Mandy Harvey aka Beadsme: My Claim To Fame

The Big C .... Cancer (Breast)

I thought I would add some details to my blog for those that are suffering or have suffered from breast cancer.
I was diagnosed in Sept 2000.
Underwent a lumpectomy, following by chemo and radiothereapy. They also removed some lymph nodes to check to see if it had spread. Luckily it hadn't.
I was told that I was stage 1 (very early stage) and grade 3 (nasty).
Chemo - I had 6 sessions of chemo usinf FEC (Fluorouracil also known as 5FU), (Epirubicin), (Cyclophosphamide). I cannot say chemo was nice. The first 3 sessions were ok just a little bit of sickness but after that bad sickness, severe tiredness, no energy, bleeding and sore gums, bladder problems.
Radiotherapy - Didn't find that this was a problem at all. Have a couple of dot tattoos left on my chest area. At this time I was still tired from the chemo so not really sure if radio made it worse.
Here I am a survivor.
If you want to ask any questions please contact me and I will do my best to give you a truthful answer.

I actually thought that my last day at work before the Chrisy break would be easy. Must have been kidding myself. From arriving at 8.15am to 3pm I was non-stop. Almost everyone had left at between 12 and 1pm for the Chrissy party. Good job I didn't want to go.

Well the Chrissy spirit was not in me, after a bitchy comment and noticed whispers my day was spent totally depressed. I even spent 5 minutes to have a little cry. I couldn't get out of this feeling all day.

9.00pm came and I decided to relax with my hub with my Australian Beading magazine. I have had it sitting around for a while now and hadn't had the chance to read it. Well I just got to page 16 and it made my day. I was so excited, even hub was pleased for me. I had a 2nd look and yep it was my creation. I had sent photos in to them months ago and never heard anything and to just turn a page and there is my "vampires mistress" bracelet and earrings. How cool is that!

After a poopy day Australian Beading magazine Vol 2 No 6 made my day. Thank you very much.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...: Congratulations, Mandy!; 24 December 2008 at 22:20
Da Old Man said...: Congrats. Very nice to get the recognition.; 25 December 2008 at 01:43
Anonymous said...: Congrats and sorry your day started bad, but glad you had good news. I know how it can get at Christmas time with everything going on. My s-i-l got 90,000.00 and out of that we got a LOAN of 300.00-unbelievable, huh? They say they had too much debt in their early twenties. Oh, well, we're thankful for that, but still...; 25 December 2008 at 12:09
BeadedTail said...: Sorry your day started off bad but congratulations on being in the magazine!; 25 December 2008 at 12:35
Anonymous said...: May the holiday season bring you peace and joy.; 26 December 2008 at 00:45
Waterrose said...: Congratulations and I'm glad your day turned out well!; 26 December 2008 at 12:46
Deborah Lambson said...: wow..that's fantastic. I love how things like this work!; 27 December 2008 at 04:31
Live, Love, Laugh, Write! said...: Congratulations!; 27 December 2008 at 13:53
tashabud said...: Congratulations on your sale! That is a beautiful set. There's a local beader who's selling her stuff at our mall now. In fact I bought a couple of her dangly earrings last week. I like dangly ones better than hoops.

Happy New Year!
Tasha; 28 December 2008 at 03:23
Anonymous said...: That is way cool. Congrats, you deserve it. Sometimes things do get a rocky start. Glad it ended on a better note.; 28 December 2008 at 11:06
Beaderjojo said...: Aww, well that certainly must have lifted your spirits. Sounds like the magazine came in right on time.
Congratulations for your feature!; 29 December 2008 at 01:57
Storm, The Psychotic Housewife said...: ooooh that is so cool! Congratulations! It's an awesome set :); 31 December 2008 at 09:50