Hello ive been lurking for a while but following my diagnosis today feel I need to post. Im 49 years old and just diagnosed today with stage 4 Invasive Ductal Cancer. I attended Breast Clinic on 25th September with a small bulge to my right breast....
Hello, I'm a newby to the forum and recently diagnosed with Breast Cancer and had first chemo intravenously. I have been told I have to have a Picc line for ongoing chemo (which I understand why) but don't want this for a number of reasons (mentally...
Hi, my mum has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. She had her pathology results back on 16th October and now will receive her onco type score on 19th November, but the letter says ‘appointment with clinical oncology team’, please report to the...
Hi all I was diagnosed with HER2 positive ductal breast carcinoma in July. I had a bilateral mastectomy in September and have just learned that I will now be undergoing a weekly 3 month course of Paclitaxel chemotherapy starting next week. The hospital...
Have had tetchy bladder and burning feeling in my bum for almost 8 mths. The MRI to find out what was causing this revealed lesions to sacrum and hey presto.. my secondary breast cancer (primary in 2016) was confirmed. Has anyone else had these symptoms...
Hi All Just diagnosed with MBC ER+, HER-. First Denosumab injection on Monday. Letrozole starts tonight. Am 73 so well past menopause. Am I going to feel lousy? Have 1 session of radio to sacrum and Palbociclib to look forward to. I just don’t know...
Hi all I had my first round of Paclitaxel on Thursday. Fatigue wise I have been fine but yesterday and today I have the achy muscles and joints. I have found that ibuprofen and paracetamol aren’t really helping and I am also trying heat- hot water...
Hi, just after a little insight into other peoples experiences please. I’ve got stage 2 ER/PR + but had 4 out of 9 lymph nodes confirmed as having cancer so had a CT scan post surgery and they identified “something” (literally all oncologist said) in...
Hello, I am 45 and found out recently I have breast cancer and I am currently waiting for my treatment to begin. I am going to give cold capping a go, as feeling like 'me' is so important to my overall wellbeing. I have mid length straight, thick hair...
I am not sure if this is the right thing to do because its so fresh but I just wanted to see if anyone can relate to this experience and help me normalise it rather than over think and come to the worst case scenario My mum was referred to breast...
