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Hi all! I am due to start 4 rounds of EC and then 4 of Paclitaxal this week. Does anyone have any tips to manage side effects etc? I am also going to try the cold cap even though I had originally ruled it out. Would appreciate some tips from anyone...
Hi Woke up yesterday feeling awful. Hardly could stay awake. Had mouth ulcer. I’ve been eating despite not much appetite. Ended up sleeping most the day. can’t eat anything too heavy or meat. Funnily having a little pickled red cabbage has helped...
Hi, my mum has had 12 rounds of chemo for breast cancer and is now having EC chemo. She’s just tested positive for Covid. Does anyone have any advice or experience of what this means and how to manage symptoms? Thanks
I had a mammogram, ultrasound and biopsy on Monday (25/11). I was advised I’d get my results either face to face or by telephone call within 7-10 days. In other people’s experience is a face to face appointment likely to be bad news? And is it ok to take...
Hi, I was diagnosed in June this year and had 4 sessions of EC followed by 9 of Paclitaxal (should have been 12 but had to stop early due to neuropathy in feet). Had mamoplasty 10 days ago to remove 2 tumours in breast and clear 17 lymph nodes which had...
7yrs after having a double mastectomy, 41 lymph nodes removed. reconstruction of both boobs (silicone implants) Ive had 7yrs of feeling so ill sometimes enough that ive had to stay in bed. Some times feeling I wont wake up in the morning. Most day's after...
Morning i’ve had a lumpectomy and told I need to return to surgery for further ‘shaving’ and possibly chemo after the sample is tested in America - a little part of me always wanted to visit America —I’m feeling overwhelmed and disappointed that there...
Hi everyone, I have been diagnosed with breast cancer that has spread to my lymph node in my armpit and showing further changes further up to my neck. The plan initially was that I would have the lumps removed and then radiotherapy. Unfortunately I met...
Hi everyone, I have been diagnosed with breast cancer that has spread to my lymph node in my armpit and showing further changes further up to my neck. The plan initially was that I would have the lumps removed and then radiotherapy. Unfortunately I met...
Another Newby.Just retired and came back from a lovely holiday and went for my routine mammogram. Recalled as something had shown up. Turned out to be a grade 2 invasive ductal carcinoma, hormone receptor positive. Hopefully they have caught it early...
