I had right off 2 weeks ago w ith unexpected axillary dissection  . Only expected sentine l node, the constant burning in thr underside of my upper arm has put me off for life but lucky i was only small breasted  ... View more

Thanks and will do! **bleep** arm is painful enough as is. Always on fire on the underside of upper arm ouchy ... View more

Hi kate 😊  slow and steady! Mainly slow lol. Whole chest is blisfully numb but arm giving me hell!! Like armpit is dead as but underside of arm is super hyper sensitive. Even clothing gently brushing it feels like fire.  Very weird ... View more

woops hang on, that must be a different group as the one at Sumptuous cafe meets at 6pm, which is another bit of a prob being in the nursing home, their silly early routines. I have spoken to Donna or Libby, cant remember which. Lately my short term memory has gone, overload I think. ... View more

HI Kym, I did locate a support group in Orange but they meet at a place called Sumptcious and it has no wheelchair access. I did find an informal group in Ornage called chickchat and have been chatting with some members through messenger. This is such a wonderful site here in so many ways, this and BCNA have been my life vest! ... View more

topic says ILC but I know now its IDC. As I said am grade  and having my mastectomy next week. I was thinking, becuase I have become paranoid and have always tended towards anxiety, which is now on a really high scale lol, that I would even ask for chemo; he would prpbably think I was mad!  but honestly I dont think I will handle the checking my left breast EVERY night, I kid you not, I even took a photo of it today so I had a comparison for any visual changes, now thats extreme madness.  I really want to speak up and just say, throw the whole book at me, I dont care how I feel, when its done its done and nothing can be as bad as the mental anguish!   ... View more

Hi all, im not really replying to anyone but I thought here was where I should post my question. I was told that the cancer council site had a list of the support groups in various areas, but I havent found one in Orange NSW, does anyone know about this? Online is great but I still feel really isolated due to my very indiviudal situation ie Im a paraplegic also and although young, well too young to be in a nursing home, I am in one, and so I feel so isolated I would like to physically meet people in the area with cancer or after cancer.  I dont know anyone really in the area either, my family are not close by and I didnt have a choice of the nursing home ie I would have opted for one near home but it wasnt available at the time regards and thoughts to all bev ps invasive ductal carcinoma, stage unknown yet as JUST diagnosed, only know high grade on Nottingham scale. Mastectomy on the 20th of this month, so really would love to connect with a group before then ... View more

thanks Kate, have downloaded the pdf and found it really easy to follow 🙂 ... View more