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I finished chemo nearly 5 months ago and my head hair is going really well and my eyelashes and eyebrows have been growing fairly well too. However, today when I washed my face a fair bit of eyebrow hair and eyelashes came out. Is this a thing that anyone...
Just about to start Capecitabine in two weeks, after intravenous chemo, surgery and radiotherapy for TNBC any advice?
Hi I was diagnosed about 12 week ago after being told I had the cysts there’s a fancy name begging with fib , but after my biopsy coming back I have three lumps in my left breast My main one is gr2 I’ve had all the scans now had my CT last night...
Hi everyone. I found a lump in my right breast mid Feb which turned out to be high grade invasive ductal and already spread to 3 lymph nodes in my armpit. Last Friday I had a therapeutic mammoplasty and axilliary node clearance. I am in some kind...
So tomorrow I find out the results of my surgery three weeks ago. Very mixed feelings. I want to know what happens next but scared of what treatment I'll get. Definitely will get radiotherapy.
I'm having a break from letrozole for a few weeks. I feel better but I feel it's a bit pointless, because as soon as you start taking letrozole again, you're back at square one. I'm thinking of asking to half the dose. Has anyone any experience of this...
Hi ladies, I’m 35 and was diagnosed with invasive carcinoma last November, er and pr + her2 negative and tumor was 1.3cm. Has anyone had the same sort of situation and you are always worrying about it turning metastatic? I had a CT scan after I had...
I’m not even sure why I’m writing this, but I need to get it out somewhere people might understand. Yesterday I found out that I can’t have implant-based reconstruction because I’ve had radiotherapy. I’m feeling so upset and, honestly, really angry...
Hello. Before my diagnosis in December I swam about 2 or 3 times a week. I had my mastectomy in January and now on Letrozole & Ribociclib. I want to get back to swimming so I ordered my post surgery swimsuit which arrived last week. My question is …....
Hi all, I would like some help regarding my situation. Counsellor on the phone suggested to find people who survived this type of cancer. I got diagnosed her2 triple positive just recently. This cancer was undetected by ultrasound almost 2 years ago...
