Hi everyone, I just wanted to share Holly's Breast Cancer Poems, which we've shared on Community News. Holly was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2005. She's here on the Online Community under the username Ilexmaria. Read Holly's story: World...
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Hi everyone I am towards the end of treatment for breast cancer. I've just returned to work. I'm due to finish a 6 month course of apixaban in September. I had staging scans in October 2021, all were clear. Due to ongoing breathlessness I had a further...
Hi everyone i had my port fitted on Monday and it’s still painful 4 days later. It’s not infected or anything and it’s been checked and is healing well. how long will it take to settle down? Perhaps it’s because the stitches are still in? Hopefully...
Hi. How long should it be before my bowels return to normal. I had constipation throughout my seven cycles of chemo but thought once I had finished things would return to normal. But they haven't. How long after.chemonshould I continue taking laxatives...
I normally read anything in the Daily Mail with a pinch of salt but this article today about the benefits of yoga for cancer sufferers makes absolute sense. I do a little yoga daily but will try and up the ante now. www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Cancer-patients...
Hi - A best friend since childhood has always had poor mental health - and recently has been diagnosed with OCD. Over the years, we have been good friends and supported each other but since my cancer diagnosis (stage 4 de novo) she has been distant and...
Hi I finished Docetaxel last June but my hair hasn’t grown back properly. I have PCIA persistent chemotherapy induced alopecia due to Taxane chemotherapy. My hair is very very thin on the top and back of my head. It’s devastating. Has anyone else had...
Hi everyone, I’m new to this group but am hoping that someone else may be experiencing what I am and have some advice. I am thankfully in remission from grade 3 HER2 positive breast cancer, I have been on Anastrazole for just over a year now and I am...
I had a lumpectomy last August and radiotherapy in November but I am finding a problem with T-shirts and jumpers. On one side tops dig into my neck and other side is off my shoulder. Wondering if "chicken fillets" would be the answer, if they are still...
