Australian Sisters
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Trish - I'm still using the bottle that a lady from the US brought me - $3 over there - we are so ripped off
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Yes Sue we are! But then again, I much prefer our health system to theirs lol. I'd still be paying for everything, I think.
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Delvzy the Melatonin from Biovea is great and you can get it in all different strengths. Most people get the 3mg and find that that is strong enough to give them a good nights sleep but if that is not enough just up the amount of little pills that you take. Check out the Biovea site, it is cheap and reliable for all it's supplements.
Carol, Yay!!!!! I am so pleased that your path has come back clear for cancer, that has to be a huge weight lifted from you shoulders! Here's hoping the rest of the report is as good as this bit, so good luck on the 22nd!! Do let us know what happens.
Well, I am safely in Auckland spending time with Aly, Cunny and Aly's sister. I'm a bit tired and know I will sleep really well tonight, which won't be a bad thing.......lol. Looking forward to spending the week here and getting to see other BC girls over the weekend. We will keep you informed.
Have a great day all!
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Chrissy - I'm jealous - give Aly a hug from me
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Carol, great news!!!!
Chrissy, I arrive on Friday afternoon. Looking forward to catching up with everyone!
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Chrissy - enjoy your time with Aly and of course all the girls on the weekend.
As it turns out I have a big photography shoot on Saturday that will be bringing in some good money, so it's probably just as well I'm here for it. still wish I was able to be there with you all though.
Trishxoxo
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Have a wonderful time together everyone! I would have loved to join you too!
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Hi all I had my first expansion this morning. Was a bit scared but mostly excited! They put 40mls into the right side. Couldn't feel it going in but I did feel it when they were finishing it off before taking the needle out! Apparently that's normal.
she was going to put 50ml in but she decided she didn't want to try anymore fluid. So my next fill is the 23rd December few days before Xmas! Thinking I may need about 4 more fills to get to 500 which is close to the maximum. Took some Panadol before I went in and am feeling ok at the moment. Took some pictures too.
So I'm now at 340mls in the expander. It did actually look like it has filled out more at the top than before.
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Oh wow Mel!!! Starting to look good!!!! So glad things are moving along for you.......it's good to hear that there is very little pain with your fills and you now know what to expect next time.
Love n hugs from Auckland! Chrissy
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Melp, progress!!! I am happy for you.
Chrissy, it looks like the party will be over before I get there!!!
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Hi allMelp your boob looks exactly how mine did, it will look great in the end.
Hope you all have a great time in NZ, wish that I was there as well
Carol
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Tammy I'm looking forward to seeing you this afternoon! Exciting day today!!
Carol we'll party for you as well..........wish you were here as well.
Love n hugs all. Chrissy
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Wow Melp - looking good! xoxo
Chrissy - have fun, will be thinking of you all this weekend.
Trish
xoxox
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Hi.. Just want to introduce myself.. My name is Lucy, and I'm from Brisbane..
I was diagnosed in August.. I truly felt for ages my life was over.. Just last couple of weeks I feel a glimmer of hope for a "bit of normal existence " again..Have actually found myself caring about some ordinary things like Christmas 🎄 plans etc.. Instead of continually obsessing about BC.. Don't get me wrong...It's still only 2 minutes from my mind though :-(
MY loves are my family ..husband , kids ,grandkids , and going to the beach ..I love walking along the waters edge , the smell, the sounds of the waves rolling in ..So good for the soul :-)
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Hi Lucy, lovely to meet you! Its always good to be able to get to a point when you no longer obsess over BC and start looking forward to more normal things.
I can totally relate to loving the sound of the sea and the waves lapping the shore........it's so relaxing.
So glad to see you and hope you drop in often.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Hi Lucy.
Chrissy is sitting over the other side of the room writing to you. We have has a great weekend enjoying each other's company and eating too much.
I am one to the Kiwis who venture over to the Aus thread. Was in Briabane in October.
You will do fine though it will be a new normal. We are hereto answer your questions and to give you a hug if needed.
Big hugs
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Good very early morning Chrissy and Alyson..Thank you both for the welcome.. It's only 4.30'am here, but I swear the birds have been up singing their gleeful songs for the last hour.. They are up so darn early here, especially in Queensland where we don't have day light saving..
So Alyson.. You are at Chrissy's place.? sounds like you are having fun.. I've been to the Land of The Long White Cloud, but only ever the South Island..
Busy day today.. My BIL's little girl is having a 2nd birthday 🎂 party ..So my 3 kids and grandbabies will all be there .I have 7 grandbabies , and the eldest of them is still only 4 :-o ..and there's another one due in March :-o I love them all , but it is crazy when they are all together ..There is one set of twin girls in the mix ..So altogether there are 4 "terrible two's " 😃
O.K ..Going to put this phone down and see if I can get 40 more winks before it's time to get up ..Xx
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Hi Lucy we are in Auckland. We have had a great weekend. Chrissy s from SouthAustralia.
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Hello Lucy - welcome to our little group!
You are still early into your "journey" (I hate that word lol) It took me at least two years to get to the point where I thought my life was over and bc dominated my life. I'm four years out now, and living life and loving it.
Chrissy and Aly - have you all had a good time? How many NZ girls did you get to meet?
Trish
xoxo
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Good morning ladies, I just popped in to see how the get together is going in NZ. I see we have a new member from QLD, Welcome Lucy! I am in Victoria. I have been listening to storms all night, booming thunder and bucketing rain. I just got up and realised my watering system was on this morning!
I hope you have a great time at the party Lucy, looking forward to catching up with you here.
Have a great time Chrissy and Aly, did you catch up with Midnite?
