Breast Cancer Now Forum

Sascha, it's amazing how we learn to cope and bounce back. I had ILC , tumour a scary 11cm, 9out of 24 nodes positive. I've survived chemo, total mx and full clearance, rads , and now on tamoxifen. I feel well and treatment only finished in jan. you will get there, just think 1day at a time. Love Lorna.xxx ... View more

Hello Everyone 🙂 Well i can say i have now had my first scare since treatment finished , thankfully ok . I constantly have pain in my affected side shoulder which was getting worse instead of better , add extreme tiredness and i came up with secondaries obvously !!!!!After bloods and x rays it is calcification within the rotator cuff which expalins the pain , prob to get cortisone injections but i have opted for stronger anti inflamotories first as i believe these can be sore . lol . Hopefully i will now really pick up and get a better sleep pain free. The relief is fantastic. Its good to see we are all not posting but get online and give us all a happy apdate please Love Me xxxx ... View more

Oh dear I have missed the deadline, can I still come...lol. I haven't been online much .i I stand severely reprimanded !!!!! Lorna xx ... View more

Jamesy, I remember cutting myself off from friends around the time I lost my hair , I think on reflection it was a combination of the chemo steroids and loosing our hair makes it awfy 'real' .we think we should have this stiff upper lip and saying I'm fine becomes second nature, but only we know that the reality is very different. you will feel better and hopefully these days will be few and far between , we ALL have them !!! I'm glad you contacted your friends, some folk don't want to disturb us as they think we are constantly too ill and that cancer makes us unsociable....it's hard at times but going out makes me feel better. You will get through the chemo and this time next year this will be a memory. Love Lorna..xx ... View more

Hello strangers Isn't it great that we are all busy and getting back to normal , was a dream last year that I didn't think I would ever realise . Commented to my friend this week that i feel well physically and getting their in my head, ....I never was very normal to begin with. Week 5 at work and working 4 full days and so far so good , built up to it and no pressure to go to full time at the moment , so all good. No hospital appointments now till June , eeek, I asked onco how I would know if the tamoxifen was working , his reply was that if the cancer doesnt return it's working, so I am trying to just move on and forget , mmmm, and that's getting easier. Hope ure rads are straight forward rexi, carry on lunching.x Sandybtoes , u are a lucky lady Katie , how are the kids doing , the wee one will be getting big Super trouper , gret that u have a new job, I hope u like it Everyone else, update please Lorna xx C'mon other guys , update please ... View more

Im going alone on Sat but she is going to the forum. I have just finished my treatment on 17th jan. So weird , i seen onc yesterday and ive not to go back till June !!!! scary stuff. See u sat; xxx ... View more

Hiya...she is not on the forum. My treatment was at forth valley , I live in Falkirk too. Look forward to meeting you on Saturday at the lunch , u are going ? Small world.. Xxxx ... View more

Hi I'm going to thee forum as well , with another girl from Falkirk See u then.. Xxxxx ... View more

Ignore me, just looked back and see its 1.30, surely I will find it.lol. ... View more

Hi , I am a definite. What time. Looking forward to it.xx Lorna ... View more

Hi Sandytoes - So glad you enjoyed your holiday Yes all work issues cleared up , managing so far to do 3 days a week , so all good. As you say ure heart is important !!! Lorna xxxxxx ... View more

BB.....I can relate to the slow brain activity at work ....however we can only get better. I was really tired after first week as well , much more than I anticipated. I have been using a good Facebook site , good laugh but sad also at times....it's called breast cancer chatter. If you are all on Facebook you should have a look and join. pm me if you can't find it if interested .xxxxx ... View more

I'm going to the forum, who else is ? Rev , I'm waiting to see if a friend can make it for the lunch.not sure about going alone, lol. She has just finished treatment as well. Will let u know ASAP. Xxxx ... View more

Yeah , I'm having a staged return , maybe bit much as its mon- wed t first . If I'm too tired I will reduce it. Best of luck,it will be good to get back to something resembling a normal life. Energy on its way...... Lorna 🙂 ... View more

Lisha, just found this thread . I am also returning to work tomorrow after 8 months , chemo, mx, rads, I will send you energy if u do likewise....lol. as for chemo brain.......who am I???? Good luck Lorna xx ... View more

Hi everyone......mastectomy buddies, I received my new boob, a self adhesive one. So far I would recommend that you consider this . It also means that we can wear ordinary bras and I keep pushing my boobs at folk to ask of they would know, lol......close friends etc, never tried it on strangers.........yet. Going to drink wine and chill as this is my last weekend before returning to work.....eek. I hope I am not on moaning next week.... Luv to all Xxxx ... View more

S toes -luv ya.....i will be blagging it , but desperte to have a wee challenge, i am brain cell dead... i wondered about ure hol on facebook, so jealous..please enjoy every minute for us all.....u go girl....again..lol.xxxx had wine tonight , will suffer as i have really had very few drinks.....enjoy the no lorna tomorrow..xxxx ... View more

Rexi- I'm laughing to myself as my occ health appointment is the day after I return to work, it' seems very much that my manager and service manager have already made decisions. Although to be fair it was me that said I would return3 days a week initially , the ball is in my court on that aspect. My problem at the moment is that I can't get going , I still want to be in the house !!! I keep waiting on the rush of relief and new found enthusiasm for life to kick in. I feel really tired one day, not so bad the next etc..grrrr, it's really annoying me. No amount of self preaching is working so far.....tips please. I want to be me , actually a more motivated me than before...lol. Waiting on a call to go and get a prothesis, at last as my boobs are lop sided , the reality of this 1 boob carry on is kicking in, I am mourning the days when bra shopping was a pleasure. The mastectomy bras are a trial, though I did get a couple of passable ones on marks and Spencer's website but they are underwired , so after a few hours I am ready to scream.... But I will find ones I'm sure. Xxxxxx ... View more

Supertrouper - ive got a westie...too cute, you too.lol.xxxxx ... View more