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Susan that is fabulous!!  I can imagine it is a huge relief!!   Debi if you are worried make an appointment to see your GP and ask her to examine you, if only to put your mind at rest.     Sue xxx ... View more

Hi debi Yes i feel scared about checking.  I know i should but the fear factor is always there.  Did your consultant tell you that u will have yearly mammograms for the next 5 years? I have mine next week and im very nervous.   This week was the first anniversary of my diagnosis.  It was very strange thinking back to the moment i was told i have breast cancer, though i did have a glass of wine to say well done to me for getting through this past year!!   I hope all ladies are keeping well? It certainly is very quiet on this page now.   Take care ladies Sue xxx ... View more

Hi Debi So pleased to hear you are back at work.  Just take it slowly. Im sure your colleagues will be as nice as mine were in making me endless cups of tea!!  They even decorated my desk with balloons which of course made me cry!! Ive not had any problems with my nails.  May be worth getting a nice cream and massaging into your nails?? My hair has also come back very thick now, and lots of grey!!  Havent got around to dyeing it yet.  It seems so long ago now since i was bald!! Yes i second your comments about all the ladies on this forum. Each and every one of you were so supportive of us all during what i can only describe as a **bleep** year.  It was the first anniversary on friday of my mums passing (she died of breast cancer), it was her diagnosis that made me contact my GP and request a mammogram.  And im bloody glad i made that phone call!!! I know we have all finished our treatment now but it would be lovely to still hear from you all, i appreciate our lives have all returned to the way they were before our diagnosis.  It would be nice to keep in touch is basically what im saying. Take care ladies Sue xxxxx ... View more

Hi Liz Yes i have checked the leaflet and there is no mention of weight gain.  I feel so uncomfortable. I was very active before my diagnosis and im starting to build my strength back up, im running a bit more each week but struggling to lose any weight. Sue xxx ... View more

Good evening ladies Is anyone else taking tamoxifen? Ive been taking them now since september and im convinced im putting on weight since starting them.  Sue xxx ... View more

Hello    Debi i heard somewhere that we have to wait at least 6 months before we can dye our hair as the follicles are still quite sensitive? My hair has grown back very thick and ive got quite a bit of grey but im just reminding myself that 6 months ago i was bald!!  Ill probably wait another month to dye it but im looking forward to having a nice new shorter style than it used to be!!   I hope everyone is keeping well?   Take care Sue xxx ... View more

Hello Debi Thats great news about your CT scan!! I bet you are so relieved!!  Fingers crossed your ultrasound is ok, its puzzling why you are losing weight tho.  I put on so much weight im still trying to shift it!!   Take care Sue xxx ... View more

Liznsarah Have you had the results back from your xray on your pelvis? I hope it was all okay. Sue xxx ... View more

Hi Debi Yes i can understand that you want to switch off from it all over Chriatmas.  Im an over thinker and i knew it would be constantly on my mind so i needed the reassurance.   Ill keep my fingers crossed for you.  Let me know how you get on.   Take care Sue xxx ... View more

Hi Deni Thank you so much Have you had your scan results yet?  I rang the hospital this morning and they told me to ask my GP to chase the radiologist to get them to report on it asap, which they did and i heard back within an hour or 2.  Stress to them that you are anxious as you have already had treatment this year, they shouldnt make you wait until the new year.   Good luck xxx ... View more

Hello ladies I wanted to share my news with you all.  I had my CT scan on xmas eve.  My GP has rung me today to tell me that the shadow on my lung is a change in tissue following the radiotherapy.  I also have a small infection for which my GP is giving me antibiotics.  No sign of cancer in the lung!!     I am so relieved!!  Ive been worried sick for days!!!    My GP has requested a repeat CT scan in 3 months to make sure it has all healed.   Thank you everyone for your kind thoughts, i am so touched by you all.   Sue xxx ... View more

Hello ladies Its been very quiet on here recently, i suppose everyone is getting back to normal (if thats possible!!) now their treatment is finished.   Ive had a bit of bad news, ive had a sore back for a few weeks so went to see my doctor, she sent me for an xray and the doctor rang me to say there is a shadow on my lung and theyre sending me for a CT scan.   Im absolutely terrified and worried the cancer has come back.  Im hoping i have the scan ASAP, and find out the results soon after but im so so worried.  I know i will go to pieces if its bad news.  I really dont want this hanging over me, i was looking forward to xmas just me and the kids but now this is spinning around in my head.   Sue xxx ... View more

