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Hi, my mum is 63 has stage 2 Er Pr positive her2: negative. 1/1 node with micromets & LVI positive. She had a lumpectomy end of September with clear margins and onco score came back 16th November and said she needed chemo. We found out today her first...
Hi looking for some advice as I started chemo (paclitaxel) and immunotherapy for triple negative breast cancer with spindle cell cancer with bone metastasis. I only had one treatment of both and the immunotherapy did it's job after 1st session and i have...
Hi. Waiting on an urgent referral back to breast care team but this will be after Xmas just wondering if anyone has had anything similar. I have a tender slightly swollen area between my surgery scar and my lymph node scar. I had 2 lumpectomy’s and sentinel...
Hi all. Does anyone mind sharing their experience? I am having a right breast mastectomy on Monday and don't really know what to expect afterwards in terms of recovery, whether to rest or try and be as active as possible, how long recovery takes and what...
For those who are on alendronic tablets, what adcal dose are you taking ? 400iu or 800 per day. i was prescribed 400 per day with osteoperosis and letrozole. I called the Ros for advice as my d is lower end of the range and they advised 800 per day...
With winter bug going around it is not silly to be wearing a mask in crowded places,having just spent 3 weeks in icu with daughter the number of doctors off sick is frightning, people who have had cancer even more so to upper body ,could get it bad .stay...
Hi, my first time posting on here since diagnosis is August. So I was diagnosed with extensive, high grade, multifocal DCIS after 12 positive biopsies in August. I also had some nipple inversion when I raised my arm. 10 weeks later I had a unilateral...
I've been dealing with stage 4 for 4 years now and so far the ibrance and letrozole are doing their job, but I find myself feeling extremely anxious and my brain is in overdrive constantly. I cry probably every day at some point just thinking about stupid...
Hi everybody, I’m just over three weeks post-chemotherapy and have recently noticed my hair falling out again. I had 4 cycles of EC, which caused me to lose around 60% of my hair. I then switched to paclitaxel and, surprisingly, didn’t lose a single...
Hi, i had a mammogram and ultra sound last week after finding a lump and a biopsy was taken the then found another lump on the ultra sound and took another biopsy and inserted a clip. i was told I'd get my results on the 17th Dec but i got an appointment...
