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Andrealand · ‎15-07-2022

Hi, I’ve been on Anastrozole for a year now and I have to say i am lately suffering with really uncomfortable leg pains in the night. I’ve also recently noticed that I am having awful lower back ache. I am taking ibuprofen and paracetamol but wondered if okay to use Tiger Balm on my lower back. any help is much Appreciated andrea

Andrealand · ‎27-10-2021

Bless you. Always good to take someone with you because there are always things you miss as it is so overwhelming. Stay strong and keep in touch. I’m doing fine, good to be back doing some work. Much love Andrea

Andrealand · ‎27-10-2021

Morning @claud272 , how are things progressing with you and how are you feeling in yourself? Hope all is well. I’ve started this week working from home, feels strange and I have to remember to take things slowly. Still waiting for Radiotherapy dates to come through. Much love Andrea

Andrealand · ‎08-10-2021

@claud272 Hi, just thought I would check in to see how you are and whether you have had your results back today. Hope all went well and here for you if you need to chat. Take care @Andrealand

Andrealand · ‎05-10-2021

Oh Claud, bless you and I’m sending you a massive hug and all good vibes xxx i know exactly how you are feeling as it was the same for me. I managed to pass the time by being surrounded by friends and my sister who lives far away came and stayed with me. I think because I had already suffered grief after losing my daughter I felt that anything else thrown my way I would just work my way through and use the coping mechanisms that I adopted during those terrible days. I took lots of walks out, cleaned and tidied the house constantly, got my exercise bike out and just tried to mentally prepare myself for my results. Support from friends and family and keeping busy my friend. I am now 7 weeks post surgery, it’s been a roller coaster but I’m taking each day as it comes and being very very kind to myself. My son who is 16yrs old has been amazing and has helped me stay calm when I wasn’t and I only see him part of the week as he is at his dad’s on school days. Fingers crossed for you for Friday, let me know how it is. Remember, be kind to yourself, eat well and rest when needed. much love ❤️

Andrealand · ‎28-09-2021

Thank you for your reply. I am trying to stay positive and some days are harder than others. I know I am a strong person , I've been through so.much worse when I lost my daughter at 8yrs old . Some days I feel like life is so very unfair but I have my son and myself to focus on and i will come out the other side. I'm working on staying strong and learning again to take each day as it comes. I had a massive drop in energy yesterday and overcome with emotion so late last night I wrote a list of things to do on a daily basis to keep me moving and motivated. I've been such a busy person before the diagnosis, taken time away from work , been surrounded by family and friends taking care of me and now it's time to get back to some sort of routine. I'm going to pick up work again and do from home as a start. Get back to doing yoga and walking again as I feel very weak at the moment. Hope you are well and staying strong too. Bug hugs ❤

Andrealand · ‎20-09-2021

Hello Lou, Hope you are well. How is it all going? Can I check with you if around your armpit area where the incision was made you can feel a lump? I've just touched around the area as it was feeling heavy there and I can feel quite a lump. I'm hoping this is just from the scarring? Regards Andrea

Andrealand · ‎21-08-2021

Hi Lou, Good to hear that you are now managing to do a few things and great to hear that the lymph nodes were clear. So hopefully I'll be doing a bit more in the next couple of weeks. I've got an appointment on Monday for hopefully the drain to be removed. Did you have a drain? Then my next appointment is 2nd September with the surgeon to discuss the results and the next steps. Not sure if I'm being optimistic and thinking maybe I could possibly be back at work by end of September all be it I think I am going to ask if I can work from home for a while. I'm finding i'm on go slow mode and taking me much longer to get myself ready. I know what you mean about the bra, when I take mine off for when I am having a bra the boob just feels really heavy and so much easier when secured in the bra. I've brought a perfect set from Tesco which are not wired and very comfortable. Keep me posted on your progress and let me know if you too had a drain and I'll post again once I have more news. I have my sister staying with me and she has been bloody amazing. Don't know what I would have done without her. It's definitely a journey where having the right people around you makes all the difference. We are having lots of laughter and good chat and whiling the hours away. Speak soon Andrea

Andrealand · ‎20-08-2021

Morning Lou, How are you feeling now which I am presuming is now just over a week on from the operation? I had mine on Monday morning so would be great to hear how you are getting on? Oh and thanks for the tips on pillows, bras, got them all sorted. I took my bra off on the Monday night, ooh, that wasn't a good idea. It really does help wearing the extra support. Andrea x

Andrealand · ‎20-08-2021

Good Morning, Well, had the Lumpectomy and Lymph Nodes removed on Monday morning. Home by 3.30pm the same day. I do feel battered and bruised and if I'm honest, a little more weary than I thought I would be. I would love to at the moment be able to curl up in to a ball in bed or lie on my left side but unfortunately not possible at all at the moment so it is what it is. I've had this sensation/feeling before as I had C Sections with both my children and so it is a familiar feeling but nonetheless painful and like a heavy weight underneath my armpit. It doesn't look very pretty under there, I hope this improves with time, oh, and I've also a drain which isn't ideal. I'm hoping I can have this taken out on my next appointment next Monday. So, next appointment is with my surgeon on 2nd September and hopefully if all clear do I presume that it will be a round of Radiotherapy and then maybe think about going back to work? Ooh it's a bumpy road and so so grateful to have family and friends helping me along the way. I'll let you know how I get on with the drain. Andrea x

Andrealand · ‎10-08-2021

Thank you Lou for your reply. I find out tomorrow the HER2 result and really hoping it is all fine and then can go ahead with the lumpectomy on Monday. I shall let you know tomorrow the result. Sitting here this afternoon in the lovely sunshine trying not to overthink it all. Music playing in my ears and I’m off to Yoga shortly. It’s all about distractions otherwise the brain just goes in to overdrive!!!!!! How are you feeling now a week on from the operation? Are you up and about and back to doing normal things as before? Andrea x

Andrealand · ‎07-08-2021

Hi, I am new on here so hoping for any advice or words of reassurance. I have just been given my results on Thursday after a biopsy and they confirmed Breast Cancer and so now waiting on the HER 2 result but they have provisionally booked me in for a week Monday for the lumpectomy. I feel like I'm pretending it is all okay and putting on a brave face and keeping busy but really I am petrified and am hoping I have the strength to get through all this. It all seems to have happened so quickly, within weeks. I've stepped away from work for the short term and they are supporting me 100% so good that I can focus on me and the next steps. I am feeling much more anxious this week awaiting the HER 2 result than I was last week waiting on the biopsy result. I actually feel physically sick when I stop and think so at the moment I'm just keeping going as if everything is all going to be okay. i have suffered pain in the past as I lost my daughter in 2009 to Swine Flu, she was 8yrs old and it took me a very long time indeed to get to a place where I was able to function again. I have my 16yr old son supporting me as he did through my grief but I do worry about him and hope he can stay strong. He has just popped his head through the door and told me off for being on the computer so late in the evening. Love him to bits and he has had to deal with so much at such a young age. I have a truly amazing sister who has just been and stayed with me for the week (she lives 2 hrs drive away) and a network of friends who are here to support me. Will post again once I have the HER 2 result on Wednesday. Regards Andrea

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