hi im new to the group had biopsy today for calcification and I just can't sleep so scared and uncomfortable. Can anyone tell me timescales and what happens next, online reading is bleak thanks x
I'm new to forums altogether so I'm still finding my way around but the warm welcome I've had has made me feel part of it already. Although I have a good support network & they've been amazing, they can't always understand fully how I'm feeling or what...
Hello Ladies, wee question. Has anyone suffered with back pain while having breast cancer?? Ive had back pain back and forward for a year but it’s quite painful now. I was diagnosed on the 20 Feb so still waiting in scan results obviously worried...
Hiya, I’m new to this group but was on the triple negative breast cancer group. I’m asking this for my sister who was diagnosed with triple negative BC two years ago, no lymph node involvement. After chemo, radio therapy, lumpectomy, capecitabine...
Hello there I have a question about side effects from tamoxifen. I am currently on 20mg a day, brand is WOCKHARDT. I had chemo March to May last year, RT in August, and in December had final treatment of 11 cycles of Herceptin.... so currently Tamoxfen...
So today I found out via my Oncologist that my GP Practice are unable to prescribe Femara as it is not on their Formulary? GP had written to my Oncologist saying I had asked for the Femara. Not sure what Formulary actually means in terms of prescribing...
So having done the mastectomy then chemo and radiotherapy plus another bilateral surgery I now have arthritis in my hip. Anyone out there??
Hi, I’ve ended up shaving my head now. I had it cut into a pixie cut but just over a week and half later it was getting too thin on top so I had a number 1 all over. For now I’ve been wearing hats, mainly cotton beanies, sometimes woolly hats when it...
Diagnosed with aggressive triple negative breast cancer month ago, startled chemotherapy and immunotherapy on my second week of chemotherapy, woken up this morning with horrible indigestion and also feels like trapped wind, and advice on best things to...
Good morning, I found out my results on the 14th of February. Since then I have had a lumpectomy and lymph node removal on the 5th of March and I am awaiting results. They did mention it is likely I will need radiotherapy. I have been signed off work...
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