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Evening ladies. I've been given letrozole. I'm on day 3 I am so exhausted. Is this the medication, the cancer or could it be something else? I'm seeing the oncologist on 10th September to go through radiotherapy and what to expect but I'm supposed to...
Hi all, Today I woke up feeling really positive, maybe it was the 9 hours sleep or the fact the side effects of 3rd cycle of EC chemo are lesser today, so I decided to focus on the good stuff today. It is so easy to focus on all the negatives of having...
Can anyone offer me advice or reassurance about taking letrozole prostap and abemaciclib. I had breast cancer and I am now taking these drugs to prevent recurrence I’m so tired every day. I have a young family and I will need to go back to work eventually...
Hi, Am currently in the process of of going through diagnosis and looking for places where I can talk to people going through the same experience x
Hi. I’m so confused. I’m due to have 5 sessions of targeted radiotherapy in 3 weeks. I have stage 1 breast cancer, no lymph node involvement and I’ve had a lumpectomy. I’ve been unsure re radiotherapy due to the risk/benefit argument but I reluctantly...
Hello my name is Sarah and I’ve just been diagnosed 8 days ago with tubular breast cancer stage one grade 2 and I’ve just had surgery last night , The plan is to start radiotherapy and because mine is ER plus receptor positive to start me on medication...
Hello lovely people! I am due to have a double mastectomy next week and was wondering where others, that have had their operations, bought their post mastectomy bras from? I know that the hospital provides a bra, but I wanted to purchase another one...
Hi all. First time posting here and not sure if it’s the right place to ask this question. But there seems to be a difference of opinion between my oncologist and surgeon about whether I should be taking letrozole, and I’m sort of caught in the middle...
Hello. Radiotherapy is about to start soon and it has just occurred to me, can I wear jewellery? Can I wear my wig?
Hi all, Just to introduce myself I'm Kate, 28 with an 8 month old little boy and my mum has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. She has invasive ductal carcinoma, 2 tumours in the same breast (1.1cm and 1.8cm). Both oestrogen positive, HER2...
