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Hi! I’m due to start on ricociclib in a couple of weeks after my information session with a breast care nurse. I am currently on Letrozole as well. Having read the list of possible side effects I’m a bit apprehensive. Is there someone on here who is on...
Any recommendations for how to prevent skin irritation from radiotherapy?Going to start next week after mastectomy.
Hey I am new to this forum. Just getting my head round it all! Had a lumpectomy and grateful there is nothing in the lymph nodes. Starting chemo in 3 weeks. Apart from being very up and down emotionally, I am finding that all I can think about...
Hi, I had my first mammogram a year ago due to pain and feeling a little lump which came back all clear, ultrasound proved otherwise but unconfirmed so took it out... stage 1 so should be easy to cleat... Too much DCIS ended in a mastectomy. Got the...
So thank you for your advice yesterday. So I ended up in the critical assessment unit at around 5. I had bloods taken which showed that my platelets were low (white cells basically) my blood pressure was low and my electrolytes were low. My temperature...
Hi all I Had my double mastectomy and reconstruction 2 weeks ago. Drains are out yippee (but ouch!). Feeling much better! my nipples have sadly not fared as well as the rest of me and will have to be removed as they have died . I’m not upset but wondered...
hi all I was recently diagnosed with stage 1 grade 2 and am having a lumpectomy in 2 days time. I am extremely anxious about the op but in terms of the cancer I just feel numb -not sure if it’st shock but I just don’t know how to feel - I have had the...
Hi all I wonder if anyone can advise on how long they were off work? I've been diagnosed with stage 1, grade 2 Lobular Carcinoma and I'm booked in for surgery on 15th September for a lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy and I'm told I will need radiotherapy...
I finished my five days of radiotherapy three days ago. I read a lot of people on here say the fatigue wasn’t too bad and that they worked all the way through their treatment, which is good, I’m glad for them. I have quite a physically demanding job so...
I finished Abemaciclib in Jan 25 and have been taking letrazole throughout the same 2 yrs I was on Abemaciclib. Weirdly since I finished Abemaciclib I seem to have struggled with terrible joint pain, brain fog, skin changes, emotional etc. I never had...
