Thursday, May 31, 2012

Andrea's Posts

I'll show you mine if you show me yours ...

Dear friends,   A few months ago I put my hand up to be included in a photo exhibit about breast cancer patients/survivors, called "Portraits of Strength," having read about it in the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation newsletter. The exhibit opened last night in central Auckland, New Zealand, and you're all invited! I know most of... Read moreChevron

Chemo brain at work

Greetings all,   Having been summoned to a meeting with my supervisor and our manager, to discuss "performance issues," I'm expecting to have to defend my somewhat-eroded attention to detail.  Can anyone suggest a fact sheet or other "official" document (as opposed to a blog) that I can print off and give them, so it won't seem like... Read moreChevron

Radiation therapy after mastectomy?

Hello - All the SharePosts about radiation therapy have been post-lumpectomy.  I've had a mastectomy but my doctors still want me to have radiation, because the tumour was large and close to the edge.  Anyone out there in the same boat - before, during or after?