5 year survivor today

[tousled1]

Congratulations Jackie!! Wishing you many more NED years ro come.

[StephN]

Keep it up, Lady! Your body is cooperating with all you are giving it.

After discussing ongoing twitches, twinges, etc with my med onc, he postulates that it is the nerves that are damaged from the chemos. Most of the time the nerves that have been damaged will repair and the synapses start firing again.

Unfortuately for me after having had SO MUCH chemo, my deep tendon reflexes are still nil. So, I may never get those back, yet I am very thankful not to have neuropathy in my hand and feet to any noticeable degree. I just don't move as fast as I used to, but no one else really is aware of that if I am rested and my energy level is OK.

[sadie]

Now this is going to sound terribly naive on my part, but I'm hoping to come up with a simple solution to at least the heel burning problem.
I have had eyelid twitching off and on for about 5 years now and I've also had heel burning in the past year.
The eye-twitching would occur sporadically. I chalked it up to nerves. Still not sure why it happens.
The heel burning turned out to be because of the slippers I was wearing!
The seam around the edge of the slippers were right on my heel and over time, my heel(s) were getting dry & irritated too.
I solved the problem by buying 1 size bigger so the seam would not be in the area of my heel!
I know it sounds stupid, but it worked!
By the way, these things happened BEFORE I had breast cancer!
Believe me, I am not trying to make light of your symptoms; I guess I'm hoping that these are a couple of things that may not be related to your treatments and you can solve them with simple remedies.
Best wishes,
Sadie

[Lisa]

Jackie,

From a former Texan...YAHOOOOOOOOO! Wait to go, girlfriend.

Love and light,

Lisa

[Monique M]

Congratulations Jackie! May you have many more joy filled years!