Hi everyone, I finished my chemo 4 weeks ago and my scalp is like throbbing and really itchy and still loosing loads of hair can anyone advise me on anything to help or a rough time line in when this may slow down?? Thank you
I was diagnosed in August with stage 1, grade 2 invasive ductal carcinoma and had wide local excision/ sentinel node biopsy 7 weeks ago. Radiotherapy to follow in the New Year and I've started taking Tamoxifen. Initially I had a seroma and wound infection...
Hi Has anyone had serious weight loss on these tablets? ... I take them daily I did suffer loss of appetite but that has returned now, but still losing weight.
I have just swapped oncologists who seems to be doing a lot more scans and testing…I have a ct scan booked and he has done lots of blood tests (I am nearly at the end of my bc treatment) and I have got an elevated CA19-9 result. I wondered whether anyone...
Hi After having been diagnosed with tnbc last year and going through all the treatments of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy and more immunotherapy which finally finished in July this year .... I have come to realise I have now lost...
Hello lovely community, this is my first post here. I'm not entirely sure what to expect or if I'm asking for anything in particular, more just having a rant! I'm half way through my chemo treatments (have just finished four EC and will be having four...
Hi everyone. Hope you’re all keeping as well as possible. I just wondered if anyone else is experiencing the same strange feelings and flashbacks that have been happening since I went on Letrezole? I feel like I’m going mad, I can’t explain them very...
Hi. I have an appointment for the 19th Dec to start my first Zoldronic acids infusion. Think like most of you this will be every 6 months for 3 years. I currently take letrozole once a day with a once a day vitamin d and calcium supplement. A letter...
Hi All So its been 2 weeks since my Biopsy and I had call today to say my results are back and that my case was taken to MDT. My consultant's clinic only runs on a Monday and Friday so the earliest appointment I was offered was 12th December - that...
Hi everyone. I had a blood test yesterday in readiness for starting Abemaciclib. I am booked in for Friday to speak with the doctor about commencing it. I am really suffering with paranoia/anxiety at the moment and just had a call from unknown caller...
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