Hi Bahareh, It's good to have our Heavenly Father in our lives and He helps us a lot. I am a strong religous person and having cancer is a big help to me as it is not so alone as He is with me all day and night. Glenys. ... View more

people who hasn't had this kind of surgery of breast cancer or even other types of cancer don't relise what they are saying to you. Please help me out with this also with hints because I do really strongly feel sad at their responses. I don't blame you at all the way u feel as being lonely is quite a bit of the resourses that people who misunderstand don't get on with others who had this type of surgery. They say why whinge at this in your life which makes it worse and u feel more lonely. ... View more

If these people haven't had this kind of surgery even though they are counselors they dont know what they are saying so be patient with them. Also assert yourself if you aren't satisfied. What do you think of this to what I said to you? What I am going to do is take a photo of my chest and hand it over to my doctor and my mental care nurse and say would you like it if it happened to you. This might be for you too. ... View more

Hi Allicat, It must have been good to have the surgery and gain your breast back. They must be small too as I have big ones when I had the surgery. It is another thing when you have big ones and more drainage to it. It must have taken less time in the threatre for you. I had 7 drainage injections after the surgery after being discharged so how many did you have? It is hard to except to have one breast on my chest feeling lob sided, flat on one side feeling like a man and a woman. Would you help me to have surgery with what you had to feel much better. Glenys. ... View more

just because I have had a good result of beating the cancer others only look at the pysical part of it. They seem to ignore the emotional side of it. This is so hard to except when others don't have this kind of surgery they are so ignorant. I feel so comforted by others who have had this kind of surgery and want to chat urgently to them of how they have coped with it. This is so new to me when I have only been to a support group 4 times since my surgery. I went into the church in September last year and found 30 women there. It was comforting to meet them. When my sisters in WA who haven't had this kind of surgery I don't want to chat to them. My mental health nurse hasn't had this kind of surgery either so she tells me to go to the pool and do what is best for you to make yourself happy and to get yourself together. It's been 16 months she tells me to cut off the emothions. I want to have a mental care nurse who has had this kind of surgery as they could help me better. ... View more

yes I do it's like opening up an story that you hold till you tell others how you feel. What was it like for you when you had the recontruction? It must have been fear to have it but you were so good to be like this for your self. Help me to have a recontructive breast but is there anything that would disatisfy you that there is trouble where you did have the recontructive breast. My husband is telling me that there would be something that I would be so disatisfied with - is this the cast with you? It would be an 8 hour operation with me as I have 1k weighed breast. It would be so terrifing to have an 8 hour operation. Thankyou for you to say something to me it is so good for you to do it. ... View more

Since my husband has had prostate cancer since 2001 and he is alive it scares me to have read this story of yours. I couldn't imgine what it would be like for me to have a bed like yours but it must be so lonely for you. I don't want my husband pass away ever. I don't want to be a widow at all. Why did you get a bed that you would throw out the other one that you had all cuddles there with all the memories. Glenys. ... View more

I wish someone on line would comment to my missions. Glenys ... View more

My husband Colin has had prostate cancer since 13th August 2001. This was the unknown for him to recieve this diagnoses. The Doctor over at the Austin in Heidleberg Victoria asked him to have radiation for a month in January 2002. He was on 100mls of hormone tablets 3 times a day also before having radiation in 2001. This journey for him has been emotionally tiring. Any kind of cancer is emotional. He was working at the time going to have radiation at the repat in the morning before going to work in North Melbourne. The radiation was tiring for him also being on hormone tablets. There are results from having the hormone tablets as now he has diabetes in September 2009. Colin has a injection under his navel every 3 months. ... View more