tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7372632040341687280.post2564472206889274354..comments2024-03-19T06:16:51.312+00:00Comments on Laura Louise and her naughty disease...: My doctors have got a RAD new idea...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13499705259709129360noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7372632040341687280.post-41218442768951146032013-10-14T10:43:27.575+01:002013-10-14T10:43:27.575+01:00Hi Laura !
Just read your story and recognized a b...Hi Laura !<br />Just read your story and recognized a bit of myself in it. I have a little bit less nail polish than you ;-)<br />When I was diagnosed with a stage 3 cancer, I was also told that I was soooo young (I'm 42 by the way, not that young huh !) that I had to go through the whole "menu". Mastectomy, 6 x chemo,25 sessions of RAD and an ovarectomy (as a precaution). And I was told I was one of the lucky ones :-/<br />I had RAD last year in November as a dessert for my big C fight after having visited California an Nevada as an intermezzo (long planned before I was diagnosed and, til the day before we were supposed to take off, I wasn't sure I would be allowed to go). <br />To me RAD felt like a holiday after the naughty chemo which sent me many times for weeks at the hospital in an isolation room !!! I didn't have a lot of side effects. A good moisturizer a few hours after each session helped my skin a lot. I only ended with a big tanned square on my right side (still there by the way)... Only a few problems with the joints, "dried" by the X-rays. Only a bit tired of taking my car every day for the 30Km ride to go to the 3-minutes therapy.But Gosh, I didn't regret at anytime the chemo-menu ! So to me, as to many of my C-friends I talked to, RAD was peanuts ! <br />I now have seen my oncologist and have got green light for a reconstruction. As wednesday is BRA-day, I'm going to meet one of the surgeons who could "rebuild" me. I say "could" because I have to meet more than one. I need to have a good feeling about him or her. I'm looking forward to it and at the same time I'm stressed because I know it's heavy surgery...<br />I must say that my boyfriend was a superhero to me during all that time. What a wonderful man ! It's not easy for your nearest family to cope with it. Seeing you sick, tired, sometimes angry at and about everything,and not being able to do anything about it.<br />My two horses also helped me a lot throughout the process because I had to go out to take care of them and it helped me to stay active. If you can call dragging your feet and stopping to catch your breath on a few meters journey "being active"... When I think about it, it makes me laugh remembering all the horses staring at me passing by with my heavy breathing, wearing a mask and gloves to avoid as many microbes as possible. <br />I want to say you're amazing and I hope you will be an inspiration to many others as I have been to some (I was told)<br />Go girl !<br />xxx<br />Severine, BelgiumAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701476080042358241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7372632040341687280.post-87511824634725941572013-10-11T23:22:28.586+01:002013-10-11T23:22:28.586+01:00I had 20 days of radiotherapy and at the beginning...I had 20 days of radiotherapy and at the beginning you donĀ“t feel anything, after a week or so, you start getting very tired, like you are going to get sick, my legs were sore and I was "lazy" until almost 3 weeks after the treatment had finished, but it is much better than chemo anyway! Good luck and stay strong !!!Christianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16997404620367446265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7372632040341687280.post-81339150678992944152013-09-04T12:12:22.896+01:002013-09-04T12:12:22.896+01:00you are flipping AMAZING. what a massive inspirati...you are flipping AMAZING. what a massive inspiration, i've been reading your blog for the last half hour and half crying/half laughing. you seem like an absolutely incredible person, keep on going Laura :) xxxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060266601493742055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7372632040341687280.post-14253903543622018702013-09-01T22:54:09.831+01:002013-09-01T22:54:09.831+01:00Laura you are inspiration to all xLaura you are inspiration to all xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7372632040341687280.post-30155264515560318272013-09-01T20:24:49.491+01:002013-09-01T20:24:49.491+01:00Hi Laura, just read your story in fabulous and it ...Hi Laura, just read your story in fabulous and it brought back so many memories. I was told I had breast cancer in may 2012 at the age of 33 which although 10 years on you still young (at least in my eyes ;) can I just say am so with you in writing your blog I felt so alone being a young cancer (not going to say victim) how about survivor. Trust me when when I say radio is the easy bit, if you can get some aloe Vera gel from Holland and Barrett and keep in the fridge helps wonders as does bio oil on scars and also the radio area. I finished my herceptin 4 weeks ago which set off a whole new set of worries, I have two young boys so have no choice but to be positive and like you have found this the best route for me and my family and friends. I know we are not alone in this fight but if I can help someone else then I know my fight was worth it, please feel free to contact me. Wishing you all the best for the future xlaura barbernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7372632040341687280.post-21344331964340144612013-09-01T17:32:30.372+01:002013-09-01T17:32:30.372+01:00Hi,Can I just say it is pants that you had 1 cell ...Hi,Can I just say it is pants that you had 1 cell that decided to go rouge,I hope all is going as well as it can,I won`t tell you to fight it with all your might as,from my brothers experience you can`t fight it,you just do as the docs say and hope for the best,all those times sat in the hospital watching husbands looking at their wife's,and wives looking at their husbands not really knowing or understanding what is happening,just hoping for the best reading those magazines and papers that always seem to be there,I hope truly that the treatment works for you,May I just say if you are offered a choice of `This should do the job` or `this will nearly destroy you` please take the very worse,for the worse really is the best,although you will say otherwise during and even after.<br /><br />Until my brother developed cancer it was an after thought in most peoples lives,but you soon learn the truth,after knowing what I know,it amazes me that if a woman is given the chance or choice of a mastectomy they still play the chances,and for what ?,hell no if the chances are even a few percent better,then there is no choice ,to live with the loss of something very important and cope,or to lose.<br /><br />I wish you well,as tiered and as drained as you may or will be please try to see something new each day,even something as small as spider running for its life,smile at a guy and make his day,wink at a guy and make his year!,but most of all good luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7372632040341687280.post-62752718662048825832013-08-25T21:41:12.301+01:002013-08-25T21:41:12.301+01:00dont know whether to cry or laugh with you. At lea...dont know whether to cry or laugh with you. At least you get the cosmo thing in before the radio starts so lets hope its a big win for your excellentn blog. 5 weeks may seem like a long time now but if it gives you a whole lifetime..its got to be worth it...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14538331207389071278noreply@blogger.com