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The End Is In Sight!

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Posted by girvan8 on 02 Feb 2013, 01:38AM

Hi Ladies,

Haven't posted for a while but last Tuesday had the last of 5 weeks of Radiotherapy. Finished chemo at the end of November. Rather a lot of burns from the radiotherapy but just glad it is over and I don't have to trail to the hospital every day.

Not feeling as tired as I have for the last 8 months or so. I will still have to continue with Herceptin until August but that is only every 3rd week and I reckon I can cope with that. When I finish that it will have been 15 months of treatment and a real slog as I'm sure most of you know.

Food Glorious Food

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Posted by girvan8 on 19 Jul 2012, 02:21PM

Hi Ladies  need some advice from you all.  Just had my second chemo last Friday and have found my appetite is non existent.  Got so bad I had tinned peaches for dinner last night!  Not a balanced diet by any means.  The thought of sitting down to meat and two veg makes me cringe.  Unfortunately I don't know what I fancy to eat!  I am taking multi vitamins, calcium and magnesium but think I probably need more than that.  How have others coped with this I ask myself. Even lighter things like scrambled eggs doesn't do it for me.  My husband rec

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  • Diagnosis type: 
    Early Breast Cancer
  • Family history: 
    Multiple relatives with breast cancer

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