Monday 6th February 2012

Life After Breast Cancer

Is Acceptance The Key To Emotional Recovery After Breast Cancer?

March 4, 2011

I was at the Medway Hospital support group for women dealing with life after breast cancer when two similar incidences struck home.
In both cases, women were talking about their experiences when diagnosed with Breast Cancer, and despite this happening over 6 and 18 years ago respectively, both women immediately welled up with tears and emotion.
Neither [...]

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How To Have Better Sex After Breast Cancer

February 23, 2011

What If You Could Have Better Sex After Breast Cancer Treatment?
There isn’t a one-stop shop approach to resolving problems with sex after breast cancer treatment. This is mainly due to the broad range of diagnosis an treatment options for breast cancer. Mainly though we are concerned about a lack of sex after breast cancer!
Sex after [...]

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Tamoxifen And Anxiety. Is There A Link?

December 21, 2010

I don’t know about you, but to me the list of side effects from taking Tamoxifen just seems to keep on racking up and up.
Up until now I’ve avoided reading the list of POTENTIAL side effects on the packet, for fear of attributing every ache, pain and niggle to it, but it’s time to have [...]

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The Basics Of Breast Cancer

December 4, 2010

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Hi
This is a good explanation of breasts, and breast cancer, which you might find useful if you’re at the exploratory stage of being diagnosed.
US National Cancer Institute
And for the UK buddies, like me, boobs are the same in any continent and this is a good general overview without all the nasties. If you [...]

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Can I Interest You In A Tea Cosy?

December 3, 2010

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This is about another surprising turn in my life since I started sorting out my quality of life after breast cancer.  That’s also the name of a programme I’ve just launched.  Shameless plug.
What’s that got to do with tea cosies? Well it’s all about being ready to take a different path, do [...]

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Where To Start When Choosing A Breast Cancer Diet

December 2, 2010

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by Sian Murphy
One of the first reactions of many people who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, or any other sort of cancer come to that, is to seek out dietary support to improve their chance of survival and reduce the risk of recurrence.
However, With So Much Information Available, Where Do You Start [...]

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Breast Cancer, Writing, Wonderful Food & Coffee

December 2, 2010

Oh, And Being Happy.
Sian Scribbles didn’t start out to be about Breast Cancer. But then I didn’t start out to be about breast cancer, it just sort of happened. Bugger! So now it’s here, lets at least have a bit of fun.

Listen to internet radio with Sians Breast Cancer Thrivers on Blog Talk [...]

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Can I Take This With That? Help With Your Breast Cancer Medication.

December 2, 2010

I always seem to be asking the question, ‘Can I take that with Tamoxifen’ and it’s ok for other prescription type drugs that everyone can go to a pharmaceutical reference about, but often I want to know about vitamins and supplements.
Whilst on the hunt to discover if I can take Milk Thistle with Tamoxifen, I [...]

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Boosting Outcomes For Lymph Negative Breast Cancer – Business Week Article

December 2, 2010

Hi
This is about a new regime using Docataxel, you may want to check it out.  Or not.
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Are You Taking The RIGHT Tamoxifen?

December 1, 2010

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I bet you thought that one packet of Tamoxifen was much the same as the next.  So did I, and it seems a reasonable assumption.
However, I was at a pamper day laid on by the hospital for breast cancer patients when I overheard two women talking about the side effects of Tamoxifen.
The basic [...]

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Is Breast Cancer The Dream Stealer

July 22, 2010

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I’m trying to be careful about this blog becoming all about cancer, when it’s supposed to be about life.  I guess that for many of us however, cancer is a way of life, but I’m one of the lucky ones.  Diagnosed early and treated quickly, that’s me sorted – out the other end [...]

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Tick Tock Tamoxifen

May 10, 2010

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Taking pills every day is a new experience for me.  I’m not moaning you understand, it’s just that I’ve never had that sort of medical routine imposed before.
In case you don’t know, Tamoxifen is the drug they give you (they call it chemotherapy) buy amoxil online after you’ve been [...]

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Did I Take Tamoxifen?

December 5, 2009

Yes.  In my previous post I talked about how I waited until the very day I was due to start taking Tamoxifen before deciding to seriously consider the side effects.
Seems that for maximum effectiveness, you need to start taking it the day after your radiation ends, which didn’t leave me much time to weigh up [...]

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Should I take Tamoxifen?

December 4, 2009

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One of the side effects of taking Tamoxifen is, apparently, an increased risk of developing Uterine Cancer.  DOH! Please note that I am, along with millions of other women, being prescribed Tamoxifen as a preventative measure against a further outbreak of breast cancer due to stroppy and over-sensitive oestrogen receptors. Mmmm.
Now as it [...]

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You’d Better Come Home, Mum’s Got A Lump In Her Tit

October 30, 2009

As I’m the mum with the lump, you might guess that I didn’t come-up with this amazing line.  But I wish I had – what a great headline!
A high percentage of my clients come to be because they are trying to launch a new product – training programmes, seminars, books and audios and the one [...]

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