I am really struggling to finnish chemo i had a severe body rash on paclitaxol with my first treatment i am going again on Friday where they will tell me what they are planning on doing to counteract this . I am due to have 3 more pac and im seriously...
Hi there I recently had a lumpectomy and have an appointment with oncology here in the Channel Islands tomorrow to confirm further treatment. I believe since my margins were clear and no lymph node involvement that I will need 5 radiotherapy sessions...
Hi i know this may seem a trivial question. I get married on 1st August and i am to receive radiotherapy which will end 5 days before my wedding. I am moisturising every day and wondered if there are any fake tan creams of any kind that could be used...
Help, need ideas on what to use for pain of late effects from radiotherapy. I have been checked and basically told it’s normal and to use ibroprofen gel and take paracetamol , which worked for a couple of months but has now stopped working. My breast...
Hello all. I have had my therapeutic mammoplasty with axilliry node clearance, 5 weeks ago. Saw new Onco with regard to follow on treatment. Radiotherapy beg in June. Letrazole now and after RT bisphosphonates and Riboclib. I cant have Chemo as Oncodx...
I have one more chemo session left in 2 weeks - woohoo - and then start 3 weeks of radiotherapy from the middle of July. I had a meeting with the oncologist to discuss this on Wednesday where he also talked about hormone therapy. He said this was the...
Hi, I’ve been on abemaciclib for 7 months now and I have moved from the strongest dose to the next one down. I’ve doing ok but have periods of extreme exhaustion. I don’t want to drop the dose again as I couldn’t complete my chemo due to pnemonitus...
Hi, my mum has just undergone lumpectomy which was thankfully very successful. She is 69 years old and has been advised by a specialist that her tumour was so small that he would be comfortable if she decided that she did not wish to go through with radiotherapy...
Hi Ive just discovered a small moveable lump to the left side of my lumpectomy scar. I'm 2 months post surgery. I am going to ring the BCN tomorrow. But I just wanted to check if anyone had any experience of this? Thanks
Hi everyone, I keep having dreams about my breast cancer returning. I was diagnosed in 2023 and had a lumpectomy. I have been for 2 annual mammograms so far and both were clear so I don’t know why I’m so convinced that this year will be different. I...
