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  • Surgery +5

    Irishgirl16
    Well, dare I say it, that wasn't so bad. In fact I feel a bit of a fraud as I am sure I could easily have worked this week. Within 24hours of surgery I was up and about, not feeling tired or sick or groggy and just using paracetamol to keep the pain ...

  • Surgery!

    Irishgirl16
    I felt amazingly relaxed this morning as I hung around at home passing time until I had to leave for the hospital as I was scheduled into afternoon surgery.  My first visit of the day was to the breast clinic, to drop in a magseed - basically a ...

  • Phesgo Injection

    Irishgirl16
    With chemo complete I now move onto the next stage, 12 cycles of Phesgo, given by subcutaneous (I had to look that up in Mr Google) injection.  Isn't it funny, in former times I'd have said I had to look it up in the dictionary, now I re...

  • Chemo nail damage

    Irishgirl16
    I finished my 6th and final round of chemo 3 weeks ago and I noticed in the last 2 cycles my finger nails were tender, feeling bruised, like I managed to shut both hands in a door.  Today I removed the UV nail varnish that was meant to keep them...

  • Paperwork Problems

    Irishgirl16
    I know I am very fortunate to have my treatment funded by my company’s health insurance, but today it all went a little wrong. Somehow, between the oncologist, the healthcare at home provider and Axa, they failed to approve the next cycle in my...
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