People of any background, gender identity or sexual orientation etc can be diagnosed with cancer. Please be welcoming and supportive when talking to others.
We keep this a safe space for everyone. To find out more, take a look at our Community Guidelines.
Hello my name is Shirley, I got diagnosed with grade 3 her2 positive. Pet-CT confirms metastatic bony disease with FDG activity at T7, left side of sacrum and proximal femur. MRI whole spine confirms tumor infiltrating the spinal canal at T7 . I have...
I live overseas, and doctors don’t share information with patients here until they have all their ducks in a row. I got called back after mammogram screening, and then had additional mammograms and ultrasound examinations. He said that something needs...
Hi. I have an appointment for the 19th Dec to start my first Zoldronic acids infusion. Think like most of you this will be every 6 months for 3 years. I currently take letrozole once a day with a once a day vitamin d and calcium supplement. A letter...
Hi I am having docetaxol every 3 weeks and filgrastim injections for 7 days on round 5 and have a constant ache around my sternum/ rib cage. Feels bruised and I keep feeling my bra is cutting in to me - it won’t go away and I am worried the breast cancer...
Hi everyone ️. I recently found a lump in my right armpit and I thought it was a spot so I tried to squeeze it. Nothing came out. There's no head or pimple in the middle. It's not hot or hurting and it's painless. It's not even a ingrown hair because...
Hi All So its been 2 weeks since my Biopsy and I had call today to say my results are back and that my case was taken to MDT. My consultant's clinic only runs on a Monday and Friday so the earliest appointment I was offered was 12th December - that...
Hi everyone. I had a blood test yesterday in readiness for starting Abemaciclib. I am booked in for Friday to speak with the doctor about commencing it. I am really suffering with paranoia/anxiety at the moment and just had a call from unknown caller...
Hi everyone, I’m currently on letrazole and really struggling with the side effects, hot flushes, insomnia etc. I’m getting branded generic versions currently and the side effects seem to differ in intensity depending on which version I get. For instance...
Hi, I had surgery and radiotherapy at the start of this year. I am taking Letrozole and will have mammogram for 5 years as a follow up. I am concerned because when I felt the lump in my breast the mammogram didn't find it. Because I told the nurse I had...
Hello my partner m37 had an aggressive cancer in 2023, after his mascetomy he was all clear and had chemo and radio as a precaution. In feb he had a ct scan which was all clear however, now we have had the news it’s back in his lung, his bones and...
