiotics. I had to phone them this morning find out the results of the cultures.
The cultures showed a same bug in my blood and in the seroma fluid, so I had to come back in in the afternoon to get more intravenous antibiotics, and tomorrow again. It interrupted the day a bit, as there are no trains today or tomorrow and the hospital is an hour away, but I am glad they have found the problem.
I am still sporting a temp every now and then and am in quite a bit of pain. One of the area is now reddish, too. I hope it doesnt mean it gets worse 😞 and I really don't want to move at all - which can't be good for mobility.

I don't quite understand how and why it has developed. It's quite annoying also because I phoned the bcn several times last week about the liquid, and can it turn into anything nasty if we don't do anything, I didn't have any of the obvious signs other than lots of accumulated liquid above my breast, on the side to my armpit, on the side of the breast, towards my back and literally on my back, too. The wound is healing quite nicely. I felt such a fraud when I asked to see her on Monday, even got the surgeon to look at it and they said it will go away. The unwellness started the next day.
Just shows they don't know everything...

Other than that we had a really nice Christmas so far and I hope you all too 🙂

Regards
Rexi xxx

[BerthaB]

Hya,

Merry Christmas to everyone ..

The kids had a great day ....... lovely to see them so happy !

Hope you are all enjoying the holiday what ever you are up to .

Hugs
J

[Guest user]

Merry Christmas everyone.Hope everyone has a wonderful restful day.
Pam

[Guest user]

My fingernails just break when they reach the end of my fingers so far. My toe nails grew in great , then popped off like falsies. again but no pain...Its a pain , but im hopeful that now 3 months post chemo im gonna be fine

take care

xxxxx merry xmas.............

[funlady4]

thanks lorna i guess i have to keep up with the pain awww oh well did u c the new nails gowing what was it like