Good evening. I had a tel convo with a lovely MacMillan nurse about this but wondered if anyone had some real life inspo or words of wisdom for me. Grade 3, Stage 3 invasive ductal carcinoma, had surgery + starting chemo soon. I’ve dealt with everything...
Hi all. Has anyone experienced problems with Phesgo or Docetaxel? I spent weekend in hospital with high Heart Rate and low BP. It was nearly 3 weeks after treatment and also had Covid before the previous round. I’m having round 5 tomorrow and feeling...
Hey all, so I found out I have the BRCA2 gene at the beginning of 2023 and have been on the waiting list for mastectomy and diap flap reconstruction for about 12 months, and needing to lose just over a stone to be eligible. I turned 40 this year so as...
Hi, so I am on my third cycle of these drugs. The abemaciclib was lowered to 100mg twice a day from cycle 2 and I’m coping a lot better. however I have started having to wee through the night a lot, like waking hourly some nights. I told them at my...
Hello all, I hope you are doing well! I was wondering if you could share more information about the cancer antigen test CA 15-3? My result is 34 and I am terrified the chemo didn't do its job and the cancer is spreading. I'll speak with my BC nurse...
Hello lovely ladies, I am looking for some opinions regarding Zometa treatment. I like the idea of protecting bones density, yet the volume of side effects especially osteonecrosis puts me off. I seriously consider refusing this treatment if my bone density...
Has anyone else had huge outbreak of warts after breast cancer treatment. I’m 4 months post radiotherapy and now covered in the damn things. Hundreds of them, flat and white and itchy as hell. Saw my GP early July and she thought radio dermatitis, then...
hi everyone i was hoping to hear from anyone that may have gone through the journey that I am about to embark on its it’s all so scary being the unknown. In short I was diagnosed with DCIS had a biopsy and no cancer cells found but advised on having...
I have written about my cancer story before when I told about my husband being diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer in February 22 and me diagnosed with breast cancer in the June. I had a mastectomy and was told there was no sign of cancer about a year...
Hi All, I am very new to this experience and finding it incredibly hard to deal with uncertainty so was looking to see if any of you wonderful people could share your experience. My mum who is 59 was found to have a 14mm tumour on a routine mammogram...
