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Hi everyone, I am struggling with awful night sweats, being woken up 4-5 times every night. I am into my 5th year on letrozole and suffering lots of the lovely side effects that come with it, joint pain, hot flushes, brain fog, anxiety, mood swings and...
9 months since moved from Tamoxifen to Letrozole and I feel more ill as time goes on. Joint pains and stiffness, feeling nausious and fatigued. Do I ask to swap meds?
Hi, I am currently having EC chemo and due to change to paxlataxl soon. It’s going as well as can be expected but I’m plagued by this smell around me that really turns my stomach. I’m the only one who can smell it and it’s definitely coming from me...
Hi I've put on loads of weight because of cancer treatment and chemical menopause. My diet is really good and I do yoga at the gym but still my weight continues to rise.Really unhappy about my shape now. I was a size 10 pre treatment and after three...
But not a very patient one! I've at least got a diagnosis, it's invasive ductal cancer grade 2, but still small, oestrogen receptive but looks as if I might get away with the lymph nodes....and maybe not too much treatment afterwards? Complex plan...
Hi I have been taking Anastrozole for 18 months and I have the most horrible pain in my knee. I know this is probably a side effect of the medication. I am going to make an appointment to see my breast care team but has anyone had knee pain that has been...
Hi All, I am 48, diagnosed with TNBC in March. My mastectomy is coming up on the 11th of November. I won't be having a reconstruction as I have to have more chemo and radiotherapy once I have healed. I was wondering if anyone could give me some...
I'm 2 years post surgery and will be 2 years post radiotherapy in January & take tamoxifen. When I went through my cancer journey, although it was hard, I'd made my peace that it would be what it would be. I'd lived a great life, travelled, had the...
I had therapeutic mamoplasty and 25 radiotherapy sessions 8 years ago for large area of DCIS. All is generally fine now, a red flare up a year ago which they put down to late effects of radiotherapy and dehydration. recently I’m just aware of the breast...
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