I was diagnosed on May 9th and start EC chemo tomorrow, I'm going to try the cold cap but in preparation I had a lot cut off my hair today. As I wrote in my resilience diary tonight ,I looked at the quote on tomorrow's page and it seems very poignant...
Does anyone have any suggestions for thinning hair due to oestrogen blockers. Chemo finished 3 years ago but it's definitely getting worse
Hi everyone. Hope you are all doing as well as we can be on this site. I have a question. 10 days in after first treatment. Lots of side effects. I ran a temperature last night. Only for a couple of hours and no I didn’t tell anyone. I’ve woken up with...
Hi I am new to this group, I have breast cancer, IDC, have had two surgeries and know having chemo, just had my third EC cycle yesterday. My bloods showed elevated tumour marker of 55 so going to have a CT scan, am really anxious about this. Has anyone...
Hi, I had my first chemo last Tuesday and didn’t feel too terrible for the first few days but now I’m a week in I feel like I’m feeling worse. I’ve been sick a few times and really tired today. Is this what I should expect? I know everyone is different...
Hi everyone. Today I had my last EC chemo. I just wanted to thank every single one of you for commenting on all my chemo posts it has really helped me get through it knowing you are all here anytime I need advice. I will be having other treatments soon...
Hi, I’m new on here - diagnosed on Thursday with the above. Reeling a little bit but had done my research so it was no surprise, more a confirmation. I’ve contacted my insurance company but it looks like they won’t be paying anything out as its “only...
Hi everyone. I just want to check what contact and support they have from breast care nurses? I’ve not had a call from my BCN for 18 months. thanks
Hi everyone I haven't started my chemo yet but after a 2nd WLE after a lumpectomy to get the correct margins (yesterday) I have my results in 3 weeks and if clear, I will start chemo for (IDC/ER+/PR+/HER2- grade 3 - 1 lymph node out of 3 effected) sometime...
Can anyone recommend a good quality ahead scarf. I’ve just finished chemo and have only just realised it’s going to be an awfully long time before I don’t need a head covering. The cheap ones I have make my head sweat. thanks.
