Breast Cancer Care Forum

Thank you Annie for letting us know about Mishy. I'm so very sad to hear that she's died. She came across as a lovely lady, who was always there to help us Oct'17 ladies xx  ... View more

Thank you Annie, I've just read your message on the dedications xx ... View more

feelthefear, please let Mishy know that I'm thinking of her and send my love xx ... View more

Hi Kath, so sorry to hear that you've got lung cancer, but so relieved for you that it's been caught very early and that it's curable xx ... View more

Hi Deb, I'm from the Oct'17 group and I'd also recommend the travel sickness bands. I wore them whilst I had chemo and for a few days afterwards (until I didn't have to take the anti-sickness meds) and I wasn't sick at all and only felt queasy a couple of times, which wore off once I'd eaten a ginger biscuit x ... View more

Thinking of you Kath x ... View more

Hi Christine, glad I was able to give you a bit of reassurance. My consultant didn't make a big deal of it, just said chemo would sort it out. I did have a CT scan afterwards, but it wasn't until 6mths after I'd finished radiotherapy because my onc said if I had a scan too soon it might show up things that weren't really there because of scarring after radiotherapy. I must admit I did find the wait quite stressful, although my onc was always very reassuring that there would be nothing to worry about xx ... View more

I meant to say I'm from the Oct'17 group x ... View more

Hi from the Oct'17 group and wanted to send best wishes to you all as you start chemo. One thing that I found that helped me when I had chemo was wearing travel sickness bands whilst having the chemo and for a few days afterwards. I don't know if it was due to the bands, but I wasn't sick at all x ... View more

Hi Chris631, I'm from the Oct'17 group and just wanted to give you a bit of reassurance about the lymph node in your chest. I had something similar and chemo shrunk it and the radiotherapy got rid of it completely x ... View more

Hi Viv,  Just wanted to give you a bit of reassurance regarding the bone scan. My onc said that it was just normal procedure when you have chemo (I had a CT scan as well) and they weren't expecting to find anything abnormal. I wasn't told it was because of my age, but it might have been as I was 58 at the time x ... View more

Dear Mishy, I'm so sorry to hear that you are in hospital. You were always around for the Oct'17 girls to give us encouragement and advice and we are all thinking of you now and sending you lots of love xxx ... View more

Jippy, I hope everything goes well tomorrow. I'd definitely recommend wearing the travel sickness bands. I wore them when I had chemo in Oct'17 and wasn't sick at all. I wore them whilst I was having the chemo and for a few days afterwards x ... View more

Morning Carolan, What I meant by saying that we can't take anything else is that those of us who are TN can't take Tamoxifen and other hormone treatments after we've finished treatment, but if you are post-menopausal you can have infusions of Zoldronic Acid, which is a bone strengthener and helps to prevent bc spread to the bones and my onc said that recent studies have shown that it can also help to prevent a recurrence x  ... View more

Hi CureDars, I've 'spoken' to you on the TN thread. I had chemo in Oct'17, mine was different to yours 3 FEC and 3 T. One thing I would recommend are the travel sickness bands-I wore them whilst having chemo and for a few days afterwards (until I didn't need to take the anti-sickness meds) and I wasn't sick at all x ... View more

Hi buddyfan, I still come on to the forum as I'm not on F B and I know Shi comes on here regularly. I'm so sorry to read about the recurrence and understand why you're feeling so upset-that's the beauty of the forum that everybody here understands what you're going through. As supportive as our love ones are, they can't totally understand in the same way as others on the forum do and also we don't want them to worry, I know I tended to bottle up my fears to them. Thinking of you and sending a big hug, Jencat xx ... View more

Hi Emzlew, I found FEC seemed to follow the same pattern, although I might have got a bit more tired as it went on. Docetaxol was the reverse, the first one was the hardest. I don't know if you're having the same, (sorry I can't remember what chemo everyone is having) but other chemo's might be different. Glad you're feeling brighter today x ... View more

Sorry to read about the problems with your PICC line today Annie and hope your chemo goes well tomorrow x ... View more

Hope your chemo goes ok tomorrow Kath x ... View more

Hi Claire, I'm from the Oct'17 group and had FEC-T. I found that the 3 sessions of FEC seemed to more or less be the same, but with T I found the first one harder and the next two seemed easier, maybe my body had adapted by then to the change of chemo x ... View more