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Hi all, so I have invasive ductal breast cancer, her2 positive. I have had my first chemo a week again and whilst I have felt good at times I have had lots of side effects! My filgrastim injections have caused lots of aches (wondering whether they would...
I was diagnosed with BC in October 2022. Grade 2, I had a lumpectomy & lymph node removal, thankfully lymph nodes all clear. After treatment I was placed on Letrozol, that did not work for me. I was then placed on Tamoxifen, this gave me terrible pelvic...
Hi all, I am starting chemo for breast cancer tomorrow. The oncologist had no concerns about me carrying on with my 2.5mg weekly dose of mounjaro. Just wondering if anyone else is taking this whilst having chemo and what their experience has been :)....
Hi there, I'm home recovering from a lumpectomy this past Monday (so, day 2!). Feeling a bit sorry for myself and wondering when I can restart my supplements. I spoke to the breast cancer nurse and she advised that I wait until my post op assessment ...
Feeling rubbish. had lumpectomy 10th June…. No issues post surgery needed re-excision and lymph node biopsy done on 8th July. pain over weekend been quite a lot…. Ended up at out of hours GP on Saturday and started on clarithromycin… I4 tabs so...
Hi. I have had 2 rounds of EC chemotherapy. Wow! To say it is tough is an understatement! I managed 12 Paclitaxel with hardly any side effects but this EC is very different. I had my infusion on Thursday (6 days ago) and I still fell horrible. I feel...
Just been diagnosed with Metaplastic stage 3 breast cancer with 2 lymph nodes affected. They are Her2 positive and Her2 negative. Plan is chemo then surgery then radiation. Cancer hasn’t spread anywhere else. Has anyone got any experience of this?
Hello, I was diagnosed last week with ID BC er+ . I am 49. Only discovered tge hard mass about 2 months ago but the tests have shown a 92mm tumour. It is massive. I asked how come it had got so big so quick but apparently growing years and only just...
Hi new here and just want to get out what’s on my mind as I’m not much of a sharer in life. 3 weeks ago I went for a mammogram, I get one every year now as both my mother and sister have been through BC and genetic testing decided I was at some risk,...
Hi all I’m new to this forum - and still getting my head around having cancer. I’m feeling grateful for the speed of care I’m getting but I’m also spiralling on and off and asking AI a lot of questions..while managing the process of telling friends...
