Hi, Anyone on here suffering with Fuchs? I just had an eye operation on Wednesday - it was a corneal transplant. Quite uncomfortable. It’s a human graft. I can’t see out of that eye yet. As if 2021 and cancer is bad enough!!! Don’t know whether I’m coming...
Hi I’ve been taking tamoxifen for 41/2 years. I’ve recently started with hot flashes and night sweats that are stopping me from sleeping. I’ve now had two months of very little sleep. GP has px melatonin which is having very little effect. Can anyone...
Hi I’ve had 5 kadcyla to date and on letrozole. I find at night my soles of feet burning. So restless too. I’m thinking neuropathy. During the day I’m fine, it starts about 7 pm and can go on for few hours. I have cool pad in bed to help and then when...
Hello I had an initial diagnosis of Papillary carcinoma however after my lumpectomy. The pathology raised an anomaly that it may be an invasive cancer. As this was thought to be encased cancer there was no need to check my lymph. I am now still waiting...
Hi quite new to this but so many websites its all too confusing ! I'm on week 3 of paciltaxil chemo and my memory is mush ! Has anybody had this ? I literally turn around and forget what I was doing ?
Hello I had a left breast mastectomy last October and my scar feels really taught when i stretch, it feels like my skin was attached to my ribs, is this normal and does it get better over time? Thanks
Hi, I had a theraputic mammoplasty on the 8th December due to 2 x DCIS on my left breast I seemed to cope in the months leading up to the surgery and even the first couple of weeks after I saw my surgeon on the 22nd December and they luckily got all...
So sad had to have two teeth out on Wednesday , now looks like chemo start date will be pushed back :-( So will be just over 7 weeks since op Worried it will be too late to stop it coming back . Anyone else had this happen feeling really down .
Hi everyone. Hope you've had a good day today. If not I hope tomorrow is better. After a lumpectomy/theraputic mammoplasty and later an axillary clearance, CT and bone scans I today heard the fabulous news that it hasn't spread elsewhere. I expected...
I had a left side mastectomy on 20 Dec. I stayed in hospital 2 nights, and was then discharged home with a drain. I went back for a follow up check and to have the drain removed a week later. Then yesterday (another week later), I was back again for what...
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