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  • 5 Things I wish I'd Known Before BC

    Shaka4Lyfe
    15th December marked 10 months since I received my BC diagnosis. Now, here I am: 1 mastectomy down1 lumpectomy down16 chemotherapy rounds in 1 further mastectomy to follow There are so many things I wish I knew before starting on this path. Here are ...

  • Signs of Life...

    Shaka4Lyfe
    It's been 3mths since I last posted here. Sorry if that sounds like I'm in church! I've no idea where to start. These past months have been hard. I finished 5 months of chemotherapy a month ago. 4 rounds of EC and 12 of Paclitaxel. The s...

  • Bye Bye EC. Hello Paclitaxel.

    Shaka4Lyfe
    I had my fourth and final round of EC on 8th August. It was a 2mth bumpy ride. After my second round of EC, I was struck down by severe and unrelenting headache of armageddon-like proportions. I did not think I could survive them. My second visit to ...

  • Trauma. Life. Breast Cancer. Living.

    Shaka4Lyfe
    This thing is so all-encompassing, so overwhelming, that I sometimes wonder if this where my story begins. Yet I know it isn't, cause I'm 59. I had a life before this diagnosis, before breast cancer. It was a happy life. A life I'd fought...

  • Am I Insane?!?!

    Shaka4Lyfe
    Update on my requested right side mastectomy.   (Please see earlier post: Two Breasts. One Breast. None.) I first discussed this with my oncologist, who saw no issue with it and referred me to discuss with my original breast surgeon. My bre...
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