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I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer last year . It was early stage so I had a wide local excision to remove the tumour in July '21 and then 2 weeks of radiotherapy. I am on anastrozole and AdCal tablets. I suffer from fatigue and loss of interest in doing...
Hi there! I wonder if anybody can advise, I am now on my 5th month of anastrozole and really finding it hard to cope with some of the side effects. Thinning of hair, fatigue and brain fog. I am even considering stopping them, I know it may seem a little...
Hello everyone I was diagnosed with micro-calcifications behind areola on 16th Feb. Loads of biopsies later with no success a lumpectomy was performed on 24th March to remove them. There has been a delay in getting results because covid has hit the...
Hi there. I was diagnosed Dec21 out of the blue with breast cancer. Jan22 I had lumpectomy and sentinel node removal. Started Letrazole. March I had radiotherapy. Three days after finishing I felt a bit unwell - thought it was effects of radiotherapy...
Hi there, I've had some amazing support from my friends beforehand and since by diagnosis (and on here). I decided to tell my teenage boys yesterday as not acting like myself and thought they should hear it straight from me. They were so wonderful...
Can anyone get a voucher for £75 towards a wig do you know? I googled entitlement with NHS and Macmillancancernavigators and it said only hospital stayers and people on benefits! Others tell me that’s not the case. Many thanks!
I don’t want to scare women but this is a warning what could happen. Was diagnosed in September last year with grade 3 breast cancer and had surgery at the end of October. The breast clinic and surgeon in Basingstoke hospital was brilliant. The oncologist...
im still confussed still no start date for chemo i know know im her 2 positive stage 3a mass is over 5 cm oncologist wants me to have heart scan with radiation i will be having neaojuvant chemo and come off warfarin on use blood thinning...
Hi all I had a mastectomy on the 7th April, since I came out of hospital I have had a really upset stomach. The first three or four days where the worst, running to the loo constantly. I have felt sick but not been sick. I'm not eating well, and not...
Hello all I’m trying to support my friend the best that I can. She’s currently on a 12 week cycle chemo (session 2). I’m trying to keep in touch regularly, doing some research for her & advocating for her when she needs it. Unfortunately she’s quite...
