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  • Steroids for Breathlessness - Please Help

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    My Mum has secondary breast cancer in her lungs and is so suffering with breathlessness. The operation went so well but is now suffering with her breathing. The oncologist said to take steroids for 6 weeks but the GP took her off these "weaning" them down each week. The breathlessness has returned and is really bad. How long does it take for steroids to work? Have you taken them for any length of time? Apart from oxygen…