I have had 2 sessions of chemo now and I keep getting this sunburn feeling around my shoulders, back, neck and tops of my arms. I have EC and dexatoxcil. Also I get sore eyes. Has anyone else had these ssymptoms after chemo. The first time round wasn...
Hi been switched to Exemestane after Letrozole gave me bad joint pains following lumpectomy & radiotherapy 6 months ago. Been on it almost 2 months but the side effect are still bad terrible night sweats insomnia depression do they ever get easier??
Hi Left mastectomy 10 days ago, awaiting follow up results next week for the next step. I need to understand the exercise regime please. Is it to keep the shoulder moving, or is it to stretch the breast scar tissue? I floated (yes obviously still under...
Hi everyone, I was here recently as Lollypop31 but I had a phone upgrade and something happened to my membership and I couldn't log in! Obvs a case of cancer brain and not being able to remember passwords etc! Anyhoo - I'm back now and hope you're...
Just wondering if any of you lovely ladies have had chemo for invasive lobular cancer and your experience /results with this as I have been advised this will be part of my treatment plan. I have read so many times that lobular does not respond to chemo...
Hi there, I seem to have come down with a stinky cold a week after the P&T treatment. I haven’t really been exposed to anything and my kids are both well. Has anyone found this to be an issue during Herceptin? Lateral flow tests all negative, just a...
I was just wondering if anyone else had still been suffering from nausea more than than a week after the first dose of the above drugs, my energy levels are slowly returning, but the nausea is still present not all the time but often enough that eating...
In October last year I was diagnosed with HER2 positive breast cancer & DCIS in surrounding tissue. I've just completed 8 courses of chemotherapy which reduced the tumour but the DCIS is still almost the same size. My surgeon advised me to have mastectomy...
Hi all, did anyone had COVID in between chemo cycles? I am after 2nd EC chemo, now I have COVID on top of that, and really struggling ( really tired, but in the night I can’t sleep as my nasal ways are completely blocked, I have to blow my nose all...
Hi everyone, just noticed yet another potential side effect of Anastrozole which are bladder problems. I get stress urgency and discomfort any answers much appreciated. Take care xx
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