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I lost my husband in December 2024 suddenly and unexpectedly after being together for 48 years, I am totally devastated. I am 69 years of age. I have just been diagnosed with a 4cm - 6cm Lobular Invasive Cancer. The cancer has not spread to the lymph...
Hi, I am due to start Letrizole after finishing my radio. I am very anxious about this as I have been unable to find any positive posts about this drug. any advise would be very much appreciated. thanks in advance
Hello everyone. I’m nearly 6 weeks out of chemotherapy and been taking letrozole for a few weeks now. I have an appointment on Monday for my first ovarian suppression injection. They have also said they will do a blood test and ECG. I have recently...
Hi all. I am recovering fron a lumpectomy and the removal of 2 lymph nodes (surgery last Friday 5th Sept) . I am feeling so anti social. Don't want to see or talk to anyone. I feel so tired . Just want to be in my own home tucked up in bed . Feel like...
Hi I was diagnosed with BC in 2021. I had a lumpectomy, chemo x 2 rounds, radiotherapy, bone infusions and I am taking tamoxifen. On the same breast I noticed a red, dry looking patch on my areola. I can t feel any lump but I m scared it is coming back...
Hi everyone, Got my Oncotype results today... Score of 27 , so I am scheduled now for 4 x cycles of TC chemotherapy. Incredibly anxious about this - for me it feels the worst part of any of the treatment... Looking to be as well informed as possible...
Hi Everyone, this is my first post. I had a lumpectomy 2 weeks ago for DCIS. Didn't have drains put in at the time, but had to go to clinic today to have a seroma drained. Everyone I have spoken to has had theirs drained with a syringe. I had a thick...
Does anyone else feel that sometimes the whole worlds against you not matter what you do or how hard you try.Since being diagnosed with cancer I feel that everything else is a million times worse and I ask why me.Sometimes it doesn't matter how much you...
Some of you will have seen previous posts when I took the informed decision to refuse chemo but went ahead with lumpectomy and radiotherapy. Well today I finished radiotherapy . I have been so lucky, apart from a seroma after lumpectomy, which was uncomfortable...
Hi, I have 2 EC cycles left, and radiotherapy is being now discussed. I just wanted to hear some of your stories please, how did your radiotherapy go, is it scary, are there side effects? Skin problems? How many did you have, I'm being prescribed...
