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owls4eva
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13-12-2013
12:44
Thank you ladies for your replies and keep thinking of this goal another goal I want to raise is that I have finally starting losing weight which really does make me feel like Im getting back to the old me xx
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01-10-2013
09:07
Hi I was dx with breast cancer back in 2007 and found this site and some wonderful people who kept me strong on very dark days, I know anyone reading this will want my full dx, but i honestly dont remember off hand or I choose to forget but if anyone wants it I will put it on. I had a lumpectomy dec 07 which came back unclear so I had a mastecomy Jan 2008 I began chemo FEC x 6 in Feb 2008 and Radiotherapy July 2008. Since then I have gone on to have reconstruction and been on tamoxifen and Zolidex. Well in those dark days back in 2007 when I was first dx I read on here someone who had reached that wonderful 5 year goal and it filled me with inspiration and I vowed that should I make that goal I would write on here with my story. Well today I went for my check up and was told I am now officially "Cancer Free" it is such a fabulous feeling and one I hope that everyone of you that reads this will achieve, I have been strong throughout this journey but today I cant stop crying but for all the right reasons I wish you all health and happiness xx
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25-07-2013
12:42
I began myjourney back in 2007 and I agree with Reddottyback you have to not see what other people are losing and just concentrate on yourself I put on 3 stone and have managed to lose one but I am managing to maintain which can be dis-hearting but I know if I wasnt following a plan I would be huge by now. The exercise is very important even if its only a stoll around the block keep at it and good luck
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25-05-2011
10:44
Very sad news remember the Ho Hummers thread from when I was first dx such a lovely lady my condolences to her family and friends
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21-12-2010
11:23
Yes definitely took me ages to stop feeling so weepy all the time and it doesnt take much to flip me over the edge and I have just marked (cant say celebrate) 3 years.
Realise that you are human and you dont need to be a superwoman.
Love and hugs
Karen
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21-12-2010
11:04
Hi Mimsy,
Dont be so hard on yourself its early days I found that I cried at adverts on the tv which is not normally me, I think the thing is everyone seems to think that once you have finished treatement you are cured if only it was that simple, the link below may help:-
http://www.cancercounselling.org.uk/northsouth/extra4.nsf/WebResClient/1761049276601BD68025735B00604834/$FILE/article3.pdf?openElement
Love and hugs
Karen
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17-12-2010
06:18
Hi Sue
Glad the link was helpful I agree it does stop you trying to be superwoman and feeling miserable.
Hope you have a good christmas and a healthy new year
Karen
xx
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16-12-2010
04:35
DOH forgot to add the link
http://www.cancercounselling.org.uk/northsouth/extra4.nsf/WebResClient/1761049276601BD68025735B00604834/$FILE/article3.pdf?openElement
Karen
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16-12-2010
04:34
Hi Ladies
I have added a link for an article which used to be on here quite a lot but I can seem to find it, it helps make some sense of everything you have been through and it is quite handy pass onto OH's and friends.
Hope you find it useful
Karen
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15-12-2010
11:13
If I was to give you any advice it would be to not try and return to the past it just puts too much pressure on you try and change to finding a new you, good luck
Karen
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15-12-2010
10:56
Hi Weena
Should have said yes 3 years on (before chemo I had long hair that I loved) everyone tells me how young I look and cant believe Im the same person (which I am definitely not) so good does come from bad. Sorry been off this site for awhile and posted under aniversaries and immediately fell back into wanting to help lol
Karen
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15-12-2010
10:39
Oh bless ya, no its really not a problem my OH said to me all the moaning about hair think you would be happy lol bless him
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15-12-2010
10:31
Yes it does go eventually saying about you being dark haired my friend was very blonde and she really looked like santa bless her. The good news is if you remove it it doesnt come back like stubble if that is what is worrying you
Karen
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15-12-2010
10:16
It is an option lol some ladies used the facial hair remover but I think threading was the favourite, aparently less painful than waxing.
Karen
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15-12-2010
10:08
Hi Ladies
I am a while down the line but after chemo had the same problem and we discussed it on here and as I recall threading was what was recommended.
Hope that helps
Karen
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14-12-2010
09:44
Hi 3 years today I had my first op cant believe it is 3 years I lived on this site at the time and I am so grateful to the people on here who offered me support. I would like others to know that there is light at the end of the tunnel, after loosing my hair (which was long and hadnt changed in years) people comment on how much younger I look with short hair lol,I am heavier than I was before though I do eat far more healthly than I ever did so cant have everything I suppose. From living on this site I dont come on overly often more because in the early days I could offer support from personal experience but because the treatment is so quickly changing I found it hard to keep up and wouldnt want to give someone the wrong advice. I could never thank the people on here enough for the support I was given and have made some friends that are the dearest friends I could ever wish for. At the begining of this journey it seemed that nothing would ever get better but slowly and surely it does and although it may never be the same life takes on a new meaning for me personally I found it easier to stop trying to be the old me and start afresh. If this helps just one person I will feel happy that the past 3 years have been for a reason.
Wishing each and everyone of you a wonderful christmas and a healthy New Year
Love and hugs to you all
Karen
xxxxx
Reposted this because I think I had taken over someones thread oops
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14-12-2010
12:16
Hi dob
Good luck with the chemo, I had 6 FEC 3 years ago and I am out the other side, try to think of it as a step in your treatment, I had my treatment on a friday and the following w/e I would have such a bad headache that I couldnt get out of bed but apart from that I sailed through chemo.
Karen
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13-12-2010
11:50
Hi 3 years today I had my first op cant believe it is 3 years I lived on this site at the time and I am so grateful to the people on here who offered me support. I would like others to know that there is light at the end of the tunnel, after loosing my hair (which was long and hadnt changed in years) people comment on how much younger I look with short hair lol,I am heavier than I was before though I do eat far more healthly than I ever did so cant have everything I suppose. From living on this site I dont come on overly often more because in the early days I could offer support from personal experience but because the treatment is so quickly changing I found it hard to keep up and wouldnt want to give someone the wrong advice. I could never thank the people on here enough for the support I was given and have made some friends that are the dearest friends I could ever wish for. At the begining of this journey it seemed that nothing would ever get better but slowly and surely it does and although it may never be the same life takes on a new meaning for me personally I found it easier to stop trying to be the old me and start afresh. If this helps just one person I will feel happy that the past 3 years have been for a reason.
Wishing each and everyone of you a wonderful christmas and a healthy New Year
Love and hugs to you all
Karen
xxxxx
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14-02-2010
10:04
Hi Jenny
I had nipple reconstruction, lipofil and breast reduction on 3 Feb 2010. I went in on the Weds and was allowed home on the Thursday.
Cant say I had any major problems with pain more a soreness if that makes sense. I have been wearing Tankini tops as they give support without being too tight cant wait for swelling to go down and get measure properly for a new bra. Where I had the lipofil taken from I had a reaction to the dressings and came out in blisters so my tummy is probably more painful than my boobs.
A week after the op I went back for my dresings removed and that night was one of the best in the last 2 years I felt "normal" if thats the right word whatever the word it was a good feeling.
Good luck hope everything goes well for you.
Karen
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12-02-2010
09:13
hHi dont come on here very often these days but just saw your thread and had to comment, just had reduction of right breast so had info re physio out.
I had Tram back in July, when coughing hold a pillow or cushion over tummy and huff rather than cough takes a bit of practise but works.
If you send me your email I will scan my info and send it through to you
Karen
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