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Thanks I appreciate your reply, I'm still waiting for the mammogram result letter its 3 wks now, Inhave breast clinic appt next wk so wondering whether I will get result at the clinic. Best wishes. ... View more

Hi, thats good news. I am still waiting for my results letter from my mammogram which was 3 weeks ago, they also said it would take 2/3 wks I have been waiting for the post every day its drivng me mad. ... View more

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Thanks for your reply, catokitty, I hope all continues to go well for you. The oncologist referred to me as low risk when I saw her in the Summer and I know that mine was caught early and i was fortunate there was no spread. I suppose its that we don't feel unwell when we get a BC diagnosis and the realisation that you can feel perfectly fit and well and still get a cancer diagnosis is why it erodes confidence in your own body, but its positive that screening caught it and I had surgery and treatment. Not that many years ago the situation would have been different wouldn't it. I am on my ipad far too much in the evenings so its a good suggestion to cut down on screen time before bed. Thanks again. 😊 ... View more

Thanks Sharon, thats very helpful info. ... View more

Hi Sharon, I was interested to see your post about seeing the onc. Dr Terry Priestman speak, sounded very positive, was the consensus view that its a good thing to adhere to advice & the hormone therapy tablets are worth taking to reduce risk of recurrence? i've been taking anastrozole for 3 months now, up to this wk I've felt fine but haven't felt great this week, however I intend to carry on with it as all the research I've read seems yo suggest its very effective and women shouldn't be put off by side effects as some apparently do stop taking the tabs when clearly any side effects are preferable to recurrence. Hope you are well. 🙂 ... View more

Hi all, I've been peeping in here and will keep an eye on your meet-up plans, I'm in Suffolk but London us easy as hourly fast trains from Cambridgr, I've just got a senior railcard & am planning on doing some day trips to the smoke for museums & art galleries so would be great to fit in a meet-up for a coffee somewhere if you don't mind a gatecrasher 🙂 ... View more

Very dull and rainy here in Suffolk, so different from yesterday 😞 and my car and the house windows are covered in a layer of Sahara dust! Have a great weekend everyone x ... View more

Hi Sharon, thanks I'm getting on OK. Would be interested to hear what you find out re the planning bit, I wish I'd asked a few more questions. Have a nice weekend, cloudy here but no rain yet, OH is off out today so I've got the day to myself, I plan to potter this morning and maybe a wander around town this afternoon, I find that I'm enjoying the simple things much more these days 🙂 ... View more

Hi all, just calling in tho my rads finished a couple of weeks ago, no s/e's up to now when I have started sleeping badly the last few nights and feel shattered today, I had planned a day out today but decided against as too shattered. Emotions up and down, I just got a copy of 'Emotional Support Through Breast Cancer' by Dr Cirdelia Galgut, I saw the title on one of the forum threads on here, its more of a booklet so suggest second hand copy off the well known online bookstore rather than new. Anyway I found it really helpful and it covers all aspects of being diagnosed with BC and beyond & making sense of your feelings. Have a good weekend all x ... View more

Hi all, I finished my rads 2 wks ago & fingers crossed I have been OK so far no side effects. Know what you mean about doom & gloom stories at the clinic at mine there were very few people who took a book or something to do so they just sat around swapping stories and watching the clock. Definitely helps to keep occupied with something, All the best ladies 🙂 ... View more

