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I've been told by my pharmacist that they re struggling to get hold of Zoladex from the manufacturer. Has anyone else experienced this recently?
In Jan 21, diagnosed with stage 3 aggressive er+ cancer. Had mastectomy,+ removal of 3 lymphs which showed cancer, had 1/2 hardcore chemo plus Letrozole. The latter was dire in term of side effects so stopped it, some symptoms got worse, after investigation...
Morning everyone, I'm here as I found a breast lump very recently & have been referred under the 2 week wait pathway (although initially I thought this meant the GP wanted me to come back & see him in 2 weeks!) The GP was lovely but made me feel a...
Hello, New to the forum and page..I just got my diagnosis yesterday at 5.30pm... Friday.. I was sent out ofnthe hospital knowing I had breast cancer at the weekend with no support. I am in shock and now have to play the waiting game on the biopsy test...
Hello everyone i realise DCIS is probably the best thing to be diagnosed with but it’s taking a little getting used to! Think I’ll feel better when I find out the next step of treatment.
I’m posting because I wondered if anyone else on here has had the same diagnosis. I’m also not really clear about what my pathology results mean. If anyone can ‘translate’ then I would be grateful if you could let me know? I have an ‘encysted papillary...
Hello My name is Tracey I am new to this group. My surgery starts in two weeks with stage 2 her 2-1 breast cancer. All sorts of names have been given for my diagnosis but looks like I'm having masectomy and up to 20 lymph nodes removed. There is...
Hi everyone. I never thought I would be back on here. I had mastectomy in 2021 with implant. All seemed well until it had already spread to lymph nodes. 7 out of 14 positive. Had to have EC chemo 5 months followed by radiotherapy. The RT ruined the implant...
Hello everyone I have recently started Chemotherapy and, if I’m honest, I felt quite confident that at the end of my treatment I would be safe from reoccurrence of my cancer. I now find myself worrying endlessly that my cancer could reoccur. My question...
Hello. I’m on cycle 2 of 8 capecitabine cycles (after chemo, lumpectomy, radiotherapy) and the soles of my feet have in the last 36 hours gone red, tiny bit swollen, tingly and I’m thinking plantar-palmar syndrome. I’ll speak to my help line tomorrow...
