Too tired.....As I said after my last Herceptin....I'M KNACKERED! Thank you to all the other Herceptin recipients who e-mailed me to say that I'm not abnormal. I seem to spend most evenings dozing off and feel washed out during the day. Labels:
breast cancer treatment, treatment for breast cancer, how to treat breast cancer, how is breast cancer treated, what treatments are available for breast cancer, how can breast cancer be treated, where to get breast cancer treatment, what does breast cancer treatment involve Breast Lump - Is A Breast Lump a Sign of Breast Cancer?
www.twinkletwinkles.com/breast-lump-sign-of-breast... It's crucial that all women should get in the habit of performing a regular simple breast self examination. A breast lump is not always a sign of breast cancer and many breast lump cases turn out to have no serious cause - but you should never take a chance. Reading the articles below will give you some insight into the nature of breast lumps and about some of the possible causes of a breast lump - but don't rely on this information. If you have a lump in the breast then please go see your doctor immediately. It's very unlikely to be breast cancer but you do need to be checked over by a professional A Painful Breast Lump - Could It Be Breast Cancer
I'm one of those guys who checks now and again to see who has visited the site - and what they searched for to find us. Painful lump in the breast comes up time and time again and it's obviously a topic that worries people. I thought I'd put together this little information package about breast pain and painful breast lumps. How do you forget a day like that?
Sunday morning - time to get up - and we were chatting in bed. Pleased that our recent money worries were easing and planning ahead. Out of the blue Marjory found a lump in her right breast. I felt it too but it felt smooth and mobile. At the time - like all couples we consolled ourselves with the thought that it was “only a cyst” or a simple benign lump. Breast Cancer Symptom
Is A Breast Cancer Lump Painful or Not? When looking through the logs for the site today I noticed that someone had found us by asking a search engine the question above: is breast cancer painful? Is pain a common breast cancer symptom? In Marjory's case the lump she found was painless and about the size of a large raisin (around 1cm long). I think that this is the breast cancer symptom experience of many women, and of course it is the lack of discomfort that can lead to a lump taking so long to show itself. If all breast cancers were painful then I dare say that many of them would be picked up at an earlier stage. Mastectomy - Recovering From Mastectomy Surgery For Breast Cancer
www.twinkletwinkles.com/mastectomy-breast-cancer.h... Marjory had a right mastectomy in mid April 2006. You can read about her problems with seroma after mastectomy elsewhere on this site. This page presents the collected postings about mastectomy from the main Beating Breast Cancer blog site. You'll find a mixture of personal reflections about mastectomy surgery and some more medically based commentary about the role of mastectomy in breast cancer treatment Mastectomy - What is cording?
You learn new stuff all the time don't you! Even as an experienced family doctor I can honestly say that I hadn't heard about mastectomy related cording until after Marjory had her mastectomy. I guess that reflects the way that (in the UK at least) breast cancer patients have their care provided in a holistic way from the breast cancer centre they attend. Delayed Breast Reconstruction after Mastectomy
Marjory chose not to have breast reconstruction at the time of her mastectomy surgery. We knew that Marjory was going to have radiotherapy as well as chemo even before she underwent her operation. We had a long talk with her surgeon - and with his guidance - decided not to choose immediate breast reconstruction after the mastectomy operation. He feared that the radiotherapy might damage the medium or longer term appearance and suggested we consider delaying any breast reconstruction for a year or so until the radiotherapy effects had settled. Mastectomy
All you ever wanted to know ... but didn't know who to ask ! Here we are - Marjory and Gordon sitting over a bottle of wine on a Monday evening and it feels like a chapter is already closing. Marjory had her mastectomy just a bit over two weeks ago and we will start onto the next phase (chemotherapy) shortly - possibly before the week is out. It's amazing how your perception of time changes when something like this happens in your life. Herceptin - Herceptin Information and Herceptin Treatment Experiences
www.twinkletwinkles.com/herceptin-treatment.htm Herceptin treatment is big news and there have been many recent press articles on the subject. This page presents the collected postings about Herceptin treatment from the main Beating Breast Cancer blog site. You'll find a mixture of personal reflections about herceptin treatment and some more medically based commentary about the role of hercetptin in breast cancer treatment New Herceptin Information from the HERA study
Herceptin is going to form a big part of Marjory's treatment program. New research data from a huge international trial of Herceptin in early breast cancer has been released in the last few days. This shows that women treated with Herceptin had their risk of cancer recurrence reduced by about 35% and their risk of death reduced by about the same amount. Please read my other recent posts about herceptin treatment and about new breast cancer drugs when you're taking this information into account. Remember that herceptin only works in women whose breast cancer is susceptible to it - so called HER2 positive breast cancer. About twenty five percent of women with breast cancer have a tumour that will respond to herceptin treatment. Well - back from hospital - both a bit shattered but getting more determined and
positive with each passing minute.
Pathology result showed five discreet tumours in the breast and eight out of twenty six lymph nodes positive. Strongly HER-2 positive and strongly oestrogen receptor positive. Mixed news then. We meet our oncologist for the first time in three days and until then it looks like we've got a lot of background reading to do! Herceptin - UK breast cancer patients win battle
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the UK have finally given the go ahead for all suitable women with early stage breast cancer to receive Herceptin Treatment. This means that a woman with HER2 positive breast cancer with our without lymph nodes can be offered herceptin as part of her treatment plan. The final decision about giving herceptin will be taken by the oncologist in charge of the case. |