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Today is my first day without radiotherapy, it feels such s relief not to be getting ready to trip of to the hospital although I do feel a bit lost without all those people around.
The main thing that's changed is the increased mucous/ thick saliva that's being produced. There's a lot in my mouth, but I also seem to be coughing up very thick phlegm. I rinsing with salt water and alternating that with capholsol. I have a pint glass with me all the time as my spitting pot and a giant heap of toilet...
Having such an emotional day today, feel such a loon, had a bit of a panic attack in supermarket, not liking being out and about on my own, living in a small town where everyone knows your business makes me feel as though they are all lookng at me wondering if I have had my op yet, all in my head im sure, hopefully be better tomorrow :, anyone else have episodes like that?
My life changed on 10th July after a few mamograms and biopsys to be diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) and to be told the only way I could move on from this was to have a right breast mastectomy. I thought my world had ended, I know it could have been a lot worse, if I have a mastectomy I should not need any further treatment unless there is anything found during my operation that they are not expecting. Since then I have had an MRI, a CT, a Bone Scan and apart from further lumps in...
Saw my medical team on September 10th. Now, 100 days after finishing radiotherapy and 10 days after finishing hormone treatment, my psa is still unreadable. No side effects worth reporting, night time urinary visits steady at 2 to 3, I*m really feeling good. Only need is to exercise more to reduce feeling of fatigue towards mid~afternoon. Daughter had baby girl on 24th August and now in Germany to see grand~daughter in the flesh. Life is very, very good.
After having felt pretty similar for the last 3 weeks, after my original early dip, last night saw a decline and a pretty awful night. My tongue has felt much larger during the night and the paracetamols seem to really sting and burn my mouth when I take them. They do seem to be a different brand to the others I had previously but I wouldn't have thought that should make a difference.
I've been taking more Oramorph too and do remember them saying I could up it to 7ml and that you couldn't really...
Hi everyone,
Hope everyone is keeping ok. It has been a roller coaster year with a sudden diagnosis of DCIS then Lumpectomy then radiotherapy. Felt I handled that ok but now the depression has set in. Absolutely awful at times. Know ive been lucky but sometimes feel like walking to the top of a mountain, sitting there and just enjoying the view. You tend to forget the side effects of your diagnosis as you are so busy getting on with things. Hope any Newbies out there take time to take stock of their...
