Hello my name is Heather I have just been diagnosed with brest cancer last week for the first time (and last I hope) Both my sisters have had cancer,one died seven month ago Im a bit scared of what to expect with the chemo. Can anyone tell me how soon after the treatment do you start to feel ill? How soon do you lose your hair?
Im realy interested about foods making/blocking hormones. Like some of you im hormone positive too (and her2+)! please let us know which foods make a difference and i'll do some research to. Dont know if any of you have the mirena coil because this releases hormones and could this cause cancer??? Any thoughts!
Thanks jean for your suggestion of wig names but my hubby says it must be jimmy after jimmy savile!!! Now then, now then!!! At least thats what my husband says everytime i put it on lol. Sorry you're now in the chemo coma...awful isnt it?! Just relax and go with it. Lorraine i start my steroids tomorrow (day 8) so im praying for lots of energy to sort my house out!!
Got a wedding reception tonight and not sure how the wigs ging to go down....posh clothes, dodgy wig!!
Hope you all enjoyed your currys over the weekend...i had one too...yummy!
Watch what you are doing after you take the steroids. My steroids start the day after I have the chemo. Just back from the doc's and I have been doing too much, which is why arm, breast and back are aching. Now got to use Ibuleve 3 times a day. She gave me a right ticking off and I've got to learn to be patient and stop charging around after the chemo.
Hi Im still in chemo coma mode even after all this time. Cant remember words they are in my brain but cant get them out my mouth lol.
Enjoy the reception tonight and hold your head up high (you must change your prodilt pic so we can see you with it on. The first time meeting people with the wig on is nerve racking? spelling lets blame that on the chemo to lol.
hello im new to this website. i have breast cancer and have had chemo 4 last monday. i ve been feeling so low , islolated, angry, fustrated. im having chemo tac, to shrink tumour, after 2 sessions it was almost gone. Next week i found out if im having 6 or 8 sessions of chemo and also talk about surgery ( double breast reduction). im finding everything so mindblowing, i feel like my head clould explode with everything inside. my hubby is brill, so patient with me, we have 3 boys 12,6,and 5. ive turned into a miserable, tired monster. i know i should be grateful that treatment is working. i just resent how much this cancer is taking up my life and my mind. i finally decided to do something about it and contacted the penny brohn cancer centre in bristol, to go a 5 day retreat, and they r booked up ( silly me didnt realise they be that busy, like the im the only one with cancer). im sorry to moan on. lorraine xxxxx
Hi Lorraine Seems there are a few lorraines with this dreaded thing! We are all here for you to rant at. Feel like I have known everyone here for years. If you read through the thread you might get an idea who we all are. Not that I am great at that with my chemo brain! Some here have a better memory than me lol. At least the treatment is working. What sort of bc do you have? I had chemo first like you to reduce the size of the tumour. Most people have the op them the chemo. Your more than half way through your chemo just count down. I looked at the chemo as something positive killing my C.
Well, that is now four down, two to go......It has taken just under a week but I am starting to feel myself again and am about to commence the fortnight of fun!!!!I find that I get depressed the week after chemo and worry about the disease and the possibility that it has spread and the side effects of all these drugs.I get fed up at not being able to work and being dependent on other people. I hate to be a burden. However, today the sickness has gone and I am fine and dandy. My hair is still in my head too. The rate at which it falls out has really got slower which can only be a good thing.
I am sorry to hear about your bones Lorraine. I was reading another ladies website and she was collecting funds to visit a place called the Oasis of Hope in Mexico as her breast cancer had spread.I don't know much about it myself but I thought I would mention it to you as it might be of some help.
I just wanted to say sorry that you have been feeling so low, but you will find lots of lovely people on this thread who will give you lots of advice and support. I am not going through this myself, as it is my sister who has experienced this, but everyone else on here is experiencing this personally at different stages, so I am sure they will be of immense help to you.
It is such a shame you didn't get to go on your 5 day retreat, but hopefully you put your name on their waiting list so you can go when there is some free space.
Marian, really sorry about how fed up you have been feeling, I know how hard it can be, but glad you're feeling better..hope you enjoy your fortnight of fun! :-)
Chelle, hope Jimmy's 1st outing was a success & you didn't feel too self conscious. Hope the steroids go ok for you..my sis used to drive her hubby mad if she took them too late in the evening & was "ping"..wide awake at 3 in the morning.
hello all,thank you so much for support. i have been a bit better today,its been 8 days since chemo 4, so just feeling a bit better now. ive got invasive ductal breast cancer. grade 3 and in 2 (that they see) lymph nodes, triple negative. yes i have phoned back penny brohn about retreat and they have put me on cancellation list, and i will have to wait( im not very good at that). its so hard not being in total control of your own, life.well not for now anyway. so many normal things we did b4, like style hair (im hairdresser too), pop to supermarket etc because we are rough one week, then n nutrapenic then, cram everything into the good week, before we have to do it all over again. my mouth is the worst thing with chemo, im taking anti fungical tabs, mouthwash and nystatin which does help. An BARLEY SUGARS i find they help too. i am so glad i found this website, because only you all know how we truly feel.
Now getting me strength back the Monday after the chemo is always the worse day my energy just drain and I have to keep recharging myself. Sorry to see there are new people that have joined us but your are in the right place for lots of support and people that know what your going through.
Lorraine hope you feel better with your new treatment and if you do find out any more about estrogens in food I would be grateful.
Chelle hope your feeling better after chemo week, I see this would help you to I have look into some sites but I will keep searching. Here's one site I found not sure the truth behind it but worth looking into it.
If you are suffering from breast cancer, PMS, fibroids, ovarian cysts, and other situations that estrogen might exacerbate, the following estrogen inhibiting foods might be of interest to you.
Berries Broccoli Buckwheat Cabbage Citrus Foods Corn Figs Fruits (except apples, cherries, dates, pomegranates) Grapes Green beans Melons Millet Onions Pears Pineapples Squashes Tapioca White rice White flour
Jean sorry to here you in pain after you chemo (side affects) we all do it think we can carry on as normal and not listen to our bodies. Hope it get better soon.
Hi blossom (Lorraine)Sorry to read you are feeling low we are all here to help each other hope you treatment goes ok for you. All take care Margaret XX CATCH UP WITH EVERYONE SOON JUST GOT TO RECHARGE MYSELF AGAIN. LOL