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Hello everyone, and a very warm welcome to Lucy55.
It is pretty hot here in lovely Victor Harbor and the sea is like a millpond at the moment, waiting for the change to come. We have so many ducks in the duck pond at the moment, and it is so exciting every day to see the ducklings growing so quickly. They are quite tame as well as most of the locals come along to feed them . There are a couple of Ibis here as well and sometimes we get Mr Pelican posing around as well. The bird life here is so relaxing. When I get a chance, I will post some photos as the scenery just changes every day.
Well, I have been thinking of you lovely ladies enjoying yourselves in NZ and wished I could be there with you. This damn arm of mine is not shrinking at all, and this hot weather will be quite a challenge for me. I have decided that I am going to focus all my time and energy (and money) on this lymphedema, as I am not giving up!
Ariom, your garden should be very well watered by the sounds of things, hehe.
Trish, I hope that you are not working too hard seeing it is almost Christmas, I imagine that you will be run off your feet.
Melp, love the new look, you go girl!!
Lucy55, I am sorry that you have BC, and it is quite a shock to the system. Be assured, that we are here to listen when you need to vent, or if you need any information, or just to have a little chat. We all have at least one thing in common. There are a few of us who have been on this journey for quite a few years, so we have learned to live with cancer. I was diagnosed 8 years ago and my prognosis was poor right from the start. The oncologist informed me that after mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, that the cancer will most likely return within the year. Well, I was cancer free for just over 5 years when it returned to the bones and then 6 months later, it spread to the lungs, liver and brain and prognosis then was possibly weeks. Here I am 2 years later and living and loving life like never before. Technology is developing so fast and there are more and more (better) drugs and treatment being discovered almost daily, to keep us living longer so that we can all hope that one day we may be cured.
Warm hugs
Mandy xxx
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Hi Lucy, I'm just two years out from diagnosis and the ladies here are a wonderful, warm and caring bunch. I hope you gets as much comfort coming here as I did when I was diagnosed.
Hi everyone, I've just gotten back to Sydney from the Auckland get together. There was Alyson, Chrissy, Rae, Midnight and me. It would have been wonderful if more could have made it but we did manage to have a great time anyway
Chrissy, is suggesting Melbourne for next year!
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HI everyone.. Thank you all for your welcomes.. What a great thread.!
Alyson.. Enjoy your time with Chrissy.
Trish.. Great to hear that there is light are the end of the tunnel, and you are doing so well and enjoying life 😃
Ariom ..oh ..Sound like your garden certainly was well watered last night. !!
Mandy ..Ugh ..those doctors and there statistics , prognosis's , predictions etc etc ..They aren't God , they don't know ..How awful they told you that all those years ago , but wonderful that you are living such a great life 8 years later ! ..and here's to many more !
Tammy ..Glad you had a great time away with the girls !! ..
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Hi everyone!
I have finished my uni for the year. Finished off with the exam from hell on Thursday :-/ Realistically, it's going to be touch and go on whether I've passed this subject or not - and I'm blaming it entirely on chemo brain.
Good to see the photos of the Auckland get together this weekend. Sorry I couldn't make it but Tony and I have paid for 5 adult tickets over to Auckland for Christmas to catch up with my Mum and Tony's family - so couldn't afford another ticket.
My 3 year anniversary of diagnosis is on Wednesday this week. I've got a final appointment with my plastic surgeon tomorrow morning, followed by an oncologist appointment in the afternoon.
Am now having to take an anti cholesterol drug daily along with my Femara as the Femara has raised my cholesterol levels. And have had to up my daily vit D dosage as my Vit D levels had gone down. Will have my annual scans and checks in early January. I get more than usual cause I'm still on this blinded bisphosphenate trial which means I get a bone scan, Ct scan and breast ultrasound each year.
Regards Jenn
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welcome Lucy I am 6 years out and I know how you feel. Girls it would be good to have the get together in Melbourne it is so easy for me to get there from bendigo and I would love to meet you all Jude xx
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Jude, it would be lovely to meet you too.
Jenn, great to hear from you but not so good about the side effects. Have a well earned break after all the study.
Here are some more photos from the weekend. We visited the Auckland Sky Tower and here is Chrissy, why is she holding on to the rail so tightly????
The glass floor may have done it!!!
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Hi Jude.. Thanks for the welcome.. Six years out sounds a good place to be in.!
Jenn..Sorry you have another meds to take now.. Seems like if it's not one thing, it's another 😥I find it hard enough remembering my tamoxifen.. Have actually had to get myself a pill box, which makes me feel ancient...But I honestly can never remember if I've taken it or not !
Tammy . ..Great photo ..oh my ..the glass floor would be VERY frightening !!!
Today is going to be a busy day ..We are getting new carpet throughout the house ..Which is exciting , but we're all so in a terrible mess here at the moment ..My son helped hubby move all the furniture out of lounge / dining room and bedrooms yesterday ..And at the moment we are still in bed , on our mattress we plonked in the middle of the family room floor ..almost feels like we're on a camping trip 😃
Also ..Trying to get a grip on my fears ..So I actually I actually had my first glass of wine 🍷 last night since being diagnosed .and it felt good to act a little bit normal again ..Surely one glass once a week couldn't hurt ?? Did any of your doctors give you any advice about it ??
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Also.. I don't know why, but I often have a huge gap between the end of my post on here, and where my diagnosis is tagged on at the end.. Interesting it only seems to happen to me.. HeHe.. any advice on what I am doing wrong..? Maybe I will just delete my diagnosis..??
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HaHa.. It didn't happen that time.. But honestly it often does.
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