Have completed 4x EC cycles wearing cold cap and had minimal loss. I’m coming up to 2nd of 4x paclitaxel and I’m noticing a lot more loss, hair is darker mousey like my natural colour ( it was dyed reddish)and my head hurts ( on the top) I’m worried I...
Hello, I'm hoping someone may be able to help or perhaps identify with this if you've encountered a similar situation...although Ive been told its unusual! I'm currently undergoing chemo (EC-T) for breast cancer (following a masectomy for local spread...
Hello lovely community Ive finished chemotherapy (Docetaxel and carboplatin)and I’ve just had my lumpectomy and lymph node biopsy results showing that I still have some cancer cells in both still. I’m now having to change from 3weekly injections of...
Morning all, I just had a call from the hospital to say my Pathology results from my left breast Mastectomy and Full Axillary Lymph node removal are in and I have an appointment tomorrow at 2.30pm to discuss them. I have had alot of complications from...
Hi all, It's been almost 6 months since diagnosis of stage 1 breast cancer, 2 failed attempts later I've still not got clear margins on DCIS so need a mastectomy, I'm 34 with autism. After everything I've gone through the past few months (first found...
Hello, I'm new on here. I had a breast cancer 20 years ago. Lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.called back for more tests a week ago .had 3D mammogram, ultrasound scan and a biopsy on a suspicious lump plus had small area of calcification which...
Hi I'm interested in what people did, I know it's coming I'm 2 days, tried to do practical things to make the next few days/weeks bareable but my emotions are all over the place... I've chosen no reconstruction and I know it's right for me but it's...
I had lumpectomy/node sampling/34 rads sessions /tamoxifen and recon (fat grafting then implants) in 2008. Surgeon notes state I had 19 nodes and he took 7 - so I was left with 12. Tumour was 17mm grade 1, ER 3 PR2, HER2 negative all 7 nodes were clear...
Hi everyone. I was just wondering whether anyone cold capped during EC chemo (Red Devil) and managed to keep their hair? I have 2 friends on the chemo ward who have lost a lot of their hair on this drug which is worrying me as I will be starting that...
Hi all. I'm part way through my chemotherapy and my consultant has started talking about the 15 session of radiotherapy that will follow. I've had a bilateral mastectomy and node involvement, so need radiotherapy on both sides in both places. I have...