Hi, I just found this thread, I have been on the forums & moved around the threads as per where I am on this road we're all travelling, just finished 15 radiotherapy sessions a week ago, had lumpectomy in January after the diagnosis late Nov, stage 1 BC nodes clear, so radiotherapy & also on anastrozole for 5 yrs as BC invasive lobular and advised by oncologist the best for me. So relatively straightforward for me, but life changing and still coming to terms with it all. I was moved by the recent post about Chris Woodward's attitude because I've realised that part of being diagnosed with BC is coming to terms with the reality that we all have to go some time , I don't want to upset anyone by saying this but it is something I have come to through this experience. These days we are so used to the idea that we will have good health that it comes as a huge reality check to realise we're actually mortal, I know I was like that before the BC diagnosis and it really does feel like my friends are now in one universe, those who have not had a cancer diagnosis, and I am now in a different world where yes things do go wrong. The post about Chris Woodward has really set me thinking because if as he says we can accept and deal with the reality then from there it is possible to move on and live our lives to the full. Jeremy Vine's reaction was very typical of most of us before we are given a cancer or diagnosed with any life threatening illness. A very good friend of mine collapsed a couple of years ago from an aneurysm, he was in the kitchen making lunch one minute and gone the next, no warning at all, massive shock for his wife & family. Apologies if I have been depressing with this post, As I said I was very struck with this thread and had to respond, I have been struggling emotionally since the radiotherapy finished because I now have to get on with life & find a way forward which involves coming to terms with what has happened to me. All good wishes to everyone & really appreciate this forum as only we can really understand what it feels like to go through this. Now off out in the garden for a while, happy Easter! 🙂 ... View more

Hi all, I hVe been on Anastrozole since January, BC diagnosed late Nov, stage 1 nodes clear, had lumpectomy in JN, just finished 15 sessions of radiotherapy which was fine and no s/e's yet. Have had no s/e's with tge anastrozole until a few days ago, just started having bone pains along side of legs from hip down, a dull ache sensation most noticeable on waking up in the mornings, feels better when I move around, anyone else had this? I had a bone scan organised by oncologist as routine, done at the lical BUPA hospital but on the NHS, appt came through very quickly & results were normal bone density & will have another one in a couple of years. Very satisfied with the treatment from the BC team and oncology at my local hospital (Suffolk) ... View more

Hi Sharon. Yes I will be back to update you all on my quest for my 'new normal' x ... View more

Hi all, I finished my rads a week ago today, no problems so far apart from pink skin & skin has just started irritating around the lymph node scar, still not tired any more than normal. I had a big mood dip after rads finished which I posted here about, thats improved but I think I definitely need to try and get a new routine going now I'm no longer trekking to the hospital, so for the next few weeks I'm going to try and get back to doing 'normal' things and try not to spend so much time going over it all in my mind, today I've been gardening and I also went for a walk and generally kept busy and feel much better. I want to thank all you ladies on here for your support and wish you all well, its been such a help to come on here and I only wish I'd found the forum when I was first diagnosed it would have been such a help as at the worst time. Happy Easter to you all and thanks again for your support 🙂 ... View more

Hi Sharon, yes I will be looking at complementary therapies to try, a bit of pampering definitely in order 🙂 will also be returning to my local Pilates class soon. Lovely day today here, nice to see the sun shining. X ... View more

Thanks Sharon & Margaret, Its true what you say, when we're having the rads its full on and you feel proactive don't you, now its finished I need to build up the trust that its all worked, my oncologist said I was 'low risk' as Stage 1 BC lymph nodes clear, so I know It could have been much worse. i'm also on Anastrozole tabs for 5 yrs and so far no S/E's, I've read up on it and all the literature says it is very effective at preventing recurrence, with that & the yearly screening for next 5 yrs I hope I'm going to be OK. Now I have to prepare myself for the lung op I've got to have, I mentioned this in previous posts, lump found when they did mri scan for the BC. Same thing that the BBC political editor Nick Robinson has just had an op for. My oncologist joked that I'm having a full MoT and will be fit & hearty for another 20 years 🙂 ... View more

Hi again, just a quick post to say be prepared when the rads are over for possibly not feeling too great, I expected to feel relieved its over, yes I do, tired, yes but no more than usual, skin not too bad. But its more in my head, I feel like I've been washed up on a beach after a storm, a bit aimless and still slightly shell shocked that BC happened to me. I think this is what I struggle to get over to family & friends that although I've come to the end of the treatment it takes quite a while for the mind to catch up doesn't it. I will be fine, I've been here before when I had a stroke 10 yrs ago so I know it will pass, onwards & upwards. All the best to all you ladies still having your Rad sessions. X ... View more

Hi all, first day of no Rad clinic for me, feel strangely aimless and very tired, I'm sure this will right itself over next few weeks. ... View more