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Hi just about to change from letrozole to tamoxifen as the side effects of letrozole are really getting me down especially the painful joints & tiredness skin irritation etc but after reading the side effects of tamoxifen its stressing me out!! Not sure...
Really don't understand the difference on the above. Can anyone enlighten me please? Jo
Got diagnosed with breast cancer about a month ago and everything seeing to have picked up a pace.Had mri and ct have 4 cancerous lymph nodes see surgeon on 19th to tell me exactly what is going on and due for surgery on 25th,To say I am overwhelmed is...
Hi. Month 4 of letrozole Hot flushes aching joints I have now started with dull headache and feeling a bit dizzy. Has anyone else had this. Can you recommend what I should do please
Hi All I'm new here, I just wanted to reach out as I have been recalled to the breast clinic on 19th May for further testing. I'm absolutely terrified, not because I don't know what will happen more so for the outcome. My mum passed at 44 and my grandma...
Going in for lumpectomy and lymph node biopsy tomorrow . To say I’m nervous is an understatement. On the positive side I am lucky and they’ve caught it in time. I will be in overnight. I’m a larger lady should we say and have asked for a bigger gown so...
So I'm still trying to work out after being diagnosed last year how I got breast cancer at 36 invasive dics. No one in my family has it , I'm the only one, it's hormone receptive too so I keep thinking at the back of my mind what did I do to get it...
Hi All Has anyone any advice re driving too and from chemo? I was fine when I had my 3 x EC, but I remember my oncologist saying that Carb has a high alcohol content, and if I drove mysel home and got stopped, I would be over the limit. I had geared...
Hi there, I am just writing to express the despair I feel after having clear mammograms in April but then finding a lump in August and the subsequent delayed treatment I have experienced. Initial diagnosis on core biopsy showed DCIS of intermediate...
, constipation altho I've been going , its hard to get out witch results me not being able to give my belly a break from pushing so I've a sore abdomen constantly for last 3 months on and off. I already have a sensitive stomach always gets worse during...
