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Hi I’ve been taking tamoxifen for 41/2 years. I’ve recently started with hot flashes and night sweats that are stopping me from sleeping. I’ve now had two months of very little sleep. GP has px melatonin which is having very little effect. Can anyone...
Hi I’ve had 5 kadcyla to date and on letrozole. I find at night my soles of feet burning. So restless too. I’m thinking neuropathy. During the day I’m fine, it starts about 7 pm and can go on for few hours. I have cool pad in bed to help and then when...
Hello I had an initial diagnosis of Papillary carcinoma however after my lumpectomy. The pathology raised an anomaly that it may be an invasive cancer. As this was thought to be encased cancer there was no need to check my lymph. I am now still waiting...
Hi quite new to this but so many websites its all too confusing ! I'm on week 3 of paciltaxil chemo and my memory is mush ! Has anybody had this ? I literally turn around and forget what I was doing ?
I'm 41, I found out in March 2021 that I had a pre cancer after finding a lump, after removal it was discovered that a 3.8mm piece was invasive, another op followed to take a clear margin. A few months later after radiotherapy I was told I was cancer...
Hello I had a left breast mastectomy last October and my scar feels really taught when i stretch, it feels like my skin was attached to my ribs, is this normal and does it get better over time? Thanks
Diagnosed in December was June to have chemo last week but had covid in the house. Can you feel the chemo running through you.
Here's a new thread for discussions around chemotherapy, as the existing threads were getting a little long. If you're looking for earlier discussions, you can find them in the April/May thread here and the June/July/August discussion thread here...
Hi, I had a theraputic mammoplasty on the 8th December due to 2 x DCIS on my left breast I seemed to cope in the months leading up to the surgery and even the first couple of weeks after I saw my surgeon on the 22nd December and they luckily got all...
Having an mastectomy on my left breast in two weeks I’m totally scared. Any tips or advice from those who have had this procedure would be helpful. Thank you
