Breast Cancer Now Forum

Hi Gill3105...how are you and all you lovely ladies. Ive been a bit quiet this week, i seem to have hit a mental brick wall and not up to my usual humourous banter lol. So ive just had chocolate albiet only once and lay like a lump of concrete on sofa. Boob been giving me a few issues too. But hopefully i will drag myself back into reality this week, i hope so.   Stay well all you beautiful ones xxxxx ... View more

Aww Gill3105 bless you. I cry when i see a stranger in a wedding dress, so you seeing your daughter im not suprized..what a beautiful moment for you though. Your focus now is getting stronger for the wedding day. Youve overcome the most traumatic..surreal..baron clinical cold..helpless situation in your life..but my beautiful youve come out the otherside. So dust that crown off straighten it up and look forward to seeing ur lovely daughter getting married. We will all be here for any meltdowns inbetween ..all on same road my lovely but we will all get there..big hugs and love xxx ... View more

Hi Gill glad ur picking up now and taking steady pace into work. Ive worked on and off through mine but its been tough i can say. Anyway for whatwver reason i dont know if it rads or tamoxifen but its knocked me off my feet. Mcnullcc Chris i feel your pain and anxiousness if you stop your letrozole like my tamoxifen its a roll of the dice for sure. Ive tried so hard this week but omg. My clients come to me for help and i swear they must go out wanting to hang themselves. Its really a tough one. So im praying its the rads ans not tamoxifen couldnt stand 5yrs of this. Does anyone feel like they have taken on another personality ?? Or is just me? I keep wondering where this carefree person went. Im glad ur feeling well back at work everyone needs a focus otherwise u would go crazy. So stay well lovelies see u on the flip..lol aka new site. Xxx ... View more

Wow thankyou Gill3105 and all you other lovely ladies for the hard work, and i love the name cant wait. Sorry been off radar in everyway as they say. Hopefully bit better tmrw.    Hope all you ladies are well, im looking forward to fb group xxxx ... View more

Hi Gill3105 how do i pm  my fb page name to you? To join new group xxx ... View more

Hi Thistledown...sooo funny reading your post, it is absolutely everyone of us at sometime lol..cheered me up!. Hope all you ladies are feeling ok tonite. Looking forward to the new facebook page Gill3015 exciting. Its a lovely group of people we have on this thread, all been on same road, same time, come out the otherside and are now lovely friends helping each other through, i for one am truely thankful. Nite lovelies xxxx ... View more

Janebelinda...sending you the biggest hug, as ladies have said weve all had them and it wont be the last for sure. Youve been strong and brave all the way through treatment, then sudddenly it stops...and it all comes out. Jump on here lovely you will be in good hands here...always someone to jolly you on...be kind to yourself now and rest big love xxxx ... View more

Hi ladies, im in if you want a facebook closed page, it will be a nice little community for us all, look forward to it. Chris im glad you got your cleaning done, youve made me feel guilty now lol..maybe ill do some tmrw ... hope your all enjoying the sun today big hugs xxxxxx ... View more

Hi Rosieposie...how are you doing?. Hope your keeping strong mentally too. Thanks for the cream advice i will go into boots tomorrow and have a look. My boob is defo still cooking im just waiting for the ping sound i get from microwave lol....ive had rotten day today so i hope tomorrow bring some mental relief, but im so grateful to lovelies on here to have a chat to. You can have many friends and family but no one knows the feeling except another person who has gone through what we have, and to be honest certainly from my own experience nobody is really interested how you cope mentally. Its like you have had the op and rads now all of a sudden your back to normal...phew i wish. So im off to bed now to rest my weary head and boob lol...goodnight my lovelies speak with you all tomorrow...big loves xxxxxx ... View more

Hi Thistledown..omg youve made me laugh on a day i thought wasnt possible, about the drinking programme and you needing a drink. I swear to god i could drink myself to oblivion every night if i let myself after this diagnosis! I think all of us are more sensitive to cancer ads or stories now i usually dont read them, but i happen to just stumble across that one today, ive struggled all day afterwards. I emptied the tissue box and just sat with a toilet roll forever rolling for the tears, and now i look a 100 with puffy eyes so ive put towel over mirror lol...should of put it over my head ha...lets hope tomorrow bettter day.   Hope your lymphodema eases its like a dominoe effect this treatment, or as Mcnulcc Chris says ...the girt that keeps on giving!! So true.   Anyway lovely ladies goodnite hope tomorrow fills you with happiness....your the beautiful ones..everytime xxxxxx ... View more

