topic Re: Strange spots and dots in If cancer returns

Strange spots and dots

Braveb — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 23:06:55 GMT

Was having a part of me ultrasounded and the sonographer noticed a spot somewhere else. A couple of days of tests and seeing a new surgeon followed.

It jolted my partner and I out of the kind of comfort zone we'd ended up in after 5 years of no evidence of disease.

And made me realise I need some better strategies to cope with acute stress like this.

What do people find helps? Talking, meditating, breathing exercises, eating...?

Re: Strange spots and dots

HappyDragon — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 23:46:09 GMT

Hi Braveb what a jolt hope all is well. Personally I find exercise a good stress reliever - at UC where I do my exercise they do 15 minutes of wellness at the end of each session (bliss). Hope this helps 😉☺

Re: Strange spots and dots

Sheran — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 20:49:06 GMT

Hello Braveb I am just st 2 years past HER2+, bilateral mastectomy.

I get little purple dots on my skin all the time since chemo and taking Femara.

The dots appear especially if I have drank coffee or had a glass of wine, apparently a common side effect from your liver having to process meds’ and ‘toxins’.

The meds I now take now cause gastric reflux which in turn causes infected sinuses etc (according to my ENT).

Happy days 😁