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WHEN do the eyelashes and eyebrows start to grow back? I’m 4 weeks clear of chemotherapy and have lost both! Hair on head growing back very slowly and thinly but just want my face hair back! any advice would be great x
Hi all, wanted to say hello and join the community, I had my diary round of treatment for breast cancer on 20th may. It’s hit me really hard, the nausea, fatigue. I have a pic line which is getting used to. I am tired but get irritable. Just needed...
Can anyone help The pain I’m experiencing with letrozole is draining me i feel like life draining out of me with pain in feet had breast cancer November GP trying everything nothing working
It's been 8 weeks since I had a single mastectomy with DIEP reconstruction. The surgical team also mended my 4cm diastis recti at the same time. I understand the recovery time is meant to be 6 weeks, but I'm still feeling tight around my middle and...
Just to make you all smile... at the weekend my sister brought up my impending mastectomy to my niece (9) and nephew (6) my niece is a bit of a worrier so told her it will ok meanwhile my nephew asked if my new one could be robotic and shoot lasers ...
Hi I've put on loads of weight because of cancer treatment and chemical menopause. My diet is really good and I do yoga at the gym but still my weight continues to rise.Really unhappy about my shape now. I was a size 10 pre treatment and after three...
Prior to my surgery i had chemo and lost weight. When the chemo had to be stopped due to adverse reactions to it the weight loss continued even though i was eating well. I had surgery 3 weeks ago to remove a 4.5cm tumour and 22 lymph nodes. Since then...
Hi everyone I was diagnosed with TNBC in April 2022 and had a lumpectomy followed by chemotherapy (3 x EC, 12 x paclitaxel) and 10 sessions of radiotherapy. I was then put on Zometa every 6 months for 3 to 5 years. I'm now coming to the end of 3 years...
I would be grateful for any advice on post diep surgery bras and pants for comfort and ease of getting on and off. Obviously they have to be tight but some look quite heavy duty. Thanks.
hi, I was diagnosed with breast cancer on the 17th of May and have completed chemotherapy surgery and radiotherapy. I am really struggling with how my mum has acted since my diagnosis. Her lack of pport mainly in a practical way has been very upsetting...
