Chemotherapy Support

Chemotherapy - mind preparation! This is hard because I think ignorance is bliss, when you don't know something you get through it because you don't know what to expect. Like childbirth, you don't really know what's happening or how long it will take, but the second time the minute that pain starts your memory quickly remembers the pain. Isn't it fabulous how we can block pain.
Well for me I got through the first chemo when I was 24 because I did not know what was ahead. Really thats a good thing. The second time at 43, I thought I was going to have a heart attack thinking back....eekkkk......
No way I said "I just can't do that dam chemo again". Gee how Chemo has changed 20 odd years ago you had chemo for 24 hours once a week back then. Admitted to hospital and kept in. Now days its basically a morning. I was afraid this second time, more than the last time. I knew what was going to happen and that did my head in.
I have to thank my sister Alana, for her support here. She drove all the way from Goulburn to take me. She was wonderful, she made me feel really calm as she is very loving. She has 3 kids so I am lucky that she could come to my rescue. I really don't know what I would do without her, she is an angel...

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"Hard nipples" - areola or nipple skin

Someone once wrote"... when i get really cold, or get goosebumbs all over my body, the whole things really scrunch up, like, my entire areola scrunches itself up into a wrinkled little mound. it looks really weird and ugly, and i haven't ever seen other people's breasts do it. what is wrong with my areola/nipples??" The answer: Well nothing is wrong. This is what my areola does too. It's a normal reaction to the coldness or to irritation / stimulation. The little muscles in the areola do a similar goosebump thing as your other skin can do. People often call this phenomenon "hard nipples". Also note that skin on areola has less feeling or sensation to it than other areas of your body. If the areola was very sensitive, then breastfeeding would probably be quite uncomfortable because the baby pulls and tugs it! The nipples are sensitive but the sensitivity changes with hormonal changes, such as occur at mestrual cycle or pregnancy. Also this v...

Mastectomy Drain Breast Cancer Treatment

The purpose of drains after mastectomy is to drain away the fluid that can gather in the armpit region or around the scar on the chest wall. Some people after mastectomy also find that fluid gathers around the shoulder blade area on their back - this seems more common if the muscle from the back has been used for breast reconstruction at the time the mastectomy was done. When mastectomy is done - and especially if the lymph nodes are removed from the axilla or armpit - then there is a lot of tissue fluid and lymph fluid left with no where to go. This fluid normally flows through the lymph channels but if they are cut then it can escape into the normal skin and muscle tissues. Your surgeon will place drains under your skin after mastectomy. These drains gather up the fluid and remove it to a bottle (or bottles) that you carry around with you. Some people use a belt clip to attach the drain to their waistband - making them more mobile. Others car...

Pancreatic Cancer breakthrough

Published Today By Ana Sandoiu Fact checked by Jasmin Collier New research now published in the Journal of Natural Products shows that a vine compound is highly effective in the fight against treatment-resistant pancreatic cancer cells. #cancer #cells #pancreaticcancer #breakthrough #natural #journalofnaruralproducts #cure #survivor #iamstillawoman #Anasandiou #jasmincollier A type of rainforest vine may hold the key to effective cancer treatments. Pancreatic cancer is notoriously difficult to treat, and the condition has a poor outlook. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), the 5-year survival rate for people with early-stage exocrine pancreatic cancer is 12–14 percent . A new study explains why that is and offers a potential solution. Gerhard Bringmann, a professor of organic chemistry at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg in Germany. Specifically, human pancreatic ...

I am still a woman - Confessions of a twice cancer survivor - my journey by Nina Ann McCurley

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