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Struggling with peripheral neuropathy from chemotherapy in 2019
I am new here, and very scared at the moment. On Wednesday I am due to get my biopsy results, they found a suspicious lump on a routine mammogram. I was invited back for further tests, I ended up having a core biopsy!!! Whatever it is it’s 9 mm. sadly...
Hi girls, just wondering about other peoples experiences? how long eyelashes and eyebrows will take to come back ? I’m six weeks post chemo ( EC x3 and Docetaxel x3 ) just started on Anastrazole. My hair is about an inch long, patchy but doing ok ( and...
I've now feel that I need some help in coming to terms with everything. In May 2021 it was discovered that i had many Tumours in my head, in which I underwent 12 hours of surgery, where they cut my head open from one ear to the other to remove 5 tumours...
Evening ladies, I hope you are all doing as well as you can be in your battles. I have osophagus cancer with a rare tumour type which makes me eligible to herceptin (usually used in breast cancer) which has had amazing results for me. Due to its success...
I've been strong that's what everyone says, but I'm so scared. I had a mastectomy in 2018 followed by chemo radio in 2019 purely preventative ...but then it came back spread in 2020. I was told terminal. 4-5 yrs I'm so alone...my husband left during...
Got to the hospital Wednesday morning everything went really well and as expected. Had EC chemo drugs and used cold cap. Got home felt ok had a cup of tea and biscuits. About an hour or so later started to go clammy and sweaty felt sick and stomach ache...
Hi Is anyone Er + but Her- have chemo to shrink the tumour before surgery ? Dr muttered something about the muscle being affected and extent of the disease but I didn’t pick up on it until later I cannot find anyone who has had this , Dr seems to be...
I saw a private consultant about my breast cancer and am booked in for the op next Thursday. All fine, but no one will give me an idea of how much it will cost adn not sure if my savings will cover it. So my GP has referred me on the NHS, and that sounded...
Just went to fertility clinic yesterday to gather information. They were going to do a scan there and then to check if I have endometriosis and how my overies / eggs were but it was too much to cope with, I couldn't do it. These things make me feel...
