Such an inspiration how to get on with the diseases 🙂 some people are just born fighters and I wish you both a long, long and happy and healthy life! Cheers Vlasta ... View more

Hi everyone, haven't been on the forum for quite long time and now look, we are done with cancer (fingers cross, I'm 13 months after)and there's been neuropathy to deal with :( My oncologist put me on Gabapentin couple weeks ago but I stopped taking them few days ago. I did not feel any difference to my pain and burning in my feet but made me drowsy and who knows what else on long track 😞 and after reading your experiences I'm even more sure that I'm not going to take anything else... Keeping still and warm does the best for my feet but there is no way to be still all the time and warm 'just right' either. So????? Wish you all best of luck with all... ... View more

I hope everything is going well Sailor, or not too bad at least... ... View more

Hi Lynda, I was in the similar situation but with different cancer(Uterus stage3)and I thought I will get away with only radiation but was also offered to go into the trial for chemotherapy, which was the worse I think then when they told me that I have cancer. Then my oncologist explained to me that once you have the cancer in the third stage would be advisable to have the chemo too just in case that cancer has spread in some distance lymph nodes which they couldn't take out by the surgery. I didn't want to scare you but it's good to be careful even when we know what damage chemotherapy can bring to us but I was scared that if I refuse the chemo and the cancer comes back...hm. It was difficult decision and I also asked here for some opinions or experiences and I finally decided to give it a go. Now, I'm 5 months after the whole adventure and it wasn't too bad anything of it but now I'm still recovering my energy which they say can last for a few more months. Now you have to decide, whoever or whatever it was told it is on you to decide and I wish you all good luck possible. Cheers Vlasta ... View more

Hi Sam, thanks for sharing your story with me, I'm so happy to hear some stories from someone like you, who is years 'after cancer' and who understands what I'm talking about. You know why I want to erase the horrible time but, it looks like I'll have to take it easy however hard it was. Lucky the summer is coming enjoy it too,wish you all the best. Vlasta ... View more

Well, what I can tell you beside one more, I'm sorry you have to do it again', but I'm glad you decided to do better things then 'think about it all the time' 🙂 to tell you 'you'll be OK' would sound ridicules especially from me, what do I know, look at me, I just finished my therapies and I'm already scared that there will be more to it..... But today I don't want to spend any more time on it, I' going to do some gardening. Last night my husband took me to the beach, I was so tired from walking through the sand but felt somehow not so depressed, so I'm going to continue to exhaust myself physically....Enjoy the sun yourself.... Catch you later. Cheers Vlasta ... View more

Good morning Margaret, pity they don't have a direct chat here. You live in the beautiful part of the Melbourne, I live down on the coast, Frankston. May I ask you how old are you? I understand every word you say, never ill before and now this, shocking, but at least we all can hide here among likes and spill our hearts out, only we can understand each other. All our families and friends mean and do they best but they can not understand what's going on with us. From now on we are not the same we used to be, we are stronger even if we don't see us that way. I'm now around 6-7 weeks after my treatments and I had my regular check up with oncologists but it seems to me that I am recovering so slowly that it hearts. My GP has done some blood test again I'm just on the way there to hear results. Catch you later, have a great day enjoy some of this beautiful sunshine. hugs and love Vlasta ... View more

Thanks harker, I might try a workshop if this continuous, sun and summer are usually my friends so it might help once the winter is over. How are you? Are you in remission or having therapies? Cheers Vlasta ... View more

I should be, it's all over... they cut the dam thing out, I survived therapies without any major issues but these days I'm scared that cancer might come back, feel like crying, but everyone says that's normal after being so busy with everything, now I have plenty of time to think about it which makes me crazy probably. I'm steel weak, can't do much which is boring and frustrating, patience is not on my side obviously, hehe. My legs still heart but my hear is coming back :) and about that pain, they lowered my dose of chemo for a little bit so the next time wasn't so bad and I didn't take the chance, I took the Neurofen plus straight after having chemo. How many radiations do you have, I had 27. Where are you, I'm in Melbourne. Hugs Vlasta ... View more

Hi Margaret, I went through the same, same cancer and probably the same chemo, had so much pain but Neurofen Plus 2 of them helped. I finished the whole lot and just to warn you, I still have a funny sensation in my legs and painful ankles, not that you will have too. Doctors tell me that everything will go away with time, lets hope. Best of luck Vlasta xx ... View more