Hello Debi So pleased u have finally got a date for your radiotherapy YAY !!  Thats great you will be finished in time for xmas!!   With regards to your holiday, BOOK IT!!  Dont let the **bleep** (thats what me and the kids call it!!) stop you from enjoying yourself.  We went on holiday in october and it was great to relax and forget about all the crap that has happened to us this year.  The holiday will be something for you to look forward to and you deserve to enjoy yourself.   Hope all the ladies on here are keeping well? It certainly is quiet these days now a lot of us have finished our treatment, and our lives are beginning to get back to the way they were before.   Take care Sue xxxx ... View more

Hello Kelly Good luck with your last chemo and make sure you ring that bell loud and proud!!!   Radiotherapy is a breeze compared to chemo!!   Hope all the rest of the ladies are doing ok?   Take care Sue xxx ... View more

Hi NikNak Im in Warrington (cheshire). Sue xx ... View more

Hello ladies Sorry not posted on here for a while, just been reading the thread and it sounds like u are all doing amazing with your recovery.  Good luck to those ladies still undergoing radiotherapy.  Hope you are coping well with any side effects.   Im slowly returning to normal life.  If that is at all possible!!  I get very emotional when i talk to people and tell them my treatment is finished.  It feels like a lifetime since i was diagnosed in february, the treatment took up most of this year so it feels odd now treatment is at an end.  My hair is growing back quite quick now, and starting to use shampoo on it again - i stopped washing it in May when it started to fall out so it feels weird to wash it again!!   I was lucky to go abroad with the children last week, we had a lovely week in Spain.  As well as my diagnosis and treatment, u may recall i also lost my mum to breast cancer in February.  My lovely work colleagues held a fundraising day a few months ago and we used the money to go on holiday.  We had a lovely week in the sun and it was nice to put the awful year behind us.  Sadly we had our cat put to sleep the week before we went away, he was a very well loved little man and we all miss him.   This week i will return to work.  Im on a phased return for the first month.  It will feel very odd to go back to work but also looking forward to returning to normality.  I know im going to be so emotional but ive had amazing support from my work colleagues and i know they will be making me lots of tea to ease me back in.   I know its been mentioned previously but if anyone would like to meet up to put a face to a name i would love to - not sure how it would work logistically but it may be nice to do over the xmas holidays?   Take care ladies - u are all amazing!!!, Lots of love Sue ... View more

Hello ladies I have this week had my final radiotherapy and therefore finished my treatment.  To say im emotional would be an understatement.  I cried when i rang the bell and i have cried every day since at the fact that there are no more appointments until my 6 week follow up in November.   My diagnosis in February seems a lifetime ago now.     I want to say thank u to every single lady on this forum.  (Im crying writing this!!).   I wouldnt have got through these last 7 months without your support.  The advice and support i have received from you has been invaluable.  Its so reassuring knowing im not alone and ive shared so much with u all.   I want to say good luck to each and every one of you.  None of us chose to be in this situation but we have all come together and shared our lives with each other.  I would love to meet up with u all - not sure where everyone lives and how it would work logistically? I live in Warrington (cheshire).   I will continue to read all the posts and i will continue to offer advice and support as much as i can.   Take care ladies Love and best wishes Sue xxx     ... View more

Hello ladies Apologies ive not been on here for a few weeks.  I hope you are all recovering well after surgery and for those on radiotherapy i hope u are doing ok.   I finished chemo on 2nd august.  I felt poorly for a few weeks after my last dose but im finally getting my strength back and the hot flushes are reducing.  I have just started tamoxifen tablets and ive had hot flushes at night recently - anyone else on tamoxifen? The nausea that i had since day 1 of chemo (16 april) has finally eased away!!  Thought that would never go away!!   I started radiotherapy on 3rd september (my birthday!!).  Ive had 9 sessions (6 more to go) and so far so good. Ive been given a cream to use twice a day as the radiation can dry out my skin but its been fine up to now.  However the hospital only have 3 radiotherapy machines and 2 keep breaking so ive been sat waiting up to 2 hours but there are always lots of people to chat to and the nurses come out with tea and biscuits.   For the last 3 weeks ive been walking every day, only 3 or 4 miles, trying to keep active as i was very fit before i started chemo.  Plus i put on weight from the steroids and eating too much cake and biscuits!!  Ive started to put a bit of running into my walks too, im enjoying getting back to my running again.     Take care ladies, speak soon Sue xx ... View more

Hi ladies Susanmanchester - how are u finding radiotherapy so far? I had my planning appointment this morning.  All seemed to go ok and im booked in to start next tuesday. I enjoyed my holiday last week, didnt have a great week for weather but i got chance to rest.  I felt grotty most of the time and kept checking my temperature as my neutrophils were low but my temp stayed within the guidelines. Hope everyone else is doing well? Take care Sue xxx ... View more