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So surgery happened yesterday. Nine hour wait time, then another six hours in total for the surgery, recovery and observations. I was so dehydrated by the time I got in there, I barely had any veins available for the cannula! Everybody who looked after...
Hi, having adjuvant chemotherapy for early stage breast cancer removed surgically. I'm very lucky to have caught this early, it was high grade hence the chemotherapy I'm on now. I'm day 8 of my 2nd cycle of EC. 2 more to go until I move onto paclitaxel...
Hi everyone, I’m just wondering about hair regrowth after chemo. I’m nearly 5 weeks post-chemo and still can’t see any signs of hair growing back yet, which is starting to worry me a bit. When did your hair start to come back after chemo finished? How...
I had my first ZA yesterday and to say I’m feeling crap today is an understatement. Raging headache, tired, stiff. Did anyone else have this and how long did it last? I just want to cry. Chemo was a walk in the park compared to this and Abemaciclib...
Hi All, Found a lump mid November, was told on December 6th it was almost certainly cancer and yesterday got confirmation that I have breast cancer which has progressed into the lymph nodes. Still don't have all of the results yet so we don't know stage...
I’ve had 14 out of 18 of my Herceptin injections, my echocardiograms is showing a decline of my heart function, has anyone experienced this and did they pause the injections or stop them completely?
Hi Im wondering if there is anyone else going through treatment that has chronic migraine and is finding they are getting daily migraines with the radiotherapy. The radiotherapy nurses said they dont think so , but there are so many very small changes...
Iv been diagnosed with TNBC had 12 weeks of neoadjuvant, pembrolizumab, paclitaxel and carboplatin .my next neoadjuvant chemo is Cyclophosphamide 4 cycles but today iv had a scan and the doctor couldn't find my tumours said iv had 100% result and nothing...
Hello, I’m new here and newly diagnosed. I’m currently living in Japan for work and was meant to leave next week and travel for 3 months before returning to London where I’m from. So this diagnosis has seriously messed up my plans. I’m staying in...
Seems trivial but anyone get a headache when on radiotherapy. I’m on day 10 of 15. Basically fine. Bit tired but have had a really annoying headache for 2/3 days which I cannot shift. Trying to work out if it’s letrozole or may the radiotherapy?? Either...
