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Hi. This is my first time posting. I am just at the end of 4 weeks of radio therapy. I have been prescribed tamoxifen and am planning to start on a very low dose once I am recovered from RT. my surgeon told me the increased risk of endometrial cancer...
Hello - would anyone out there for any great tips for preparing for radiotherapy and during and after? I keep hearing conflicting messages about what you can and can't do. I'm having radiotherapy (RT) (5 days) following my WLE +SNB (will be 8.5...
Hi, I am due my first zoledronic acid infusion tomorrow, but not having my surgery until October. Everything I've read says that these infusions start after surgery. Has anyone else started these infusions before their surgery?
Hello all. I have my second round of chemo next week. This morning my hair is coming out in huge handfuls. I now have a wig to try and replicate my long hair but I’m feeling very sad. It’s all so real now.Xx
Hello, I’ve got through the initial shock of my diagnosis and had a lumpectomy 4 weeks ago (stage 1 ER/PR+ HER2-). I don’t need chemo as my sentinel node was negative. I’m supposed to have radiotherapy next but I don’t want it. I did indicate before my...
Hi there, I’ve just turned 50 and been diagnosed with BC from a routine mammogram. I actually have 2 different types of cancer in the same side, both stage 2. I’m awaiting a mastectomy and they are doing further tests on one of my biopsies before they...
Hey all, So I’ve posted in the treatment section a couple of times, but thought this was more general. I’m post chemo and radiotherapy so officially cancer free (they don’t check do they), I’m now on the preventative treatment hormone and oral chemo...
Hi, It feels a bit surreal to even be writing this but I’m waiting for the biopsy results after receiving an M5/U5 mammogram and ultrasound result, which I believe is most likely to be breast cancer although no-one has said the word to me yet! I have...
Hello new friends ️ I’m a little out of sorts following my diagnosis yesterday, I’m awaiting an MRI & CT scan to find out more information. All I know is that it’s triple negative, I was told by my nurse not to google it, but I was awake at 3am and...
Hello, I’m 58, post-menopausal, received 2 rounds of chemo & Herceptin including Docetaxel. I’ve found out today from former patients receiving this drug that they have had permanent chemo induced alopecia - their hair has not grown back and they are...
