Hi Woke up yesterday feeling awful. Hardly could stay awake. Had mouth ulcer. I’ve been eating despite not much appetite. Ended up sleeping most the day. can’t eat anything too heavy or meat. Funnily having a little pickled red cabbage has helped...
Hi, my mum has had 12 rounds of chemo for breast cancer and is now having EC chemo. She’s just tested positive for Covid. Does anyone have any advice or experience of what this means and how to manage symptoms? Thanks
Hi, I was diagnosed in June this year and had 4 sessions of EC followed by 9 of Paclitaxal (should have been 12 but had to stop early due to neuropathy in feet). Had mamoplasty 10 days ago to remove 2 tumours in breast and clear 17 lymph nodes which had...
Hi everyone, I have been diagnosed with breast cancer that has spread to my lymph node in my armpit and showing further changes further up to my neck. The plan initially was that I would have the lumps removed and then radiotherapy. Unfortunately I met...
I had my first chemo session on Wednesday with PC and Pembro and the last couple of days my vision seems a bit more blurry (especially distance but I am short sighted). it is most noticeable watching TV but I had my eyes tested a few weeks ago and got...
I am due chemo round 2 on Thursday (today is Tuesday). I am starting to take antibiotics today for a throat infection. Does anyone know whether this is likely to delay my chemotherapy? Can you have chemo (EC drugs) while on a course of antibiotics? I...
Hi all. I had a biopsy done a few weeks ago due to a lump in my breast, at the hospital the nurse who performed the scan and biopsy said its an fibroadenoma, and the doctor who studied the results agreed. Mass was smooth and oval. He told me I'd receive...
Why is it everything happens in 2 weeks? 2 weeks from GP to mammogram and biopsy, 2 weeks for biopsy results, another 2 weeks for MRI results, oh and again, 2 weeks before starting chemo. I'm in limbo right now. Struggling to focus on work and personal...
So I had a biopsy nearly 2 weeks ago and I’ve had a face to face appointment sent through today but it’s not for another month !!! My anxiety I’d already sky high. I’m trying to see the positive and that it’s all ok otherwise they’d see me sooner, but...
Hi All! I would like to get a better understanding on how long it should generally take from diagnosis to treatment as I am a bit confused and worried by delays. My diagnosis is GIII IDC, after a biopsy was performed at the end of October. I thought...
