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heathercora
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21-01-2020
08:10
I get fatigue later in the day, but I dont sleep well. I was diagnosed 2015, I am on Anastrozole.
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04-03-2018
09:14
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Hello When was you diagnoised? I was diagnoised in March 2015, it was a complete shock. I had grade 3 agressive BC i was ER and HER2 positive so i had chem FEC then Radio then 18 Herceptin jabs. I then had DIEP reconstruction and after all this time i am just coming to an end. Due to the nature of my job, Conductor on the trains i have not been doing my job, just booking on then going home as they couldnt find me anything to do. I wasnt happy about this as mentally i needed to work. I have just gone back now and i am really struggling with anxiety and keep getting very emotional all the time. I havnt been to the doctors for a while as i keep putting it off. i always spoke openly about my problems prior to this but cannot seem to speak openly about this, i dont think anyone can understand. I would class myself as a strong person but i went out for a run today and just started crying at the top of my drive when i got back. i do worry about the cancer returning, i have a 14 year old daughter and worry for her. My partner and i fall out all the time, i feel alone and dont know what to do. Everyone at work looks at me and thinks im ok, probably because i tell people i am. But im not. i remember the oncologist saying i had an 80% survival rate, but i know the survival rate is based on 5 years. Does anyone else feel like this, or did after 3 years of diagnosis. I have uncomfortable feeling in my stomach and under arm where i had my reconstruction, most of the time i can cope with this but sometimes i just want to SCREAM. Thanks for letting me rant. Heather
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30-10-2016
05:31
Thank you very much for your reply, i can now see light at the end of the tunnel. I hope everything works out ok for you. Heather
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30-10-2016
12:08
Was this at Wythenshaw hospital? if so could you let me know how youe are getting on regarding the stomach area, i am so uncomfortable, no improvement either from day to day, i am 3 weeks post op. Not sure how much to push myself. Thanks Heather
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30-10-2016
12:01
Thank you for your reply, i feel really disheartened, when i first came out of hospital, 6 days after op, i started walking a little furthur each day, i hadt to go back to the hospital the following week by train to Manchester, i am from Shrewsbury and they dont do this op any where close by. After my appointment i felt really exhausted and i felt i had gone backwards instead of forwards, i havnt felt great since, no improvement from day to day at all. i have had slight Nicrosis in my breast but that feels ok, just a little sore. But my stomach is really getting me down. Did you wear support nickers? how far are you managing to walk? Part of me feels, what have i done, but hopefully it will all be worth it in the long run. Thanks again. Heather
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30-10-2016
12:19
Hello I have just had Died/muscle sparing tram surgery. I am now 3 weeks post op. My stomach is so uncomfortable, I can cope with the tightness but it's the uncomfortableness from inside, like a knot is being pulled tighter and tighter, almost like contraction pains. Did you experience this? Thanks Heather
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30-10-2016
12:18
Hello I have just had Died/muscle sparing tram surgery. I am now 3 weeks post op. My stomach is so uncomfortable, I can cope with the tightness but it's the uncomfortableness from inside, like a knot is being pulled tighter and tighter, almost like contraction pains. Did you experience this? Thanks Heather
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27-05-2016
06:47
Hello I am on my 15th Herceptin, i had chemo and radio, i have started feeling very low just recently, dont feel anybody understands, i look ok but feel really low, i have started feeling very angry and everyones annoying me for no reason. I can be ok one minute then all of a sudden i start crying, i dont feel me anymore and this is really getting me down, i hate looking at recent photos. i exercise loads but i am getting very tired, more tired recently. Is anyone else feeling like this. Heather
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21-05-2016
09:00
Does anyone know if you can have Epibrow treatment for your eyebrows whilst your on Herceptin? My eyebrows havn't come back fully since loosing my hair through Chemo so i have booked to have Epibrow treatment to enhance them. My BCN isn't the best so i don't really want to phone her. I thought it might just be a similar sort of tattoo like nipple tattoo. THANKS
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15-09-2015
06:06
Hello I have had a Mastectomy on my right side, I am now considering my options for reconstruction. I wanted the other breast off for piece of mind, I was going to go for tummy tuck, but have been told I can only have one breast reconstructed from tummy, my other option is two back flaps. Anybody in the same situation or who could forward me some advice. I have just finished Chemo and am starting Radio next week, I have had 2 Herceptin jabs qnd another 16 to go. I have now started putting on weight which is very frustrating, again is there anybody in the same situation? Thanks Heather
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27-04-2015
04:05
Hi Thanks for your reply, i dont think i will be going on holiday, i seen the Breast Cancer Nurse last week and she said i could go my Benidorm holiday in June, but not other holiday in August, so we thought we would bring our August one forward to May and have a good holiday before i start my treatment. I phoned the Breast Care team and spoke to someone different who now advises me that i will probably be starting treatment week commencing the 18th may, we wanted to go the 24th, school holidays. So now i have to wait until i see the oncologist may 5th, not happy with two different recommendations. Heather
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25-04-2015
05:28
Hi Kitt I dont quite know how to work around this site very well, im not brill on computers, Have you had chemo? I have just been informed all my cancer has gone but i have got to have chemo, herceptine, radiotherapy then hormone tablets. I went the other day and they said i would start treatment mid june, i was going on a girls weekend to benidorm, they said go then start your treatment when you come back. So we thought we could bring our summer holiday forward and go end of may, when i phoned breast nurse to confirm this was ok, i spoke to a different nurse and she said i would probably be starting treatment by then, did you get conflicting answers? also how long did it take for you to raise your arm straight after mastectomy? i am so up and down emotionally at the moment, which i dont want to be as i have an 11 year old daughter. i am so upset about loosing my hair to. Sorry to go on and on and on and on (ha ha) Towersy
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18-04-2015
09:34
Can anyone help, I've just had a mastectomy. This was totally out of the blue, I had no symptoms at all, this was after my first mammogram. I think I'm going to be having radiotherapy, I just wanted to know what to expect. Also I have booked a gullet in turkey for august, but not flights yet, is there anybody who can advise me regarding travel insurance. I do have a yearly insurance, but beings I've only booked part holiday, I don't know how I will stand. Thanks Towersy
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17-04-2015
09:44
this is very similar to what as happened to me. I went for mammogram, I was called back, but told not to worry as calcifications have a very high percentage of being benign. Then the bomb shell, needed complete breast of and just awaiting my treatment plan. still in shock.
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17-04-2015
09:40
Hi I have just had a mastectomy, i think i am going to have radiotherapy, i have booked a gullet cruise in turkey for 16th August, but no flights as of yet, we were just going to book them, then this devastating news came out of the blue. I am now worried i can not get travel insurance, can anyone advise me on this. Thanks
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