Just was interested in opinion . I’m still on kadcyla but I’m a year on from surgury and radio just noticed my left boob where surgury was feels swollen now and just different . Know radiotherapy can cause this but maybe paranoid just twice size it was...
Hi I am about to start 14 treatments of TDM1 and just wondering if anyone has already had some of these. I know it is only a small amount of chemo compared to what I have had but would like to know if you feel well enough to work. Thank you, any replies...
I am secondary HER2+ (liver mets), I have had 33 3-weekly treatments so far...I think I have a worse reaction to the new injectable drug (Phesgo) or maybe its just the toxicity level that has built up through so much use over time? After every treatment...
HI Everyone, i am happy to say i haven't been on here for more that 4 years. I was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer 5 years ago. I had lymph node clearance with 5 infected nodes some of which were "extra capsular extension", in lay mans terms i...
Hi all. I received the date for my mastectomy yesterday. Although I've known it was coming, I was diagnosed 9mths ago, it was still a shock. Part of me knows I need the op, but the other part of me doesn't want it. I feel quite angry with ppl. They...
Hi folks If you're about to start chemo you'll probably be feeling a bit scared, I know I was, so I'd like to try to give you a bit of comfort and reassurance. My experience is that the fear if the unknown was the worst part. Bit when I'd been once...
I have awful health anxiety as it is...here goes...so I am a regular gym goer and lift fairly heavy weights etc...I also have the Mirena Coil which I've had for a year now.. I still get very light periods along with other PMS symptoms. So I am "on a very...
I'm having therapeutic mammoplasty and full lymph node removal on Thursday,I have been told I'll need to stay in overnight. I m so worried about it all,can't think straight or think about anything else at the minute
I am 56 and had breast cancer 5 years ago. I took Letrozole for 2 years and have been taking tamoxifen for the last 3 years. I have now been told to continue tamoxifen for another 5 years. My symptoms are achiness and tiredness but they are manageable...
I’m so fed up, just tested positive for COVID , I was negative this morning. I had re excision Thursday pm and was negative then. I had a croaky throat same as after the last few operations, but it didn’t go away this time. I tested to be sure and was...
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