I’m confused actually my path report says ypT2N3 which I thought whilst not brilliant etc still put me stage 3 . I am on tdm1 till it either too toxic or fails . Now I did have spots on lungs last year but they resolved by next 3 month scan . I’m being...
I’m just wondering if there is any recently released data on recurrence and survival rates? We are always being told that the data is out of date, partly because it’s based on patients who were diagnosed several years ago, and partly because there are...
I’ve been taking Letrozole for 18 months and I’ve just started have leg pain in my muscles and nerve pain on my skin. Does anyone else have these issues?
Hi all just a quick question, I'm thinking of having a tattoo on the inside of my wrist to symbolise the hard battle I have been through, finished all treatment in September last year , how long do you have to wait or indeed if you can have at all , any...
Pain in breast where cancer was removed. Is this normal as it has only started after three months after operation. On Letrozole
Hi I’m just wondering if anyone is experiencing different side effects with different manufacturers of anastrozole. I’ve been taking it for a year and at times I experience different side effects which seems to coincide with a new prescription and different...
Hey, first post here. I was diagnosed with invasive lobular breast cancer HER2 positive and estrogen positive a few weeks ago and treatment starts in a few weeks. I'm 43 and split from my wife in the early autumn. So I'm on my own and had just been...
To whoever this is useful...I was diagnosed for the second time with oestrogen-positive cancer. Treatment was mastectomy with possibility of chemotherapy. I chose to have double mastectomy even though cancer was only found in one breast. I chose not to...
Hi, I am having trouble with post surgery bras I have now tried 6 different bras but each one is cutting into me under my armpit probably due to swelling and change of shape following my bilateral mamography. I have tried creams and stuffing tissue under...
Hi all, sorry for mentioning the dreaded bowels but after having my 1st chemo session 2 weeks ago, initially I was a little constipated, followed by 48hrs of diarrhoea and now I'm a little constipated again. I am still managing to go once or twice daily...
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