Hello Bev and Kathy. Good to hear from you both. Don't worry Kathy -I do try to look after myself and I get lots of rest. I need a lot of sleep these days and I must confess I unplug my phone every...
Hello GMA and Lauré. Good to hear from you and thank you for your suggestions. Lauré I'm going to get this book as it sounds really interesting and I'd like to understand more about the condition....
Hello everyone Sorry I haven't posted in a while - I'm very very busy here. I'm doing OK and have just finished my year of Herceptin. I've just got to take Aromasin now for another 4 years. I'm...
Many congratulations Lori on your 8 years and thanks also. It's nearly a year for me and I remember very well your lovely encouraging messages when I posted on here in a state of shock when I was...
Jo-Ann glad to hear that it isn't melanoma. I don't know if you are familiar with Headcovers.com ? I bought several of their hats while I had no hair earlier this year. They're a great company - in...
Just seen this. I hope it all went well. Best wishes Anthi...
Well I'm back from my second holiday. Having had to cancel holidays earlier this year while I was having chemo and rads I decided to make up for it with trips to Italy and then Greece. I've had a...
p.s. forgot to say that I'm off on another little holiday soon! so I shall be disappearing from the site again for a few days. (I had to cancel holidays earlier in the year because of treatment so am...
Hello again Bev yes the Herceptin is going well thank you. I've now had No. 6. I get slight side effects - stiff legs, runny nose and intermittent sinus headache but apart from that it's no problem....
I enjoyed that story Bev. I've got slight lymphoedema in my affected breast at the moment and it's quite a lot bigger than the other one which can make life interesting. I've just come back from a...
Hello MK and many thanks for your very helpful reply. Your mother's condition sounds very similar to my mother's - i.e. not remembering what she has done or saying she's had no visitors when in fact...
Well the situation with my mom hasn't got much better. She's 94 and went into a retirement home just over 3 weeks ago. She hasn't settled down well and has been calling me many many times every day...
Hello Tim. I enjoyed listening to your song. Thank you for sharing it. Best wishes Anthi...
Hello Bev and everyone Yes I've been intending to post but have been very busy recently and rather stressed. My Mom (94) has just gone into a retirement home. It was her own choice but she isn't...
Hello Pam. How's your hair doing? My bald patches have filled in and my head is now covered with white/grey fuzz with some darker hair just beginning to show through. It was very patchy the way it...
Hello again Bev Sloggi is the make and yes the crop tops are a bit like a camisole but in a stretchy cotton - they give you good support but have only a couple of seams and darts and irritate the...
Hello Pam. I haven't been posting for a while as I've been quite busy. I also had Taxotere (3 x FEC and 3 x Taxotere). My hair has started to come back but VERY slowly and most of the regrowth is on...
Hello. Rads is going fine thank you but it seems to take a big chunk out of each day - the journey is about an hour in each direction. Once I'm there though the staff are extremely nice and friendly...
Hello Bev. Good to hear from you and thanks for the advice about rads. Sorry to hear you've got a problem with discs as well as your shoulder. Hope you'll soon be feeling better. Take care of...
Bernadette Sorry to hear you're not doing so well. I hope you'll soon be feeling better. Take very good care of yourself. Anthi...
Bev good to hear from you. How are you and how is your hubby doing? Take care Anthi...
Hi and thank you all for your replies. Take care everyone. Best wishes Anthi...
Hello Pat. I'm in the UK - where are you? No unfortunately Tykerb does not yet have a licence in the UK. Glaxo are doing clinical trials with it at the moment. Best wishes Anthi...
Well I had my last chemo on Tuesday and now have just the side effects to get through. It's a great feeling to have finished it - back in January I couldn't imagine this day arriving. Have planning...
Good luck Bernadette. I'll be thinking of you and praying for you. Anthi...
Hello Bev. I tore a tendon in my shoulder 7 years ago (the suprasinatous tendon) and decided against surgery. The surgeon told me that the tear would gradually filll up with scar tissue and I would...
Oh Bev how frightening but what a relief that he's on the mend now. Best wishes for him to get well soon. Take very good care of yourself too. Anthi...
Hello again Bev and thanks for the info about the Effexor. Well - famous last words about the side effects. Since I last posted I've been feverish, had pains in my head, bad stomach and gut pains,...
Hello again Bev Yes thank you the first taxotere went well. They managed the cannula at the third attempt so that's one better than last time. Not much in the way of side effects yet although they...
Bev - what a relief. I've been worrying about you. Hugs Anthi...
Bev and Kathy thank you for your replies. Bev - if I find that the Clonidine doesn't work for my hot flashes then I will try Effexor. The flashes are really ghastly - especially at the moment as I'm...
Kathy Thoughts and prayers coming from the UK. Anthi...
Hello again Bev and thank you for your lovely encouraging post. Yes you remembered my details more or less - I'm 60. I did have a couple of positive nodes but they were in Level one - levels 2 and 3...
Hello Bev. Good to hear from you. Glad to hear that your day at the hospital went well and I hope the next one later this month goes well too. I'm OK here although I've been going through a bit of a...
Hello Debbie When I had my hysterectomy 10 years ago (because of benign fibroids) I asked about having it done vaginally. (I'm a great coward). The gynae said that even though the recovery takes...
Good luck. Will be thinking of you. Anthi...
Hello. I too have people telling me how well I look (I'm one third of the way through my chemo) and they often compliment me on my hairdo (my wig). Here in the UK I recently watched a TV programme...
that's good. let's hope they thicken up take care Anthi...
Hello Ellen and thank you for your reply. My word that's a long time without eyebrows. What about your eyelashes? Did they come back ok? I haven't any idea what my natural hair colour is either....
Hi Lori and thanks. The weekly picture is a good idea. Anthi...
Hello and thank you for your encouraging reply. /community/emoticons/smile.gif Anthi...
Many thanks Bernadette and Gayle for your replies. Take care Anthi...
Many thanks for your reply Kathy Anthi...
Does anyone have any experience of this please? I've been reading some alarming things which suggest that Taxotere can cause permanent hair loss. There have been some reports of hair either not...
Hello. Yes thank you - it seems to take me a full week to get over one of these chemo sessions and this last time I really didn't feel able to do very much at all or even to go out of the house. Just...
I'm afraid the food cravings are getting worse. Last night at 10.00 I was tucking into a jacket potato with butter and cheese !! Not to worry - I shall go back to sensible eating in weeks 2 and 3...
Hello Bev Yes thank you it went OK despite it taking them three (painful) attempts to get the cannula in ! Took lots of meds last night to cope with the nausea and now (12.15) UK time am getting up...
Hello Bev and thank you for remembering and for the good thoughts. about 75% of my hair has fallen out now and the rest is dropping out fast ! The weather here has turned rather cold and my head...
Hello Pam. How are you? Has the itching stopped yet ? I hope so. Well the cold cap didn't work ! My hair started to fall out - slowly at first and then incredibly fast. I've probably lost about 75%...
Hi Bev and good to hear from you. Yes I've been feeling much better thank you and kept busy last week - taught my classes, went to my French conversation lesson and to my Salsa class - great. I've...