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Hi i am currently taking Abemaciclib, luckily without any serious side effects. The hospital are expecting me to travel every fortnight just to collects the meds. Is this normal practice? I am not even getting checked over whilst there, no blood pressure...
I have been strugging with Letrozole aches and pains and oncologist moved me to Anaztrozole which a week in feels even worse. I play high impact sport and it's really doing my head in (age 56). I worry about loss of bone density and wondered if I was...
Hi I have triple neg breast cancer and am being treated with chemo I thought I’d share my journey so far as it may helps others in their own upcoming treatment and give some insight as to what to expect. Everybody will have a different journey so this...
Hi, Recently joined the group - HER2 +, ER+, have had surgery to remove 1.5mm tumor and 2 lymph nodes, having port fitted tomorrow and feeling quite scared and nervous. How long does the process take,as I understand they also need to do an XRay after...
Hello can anyone shed some light please.I was diagnosed with IDC a few months ago.The lump is large and i was informed from biopsy that there is Axillary positive involvement too. I had CT of Thorax and organs and i am awaiting bone scan. I have just...
Hi everyone. Thanks for having me. Recently went to GP for breast changes thinking it would be shrugged off but the fear of god was put in me. I was urgently referred to breast clinic where I was told I would be scanned. Suspected cancer all over my...
Apologies as new to this type of thing.... Had surgery end of January to remove lump and calcification which hasn't spread to lymph nodes and isn't fed by hormones. Had my 1st trastuzumab and paclitaxel last week. 2nd paclitaxel tomorrow. Consultant...
Hello all. I’ve had a recent mastectomy and 2 sentinel nodes removed. Cancer was in one node so I had node clearance where the surgeon removed 19 nodes and it was in11, so a total of 12 of 21 were diseased. I have invasive ductal cancer which was a 3cm...
A sleeping top tip for anyone about to have a DIEP flap reconstruction as I am now 3.5 weeks post op. Even now, I have trouble sleeping flat, even with my knees bent - because of the tightness of the skin above my abdominal scar and across my chest where...
Hi, my Diagnosis locally advanced node positive right breast cancer with synchronous liver metastases. Core biopsy breast grade 2/3 ductal carcinoma, ER 8, HER2 negative (0) Thought had liver infection ! A lot of words telling me it’s Stage 4 breast...
