Hi, I have 2 EC cycles left, and radiotherapy is being now discussed. I just wanted to hear some of your stories please, how did your radiotherapy go, is it scary, are there side effects? Skin problems? How many did you have, I'm being prescribed...
I have been taking Letrozole for 3 years now and have noticed that my hair is thinning. Does anyone have any recommendations for help here. Obviously the cause for my thinning hair is probably due to the drug rather than age related therefore i'm not...
I had a mastectomy in July and had a PICO wound dressing which was removed after14 days. Since then I have had seroma. whilst it is not has bad as it was and I understand will disappear through my body I am wondering if anyone has any tips on how to try...
Hi, I was recently diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma. It is ER+, PR+ and HER2 neg. I've had a lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsies. Although there is no evidence of cancer in the nodes, the tumor was nearly 3cms and grade 3, so I am having the...
Hello Has anyone had any issues with PICC line dressing. I have started reacting to dressing and have gone through number of them. Started with the regular one and now I'm on the 4th one I think, which is more just like a fabric plaster. But if I start...
Hi I've recently been diagnosed with DCIS and I'm currently waiting on genetic tests to determine if I need a single or double mastectomy. I'm a freelance writer, so I'm trying to work out how much time I need to take off to recover as I won't have any...
Hi I am beside myself with worry, having completed the EC part of ECT chemo I discovered a little nodule on the affected breast and a biopsy found it had cancer, the consultant said this is very uncommon and it shows the chemo has not killed it. I am...
Hi, I had the great news after my surgery that I had a complete response to chemo! Surgery also showed from the 6 lymph nodes they took, one showed signs of scarring. I'm TNBC, at the time of diagnosis I had one prominent lymph node that was biopsied...
I am due to start Chemotherapy on Monday 15th September. They took my bloods on Monday and told me they will only call me if there is an issue with them. I have read that there is normally an ecocardiogram check done too to check the heart, they didn...
Hi iv been on abemaciclib for 2 weeks having 2 weekly blood tests, I’m going away in may. Only had diahrea a few times but am noticing the diahrea comes more with eating sweet and fried foods, anyone else noticed this, I am looking forward to going on...
