Breast Cancer Now Forum

I have a port fitted and it seemes easier rather than looking for veins, its uncomfortable for a few days when they fit it then, Once its settled, its fine u kinda forget about that its there. ... View more

I had a crazy one with FEC and then the pharmacist gave me something called syndol its an over the counter and its amazing so i made sure of taking 2 before each chemo n thank god it worked amazingly kept it away.. good luck x ... View more

Hey I just finished my FEC, its tough but hang in there the initial 3 days are tough but 2,3, & 4th the nausea, headaches get better but fatigue needs a bit more work, one thing I must stress is be very careful with infections FEC hits the white blood cells hard, make sure people wash hands before they even hug you and even with someone with a slight sore throat stay away... someone suggested to get the white blood cells to use something called LifeMel honey which dear at 37 quid but u take small teaspoon morning n nite..hang in there..its tough but it will soon be over.. and anyone starting FEC first one, you may or may not get a migrane type headache, the first one is worse so before you go take 2 panadols or the pharmacist gave me something called syndol i took it for 2,3 n 4 so the headache was not worse the day for chemo, eat light clear soups and make sure u take a cold water of bottle to drink during the infusions, try n finish it Last tip, something that actually made me cope with FEC easier, the gave me an option to use slight sedation tablets, and I took it in as soon as the side effects kicked so u were a bit groggy thats all. Its ok, you feel yucky but not worse, remember chemo is not your enemy but a little friend who has come to help fight the cancer(thats what i kept telling myself heheheheheh xx) hugs xoxo ... View more

prada scarves now this could be an option, right u guyz have to bare with me cause its hardly making sense to me so here goes to what i am having done..i have a lump on the right breast..near we have all the umm wow i have cleavage area.. that needs to come out then on the right there is what she has said calcifications area that is malignant or something that has to come out then she said removing lymph nodes on both sides.. i am meeting her on thursday again cause saturday to today its a blurr.. to be honest i dont think i have come to terms to what is happening...well apart from my heading is spinning n almost zombie like..u could say i am a wee bit hyper one minute n tears next..emotional rollercoaster..is that normal...? ... View more

cause you can shorten my name..actually malaikah is not my real more of a pet name..which in swahili means angel though i am not angelic at all..lol but i am heading to the shops right away with hubby cc lol on a serious note, guyz.. i may be going in for surgery next week any suggestions on what i should take with me or would prove useful n u know after surgery...how soon were u able to get back on your feet, with school starting on thursday..its really now freaking me out a bit ... View more

thanks guyz....retail theraphy sounds so much fun...actually here was my statement to my husband.. i love louis vuittons k dont spend too much on them but on the way back from the hospital i was like hmmm lose my hair i am gonna wear a lv scarf...the utter dismay(it was like god even on these occassion u women can only think shopping) on his face was really commical..wish i had a camera on me..LOL thanks for the welcome.. i will be honest the best thing i ever did was sign in here.... but u guyz are right on step at a time....thanks for the awesome welcome.. ... View more

thanks guyz...though this is crazy but i have decided to rename BC..as of today i am calling it "Boob-flu" just feel thats sounds funny.....less scary.....but u guyz are right i am going to take each step as it comes.. thanks for all ur support..cyber hugs a thought kind of crossed my mind yday every year i run the tesco race for life...i always ran it cause felt like i was doing something useful but i wanna beat this B***** so i can run next year but its going to have such a deepful meaning to it......well thats my goal now LOL ... View more

thanks so much guyz...after a good nite sleep, things are better this morning but i am inspired by u all, n infact it has given me this little light that its going to be ok, i am scared about chemo n radiotheraphy n all..k this may be stupid but my first question was is my hair going to fall out....will i be puking 24/7 or is it early morning kind of sickness for the next year or so lol.... the family n friends have been so supportive n great, the thing is we are muslims so we are fasting at the moment so entire family brought food n we broke our fast together n it was my little girls birthday on the 28th so we had balloons n cake so thank god for them, i dont remember yday as the day i was told i had BC but a day we all spent together LOL.... anyway take care guyz.. n keep strong x ... View more

hi i everyone i am new too i got diagnoised this morning, at the moment its all the haze, i am sure the doctor was saying about grades etcc but truthfully i have not taken anything in I am 35 2 kids 9 n 6, n yes surgery scheduled for next week on both breasts...as of today i am in a haze crying now n then n then feeling really positive afterwards..but reading all your comments,i am thankful i am not alone.. thanks ... View more

i got my results this morning, unfortunately the test was positive the lump and the calcification, not much makes sense at the moment but apart from that i need surgery, i dont think it has spread to lymph nodes but the surgeon was saying something about removing them... they said that i would need 8 chemo sessions followed by radiotheraphy... at this moment it feels like a bad dream.keep pinching myself awake..the surgeon said that it is curable hence they will be aggressive with it.... it is all a haze....for now ... View more

I am still waiting for results.....the doctor did ring me finally to say we are to meet on saturday to discuss the results but trying to go on normally n concentrate on work with this on my mind is proving to be soooo seriously hard work...... ... View more

thank you so much guyz...feeling a bit positive today..i hope to hear from them soon, we rang the surgeon yesterday and she said she would call us back within the next few days to make an appointment to go and see her. @pixielox that is so horrible of them, yes if i dont hear anything i will make sure to ring them...thanks so much guyz..fingers xcrossed i'd hopefully celebrate either way.... thanks for ur support dont feel that alone anymore ... View more