Hi Everyone I wondered if anyone has used any alternative remedies or supplements for menopause Al symptoms. Hot flushes, Vaginal atrophy, anxiety, mood etc I had a call from the menopause nurse at my GP practice and she was as much help as a chocolate...
My wife is starting Chemo for breast and lymph node cancer and I was looking for advice with regard keeping her safe, I am a school teacher in Year 3 and will be exposed to more than my fair share in the coming weeks. The worry about giving a bug to...
Hi everyone, I started taking letrozole about 6 weeks ago and have been getting a really bad ache in my right foot only which seems odd - it moves from my ankle joint to the top of my foot. It’s fine when I am sitting/lying down but painful when I put...
Before you knew you had BC did you have an odd tingling/itching or like faint pins and needles in your breast? I did. Then I found a lump which turned out to be cancer. The tingling was always there and was the reason I had surgery before chemo...
Hi all , I’m 6 months post single mx and am experiencing what I can only describe as shooting pain on my scar .. I’ve googled and what I read regarding post mastectomy pain syndrome seems to match what I’m experiencing… I just wondered if anyone else...
Hi all , just after some advice please, I get pip at the lower rate for the daily living component and the high rate for mobility for my multiple sclerosis, I was awarded an an indefinite award at tribunal years ago , this year I had breast cancer and...
I have had three rounds of EC and about to start 12 of weekly taxel I can’t take the cold cap any longer ( although quite liked it first couple of times) I don’t want to be there for so long on a weekly basis so I shaved my head on Sunday. My 17 yr old...
Good morning, I am almost 4 weeks post surgery after having a single mastectomy. I am still feeling so tired, has anyone else felt like this is it normal?
Bit of a long shot but is anyone , or has anyone been in the same position as me. I have been given a date for WLE on 8th December. I attended for pre-op which I assumed would just be routine, but I have recently received an appointment to meet with the...
hello there i have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer and being of menopausal age I was taking HRT. Since diagnosis I have stopped and wondering if there are any recommended alternatives out there. I suffer mostly with brain fog and joint pain...
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