Hello I’ve just been diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer - waiting for my second biopsy results to discuss next steps - scared but remaining active and positive…. sending love and prayers to everyone x
Hi After 8 months of losing my hair through chemo, I'm finally on the right track to having the hair I once lost, albeit greyer. I have 2 wigs that I no longer have use for. Just wondering what people have done with their wigs or know of anywhere I...
Hi all i have just been diagnosed stage 4 IDC this week. I had my first oncology appointment today and finally have a plan. it’s been a tough day, there’s been lots of tears, mine and my husbands. Today though I’ve just felt really really vulnerable...
I started on Anastrozole for 10 years in April. Stayed with brand Amorax ( which I did find out was a distribution company not a manufacturer, but stayed with it). Got most of the side effects associated with Anastrozole mainly bad bone pains, insomnia...
Hello all, I have been lucky my cancer lump in my breast was found having my last ever mamagramme. Stage 1 I have had a lumpectomy + lymph nodes taken & clear of further cancer. I was told at 71yea s old that there is no need to have Radiotherapy, as...
Hi all, So I’m due to start chemotherapy next week. I had my eyebrows tattooed last month and am due a top up the week after I start chemo. My oncologist told me obviously there’s a higher risk of infection etc but ultimately it’s my decision whether...
Hi, im currently on olaparib alongside prostap and Lettrozole and im so tired all of the time. I’m struggling to keep my eyes open and just want to lay my head down. has anyone else been through similar and found a way of helping? thanks in advance...
When I woke up this morning my tablets I normally take at night were still on my bedside table, I’d obviously forgotten to take them. Without thinking I just took them then (blood pressure pill and Letrozole). Now I don’t know what to do, should I just...
Having a real funk the last few days.. I'm on day 6 of radiotherapy out of 15. I am the youngest person there every day, (44), I look around and wonder about each person's case, if their cancer came back or it's their first diagnosis but in later life...
Hi, I had early oestrogen and progest-positive, Her neg. breast cancer in 2021. Because of ongoing arthritis problems I'm taking Turmeric supplements with high curcuminoid content and Bioperine to help absorption, as they help decrease inflammation...
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