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Hi everyone first time posting and I am looking for some advice please. i was diagnosed with ductal cancer in both breasts in June. I have had a double mastectomy with diet flap. I am 4 weeks post op and was told I need to start Chemo within 3 weeks...
Hi Im Katherine. I was recently diagnosed with breast cancer,multifocal in right breast. Currently awaiting Mastectomy with reconstruction with silicone implant. Looks on Dr Google has caused me a lot of anxiety as I can only see negativity around...
My wife has had to start TC treatment as her only option as she had treatment for Non Hodgkins Lymphoma last year. She had the first treatment last Friday but has suffered terrible muscle and bone pains since Sunday last. She has hardly eaten and is...
Been on Abemaciclib and letrozole for a year and now experiencing red hands and feet burning tingling pain oncology think it could be peripheral neuropathy still waiting to see my team leader anyone else had this happen?
After 3 X rounds of EC I am now battling through 9 x rounds of Paclitaxel. Trouble I have is because of the antihistamine and steroids before the nurses put in the main drug there are the steroids etc. As a result my sleep on a night is limited to perhaps...
It's my second EC chemo on Tuesday. My hair is coming out but I'd thought to have lost much more by now. When can I expect to lose it?
So felt a lump. Went to GP, got referral. Have had mammogram and ultrasound and biopsy this week. Afterwards the doctor is describing next steps, talking about surgery for definite and possibly/probably chemo but we have to wait for biopsy (2-3 weeks...
i have just got back from an oncology appointment, and the oncologist wants me to try Exemestane. I have in the past been on Anastrozole, and when that stopped working I was put on Letrozole, and then Tamoxifen. My latest scan shows stability in the existing...
HI I had a lumpectomy and 2 lymph nodes removed in January with clear margins Icompleted 5 days course of radiotherapy in may and all appeared to be well In the last week or so the breast that had the surgery feels heavy, swollen and hard is this normal...
Can I ask for female staff or at least one in the room? Does anyone know if ECHO is repeated after chemotherapy or radiotherapy? It was my worst treatment.
