Hi, I’m really suffering with pains and aching everywhere from Filgastrim. I’ve had co codamol and ibuprofen but I’m still writhing about in pain. I’ve got my electric blanket on but nothing seems to be helping!, Does anyone have any tips? I am aldoduffrtung...
Hi everyone I was diagnosed with triple positive grade 3 IDC plus DCIS in March 2023. It is considered stage 2b. I have been having neoadjuvant (before surgery) chemo therapy. 4 cycles of EC with G-CSF injections every three weeks and now I am having...
Hi all, Sending much love and strength to everyone in this group I just wondered if anyone knew when it is considered safe to start epilating after chemo has ended, just conscious of the risk of infection...I am on the immune boosting injections...
Hi everybody. I hope you are all progressing well with your treatments and wish you all the very best. I am posting with a rather difficult situation. I completed treatment for a grade 3 triple positive breast cancer in July and was hoping to start...
Hi everyone. I am 56 and overweight but, until I started Letrozole about three weeks ago, I had a very slow heart rate. It was so slow that I was sent for an ECG at my pre-op, and it was in the mid-40s even though I had just walked down a corridor to...
Hi There I have been told to stop taking tamoxifen as I am in for a lumpsectomy in 3 weeks. I have only been on it for just over 4 weeks. Will I have any side effects just stopping the medication dramatically? 1) worried about stopping it for 3...
Can someone help me please? Having gone through the surgery, r/t and DEXA scans etc all at far away hospitals, I now have my 6 month review with the lovely surgical team and BCNs. and keeping fingers crossed its all going to be ok. Trouble is in my area...
Hi there, this is the first time that I have made a post or comment on this blog. I do however read a lot of the discussions and have found them to be really helpful. I am needing some much needed advice and help please. In dec 2020 I was diagnosed with...
Hi. It has been 2yrs since my diagnosis and although I am getting back to normal, my feet are far from it. The soles of my feet and toes are still fairly numb and recently, when I massage them, which I do daily, they feel wrinkly underneath, as if I am...
Hi everyone, my mum was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer last June (2022), she has had 2 surgeries, 6 months chemo, 3 months radio and is now having fortnightly injections - and is ready for a holiday! Travel insurance is a minefield, we have read...
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