Hi, I've just remembered that I should have had my Zoladex injection yesterday, it was my youngest son’s birthday and it went completely out of my head. How bad is this for me??? I’m completely freaking out, anyone else missed one. I’ve got to wait...
Hello! has anyone had any lymph node involvement but no axillary clearance/ chemo. 2/6 nodes are positive- had mastectomy. Will be having radiotherapy and hormone therapy. initially it was suggested axillary clearance is not needed, but spoke to...
I can't find my original post, but thought I'd leave an update. Originally told I had breast cancer in June 2025, confirmed through biopsy in October 2025 (long story) they also noted that suspicious lymph nodes when doing the ultrasound in October...
Hi folks I'm a young 55 year old who was diagnosed with breast cancer 3 years ago. So far I have been managing on anastrozole and have now moved to fulvestrant injections along with abemaciclib. Throughout, I have been very much of the 'I'm not letting...
I’m 30 years old and have just been diagnosed with breast cancer - waiting to hear the results from my staging scan (still one week away) and to see what type of cancer I have. I first found a lump almost a year ago but after having a fibroadenoma in...
Hi i went through 5 months of chemotherapy and lost most of my hair, but it has finally come back although slow growing. I'm starting on letrazole and zoladex injections and am worried about the side effects. What has people's experience been with hair...
I finished my chemo in September and had a lumpectomy and lymph node clearance in October. I have now nearly finished radiotherapy and will be having targeted therapy for around 9 months. My hair has started to grow back well, but totally the wrong...
Hi all , I wonder if anyone have same or similar experience. I have been diagnosed first time with BC in may 2019 I had 6 operations, radiotherapy , zoladex for 4 month and only 6 moth treatment of Tamoxifen the time after my first diagnosis ( I been...
Hi I’ve just had my 3rd Chemo and I’ve had a bad reaction to the drugs I’ve got red blotches from my neck to my toes. Does anyone have any ideas what I could use to calm the rash? I’ve been given steroid cream it helps for an hour or two then the...
Hi, I finished my last chemo on 18th Nov then had a mastectomy on 31st Dec. My muscle and joint pain is really horrible and getting me down. I feel like my body is like a 90year old not a 52year old. I was given severe chemo toxicity by the consultant...
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