Hello All, I am an active reader on this forum but don’t often comment etc. so many lovely people on here. I just wanted to ask if anyone has had their chemo stalled to get over a virus or cough/cold etc and what did it involve? I have had a rotten...
Speak to me. Anything. I look at chemo and it's this gigantic mountain to climb and I don't know if I can do it! I had successful removal of a Grade 3 Tumour. It hasn't spread. I was offered this as adjuvant treatment.
Hi all For anyone who is due to have a round block lumpectomy or has recently had one and is worried about the scar. I had a lumpectomy at the end of August 2022 with the incision around the whole of my areola. I had a full re-excision in November followed...
I have been on the drug for 18 months and feel drained does any one else have experience of the drug
I had a lumpectomy in April last year with 8 lymph nodes removed. In the last few months I have been getting intermittent pain near the operation site and pins and needles near my armpit. I had a gp check and they could feel nothing. Is this normal so...
Hi all I have my first annual mammogram appointment coming up, post-diagnosis/treatment etc. The letter I received simply says that I've been booked in for a mammogram, but does anything else happen? Letter also said it would take up to 6 weeks...
Hi I was just wondering if anyone else has been on trastuzumab emtansine tdm1 and experienced constant nose bleeds with blood clots. Is this a side effect? I have tried contacting my mcmillan nurses to ask but can't get through to them. Thank...
Hi guys. Has anyone out there had this issue and found an alternative AI and was ok with. Short story. Been on tamoxifen for 21 months. Had no issues at all until last August. My Achilles’ tendon is so painful in one leg. I have a lump on it. I’ve not...
Has anyone had a bone scan after breast cancer diagnosis? I'm starting to get really worried it may have spread to bones, and that's scaring me
I have developed back pain and some wierd tingling sensations. I run a lot and felt something else go in the gym higher in my back early this week. I am naturally thinking spinal mets due to symptoms Waiting for scans. Anyone got any tips/advice. Naturally...
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