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Hi Does anyone here take metformin for diabetes . I've been told to carry on taking it the morning of my op and wondered if anyone else did this.
I have been sent a text from Guys hospital saying I was eligible for the 3rd primary vaccination, separate to the booster. I have been having a lot of trouble finding information about it. I was diagnosed in January, went on Letrozole straight away, had...
Hi I'm back from hospital where I had my mastectomy for ‘pleomorphic invasive breast cancer’ and had an expandable implant fitted. The hospital were fantastic despite devastatingly low staff levels and patients having to support each other best we can...
Hello , I am new in this , can I please anyone know about the chemotherapy tablet you taking after breast cancer ? thank you
Hi everyone I hope I'm not muddying the waters by covering several topics in one post. I just need a little vent more than anything else, but if people could kick useful information my way at the end that would be nice! My Mother was diagnosed...
Hey! I’m over 3 years from initial diagnosis, I take letrozole daily, my ovaries have been removed! My feet hurt so much at the end of the day….when I’m busy working and walking it’s fine….but as the night draws in, my feet and lower leg start to hurt...
Hi everyone, this is my first post but like one of you other lovely ladies I have hit a bit of a downer today so thought I’d reach out. I was diagnosed with Stage 1 Oestrogen receptor breast cancer on October 11th and had a lumpectomy and sentinel node...
I’m up again in the night so may be losing perspective. My pain seems to be getting worse - right mastectomy with lymph biopsy two weeks on. Gone back on to codeine etc and Drain due to come out tomorrow. But it’s the “cleavage end” of the scar that gets...
Hi Eveyone I'm new to the forum. I found out that I had breast cancer in June and my life has never changed so much. I have had a lumpectomy and then had to have a further margin removed. Consultant advises that the cancer has gone but having chemo...
Hi, my dear old mum had her first round of chemo on Monday. We are on day 2. She has had absolutely no side effects at all which has thrown us a bit as was expecting something. She’s 72. She has been prescribed anti sickness tablets if vomiting and was...
