I have a her2 lobular cancer, I’m having 6 rounds of chemo before my operation lumpectomy .. I have had a scan and it’s reduced to practically nothing so why do I need the last two chemo sessions can they not just operate sooner if it’s almost gone ....
I was diagnosed 10 weeks ago and everything happened so fast. I couldn't keep up. From a biopsy to diagnosis from diagnosis to surgery from surgery to results from results to treatment. I was diagnosed as stage 2 put on Tamoxifen for ten years and currently...
This is my cocktail of drugs, due to start next month. 3 sessions each of EC and Docetaxel, then a year of Herceptin injections, plus radiotherapy. Does anyone know why these two different drugs are used? Why not EC all the way through? It is a question...
Just had phone call to say the genetic test for the 3 breast cancer mutations they currently test for is negative. 5 weeks to get results from blood test. At least I can now carry on with my next surgery. Hoping to have re excision and radiotherapy...
Hi all i had my first cycle of EC on Saturday, the nurse sat and administered to it, two tubes of red and one white then a flush all given to me in less than 10 minutes. I was really shocked as was told it would be given slowly and take at least 30...
I’m due my 3rd EC later this week and since about two weeks after my first round, I’ve had horrible pain through the affected breast. I mentioned it to my oncologist before my last round and he didn’t seem overly worried but ordered an ultrasound anyway...
Hi everyone Who here has been on tamoxifen and zoladex and can share experiences with side effects? I’m 31 so the menopause scares me a bit. I was on tamoxifen for a week and a half before 1st zoladex injection and was fine but since the injection...
How will metastatic care last? Pain in lower abdomen, which is sharp and long lasting. Could it be reacting to the tumours ?
Hi lovely people, this has been bothering me for a while, am keen to find out if anyone else had to do this and if so why and how you feel or felt at the time or now? I wasn’t warned that I would be expected to get up out of the bed which I’d been wheeled...
I am 2 weeks post radiotherapy and when I asked about creams at the hospital and they said use nothing. They didn't seem to know about R1 and R2 cream either. I seem to have developed a rash on the breast that had treatment which is itchy - when I put...
