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Hello everyone. I’m new to this forum but am interested in reading about everyone’s experiences. I am navigating treatment and divorce together and am struggling a bit. I had surgery in November and am seeing the oncologist tomorrow at the Christie for...
I have had 3 months of chemotherapy followed by surgery and radiotherapy. My herceptin injections are still on-going since September 2021. Apart from the extreme fatigue caused by both chemo and radiotherapy, I now have splitting finger nails. When my...
Hi All, New here - I have a preliminary breast cancer diagnosis of grade 3, stage 1/2 - oestrogen/progesterone positive, 1.5cm by 2cm, lymph nodes look clear on ultrasound. But. My MRI brought up areas on my left lung that need further investigation...
So I got my post op this week & surgery week after. Im terrified. I have PTSD hospitals just trigger me. I know my surgeon already met, so that side of things if fine. It's very thing else, being put to sleep, fear, anxiety of the environment...
My company say my role is such that I have to be in the workplace, I have finished most of my treatment but still on herceptin (which I understand can reduce the immune system). I have told them I am anxious about it and they asked what they can do to...
Hi everyone looking for some advice if anyone has experienced similar? So lost all my hair due to chemo, it’s now growing back slowly about 3 inches long, however now it’s starting to come out, more so at my temples. Wondering if this is normal...
I have my mastectomy booked in for the 26th of January. I am getting a little scared now about it all. Can anyone offer any tips or help me with what to expect? Recovery times and anything which will help me after? Also how long did you have to...
Had 2 cycles of EC so far both times I've had a reaction which is not known to the oncologist and they are calling me in for investigating and have pushed back my next session for another week. I have numbness from head to toe that last for a week 1st...
Hello lovely peeps I have a question for horse riders I don’t own my own horse any more as pts but I am ready to get back into horses and riding by part loaning a horse, I had a single mastectomy with lymph node clearance as cancer had spread in 2919...
How are you? I haven’t been here for a while. J x
