Hi all! I am a young mum of 2 who has recently been through surgery following my diagnosis. I had estrogen receptive, her 2 negative stage 2 cancer. The surgeon removed 5 nodes, one of which had a one cancer cell. I have been referred for chemo but prior...
Hello, I had 4 rounds of docetaxol and SE accumulating especially my headaches and facial tightness around the nose bridge, i tought it’s neuropathy but my BCN said it’s not,GP prescribed me steroids nasal spray it’s not helping ,I use paracetamol and...
Hello everyone - just wondering what people’s experiences of waiting for sentinel lymph node biopsy times has been? I had left breast mastectomy 2 weeks past on Monday, was due to see consultant last Thurs but results not in, rebooked for today - just...
I'm just wondering what anti sickness pills people take during chemo. I've been prescribed Domperidone and I would say they are partially effective. I've only had two chemo sessions and my nausea lasted two days the first time and two and a half days...
Hi - roughly 5 weeks ago I had a left sided mastectomy with ALN clearance. I had a temporary expander fitted and was very pleased with the initial results. All was healing well and then as I hit week 4 my left breast (operated side with expander) swelled...
I finished my 3rd EC chemotherapy 3 weeks ago. I was sick during 2 and 3 treatment, but otherwise fine. I had my first paclitaxel today and I was expecting it to be easier than EC, however about 15 minutes into treatment I developed really bad chest...
Hi, I finished 10 sessions of radiotherapy about 3 weeks ago. I’ve noticed that my hair has become limp and greasy ( something that never usually happens). Has anyone experienced this or similar ? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Due to being on...
Her2 -ve/ER+ve people : did anybody fail to get a score from the Oncotype DX test because there was "insufficient sample material" sent to the USA for the lab to do the test on? What happened next? Did they redo the test on a bigger sample or were you...
Hi there’s a 6 week waiting list in NI for assessment- does anyone know a way around this and if the answer is private can anyone tell me the costs and who is best to go to?
Hi, I've had some not great news today and it's turned things upside down a bit. Had a mastectomy six weeks ago, was told it was v likely I'd need hormone therapy because I'm oestrogen positive and herceptin negative and it wasn't in my lymph nodes...
