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takeadeepbreath
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25-07-2015
07:40
Whitejasmin I'm also starting on 29th but not til 4pm so the day will drag. Also 15 sessions which seems standard. Are you being zapped left or right?
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25-07-2015
07:36
Janie I'm about to start on the 29th at Preston so thanks for the advice. I just want to get it over with and expect the worst thing will be the boredom if there are so many delays.
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24-07-2015
05:18
Sharnie yes I too have to get up in the night with hot flushes. It's a pain. Have you tried a glass of tomato juice twice a day? That can help according to research.
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24-07-2015
05:15
I am just being lightly toasted on the right side so don't have to the breath hold. I feel like I got off lightly.
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21-07-2015
04:24
Hello everyone I'm starting rads on July 27th so wondering what it will be like. I've got 3 weeks and have stocked up on cream as I hear skin problems can be bad, especially afterwards.
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20-07-2015
08:01
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Dark chocolate is actually supposed to be good for you so I have stocked up!
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20-07-2015
07:58
It has been good to go back to work for the chat though people are surprised by how well I look..feel like I should be pale and weak instead of cycling in! But they don't know about the mental hell of cancer and how could they? So I'm happy to be distracted by normal office life where people talk about stuff like its important but I don't care. Glad that rads doesn't seem like a big deal. I won't rush back to work after but take it easy.
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19-07-2015
11:30
I'm starting rads on 27th and not sure what to expect. A work colleague said how well I looked and mentioned that another woman had worked through her rads, implying that I should too which annoyed me. It would be 2 hours out of the day with travelling time and I don't know how I will react to rads. And just because I look well doesn't mean I am!
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19-07-2015
11:01
I have never eaten so many leafy green vegetables since getting diagnosed! Any port in a storm. The blood test prep op revealed a potassium deficiency which surprised me so I've been making a conscious effort to eat well and am in danger of turning into one of those people I used to think were slightly mad. This is going to make it hard at work where we have a "food table" for biscuits and chocolate which we all share. (And occasionally there is wine or even champagne in the office fridge!)
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18-07-2015
10:03
Check out this advice based on research.http://foodforbreastcancer.com/articles/what-should-breast-cancer-patients-and-survivors-eat-during-tamoxifen-treatment%3f Avoiding peanuts is fine but alcohol?!
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16-07-2015
07:59
Anyone tried tomato juice ? A study by researchers at Tokyo medical university showed that 200ml twice a day reduced the severity of hot flushes. I have been doing this and it has helped reduce the intensity and frequency of hot flushes. I also take tamoxifen in the morning to try to reduce night sweats. I don't even like tomato juice but will be buying it for the next 10 years. Hope this can help someone out there.
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21-06-2015
08:46
I had to wait 3 weeks for the results post surgery which was excruciating. It was supposed to be 2 weeks but the pathologist hadn't done the report in time so it was a further week. I don't know how I got through it as its always at the back of your mind. Funny how the world carries on while you re going through this trauma. Now when I am in a crowd I always wonder who is silently suffering this anxiety but keeping it quiet. Now something you can easily talk about in company which is why it's so good to come on this forum.
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05-06-2015
08:03
Yes it takes ages ....my biopsy results took a week then 2 weeks for the MRI scan then a week for the result then 10 days til surgery and now 2 weeks for the results.......it is horrendous. The medical staff seem blithely unaware of the mental torture they are inflicting. I wake up early in the morning worrying and I can never relax. And they say stress may cause cancer!!! Until you have been in this situation you cannot imagine the stress so you are quite normal. But it does help starting treatment and getting the damn thing removed. You feel you are getting somewhere instead of being left dangling. Like you I had to tell my teenage children. You never think it will come to this do you ?
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05-06-2015
07:44
I have just had a lumpectomy after being diagnosed on May 22. I wasnt one of the people who got cancer and like everyone else thought it couldn t happen to me. Li ke you I hated telling people and felt very angry and distressed. I exercise, eat well and a.m slim and there is no family history. It felt like I'd failed somehow and could have avoided it if I just knew what had gone wrong otherwise I could get it again. Friends said encouraging things but I felt like saying you wouldn't be so cheerful if it were you. The sorrow and shock of suddenly being pushed brutally into the world of a cancer patient is horrendous. It is so isolating and friends and family can only understand so far. I'm still coming to terms with it and now think of my breasts as unexploded bombs. I can t stand the idea of people pitying me so put on a cheerful face, so much so that friends say I'm brave. have no choice. This is not something I can hide from. But inside I'm in meltdown and feeling desperately alone. The surgery was t as bad as I feared and not that painful but I'm now waiting for the results of the test results ...the worst is the waiting and fearing the worst. It did get better when I got more information but I still need a treatment plan. Let me know how you get on. Like you I have a teenager doing exams though my parents are dead so I'm glad at least I don't t have to tell them.
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01-06-2015
05:28
I am also wiped out after wle and snb on 28th but I felt fine the day after. Its only now that I'm feeling the effects of the GA which my husband pointed out. Usually walking the dog doesn't leave me languishing on the sofa like a Victorian maiden. There s also the stress of waiting for the path lab test which is constantly at the back of my mind. When will all this stress end ? Probably never.
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18-05-2015
09:11
thank you Dizzy dee. I need to know that how I feel is normal and that I'm not alone. This forum is such a help - you're the only ones who understand and I'm encouraged by your experience. take care xxx
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17-05-2015
08:56
Isn t it annoying the way people say you re coping, you re strong, you are so brave. It makes me angry because I feel a fake. I m weak and on the edge but how would they feel if they had cancer ? they wouldn't be putting quite such a spin on it if it were them. I look at them sitting there on the sofa all cancer free lucky them.
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17-05-2015
08:48
Yes I know. People have no idea what I m really feeling. They say I m positive and strong but I m weak and afraid. Like you I wear a mask. All the best xx
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15-05-2015
02:35
thank you, it's good to know it's not just me. Congrats on finishing your treatment xxx
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15-05-2015
12:30
Dizzy dee you're very brave to face this as well as living alone.hope your test results are what you are hoping for. xxxx
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