Hi, just a quick question. For those of you, like me, who have been through the menopause and are now taking Letrozole or a form of. Do the reoccurrence of menopause symptoms pass? If so, how long? I’m not liking the hot flushes!! Thank you
Hello, I have 2 sessions of Chemo left. My last session was Docetaxel and my taste buds are all up the shoot, I have very little appetite and the little I am eating, is going straight through me. Can anyone recommend a High Protein Shake? Thanks Jo.
Hi I haven’t been on here for a while as things got a bit to much for me but am feeling a lot better now and thought I would come back on . I finished chemo , had surgery and radiation and now on Kadcyla .
I'm 47 and was diagnosed in November with IDC a 7 mm tumour grade 1, stage 1 ER/PR + HER2 - I had a lumpectomy followed by 20 session of radiotherapy, seems like a lot but I'm in Italy and it must be different here. I have been taking Tamoxifen since...
Gone back to work after active treatment, which was chemo that finished the end of Dec, and radiotherapy 11th March. I returned to work on the 1st April, on a phased return, I was working 3/4 of my hours, and found bad mental and physical fatigue, I would...
Hi, I am coming towards the end of my chemo (3 cycles of 3 weekly EC completed and having my 10th of 12 weekly Paclitaxel with 3 weekly Phesgo tomorrow) and am starting to think/worry/panic about my mastectomy. Most people seem to have surgery first...
Three weeks post mastectomy, was surprised that there was very little pain, more discomfort really. Only ingoing issue is under arm numb and feeling in upper arm and near underarm like what I can only describe as feeling like a friction burn. Anyone else...
Any advice for chemo mouth plz
Hi everyone, hope you all had a lovely easter and keeping well. I was wondering if anyone could give some advice. Since I started chemo my face has become really red and pimply. I have changed to LaRoche-Posay, which seems to help a bit. But I would...
Hi just about to change from letrozole to tamoxifen as the side effects of letrozole are really getting me down especially the painful joints & tiredness skin irritation etc but after reading the side effects of tamoxifen its stressing me out!! Not sure...
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