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So today was my first interaction with my new medication! Eeek! Due to having triple-negative breast cancer, I was originally meant to do a trial for an additional drug to treat this cancer. I wasn't able to go on the trial, but my treatment plan has stayed the same,...

I had 2 appointments today back to back. Firstly was with my oncologist, but she was away so this was with her secretary I am assuming? As I was starting a new chemotherapy drug, this was just a catch-up to see what side effects I was having on the chemo at the...

Hurrah!! Step 1 is done and dusted! I have just completed my 12th round of Paclitaxel and Carboplatin. That is 12 weeks of back-to-back blood tests, covid tests, and chemotherapy infusions! Whoop Whoop! Since my last treatment, my week was better than the previous...

So today I went for my mid-way mammogram and ultrasound check. I wasn't nervous about this appointment as I could already feel that the lump in my breast had shrunk! I went to the Ladybird Clinic at Poole Hospital, and as always, all the nurses and doctors were...

This has been by far my hardest week. After last Friday, I had the best weekend. Even though I still didn’t sleep well on Friday night, I was up doing the gardening, cleaning out the house, doing tip runs, and just getting on with things. Saturday and Sunday I just...

Today I had a video consultation with the genetics team in Southampton. This is just to reconfirm that I am BRCA1 positive, and my options for surgery, etc. They reconfirmed the options, and I explain that I was swaying towards the DIEP FLAP surgery (tummy fat being...

  Last week was a little tougher than normal. After my chemotherapy last Friday, I didn’t sleep that night at all, and I didn’t go to sleep until Sunday morning at about 2 am. The strange thing is, I wasn’t tired at all on Saturday but had loads of energy. I...

Had a little impromptu visit to the Doctors today. As I said a the beginning of my blog, I will be truthful, honest, and open, so if you are slightly squeamish, don’t continue reading! You have been warned! I am quite a “cysty” person, I get cysts on my armpits and...

  Since my chemo last week, my left arm just below the cannula entrance had raised up, become swollen and very warm to touch. I called the hotline after the first day, as it was stiff and gone hard. They advised me to draw a circle around it where it was red to...