So my mums vein felt sore and hard and she told the hospital who got her in for a urgent scan, they said it was a blockage as she had irritation from the chemo, they gave her a bag of injections to do each day to thin the blood and help clear the blockage...
Oh..... Diagnosised with invasive Lobular Breast Cancer today!! Got to have MRI / CT Then lumpectomy/ Mastectomy Radiation and maybe Chemo unless I qualify for a trial treatment.... Hello..nothing else to say
Anyone had any neuropathy following chemo they can advice me on if it reverses once chemo stops. Currently on cycle 6 of 12 weekly Taxol chemo combined with the 3 weekly Herceptin for a year. I have developed neuropathy and cannot do things like cutting...
Hi, I'm starting my 3rd cycle of Carboplatin and Taxol this week. Carbo has caused me constipation, Taxol not so much. The thing is I ended up in ER because of a rectal bleeding, they checked me and said everything was OK and gave me lactulose and...
My left arm is much worse lately, and I've already waited 8 months for a referral for massage. Does anyone know if a good option in the London area I could go to?
I started tamoxifen a month ago and Zoladex about 2 weeks before that. At my last Zoladex injection, just over a week ago, my blood pressure was high. It has never, even been high before. They told me to monitor my blood pressure (how the heck do I do...
Hi I'm supporting someone diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer. She is due to have a mastectomy on Friday. One of her lymph nodes was infected and they are going to take the other lymph nodes out to check if its there. She's terrified it's going to have...
Hello everyone, I have been having balance issues , and after having various investigations at the GP surgery am going for urgent brain scans next week. I have triple positive Bst Ca, grade 3,which sadly came back as Intermediate DCIS on core biopsy...
Hi after having a single mastectomy and immediate reconstruction with implant I’ve been told to wear my post op bra for 8 weeks day and night I’m just wondering if it’s ok to leave it off for half an hour or so sometimes to give myself a break ? My dressing...
I really should be asleep right now as I’ve got to check in to hospital for my surgery in 12 hrs time but I can’t shut my thoughts off (I also have my 1yr old cuddling into me & I don’t want to let him go as I know I’ll not be able to do it for a few...
