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I have been doing so well getting Accord that is requested on my prescription, but it seems we are back to the bad old days of limited supply. No luck this month and phoning round the pharmacies has not helped. I’ve tried every brand in nearly 9 years...
I've been on letrozole for about a year. My memory loss is shocking. I forget the names of basic things, mostly names of things. Please tell me this is normal and I'm not going mad.
So I’m near the end of my 2 year prescription. Luckily for me the big diarrhoea and abdominal pain settled a couple of weeks after I had begun to feel there was no way I could possibly cope much longer. I’ve had a lot of draggy symptoms, infections...
Hi It seems that since receiving my diagnosis of 2 X cancers in left breast plus lymph nodes, being given Anastrozole to stop feeding the cancer's and in limbo waiting to see Consultant to plan my surgery, I wake up in a hot, sticky, itchy sweat! ...
Balancing sadness and gratitude
Hi, I am about 10 months post surgery for a single mastectomy for grade 2 breast cancer. I am oestrogen positive and taking anastrozole. Someone has suggested I take lions mane to counteract some of the side-effects of anastrozole. However, when I read...
I was diagnosed with IDC with 1 lymph node mets G3 TNBC in May 2025. I've had carboplatin and paclitaxel, and EC. with immunotherapy. I had a lumpectomy with 4 lymph nodes removed in Dec. Both tumours were removed and margins were clear but the team weren...
Hi I had surgery 10 days ago and have removed my dressings today as in instructed. Seeing the results of surgery has caused a mixture of emotions and has shocked me I had a lumpectomy and to be honest didn’t know what to expect I feel frightened and...
Hi All I had my surgery 3 weeks ago which was a Lumpectomy and Axcillary Node Clearance. I saw my consultant for the results and he told me it was more advanced than first thought. He didn't get clear margins and of the 19 Lymph Nodes he removed all...
Hi all i I have been on 400mg of Ribociclib & Letrozole since Sept 24. Since then I have had a worsening bad chesty cough which at times gives me an agonising pressure head pain especially as time has gone on. Has anyone else had this & do they have...
