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Hi all, so had my bc diagnosis and treatments 5 years ago (surgery, chemo, radio and still on follow up meds) Just wondering if anyone else with undiagnosed adhd hit the skids during this period- when being pushed into a medical menopause?! Yours...
Hi everyone ️ I am due to have my last chemotherapy on December 2nd. I have been using the cold cap throughout and still have some hair but it’s definitely thinned out over the last few treatments. Just wondered if anyone had any recommendations for...
Hey just wanted to know if anyone who has been diagnosed with Leukaemia as a second cancer diagnosis? The reason is I am a 4 year breast cancer survivor however this year I have been suffering with constant virus on a monthly scale, fatigue, bruising...
Hi all, hard to believe this is real at the moment but I had a recall today after routine mammogram. I have come here as I am terrified to start googling for information. 6mm tumour which hasn’t spread to lymph nodes. They were very reluctant to tell...
Hello lovely people. I'm back in the UK now after my diagnosis and surgery in the Philippines. I'm 15 months post surgery and I'm now hooked into the NHS. I'm finding it really good, but it's different to come into the system afterwards, meeting people...
Hi All I've managed to unveil my fingers so I can type. I'd had enough last week,walking like an old lady (62 is the new 40), my hands had to be prized open on a morning,they clicked and pinged each morning. I was carrying round a stone more than...
I’m coming up for what I thought would be my second year check up as I had breast cancer September 2023 when I was 47. I found the lump and mammograms didn’t show it it was confirmed in MRI and obv biopsy. My first annual check I received MRA, mammogram...
Hi everyone. Before I started chemo I was told not to take any herbal supplements, no green tea and no sour sop tea for example which is what I was drinking before. So obviously I stopped drinking those. Since finishing chemo in Aug I have been drinking...
Hello! I have TNBC stage 3, I have two tumors and two affected axillary lymph nodes. I started chemotherapy on June 16th with Taxol Carbo, and my tumor marker, CA 15.3, started at 21 and was 33.8 at the end. Now, in the third round, my EC ca 15.3 50....
Hi All I'm new to to this group and I'll be honest I'm not sure I should even be in it as I haven't received an actual diagnosis yet but I don't know who else to go talk to who may be feeling similar to me . I found a lump in my left breast a few weeks...
