Hi all, I spent my treatment hrs today discussing nail care, some lovely ladies have recommended Evonail which looks great, the nurse today suggested polybalm and that's what they recommend to everyone. Any experiences would be gratefully heard ...
Hi. I just had my 13th radiation treatment and notice that my nipple has brown spots all over it. Has anyone else had this? I’ll talk to my doctor next week. Hope this is normal because I couldn’t find much online about it. Thanks.
Hi all, just wanted to know if anyone on here has ever found a very faint dent on their breast? I noticed one on my left breast a little while ago , it really is very very faint & only noticeable when I raise my arm , you’d really miss it if you weren...
Hello all Hoping to get some advice from those a bit further along than me - Finished chemo back in Sep, my hair is fully back but decidedly curly ... getting used to it after 45 years of totally straight hair, it's not the end of the world even if...
Morning, I’m due to start my first session of chemo in a couple of weeks and was looking for some ideas on useful items to put my bag to take with me. I’m also opting for the cold cap but I’ve had very little information about from the hospital about...
Hi I’m away to start chemo - oncologist saying 4 sessions EC then 4 sessions of paclitaxel . This seems to be the standard treatment but they are saying to receive every two weeks rather than every three. i just wondered if anyone else here is on the...
3 years post double mastectomy. Grade 2 ductal & lobular. Hormone therapy 10 years . No chemo or radiotherapy. Husband prostate cancer 7 years ago recently became active again with rising psa. Brother, renal cancer recently metastasised to lungs chemo...
Surgery completed last Monday overnight in hospital, couldn’t walk properly luckily had my granddaughter help me to car, and have some soup when got home, had nurses come in every day to empty drainage bag and do blood pressure, have been for second ct...
Hello, I was diagnosed with TNBC stage 2 grade 3 and start my chemo on the 4th November. Recently it’s felt as though someone is stabbing my lump and it has really bad stinging spasms. Nurse said it could be because I’m due on, but it hurts so much...
I have some malignant lymph nodes in my armpit which were found first. I have to have them removed along with all the others which will also be tested for cancer. At the moment this is freaking me out as I keep seeing posts about thank goodness lymph...
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