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Had my first chemotherapy treatment Wednesday been feeling OK until today overwhelmed with the fatigue overwhelmed by the journey everything seems to have hit me so hard today that the journey ahead seems so long and rough while trying to be me for my...
Hi. I am due to start Abemaciclib in 2 weeks time. I've finished dose dense chemotherapy and just having radiotherapy for stage 2 breast cancer. My Chemo finished 8 weeks ago and my eyebrows and eyelashes are falling out as well as not having any hair...
Hi, apologies if this is not the right place to create this thread. my relative has recently undergone a mammogram and biopsy (26 sept). She previously had a diagnosis of inflamed cysts. She was told she would be called back the following week. she...
has anyone been able to get travel insurance that excludes cancer. My quotes are coming back at over £2000 for one week in Cyprus yet my Oncologist said the chances of me having a problem or not being able to get home are very slim.
Hi, I am new here. I was diagnosed with cancer at the start of July. Surgery towards end of August to remove 75mm tumour, pathology results showed it was a malignant Phyllodes Tumour - very rare to have this, especially a malignant one. Further surgery...
Hi I had my Lumpectomy and all lymph nodes removed last November, finished chemo and Radiotherapy in June. The last day or so my ankles are swelling, not loads but it’s obvious, yet my hands and feet feel cold. My arm surgery side is achy too but...
The lovely team here at Macmillan are superb at providing advice and have started this discussion thread over in the radiotherapy group. if you're about to start radiotherapy soon, it's definitely worth a look, and worth joining that group too. Here...
Hi all. So I’m on treatment 5. I’ve been told ‘this is just how it is’. Take cocodomol. Oh but that gives you constipation so he’s laxative. Your heart is not functioning the same so here’s a pill for that. im done. Why should I keep putting my body through...
Hello I am post op after having lumpectomy and breast conserving surgery .. They successfully removed the tumour but found trace of cancer in one lymph node which was removed. I am on a Tamoxifen plan plus 4 weekly injections for 10 years. I will have...
Been taking Veoza (private prescription) for just over 4 weeks and it's made a huge difference to hot flushes. I just had liver function test back and serum ALT level is high (105). I think my oncologist will tell me to come off it but I want to see if...
