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I have been taken off olaparib due to pneumonia. What next? I have been on this for10 months and it’s kept my tnbc metastasis in lungs & brain stable. I m brca1. I have now been told my oncologist has a new plan for me. Anyone else had any experience...
Hello everyone I just thought I would ask a question in here, as it is kind of to do with my breast. I have lung cancer, Ive asked some questions in there and had a great response, but thought someobody many have some other answers in here I have...
Hi all, I am new to this Forum. I am 3 months into taking Letrozole and Adcal as a Vitamin D supplement. I already took magnesium before my magnesium and am continuing to do so. I have experienced lack of sleep as the main problem up until last week...
Hi all. I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer originally about 16yrs ago. At that time I had a partial mastectomy, all lymph nodes removed from my armpit and arm, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, followed by hormone therapy. I was fine for a ten years but...
Hi, had biopsy of left axilla nodes last April which confirmed Grade 3 invasive ductal cancer with altered receptor status to HER2+, 3+ Had Docetaxel & Phesgo (Docetaxel stopped after 5 cycles) from June to December, when I had Axillary Lymph Node Dissection...
Hi, I’m Nicky, im 46 and a mum of 2 beautiful girls. I was diagnosed with breast cancer on 13th July. ER-, PR-, HER2 +. Strange how your entire world. A turn upside down in the matter of a couple of hours … after you hear the words … the lump is cancer...
Hello everyone I am new here so thought I would just introduce myself. I found a lump in my breast back in May and after a drs appointment was referred for a mammogram. 2 weeks later I had the mammogram and a biopsy which I was told looked "highly...
My wife's chemo is coming to an end after this last cycle on the tablet, we fully expected her to have a scan at the end to show the difference between her scan after surgery and at the end of treatment but this appears to not be the case. We had an appointment...
Hi all, don't know if I'm right to post here for apologies if I'm wrong 8 weeks ago I found a small lump in my left breast which felt like a grain of rice. 4 weeks ago I saw a consultant who sent me for an ultrasound, there they did core biopsies of...
Hi everyone I wonder if anyone can recommend a breast form that youve found better that the softies ? I had my mastectomy 7 months ago and feel I want to get something more than the softies I was given post surgery I’m trying to do more exercise...
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