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“IMPACT OF BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS TO THE OVERSEAS TRAINED DOCTOR'S WHOLE FAMILY” PERMANENT RESIDENCY VISA OF OUR FAMILY REFUSED BY AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION BECAUSE OF BREAST CANCER Hi All, Good day! I’m Dr Cesar. My wife Mary (41 y/o) was diagnosed with breast cancer with brain and lung metastasis. We have two lovely daughters ages 13 & 10 y/o. I hope you don’t mind if I’m going to share our family’s experience and “adventure” here “Down-Under” Australia since 2005.

In reply to a quote about fear being the strongest human emotion(posted by Jules2),I think it could be true.It brings to mind fears I have-how I look to strangers after cancer treatment,fear of not outliving my husband and leaving him alone,of not seeing my grandchildren grow up and of not being ready when the end is near ,possible recurrence ,metastises, pain..... Of course ,illness aside there are many common fears we humans have- no need to give examples. I try not to dwell on these fears but they are there. They pop up from time to time.

Hi I noticed that someone has mentioned, sore feet. I had sore feet also after the chemo. The doctor said it is called peripheral neuropathy and to take vitamin B6 and have foot massages. This seems to have helped a bit.

im so nervous its my boyfriends operation finally to remove his tumor from his bowel on monday.. he'l be in hospital for apporx ten days they said.. then after that two weeks after he'l have his lungs operated on and liver to remove spots and nodules.. its been nearly a year now since he's been diagnosed and i just cant believe its come around this quick! im nervous and excited, feeling a lot of emotions all at once! has anyone had bowel resectioning before?? they said he should be right because he's young and will recover quickly..

I've been reading lots of stories about the different kinds of diets cancer patients are on. When my husband first started chemo we were giving him lots of small meals high in protien, as time progressed & he started to get his appetite back we slipped back to our normal diet of 3 meals a day. He has always managed to maintained the same weight as he was before he got sick but now I'm getting worried that I'm not doing enough diet wise to help him get the best results.

Hi , I'm 45 year old and on 18/02/2011 I've got diagnosed with an endometrial carcinoma stage 2 and on 04/03/11 I already had a total hysterectomy where also 20 lymph nodes were taken out and one of them was infected which puts me one more stage further, I think. At the moment I'm still recovering from the operation, waiting for my radiotherapy ..... My Dr. told me that I might be offered a trial combination of radio-chemotherapy, does anyone out there has more experience which therapy is more useful..... Thank you Vlasta