Hello, I have been taking Anastrazole for 15 months. I am being changed to Letrozole as I have been told that there is a slight benefit for a previous tumour that was very oestrogen positive. Has any body else experienced this change please? And if so...
I have been diagnosed with invasive grade 2 DCIS left breast. I have already had surgery for a previous cancer, along with radiotherapy, so the only option is a mastectomy. Lymph nodes are clear. Have MRI and CT scan booked for tomorrow. I’m just...
I’m from a very high risk genetic background (not BRCA, but BRCA equivalent) and the decision has been made to remove a growing lump as they cannot seem to get an answer about what it is with biopsies (five needles and all were perfectly normal breast...
I'm about to have 5/6 TCHP chemo and have been struggling so much with sickness, being unable to eat and feeling so weak. It's just me and my 9:year old and for 2 weeks out of 3 I feel so awful it's hard to function and hard to believe I'll get through...
Hello, I'm due to have surgery at the weekend for a recurrence in a lymph node. I had a mastectomy in 2020 and lymph nodes clearance so this is a shock! Has anyone else had this and how are you doing now please?
Hi everyone my mum has recently been diagnosed with a grade 3 poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma weakly positive to oestrogen (axillary lymph node biopsy), but no cancer Is found in the breast by mammogram, USS or clinical examination. We are told...
Hi I have Lipoedema among other things, amd I am currently on Letrozole but struggling with the side effects and the Oncologist soad if I don't cope I will be switched to Tamoxifen, which she didn't put me on originally as have had blood clots in the...
I had my radio planning meeting today. I know that there is probably no better way but I genuinely felt like a piece of meat laid on that bed. I felt exposed because I was naked but also because I haven't really had my breasts out since surgery for all...
Hello Has anyone taken Exemestane with an anti anxiety medication and if so did you feel better? 4 years on I still have long periods were I am very anxious and have panic attacks. I’ve tried everything: exercise, therapy, meditation etc but I am...
Hi. Just wondering if anyone on tamoxifen and experienced any issues. I started on tamoxifen yesterday and I was feeling sick a few hours after taking it and today took it this morning now been sick twice. Not sure if its the tamoxifen or the side effects...
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