Hi mcnulcc Chris omg i know. I didnt even know about the story and there it was onbthe headlines ive never followed it myself in fact did know till this morning, jesus wish i hadnt seen it set me right off. Hope you are feeling a little brighter after your rads have finn. Did u get appointment?? Big hugs xxxx ... View more

Hi Gill3015...thanks for the reply. Ive left the cream off that bit last night and it does seem to be less red. Ill see how it goes, i am just so fed up of appointments hosp etc etc as all you lovely ladies know, only too well. I know what you mean about running omg,  had to run across the road before so road raged hog mowed me down near finnished me off.  Anyway my lovelies im having a bit of a wobble today, ive just been reading about the you me and big c presenter in daily paper, jesus wish i hadnt its set me off all upside down again.so im off out for a walk later trying to sooth my ruffled nerves.   Hope all you ladies have a lovely day ...big hugs as always...xxx ... View more

Hi u lovely ladies i hope your all doingwell after finnishing your rads. Can anyone advise me. Ive finnished my rads over weeks ago and obvs expected skin change. Skins mot too bad up to now but ive got this red rash like tiny spots going aroung areola and about ich around outside. Now its not sore but i wonder should i let cream off aquamax and let it get some air, or should i put mem dressing on, or dab of hydrocortisone. Really really dont wantvto see another hospital again for whole so any advives bee most appr.     Thanku my beatiful ones and goodnite xxxx ... View more

Hi lovely ladies, ive found this today and i thought i would post it here, on the first few weeks cos u may well be looking at your diets now treatment is over. This is what i found for keeping your estrogen levels down, that when the levels are too high make cancer cells grow......   Foods to AVOID 1. Coventional meat 2. Dairy producuced by cows which are fed by hormones. 3. Soy isoflavines, sugars, refinned sugar cakes etc  4. Processed foods and canned drinks 5. Grains and beer fermented barley.   Foods to EAT IN ABUNDANCE 1. Citrus fruit...lemons oranges tangerines 2. Cruciferous veg...bok choy,sprouts,cabbage kale,cauliflower mushrooms.(throw handfull of each stirfry easy ). 3. Fish...be careful here only eat fresh fish, farmed salmon and some fish are hormone fed and pumped with antibiotics. 4.Flax seeds...anti carcinogenic...and claim to inhibit breast cancer cell growth. Helps body eliminate estrogen. 5. Green tea...helps liver metabolize hormones and fats. 6. Leafy greens, spinach dark ,green cabbage. 7. Seaweed..helps kick xenòestrogen out your body 8. Brazil nuts...if your estrogen dominant then ur probably lacking Selenium which is likely to elevate aromatase significantly. 9. Sesame seeds...helps get rid of toxic estrogen  10.Turmeric and cayenne pepper helps liver get rid of cancer causing hormones.      So ladies, this is what im going to try to keep my diet to. I just thought id share incase it helps someone else level out there hormones, i realise it wont apply to all but for those with estrogen dominance it might just give you a few pointers,  or perhaps didnt know what to eat.   Hope your all doing well my beautiful ones  xxxx ... View more

Mcnulcc Chris..so glad ur feeling brighter today. Hope you have lovely day with hubby tomorrow big hugs xxxx ... View more

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Thankyou lovely ladies, i am glad to hear there is some comfy ones around. Im only small boobs so not usedcto waering bif full cup bras. Ill give it a few weeks till rads has finnished burningcthe the boob off me inside and then ill give them a whirl. I hope you ladies are all feeling better as the weeks go on. And hope Mcnulcc Chris is having a better day today....big hugs and love to all xxxxxx   ... View more

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Hi Mags... i am er8 and pr8 too i dont really understand it all are you saying that low risk id love to know no one seems to tell u much at breast clinic ...hope your feeling much better now xxxx ... View more

Can any of you ladies who are post rads tell me when you can wear a proper bra again after lumpectomy?. Ive worn tho soft crop top bra but god almighty they make me look like a sack of spuds, im so looking forward to getting bit support shape back...any ideas most appre..xxxx ... View more