tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post6989673759157720086..comments2024-02-20T07:57:47.756-08:00Comments on Carol Hedges: The Big C & MeCarol Hedgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-17036676873885991532016-10-14T01:23:43.377-07:002016-10-14T01:23:43.377-07:00I agree - for now, but I bet if I was faced with a...I agree - for now, but I bet if I was faced with a real life threatener I'd end up taking the drugs and the rays - I love life too much to give it up just yet!Stephanie Gau thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975359802571004043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-46246392311902538752016-10-14T00:52:45.269-07:002016-10-14T00:52:45.269-07:00Thank you for sharing this. I agree...it took a lo...Thank you for sharing this. I agree...it took a lot of 'it's my informed choice' stuff to make them back off. I have pretty well decided that, should it return in any major way, unless I get a 'promise' of a far longer life, I will not submit my body to the ravages of chemo and the side effects of lifelong drugs. Palliative care...and out...Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-16758117001329344452016-10-14T00:46:54.116-07:002016-10-14T00:46:54.116-07:00Hello Carol, I too had DCIS exactly the same as yo...Hello Carol, I too had DCIS exactly the same as yours in 2015. Like you, I was recommend ended to have an operation to remove the DCIS followed by radiotherapy. Like you, I didn't want radiotherapy. As I have quite small boobs, effect of operation would not have looked good, either. Eventually got surgeon to agree to a bigger op - sub-cutaneous mastectomy which leaves breast skin behind, with an on-the-spot reconstruction with a small implant. Cosmetic result is OK, have two passable boobs but one is now a bit smaller. Radiotherapy is standard offer for all women with DCIS - like yours, mine was high grade, but in many cases it is a sledgehammer to crack a nut.Stephanie Gau thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975359802571004043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-10275738818980334322016-10-13T11:56:59.350-07:002016-10-13T11:56:59.350-07:00Thanks for your very good advice and telling us th...Thanks for your very good advice and telling us this. Gill Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907328485580011762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-32207272688748895732015-10-13T11:56:56.176-07:002015-10-13T11:56:56.176-07:00Absolutely! It is my new campaign!Absolutely! It is my new campaign!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-20295897690424942542015-10-13T11:53:52.285-07:002015-10-13T11:53:52.285-07:00Thank you for sharing your experience. I religious...Thank you for sharing your experience. I religiously go every year for a mammogram/echogram - and have done for 15 years (I'm 58), since my mother, an aunt and a cousin all had breast cancer. For the few weeks before the appointment I am climbing the walls since I am s*** scared that they will find something. But my brain tells me it's better to find it early than skip the appointments and find it when it's too late. As other commentators have said, it's also important to watch for other cancers, e.g. colon cancer, which can be treated effectively if it's found early. This disease is the scourge of the 21st century: let's encourage everyone to do what they can to beat it.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046551396894790532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-75798941646730980872015-10-12T05:27:09.269-07:002015-10-12T05:27:09.269-07:00I have found somebody who had BC over 70, and as y...I have found somebody who had BC over 70, and as you say, they don't screen...and also the older you are, the longer/harder it is to bounce back!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-5316677725582462202015-10-12T05:14:03.515-07:002015-10-12T05:14:03.515-07:00Congratulations carol on having it, dealing with i...Congratulations carol on having it, dealing with it, and talking about it. I'm almost at the 5-year survival target after lung cancer (surgery & chemo in 2011 & chemo again in 2014 after a recurrence. Not curable but treatable & manageable). I understand that 70+ is a dangerous age for BC - & they don't screen much after 70. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972305987155413082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-61556606621669254242015-10-11T10:28:05.152-07:002015-10-11T10:28:05.152-07:00Yaay..indeed!!Yaay..indeed!!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-65983314508623683332015-10-11T05:07:45.298-07:002015-10-11T05:07:45.298-07:00welcome... if it stirs somebody into getting scree...welcome... if it stirs somebody into getting screened, then it has achieved its purposeCarol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-74797233727886905342015-10-11T00:55:15.436-07:002015-10-11T00:55:15.436-07:00Such an important post, Carol. Thank you for shari...Such an important post, Carol. Thank you for sharing.Wendy's Writinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960941625432714363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-77583995097695268312015-10-10T04:26:13.295-07:002015-10-10T04:26:13.295-07:00Thank you Carol. I too am a survivor (6 years and ...Thank you Carol. I too am a survivor (6 years and counting) with a story much like your own (except mine wasn't "in situ", it had spread but not into the lymph glands). I had radiotherapy. Anyway - I'm happy you're in "my club" - yay for survivors!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09186491465911432817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-21666201345936199752015-10-10T02:32:04.388-07:002015-10-10T02:32:04.388-07:00Thank you for sharing so openly. A brave post.... ...Thank you for sharing so openly. A brave post.... I'm glad you're here to tell the tale. xKimmiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10974750428498873046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-44906098534733282442015-10-10T02:29:26.854-07:002015-10-10T02:29:26.854-07:00glad it all went OK, Carol... fingers crossed for ...glad it all went OK, Carol... fingers crossed for the future!<br />Made me wonder if I should...anita daweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03872644106384365588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-268191087543122292015-10-10T01:47:44.100-07:002015-10-10T01:47:44.100-07:00thanks Jo. Men are so hard to persuade to go for a...thanks Jo. Men are so hard to persuade to go for any tests!Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-24834911870350251672015-10-10T01:45:42.928-07:002015-10-10T01:45:42.928-07:00I know breast cancer is the big one - but can I gi...I know breast cancer is the big one - but can I give a shout out for skin cancer, too. Don't ignore anything that doesn't look 'quite right'. It might be nothing. It might be something slow-growing and easily removed (like mine were - I've had two) or it might be one of the big b*ggers, and you need to do something about those as soon as you can.<br /><br />And the bowel cancer tests are also a must. My brother survived bowel cancer (over 10 years now) only because he went to the doctor as soon as his innards were out of kilter. He'd have died if he's left it longer.<br /><br />I suppose it's about knowing our own bodies, checking fairly regularly (whether we do that ourselves or do the tests), and then get on with having a great life.JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-88100224289430546752015-10-10T01:43:17.495-07:002015-10-10T01:43:17.495-07:00Gulp. So so glad you are clear. I'm one of tho...Gulp. So so glad you are clear. I'm one of those who misses screenings. Must go....thank you, Carol. Hug!!Vallypeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309284606572565277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2681775564258628407.post-40822104492111203332015-10-10T00:40:50.417-07:002015-10-10T00:40:50.417-07:00...thanks for sharing, m’Lady., Carol .. my younge......thanks for sharing, m’Lady., Carol .. my youngest sister is a dual survivor... having had two bouts with lung cancer... currently in remission, thankfully...mwaaah :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02205251775637958014noreply@blogger.com