Breast Cancer Now Forum

Seaside star, very happy for you, everything will go great, I am sure. Hugs ... View more

Yayyyyyyy Go Yrixielady, go!!!!! So glad to hear of this, everything will be OK, you will see!!!! ... View more

To all the ladies about to start chemo: you got this and I am keeping my fingers crossed for you. You are all immensely brave! ... View more

Hi DiKat, does it really work? ... View more

Hi Stargazer1, yes I could not find anywhere else, so I will buy it from the website, if it is a way of helping my daughter's nails. ... View more

Hi, could not find at amazon, do you know where I can find this? Thank you ... View more

Good luck, Sarah, keep us posted 🙂 ... View more

Good gracious, MBJ, you ARE amazing! Soon this will be a distant nightmare, you will see, and soon you will be strong enough to partyyyyy 🙂 Keeping you in my thoughts ... View more

Hi Stargazer1, my daughter starts on the 11th, and we are completely petrified. Let us know how it went, I am keeping my fingers crossed for you, you are strong and amazing and you will get through. ... View more

Hi Vivienne Ball, I am so really, really sorry to see how awful it was. When did you finish chemo and how are you now? ... View more

Hi Trixielady, like you all, she is one brave lady and the most wonderful human being. Oh yes, she is going to try a few, she says she would like to try a different style, a different colour, she says that if she has to have a 'radical' cut as a cancer gift, then she will embrace it and make a change 🙂 ... View more

Hi Trixielady, thank you for this. We had a good talk about shaving, hair, etc, and we just decided to have a party. Because we are so close (it is just the two of us, my husband died quite young with an heart attack) things like these become more natural. Feeling really cold because there is no hair, using a turban or beanie during treatment, and the loss that is felt becomes something shared. I cannot share her pain, her nausea, anything else, really, I just can be here for her.... it is not much, I know.... ... View more

Hi DiKat, thank you, that is really good. Due to her disability she cannot spend long at the computer and with all the stress due to the mastectomy and perspective of treatment, it got even worst. As a carer, I need to know as much as possible about all sides to provide proper care. As a Mum..... I do not wish this to anyone, doesn't feel right, it should be me, not her. So, my decision, keep poker face, be as much positive as I can, try to lighten up and just be here for her. And this forum is outstanding, everyone is so nice, I am getting lots of help and tips on how to go about 🙂 There is a good vibe here, that is what all of us need 🙂 ... View more

Hi all, my daughter is due to start chemo in the beginning of February. We already had an appointment with the oncologist and we know that she will have 6 treatments with FEC, one every 3 weeks. We are absolutely terrified with the perspective of having  neutropenic sepsis during chemo. My daughter is 34 and she knows that she will lose her hair, so she decided to take back a bit of control and she will shave her head ahead of the 1st treatment. We will do it together, because it is the only thing I can do with her and I cannot wipe out the impact of chemo. I wish you all the most bland and harmless of treatments and let me say how amazing you all are. ... View more

Thank you, Sarah, I haven't been able to sleep since we had the diagnosis. My daughter is so, so scared. I am keeping a poker face all the time, but it hurts profoundly not being able to help her on this. I can cook, clean, take care of absolutely everything..... but, still, I cannot erase chemo impact. She will have FEC without t, followed by radio,along with tamoxiflen, and ovary supression with a future surgery to get them out. It will be a long road. ... View more

Hi  mustardandgrey, thank you for this, we now know that she will have 6 treatments in total, one every 3 weeks. Do you, or anybody here had some experience with neutropenic sepsis during chemo? Due to her poor immune system I am so concerned with this. ... View more

Jowoomot, thank you a gazillion times for this. She keeps talking about something she calls 'chemo brain' and that will affect her brain.. but after reading more than 100 posts here I see no signs of this! How many chemo treatments are there in a month? We know that she will have around 4 and a half months and I am wondering how many will the there. You have given me an excellent idea, bringing treats for everyone to share    ... View more

Hi everybody, thank you so much for all your replies, it helped a lot, and in the end she just had her dressing changedby the nurse practitioner and she will have an appointment with the breast cancer nurse.  We were at the clinic and she had a sudden call basically telling her that her oncotype results were back, and the situation required an urgent appointment in two days. Just like that! We turn grey. I just do not know what to say, because everything seems disrespecteful! How may I dare saying that everything is going to be fine if I am not the one going through her treatments and pain? I just keep saying that she is an amazing, brave, courageous person. ... View more

SallyG63, thank you for this. I would never treat her like an invalid, and this is the main reason I want to be sure of what I should not be doing. That is so good to know, I have been speaking with cancer heroes, and they reported some really nasty situations, so thank you for sharing it was excellent  ... View more