Breast Cancer Now Forum

Thanks Wintersocks, I know that your mind goes into overdrive with any little twinge. I did do the dreaded last night and googled but that confused me even more! Just had a phone call to go and 'discuss' nect Tuesday morning. Thanks and Take Care Michelle x ... View more

Hey thanks Mel, I have read tonight that these cysts seem to be quite common. You do think the worst at every niggle or pain! thanks for the reply x ... View more

Hi, Ive been taken tamox for only 10 weeks and about 6 weeks in i had roughly 30 flushes per day, so much that i was sleeping on a towel. My GP put me on 10mg of amytriptalyn (sorry if spelt wrong) that i take an hour before going to bed and i take my tamox with 500mg evening primrose oil first thing in the morning. My flushes have reduced to about 5 per day so something is working, My bcn said that epo is fine to take. Good luck if you try. Michelle ... View more

Hi all, Apologies for tomorrow but im unable to make it due to personal probs, hope you all have a great time and a well deserved catch up. Take care Michelle ... View more

Hi all, Ive been stressing a bit over this the last couple of days, i asked my bcn today how come i went straight onto tamox, she said as im 41, er+ had 1 x grade 2 tumour 12mm (although 20mm to get clear margins) and 1 x grade 1 tumour 8mm she wasnt sure what my margins were for that one. Had mx 10 weeks ago. I have just read that if your tumours were bigger than 20mm then its usually chemo/tamox. Less then its just tamox. Does anyone know if this is excluding the margins. Hope i make sense. Take care Michelle ... View more

Hi all, Been on tam for 2 months, take mine in the morning as soon as i get up. Only se is my legs are heavy and achy like ive been running and i get flushes which are easing off through the night but i do have a few threw the day. Had a few weepy moments but dont know if they were down to the tam or just being normal after what we've been through! I will try the ep, i was told by my pharmasist not to take anything herbal with tam, ive told my bcn about the se and she said that they will settle. Hope everyones doing good Michelle x ... View more

Wow, Im going to book another 4 weeks off and see if im ready to return on a returned phase, you are all so right that we need a rest and i still havent adjusted to my body physically never mind emotionally. Ive had a bit of an issue with clothes so i have been on one big spend which made me feel a little better. Hymil, you are so spot on with your words, and my employers are great so that takes a load off my mind. As for the tamox..... gggggrrrrrr Janey, YES work can b***** wait. I think a couple of days away is what i need as i havent stopped cleaning, gardening and ironing! GIJaneH Your comments made me giggle Nottsgal I will def not be doing the hours that i used to, i honestly dont think that i could cope anyway. Pollypocket, i dont know when i'll be ready to go back to work but im going to wait until my body and mind tells me so. Hope you have a lovely break and i know what you mean about the feeling guilty. Take care and BIG thanks Michelle ... View more

Thanks both, Yes everyone assumes that im AOK, but im not ready to go back. I used to work 7am - 6pm, and that was eating on the go with no proper breaks. I have an appoinment to see my dr next Monday as my sick note runs out, I'll ask her opinion. Take care Michelle ... View more

Hi all, I can make any date prior to 15th as I 'may' be returning to work. Not sure yet x ... View more

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Hi all, Having had mx 6 weeks ago i went to a company called Lavender Lingerie, which is based in Newport, South Wales. The lady named Rene was amazing, she tried several different bras on me until we got the perfect fit for my prothesis which i was having fitted the following week. The bra wasnt 'pretty' but a perfect, comfy fit. I still had dressings on due to complications but she said as long as it didnt bother me she was happy to go ahead. I have always bought 34a prior to my mx but in fact i am a 34b!!! i must have kept the bigger boob,ha ha. I would only ever wear t-shirt bras but after seeing her i have now ordered pretty, lacy ones which is so not me. I came out of there so confident, what a fab lady. If anyone wishes to contact her I have her telephone number. Take care Michelle x ... View more

Hi Rainbowwitch, Its so normal to feel scared, I found out May this year and had a mx 5 weeks ago, no implant just tamox for 5 years. Get a writing pad and write a list of questions that you want to ask, i couldnt eat or sleep and used to jot down random questions that really helped. Please eat and look after yourself, i posted on here about being scared, and crying and having bad days but the support and advise that you get is amazing. Keep me posted and take care of yourself. Michelle x ... View more

Hi stargazerlily, I had my mx 5 weeks ago, and the evening before had a few glasses of wine to chill out. As scottishlass said just take it easy and you'll be fine. Good luck for your surgery, Take care Michelle x ... View more

Hi Anne, Thank you for arranging this afternoon, yourself and daisy-may were lovely company. Im up for another lunch, would be great to keep in contact. I too went home and slept all day! ah its such hard work doing lunch ha ha. Good luck for your radio interview, i for one will be listening. Take care and thanks. Michelle x ... View more

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Hi all, BCN just left the house, she said that she didnt realise that the wound had opened so much! she did explain that the yellowy yucky stuff is in fact not pus but dead fat, she said its normal when the skin is trying to knit back together. I have a couple of steri stitches on it as the wound is large she said that it needs closing so that i dont have such a thick scar. Got to go back to hospital on Friday to have dressings changed,but if it leaks through before then got to ring her. So glad its not infected! Just told to take it easy. Take care all, Michelle x ... View more

Hi all, Elinda, i dont think its seroma as my skin is very tight, would this make a difference? but i will ask tomorrow. Maxpax, no i havent had any recon, just mx at the moment, yes the pus was yellowy yucky stuff, the dr's cleaned this up with saline and put the iodine on now with a dressing. Already it feels better but its prob because i cant see it! Anne, Yep i will be there on Thurs. It will be lovely to have a chat. What if the bcn says tomorrow to wait a couple of days can i ring the district nurses if i wanted to? what i mean is have i got to have the bcn/hosp 'authority' before i ring them? Thanks you all Michelle x ... View more

Hi Elinda, I did speak to her and described the wound, but tomorrow is the earliest that she can come out to the house, i offered to go to the breast clinic today but she said she wasnt available. I rang my doctors and they told me to go down straight away, just come back and they could see by my clothing how much it was weeping, i wore a loose top and in the 15 minutes i had it on it had come through it. They have cleaned the wound, taken a swab and dressed it with some kind of iodine stuff, they said that it should be changed every day. Just have to wait until tomorrow..... Michelle x ... View more