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Just been prescribed company Accord but having trouble getting Accord. Any ideas
Hi everyone I just been to see my lovely surgeon who gave me good news that they removed all my cancer and my lymph nodes are clear!! However she mentioned my cancer was bigger than originally thought and it is matistic? I think I have that word right...
Hi everyone. Finished chemo, well only managed 4 sessions out of 8, body couldn't take anymore. Finished radiotherapy 2 weeks ago. Oncologist wants me to go on Exemestabe for 7.5 years, but don't want too as Letrozole was terrible. Anyone on these...
Do you ever fantasise of slapping a person lol I am in second year of cancer treatment and am still on treadmill of every three weeks for kadcyla I finally got right meds for correct type of arthritis and actually feel like a different person very well...
What can you wear to your daughter’s wedding- 3 weeks after mastectomy? I’ve had lumpectomies x2 before- one on each side so I should be prepared for anything - but still I’ve never had to look respectable so quickly after surgery.
First chemo !!! At 8.30 in the morning!! What a time , . I have my PTSD set off in hospitals.No matter how many times I go it don't get easier. I don't particularly like the sound of being pumped so early with drugs.Got to have steriods, my hormone...
Hi all had first cycle of TCHP yesterday. Rash on chest and face and temp around 35.7 all day. Called helpline but they said was ok- just bit worried about the low temperature and wondering if anyone else had this. They said not a worry re sepsis as...
I'm 3 weeks post chemo TC regime, when do you start feeling better still soooo fatigued and no energy
Hi, I have my surgery for mastectomy of right breast and all my lymph nodes for March 30th but had a call today as now need another MRI scan as the Ct showed something in my chest wall and shoulder, as you can imagine I'm in pieces and thinking the...
Hi, so I've gad chemo, lumpectomy and radiotherapy. The chemo caused me to have chronic diahorea. It started almost immediately in September and is still ongoing. It was weeks before anyone took me seriously. I gave them a sample, then the oncologist...
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