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hello to all, well as some of you know i had a bout with the big  c  2 years  ago it started when both kev and i went to the doctors our doctor happened to ask me how i was and kev told him i was to busy worrying about his health and not my own.
so he immediately  wanted to send me for a mammogram and other tests so i thought yeah right pfffttt , lol  then one day we had to go to a medical center to have kevs teeth fixed and at top of stairs was the breast screen Australia he told me to go make apt i hummed and harred   but went 
 
a week went by  and didn't hear anything so i thought ok all must b good Not SO  lol that day they rang to say i had to go to a bigger place in Adelaide would take all day as there was an abnormality   on my breast they wanted check 
 we went i had another mammogram an ultra sound and a needle biopsy wasn't a fun day i tell yas lol  anyway they gave us the news and then i had to have needle stuck in boob with carbon as the carbon shows the surgeon were lump was  anyway this ass on a friday on the monday an apt was made for me by them for our doctor who then made apt for me for hosp to see surgeon well my surgeon is amazing  her name is sabetha shes so easy to talk to and that is great  she told me there was no infection around lump and i would keep my boob phewwww but she wanted me to have bone density test a full body scan and blood tests the lot lol   so i  did was all so very daunting   but neccassery
when i back to her after all that it was a monday i think and she wanted me to have op that Wednesday i told i couldn't that day as i needed to make sure house was all clean and washing etc was done she laughed and under stood  so the following Wednesday i went  kev and my daughter were with  me i went to theater late afternoon after havin about 5 needles in boob to try and find the lymph nodes ouch
i woke up feeling like hell lol as u do 
kev and mandy went  and next morning i came home  we had to swap sides of bed lol as i couldn't  lay on that left side but i managed
then came the radiation treatment  5 weeks everyday going up to hospital except for weekends the crew at radiology were magic loved em all un fortunately
  i was burned really bad and had to have the site dressed 3 times a day i honestly  didn't know what had hit me  was then feeling very sore and very sorry for myself 
 
and i was seeing sabetha also in between the radiation she was so worried about the burns but hey i have survived.
 
i have keep me boob however if i had of lost it then so be it  i didnt know that there were many types of breast cancer  and there is mine was the type that feeds on female hormones so if the B C  comes back im on a tablet now that will help stop that it is putting me through the menopause  again  am not impressed lol as its twice as bad this time but sabetha told me i have to keep taking it she said the tab is fighting for me
 
she wont take me off them lol i have nights were i cant sleep i have hot flushes all the time and i was so angry and snappy i told her this so she said that wasn't me and has put me on another type of tab to take the edge of that other tab lol
now i have changed my thinking on a lot on  stuff believe me you only get one chance at life  and its to short now if i don't like something i will say etc 
and i really urge women to have regular mammograms and have boobs checked regular
 
now my daughter has to have them and later in life  my granddaughters to and even our brand new great granddaughter  will also as she gets older to  i  will post some pics of her soon too
 
so now atm am all good havea  boob a tad smaller than other but hey who gives a damn am here still and that to me is all that matters be back again soon  hugss to all
 
 

posted on Aug 23, 2013 1:10 AM ()

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Oh Kath, I didn't know you were going through all this. You know about my
troubles and I am afraid I am turning into a gripey old woman.
comment by elderjane on Aug 29, 2013 7:50 AM ()
nooooooooooo your not not many ppl knew i didnt tell many ppl cause to me it was very private thing jerri this is the first time in here i have told ppl i go in face book and most ppl i have b befriended in there still dont know sometimes they post stuff like share if u want cancer to go away etc all that type of stuff i dont do that cause i think that some ppl go into face book or places like that that have it dont want to be reminded they just want to do stuff to take their minds of it when i was havin radiation kev helped me make a garden i was out there with him each day digging lol still with dressings on and it helped me so yes i did go through hell however there women in a worse position with it than ty for caring woman but then you always have and you keep, tellin your troubles ok we here to listen hugsssssss






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