Breast Cancer Now Forum

Hi all. Looking forward to meet everyone ... and celebrating my birthday on the Sat 🙂 I'm only about 5-6 miles from the venue so home away from home! 🙂 Bex  ... View more

Hi   I've written a blog for years, so there's now a category for cancer (one of those things we all hoped we'd never have to say): http://drbexl.co.uk/category/cancer/    Bex ... View more

Ah poops, I thought I'd got some kind of allergy to plants, but after 4 days of antihistamines and anti-itching creams, it's not clearing up. I thought I'd Google tamoxifen/itching, and this is the first thing that comes up. My next box is a different brand, so let's see what happens... though I've got several of the old box left - hmmm! I may ask GP/nurses, but sounds like there'snot much they can do!  ... View more

Glad to see some of you coming out the other side! I've got chemo Friday, and next Friday, then (ABW) that's that bit done! Got an MRI scan Easter Monday, then rads planning 17th Apr. I'm semi 'back to work' next week - working from home on some writing! 🙂   ... View more

Anyone else have chemo on their birthday? http://drbexl.co.uk/2018/03/10/life-celebrating-your-birthday-whilst-having-chemotherapy-breastcancer-lovethenhs/   Was fine actually - feel crap all the time, so might as well 'do something different'. 3 more Paclitaxel to go... 😉   ... View more

This chemo is a long old journey isn't it ... kept myself occupied so far by planning a new kitchen, as was left an unexpected legacy ... so that's been exciting! Managed to go out yesterday for a friend's surprise 50th, and somewhat paying for it today ... sleep sleep sleep!    5 more weekly paclitaxel to go, then rads, then tamoxifen... x ... View more

SW I usually enjoy for all their lucky breaks but the episodes from this week were much more real ... excellent - they should win an award!! 🙂 ... View more

Oh hello! Thanks for looking ... was working at home up to chemo 2 + CT scan (lung scare - all good .. but) Chemo 3 bought me MRI scan for spine (is a hemangioma - benign collection blood cells) which got all clear from on Monday. Also an operation on extra lump on mastectomy site which I watched surgeon extract under local - he’s 99% sure a fatty lump. Slept loads for 2 days, now horrifically wide awake after having first Paclitaxel today ... despite getting up 6.30am and being shattered and having taken 50mg of sleeping pills! BUT ‘one treatment at a time’ and about to put Harry Potter on Audible on! Checking in to see how people are doing too! 8 more weekly treatments to go then radiotherapy + tamoxifen. Work also asking what they should be putting me in for teaching wise next academic year - so trying to have those convos + parents are going to help me out with kitchen re-design so planning that! Had a binge catch up on Silent Witness tonight! Xxx ... View more

I've seen some people successfully microbladed, but think you need to do 6 weeks pre-chemo! ... View more

Just popping in to say hello... Emerging from the fog of #chemo2, better get to bed! http://drbexl.co.uk/category/cancer/ ... View more

My content been picked up in a BCC  blog - https://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/about-us/news-personal-stories/%E2%80%98what-can-i-do-help%E2%80%99-how-support-someone-through-treatment#.Wi68j_cCO2M.facebook 🙂   ... View more

I've been having all that the last few days, much tears, wondering how the heck I am going to make myself go in for th next one, etc. Today is the first day felt not dizzy enough to drive (11 days post-chemo) + the nausea has pretty much gone - hurrah!  ... View more

Have you got the link for the top polish pls? x ... View more

I've a few posts to catch up on - I blogged on mine on Sun eve - http://drbexl.co.uk/2017/12/03/life-second-stage-treatment-commenced-chemo1-breastcancer/ - then post-steroids been a lot of sleep. Just wish the nausea would go!  ... View more

Hope everyone who's started today doing good! I woke up feeling sick this morning, and chemo not even started, so that's fun. Got plenty of things to sort out though and knocked myself out with a sleeping tablet last night to give me as much sleep as possible!    Trying to work out re drinking loads of fluid - presuming once you're hooked up to cold cap/chemo - need to sit there, so don't want to have drunk a ridiculous amount in the hour beforehand?!    x ... View more

Anyone using apps to keep track of Meds - there's a Macmillan one, but I'm finding Medisafe works well (it's free!)  ... View more

I work at a university, and they have let me work at home, according to my energy levels, whilst recovering from surgery. We're just discussing what's going to happen with chemo - HoD trying to make me do less, I still want to work on my research so long as I'm feeling up to it - sounds like they're prepared to be flexible, but he said you're entitled to 3 months sick pay, so take more rather than less! Obviously the university is a hotbed of germs, so no teaching. I read in another forum that someone managed to do chemo on a Thursday, and go back to work Monday throughout ... and I'm also not clear what the 'cycle' is for the weekly drugs! I do the work I do because it's important - plus just me at home, so a good distraction, although I'm defo going to take some Netflix time! 🙂   ... View more