Horsewoman's blog

Well next week I will be three years down the line from diagnosis I am ok physically apart from bone deterioration due to Letrozole but am doing ok back at work and getting on with it .I look on here not as regularly as I did before but periodically.My head is a different matter to the outsisde world all appears to be normal,but I can't shake the constant worry it will return I am thinking of having counselling to help…

Well I was doing ok til from nowhere a black cloud descended on me fourth chemo due this thurs[last of the epi] and an appointment with the oncologist,I started to put together a list of questions i wanted to ask both him and the breast nurse regarding my prognosis as i realised no one has given me any facts and figures as to my sucess rate so i started looking up statistics on t'internet[big mistake!] so i have now dug…

Well it just goes to show you can't rest on your laurels !!! There i was thinking i had the chemo thing sorted on xmas eve i suddenly came to found a renewed energy and assumed i was over the worst of it.I had a few good days until mon I went for my midway bloods ,went shopping and had my lunch out, was tired when i got back[can live with that] had missed calls from the hosp re my bloods,she eventually got hold of me…

Hi Folks Had first chemo on Wed was really scared but turned out to be not too bad[the process itself] felt sick and was in bed by 7.30 on wed evening slept fitfully with hot flushes and a bucket by the side of the bed [overkill i know but was worried].Iwasnt sick but didn't get up till 12.00 next day and then i got a second wind wrote and posted cards and even went for an icecream in our local icecream parlour thought…

I went for my ct and bone scan yesterday and some bloods before i saw the oncologist today it was a long day,first off to pathology with my little envelope and the letter from the oncologist[9.00am] got put straight thru[in case i catch anything in the waiting room] then into cafe for tea and a currant t cake.10.20 appt with isotope imaging to get the radioactive stuff put in then told to drink 2 pints of liquid and come…