How welcoming and lovely are you guys?! Thank you all very much for making me feel included and part of the group already. Xx I hadn't heard the news from Manchester the other morning when I wrote... So sad and so shocking. I said to my mum that although we feel like we've had a bad hand, those poor families have it so much worse. Funnyface, what causes raised glucose? Are you feeling bad? Hope your appointment was helpful? First time round I found the constipation one of the most crappy (excuse the bad pun) SE! I had loads of infections during chemo around my mastectomy site and was gobbling all the oramorph and tablets they'd give me in hospital. Little did I know what effect they'd have! When the horrible 2015 attack on Paris happened I was up the whole night and sitting on the loo reading about it all as it unfolded. It was a bleak night. I had the imprint on the loo seat on me for hours after I got up...! Barton, thanks for the hug... I hope you stretched those arms wide to get around my ever expanding body!! Ha! Xx JT, I used aqueous cream to wash with, nothing else. I used aloe Vera gel (highest % of aloe Vera you can get without other stuff, I got mine on Amazon) I put it on straight after the zapping, then throughout the day whenever I remembered and before bed (during my chest zapping last year I mean). I felt a bit hot and itchy after the first one then absolutely fine... Weirdly after I finished my skin went very dark and peeled off but it didn't hurt. I walked to the hospital every day to help to fight the fatigue but I did have an afternoon nap (or 3!). I didn't work but that's mainly because I had already left my job before I was diagnosed (I was a primary teacher). I think it's all down to the individual...? Xxx PMOL, good advice about friends... I've noticed that if I post anything on Facebook EVERYONE likes it!! Makes me laugh a bit!! But I'm touched everyone I know is being so supportive. All of you that have children, especially young ones, it must be quite a different experience than to mine... I think this would all be so much harder if I had children in the equation. You must have to be steel to cope with yourself and your children. I find my parents, husband and friends more than enough to contend with (I mean worrying about them). JT, you asked about my treatment plan... Here's a quick rundown on my medical stuff/cancer file! I was signed off with stress from teaching in 2014 (5 Head teachers in 5 years, all very tricky). I got married that year but felt really ill on the day (throwing up while my poor mum held my hair back!!ha ha)! My husband and I started to try for a baby (I came of the pill). My breast started behaving oddly. I was diagnosed straight away, but it went from 'oh it's just a little bit of grade 1' to 'oh it's more than that, it's all through the breast and chest wall, high grade and in the lymph' etc etc. So mastectomy, clearance, chemo and rads. I had cellulitis lots during chemo and stayed in hositysl for a few weeks where I made very siexusl friends with my ward mates, all of whom already knew they had terminal cancer (various types). I think that time opened my eyes up to the possibility of that happening... Anyhoo! I had an oophorectomy (to avoid 10 years Zoladex injections!) and started Tamoxifen. I had a few scans for aches that turned out to be nothing... But an unrelated ache led to a bone then CT lthe other week and one area on my 6th rib was confirmed as mets. I've stated on Letrozole (which I was going to be starting anyway). I'm waiting for a blood test and an appointment for getting zolendronic acid (spelling??) which I am weirdly anxious about??! I had a Picc line during chemo and I'm nervous about all the needle stuff now... I'm really not a big fan. Having the line in made everything so easy and painless!! Oh my!!! I've written an essay!!! I'm so sorry for ranting on and on and on!!! I PROMISE shorted posts from now on everyone!!!! SORRY!!!! Xxxxx
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