Recently diagnosed with TNBC, I have just completed 3 EC cycles and am due to start 3 cycles of Carboplatin and Paclitaxel with the latter as a weekly dose. My appointment is at 10am and I’ve been instructed to take 20mg of dexamethasone at 10pm the...
Hi everyone - just had a quick look through the previous posts on swimwear and nothing quite matched. I have implant reconstruction following mastectomy and return visit for axillary node clearance. I don’t swim a lot so chanced my previous costume on...
Hi all, I haven’t even been fully diagnosed yet but I have exactly the same symptoms as someone I know who recently had breast cancer. I’m 24 years old and was referred to the breast clinic on Tuesday. I have a large lump in my left breast and have been...
Hi Everyone, just asking its been a year since my lumpectomy and lymph node removal everything healed fine but over the last 3 months my breast has started to itch really bad and my nipple is flaky and it leaks a bit of like milky discharge sometimes...
Any information on how to deal with night sweats on Tamoxifen? Really struggling at the moment.
Hi I was diagnosed with breast cancer last year and have been taking Tamoxifen since April 2021. Blood tests have shown that my liver function tests are abnormal in particular ALT levels of 164IUL. I hardly drink alcohol, don't do drugs or anything...
My husband tested positive for COVID this morning. I have tested negative. I have had six of my 19 sessions of radiotherapy, another one due this evening. We are now wearing masks in the house, he is banned from the kitchen and we are using separate bathrooms...
Hi all I am pretty much exactly 13 weeks post therapeutic mammoplasty following my grade 2 stage 1 invasive ductal cancer diagnosis. ER + HER-. 3 weeks after the mammoplasty, I had a full axilary node clearance as they had found cancer in 1 lymph node...
Hello i am just wondering if anyone had any similar experience, i had a left side total masectomy last july without reconstruction, its healed very well and arm movement really almost back to normal. Ive recently though started getting really itchy on...
Hello. I have a question about steroids. I am waiting for a finalised treatment plan after my last two scans and a second biopsy. I have been told I will need chemo before an operation as the known tumor is too large to remove with enough healthy skin...
