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Male Brest cancer. Was diagnosed and treated back in 2013 but recently diagnosed with stage 4 in my liver lungs and pelvis. Any one else here in the same boat ?
Just read an e mail from oncology. Don’t think it was meant for me lots of Jargon but the gist I think is possible lymph node invasion . 7 chemo cycles 3 EC and 4 TC. It says something about 30% KI . Which I gather is not good . Feel like it is a death...
Hi I didn't want to post this on the radiotherapy posts, due to ladies just starting /during or just after radiotherapy treatment, didn't think it was fair. My situation arose 3 weeks after radiotherapy 5 days treatment. My breast started to swell...
Does anyone know how long after chemo you can have tattoo eyebrows. 20wks post chemo hair has grown back everywhere except eyebrows not one strand of hair here. I have been using rapid eyebrow morning & night still nothing there.
Hi been switched to Exemestane after Letrozole gave me bad joint pains following lumpectomy & radiotherapy 6 months ago. Been on it almost 2 months but the side effect are still bad terrible night sweats insomnia depression do they ever get easier??
Hi Left mastectomy 10 days ago, awaiting follow up results next week for the next step. I need to understand the exercise regime please. Is it to keep the shoulder moving, or is it to stretch the breast scar tissue? I floated (yes obviously still under...
Hi everyone, I was here recently as Lollypop31 but I had a phone upgrade and something happened to my membership and I couldn't log in! Obvs a case of cancer brain and not being able to remember passwords etc! Anyhoo - I'm back now and hope you're...
Just wondering if any of you lovely ladies have had chemo for invasive lobular cancer and your experience /results with this as I have been advised this will be part of my treatment plan. I have read so many times that lobular does not respond to chemo...
Hi all I joined this forum last week and have read lots of posts which has been a great comfort to me since my diagnosis three weeks ago. I am 56 and was due to have my routine mammogram when shortly before I found a lump in my breast. I have had cysts...
To all TN ladies out there, I seem to be having a very negative (quadruple negative) week. I am only on the first half of my chemo (which I don't think is doing anything...feels the same) but I seem to be fixated very much on the future risks of Mets...
