morning all, this is one that has only just come to me. i completed my final kadcyla last thursday. so i have an appointment with breast institute in a couple of weeks. since last week all i can think about is when i have my mammogram is IT is back...
Hi all, After treatment, my left breast is smaller and higher up than the right one. Has anyone found any good bras that hide this? What makes have you found to be really good? Or what styles work best - e.g. moulded cups, padded, plunge etc? ...
Hi, Happy February! I am feeling just a bit overwhelmed and upset with everything today. I have tried to be positive (I am on my 2nd cancer roundabout - 1st was in 2013), however despite thinking that I have done this before and managed to sail through...
I am on anastrole almost 6 years now and another 1 to go. I am experiencing really bad fatigue all of a sudden and a lot of depression. I just feel something is wrong. I spoke to my oncologist on Monday but she put it down to Anastrole and said to persevere...
I have been doing so well getting Accord that is requested on my prescription, but it seems we are back to the bad old days of limited supply. No luck this month and phoning round the pharmacies has not helped. I’ve tried every brand in nearly 9 years...
I've been on letrozole for about a year. My memory loss is shocking. I forget the names of basic things, mostly names of things. Please tell me this is normal and I'm not going mad.
So I’m near the end of my 2 year prescription. Luckily for me the big diarrhoea and abdominal pain settled a couple of weeks after I had begun to feel there was no way I could possibly cope much longer. I’ve had a lot of draggy symptoms, infections...
Hi It seems that since receiving my diagnosis of 2 X cancers in left breast plus lymph nodes, being given Anastrozole to stop feeding the cancer's and in limbo waiting to see Consultant to plan my surgery, I wake up in a hot, sticky, itchy sweat! ...
Hi, I am about 10 months post surgery for a single mastectomy for grade 2 breast cancer. I am oestrogen positive and taking anastrozole. Someone has suggested I take lions mane to counteract some of the side-effects of anastrozole. However, when I read...
Hi I had surgery 10 days ago and have removed my dressings today as in instructed. Seeing the results of surgery has caused a mixture of emotions and has shocked me I had a lumpectomy and to be honest didn’t know what to expect I feel frightened and...
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