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Grateful for today 
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Joined: Sep 21 2011 Location: U.S.A. Status: Offline Points: 1835 |
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 Topic: Members from the UKPosted: May 29 2012 at 2:41am |
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Hi Members from the UK,
Recently, Amore joined the forum. When I saw she was from the UK, I remembered there are other members from the UK. Thought if there was a thread "Members from the UK", the UK members could share resources specific to the UK............and of course, continue to share non-UK TNBC/breast cancer resources and information on the other forums. There might be things one has learned about having breast cancer and the insurance/health system in the UK. There might be organizations and groups specific to the UK that assist with financial/social/transportation etc issues. With positive and caring thoughts, Grateful for today.............Judy |
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Allmandy
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Posted: May 29 2012 at 5:21pm |
 Hi Amore (and any other Brit),Yesterday I had my post treatment meeting with my oncologist. He said he was pleased that despite having no spleen ( I had it removed when I was 16) I had managed to fight off any chance of infection surprisingly well. He asked me how the radiotherapy went. (I had to go to Glasgow Beatson's cancer centre for that) and I told him physically it wasno problem but psychologically I foundit hard as it seemed like I had become an animal being treated by well meaning vets rather than a patient involved in my own treatment. I realised this was due to the NHS having to treat a myriad of different cancers as cost effectively as possible but it is the least pateient friendly bit. He told me that after the 6 FEC chemo and the 15 rads that was my treatment finished and I should never have to see him again! I already have an apointment to see the breast surgeon in September a year after my mastectomy and will have mamograms every 2 years after that. He had a look at my scar and said it looked a little red but seemed good. He then said any more tests were pointless as they rarely proved anything so as long as I stayed healthy it was goodbye from him! I asked him about vitamin D and he agreed it would be good and suggested cod liver oil. Then he finished off by suggesting the most important action I can take is to lose weight. So that's my experience of TNBC in Central Scotland. Diagnosed with cancer in August Right MX & A/c in Sept. Diag TNBC 0+nodes Chemo Oct-Feb Rads March
Edited by Allmandy - May 29 2012 at 5:24pm |
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diagnosed neuro-endocrine tumour sept2011. M/C and a/c 19th Sept. rediag TNBC Stage 3 6.5cm no +ve nodes. 6FEC 80 then 4 weeks radio planned
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