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realise this seems quite trivial but I’m trying to cut out the booze. Slightly stuck for that evening tipple now! have tried Mother root and soda which is nice but as expensive as gin!! Also I’m a bit tired of it! peroni 0 is excellent but seems high...
I had a diagnosis of breast cancer in 2023. I had lumpectomy and radiotherapy and now on letrozole for a minimum of 5 years. Due to the medication I have had numerous side effects. Joint pain, extreme tiredness, hot flushes, lack of sleep and general...
Hello, I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer a week ago. Since then, I've been wizzed through MRI's, Pet scans and assisted fertility clinics. The doctors and nurses have been great but the main emotion that I can identify is hopelessness. ...
Sharing the learning from personal experience. Following a mastectomy in March I saw oncologist April who was referring me for radiotherapy (told to expect a 16wk max wait). Mid August I saw a second oncologist who asked if I’d heard from radiotherapy...
Hi has anyone at the end of the 2 years of Abemaciclb come off zolodex injections /letrozole and gone onto Tamoxifen or something else? I’ve another 5 years of letrozole and I’ve been told I need to continue with zolodex for this duration, I’d like to...
I was diagnosed with Stage 2 grade 3 ER + breast cancer last October. I underwent single mastectomy and full lymph node removal last October. I began Chemo in February 25 followed by Radiotherapy in June/July 25. Letrozole started & 2 months ago I had...
Hi everyone, I finished my chemo 4 weeks ago and my scalp is like throbbing and really itchy and still loosing loads of hair can anyone advise me on anything to help or a rough time line in when this may slow down?? Thank you
I was diagnosed in August with stage 1, grade 2 invasive ductal carcinoma and had wide local excision/ sentinel node biopsy 7 weeks ago. Radiotherapy to follow in the New Year and I've started taking Tamoxifen. Initially I had a seroma and wound infection...
Hi there Thanks for having me here. My daughter, age 37 needs to go onto endocrine therapy for her secondary breast cancer which has spread to her lungs. She tried Tamoxifen after a lumpectomy for secondaries, but her mental health deteriorated steeply...
Possibly a stupid question, but I'm having trouble holding my breath during radiotherapy and wondered if anyone had any tips to help? I've had a lumpectomy on my left side and need radiotherapy and hormone therapy. Two years ago I had a blood clot in...
