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Hi Family has anyone experienced central back pain which feels like someone is drilling concrete in your back with some breath taking shooting pains up or down the spine I am made to believe this is the effect of doxitaxel and filgratrim, I ve been...
I’ve just started to feel extremely scared of reoccurrence despite having finished all treatment 13/8/21 feel very tearful. Going back to work January. Anyone else felt like this
Hi all I've recently been diagnosed with tnbc (recurrence from breast cancer 13 years ago - cancer has now metastatised to the lymph nodes). It's been a long hard slog to get treatment started. First I had to wait 2 weeks to see if the cancer was er...
Hi there, I am new to this group too. Diagnosed with ductal carcinoma grade3. I've had my lumpectomy and sentinel node removed and I got results on Thursday to say nodes are clear, have to go back into hospital on Monday for another op called cavity...
Hi, I had my 1st chemo treatment 2.5 weeks ago and will have 3 more every 3 weeks for 12 weeks. All is fine so far for me apart from hair loss and a little tiredness and I have managed to carry on more or less as usual. My Oncologtist says side effects...
Hi to this Forum, I’m a newbie to this forum Next month, November, it will be one year since my lumpectomy. I had the lumpectomy, then 5 weeks of radiation therapy, then Tamoxifen. No chemo necessary. My score was very low which was great, and the...
Hi everyone, I started taking Anastrozole 6 days ago, after only 4 days I am in dreadful pain at night in my lower back, hardly any sleep. I have never experienced pain like it, I do have a problem with my lumbar spine due to an accident needing surgery...
My employers are having a reorganisation. The result of which is that my substantive role will have more employees than roles. We will all need to reapply for our jobs, some will be lucky, others not. I feel I’m at a distinct disadvantage, I’m currently...
I had my mastectomy in July and over the last 2-3 days have developed tightness,
Hi, I'm stage 4 breast cancer, on ribociclib and fulvestrant. I have just been diagnosed with a pleural effusion. Having it drained on Friday, anybody on here had the same?
