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Hi , I’ve recently developed a large area of discolouration on the breast treated for early cancer . Radiotherapy ended 13 months ago . l had a biopsy 4 days ago and waiting for results . Feeling very worried and fearing the worst . i there anyone...
Hi, I'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced this, I'm a little all over the place! Just had my 1st yearly mammogram after opp last year. But they've had me back in for another magnifying one on the good side as they've found a cluster of...
Hi. I had a lumpectomy 2 weeks ago with 2 lymph nodes removed. I’m told I will have 5 sessions of radiotherapy but have consult next week to confirm. I feel relatively ok except for what I think is nerve pain - sometime tingling and sometimes shooting...
Hi, I was diagnosed with DCIS and it’s covering a very large percentage of my breast which will need to be removed leaving me with very little left. I’m an E cup so the disproportion will look pretty obvious. I’m willing to go down a cup size or two...
After surgery and radiotherapy, I’m now on a cocktail of adjuvant drugs (exemestane and ribociclib). I’m having the usual side effects eg painful, stiff joints but I’m also really cold (and often shivering) 90% of the time. Does anyone else feel like...
Hi I have just had cycle 2 on EC. I tried the cold cap but it was too painfully cold for me. The chemo team have referred me for a wig. I am confused if you have to pay for it via them ir not. Nobody mentioned payments. The referral was to "Wonderful...
Hi all, I had mastectomy in 2020 followed with Chemotherapy and 18 sessions of herceptin injections. I had chemo in my right hands and had blood clot during treatment. My right arm still hurts a lot with swelling and stiffness. Then i have my right...
Does anyone else feel they are getting run down more easily after radiotherapy. I had a wide local excision and I completed adjuvant radiotherapy in December, but I feel as though my immune system isn't as it was originally. I also now have a gum infection...
I am having my fourth chemo session on Monday. Over the past two weeks I have experienced the most awful neuropathy all I’ve my body. I have been given menthol cream and three different tablets which have helped so much, however I still get horrible nerve...
Hi lovely ladies, met with the oncologist yesterday and now have my treatment plan. 12 sessions of paclitaxel given weekly and trastuzmab every three weeks for a year so 18 cycles, along with 5 days of radiotherapy. are the side effects worst on...
