Hi all, I have just found out that I m having the fowlloing chemotherapy - 4 rounds of EC and 4 rounds of paclitaxel, that i am having every 2 weeks. What a summer line up! I am over the initial devastation of this news, but looking for stories and...
I’ve been waiting now for radiotherapy for 3 months … had my surgery in October and my oncology appointment in December, just been told won’t start radiotherapy until end of March…. The waiting is really getting to me now
I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma PR positive, ER positive and HER2 positive back in Dec, it was decided to give chemo upfront, with 4 cycles of EC followed by 4 cycles of Docetaxel in combination with Phesgo, now having completed 3 cycles...
Hi Everyone this is my first post so bear with me l am now on my third time having breast cancer last time was 17 years ago so it’s come as a bolt from the blue all over again l have had chemo last summer which brought on early onset osteoporosis and...
Hope everyone is having a nice Saturday! Just wondering if anyone would mind share their experience with pain post-biopsy has been (if any)? I had a core needle biopsy 8 days ago and after the local anaesthetic had worn off I had some pain and discomfort...
Just wondering if anyone else following chemo and aromatase inhibitors has developed foot pain. I can barely walk at times, especially when getting up after being in bed or sitting for some time due to pain in the soles of my feet. I now have bad heel...
Hi lovely community i had my lumpectomy on 14th Feb - how romantic! It went well, I’ve healed nicely. It was a small grade 2 cancer and it hadn’t spread. Upon receiving the ‘all clear’ pathology results 2 weeks post op I felt like I’d won the lottery...
hi lovely ladies How many of you have tried different brands pf letrozole? I decided that Accord was best for me but then my chemist annoyingly gave me Cipla. I have had horrendous side effects these past 5 days, it is quite debilitating... anyone else...
My wife has been on Capecitibine for almost a month now and she is really struggling. Each day is getting worse. She can't remember anything from even a few seconds ago. She really doesn't know what she is meant ho be doing and I now can't leave her alone...
I just started taking this for inflammation arthritis but wonder if anyone else is taking it or knows anything about it? It’s a German supplement made in USA?
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