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Hi im meeting my oncologist on weds is there anything I need to ask please any information that I may need to get mybhead round ive been told I'll be starting chemo at the end of the Jan xx
So, having had a recurrence on my mastectomy scar 3 weeks ago I got results from my surgeon who told me it had changed from dcis to grade 3 breast cancer and told me that at the MDT they decided I need chemotherapy. We had a discussion of when it would...
Hello everyone, I'm currently on Tamoxifen for the next 10 years, I have been on it since 2018 and lately I have been suffering from bad acid in my throat. I was wondering if anyone else on Tamoxifen has suffered the same. Thank you
Hi. Anyone else here suffer from cording? I had a lumpectomy 14th November and over the last week I have quite a bit of pain under my breast and cording all the way down to my lower ribs. I get shooting pains across my breast and what I can only describe...
Hi. I am starting Radiotherapy next week. I have a 5 year old son who we have taken out of school until I start treatment as I'm so paranoid that we will get Covid and they will postpone it. If I was to test positive once treatment starts, does anyone...
Hi everyone I met with my oncologist this morning an due to start chemo 24th Jan I have to have a picc line fitted an I'm scared stiff please someone tell its not as bad as what I'm thinking its goin to be
Does anyone keep a diary? I do, of basic daily things and appointments of course but more importantly for me, my diet and when I take imodium. As I have no gall bladder and only a partial Large bowel, it reminds me that I need to be careful not to eat...
I had a partial colostomy of my large bowel some 33 years ago and have been very fortunate thus far, I used to quip that I always had lose stools and could only pass chipolatas not sausages any more. This used to be light hearted until I started chemo...
Hi im fairly new on here and wished i had come on before as find it really helpfull. Does anyone else really struggle with the medication for breast cancer that is hormone receptive . I have tried 2 differents forms of meds and they made me feel awful...
Hello everyone. I am very new to this journey, not even 4 weeks yet! And wow what a rollercoaster already. I found a lump in my right breast and went to my Gp on 13th December, was seen by the breast clinic on the 21st Dec (mammograms x 3, ultrasound...
