I am still struggling with my decision of chemo or not as borderline on the Predict Test at 3.9% over 10 years and 5.1% over 15 years. I went to the park to think on Friday and bought a newspaper - something I don't often do. Not necessarily a believer...
If my mum is having paclitaxel every week for 12 week with a one week break every 4 th week, how many cycles is this? So she has treatment week 1, week 2 and week 3 then had a week off and repeates this again for total of 12 weeks.. Thank you in advance...
Surgery date brought forward by two weeks. Mastectomy was booked for October 4, but I’ve just had a call from the surgeon offering me a week today. I’ve accepted it but it’s left me quite shaky, no idea why. Perhaps because I thought I had three more...
Hi Is there anyone who has had a gagging reflex whilst on chemo? I’m experiencing this a lot lately and it’s distressing me. It started from smelling cooking foods and now it’s just happening whenever. I can’t sleep cos of it. I’m on anti sickness which...
HI i am due to take my dressings off shortly and I’m a bit wary of my bra rubbing on my wound before it is fully healed. A lady on another forum (Asda’s Q&A re the bra) recommended using micropore tape to cover the wound until it’s fully healed. I’ve...
Hi all I could do with some of the above if there is any. My 37 year old wife's masectomey is booked in for the 15th of Aug. With pathology results coming a week or so after. She is having massive anxiety that they going to find invasive in there...
Good afternoon all Sorry for the long post. i was diagnosed with TNBC early February this year. At my initial appointment I had biopsies of two swollen lymph nodes, as well as the lump in my left breast. The lump was right down at the bottom where...
Hi I’m due to remove my dressings today from both my breast and underarm after surgery 5 days ago, but I’m quite nervous about this. Gone are the days when you went back to the hospital to get them removed and looked at to make sure everything’s healing...
I am about to have radiotherapy having undergone bi-lateral mastectomies, full axillary clearance both sides and FEC-T chemo. What follow up should I expect as I obviously won't be having mammograms?
I had lumpectomy in Jan this year on my right boob and 5 day course radiotherapy in April followed by Tamoxifen and apart from expected tenderness and side effects of meds all has been going ok however in last 3/4wks I have had some tenderness under treated...
