May 29, 2012 03:44PM - edited May 29, 2012 03:55PM by midnight1327

That is cool news, yea i think we are united in our illnesses, we can be as a united group in here, thanks for doing that Trisha Ann. I love you ladies over there, i am hoping alot of kiwi women join, because i think and i am.  are quite reserved,  but they have an avenue and a support team between us all. according to stats, for a small country like ours here, seven women every day are diagnosed with BC, quite alot really.  I was actally quite blase about  when i was having my mamo,  i wont get that, attitude, and when they rang up and said, hey they had found something concerning, i had to get to reality pretty quick. I was more concerned about cervical cancer as i had problemd with polyups,  but breast cancer, no.  my great grandmother died of it at 52 many years ago, they did not have what we have today mamos etc, more a less on their own, so you never know and  as i was told further down the track. if i dd not do that mamogram, i would of been terminal by Christmas just gone, even tho tumour was  only 1.4cm, it was particuarly nasty, AT first i actually rang up about my pills enquiring whu they had been decreased and nurse asked me if i had followed up on mamo and no i had not, so with a big nudge, i did it and it paid off and she saved my life really as knowing me i would of put it off.  excuse the big story line, but that is how it was.  mamos do save you if done  early.

May 29, 2012 05:01PM midnight1327 wrote:

No have not heard of that, interesting. i will check that out at some point.  that cat is named Sparky. he was actually dumped one easter weekend at last place we lived in. gorgeous little kitten and he is verbal, like he answers you back lol. and he  has got so fat, i think he goes to his  mates next door and flogs their food and then comes back eats here, Hubby says, typical teenagers, eat and sleep and  bugger off all day with his mates lol. he is lovely and fluffy and a god neck warmer if he stays put.  good to  c u

May 29, 2012 11:46PM chrissyb wrote:

Hi Midnight!  Just thought I'd pop in and offer my encouragement to all.

Love n hugs.  Chrissy 

May 30, 2012 12:04AM Hils wrote:

Hi Lyndal - sorry my statement re the name came from a previous post and I did not check the actual name of the group, long day at work thats my excuse ;) Great to see that we have a place to hang our hats, which is excellent

May 30, 2012 02:41AM KiwiMum wrote:

Hi ladies
Another Kiwi here - based in Auckland. I'm just over a Year past diagnosis and surgery. I was a few weeks past my 40th when diagnosed.

I've had MX, 16 rounds of chemo, 25 x rads and finished up in Dec 2011. It's now 5 years of Tamox for me.

I've found BCO a great source of information and made some great US based friends.

It's nice to have a place for us ladies on this side of the world.

Nice to meet you all.