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Well after 10 years of sitting contently in my pelvic bone my Breast Cancer met has decided to have a change of scenery and now invaded my liver. Have been on Fulvestrant for the past 6 years but now not wirking. My MO wants me to start Elacetrant pending...
Good morning everyone - I am about to start Chemotherapy (dont know exact drugs for chemotherapy yet) for stage 3 breast cancer and wondered about other people's experience's regarding hair loss?. Am I right in thinking that I will lose all my hair?....
Hi I would like to know how one can tell if hormone-blocking meds are working or not, please? I've taken Tamoxifen and Anastrozole before and Letrozole just now. I had horrible side effects from the former too, bad side effects from a particular brand...
Good afternoon everyone, My delightful estranged husband left me as he was "sick of my health" and so I am now about to start chemotherapy on my own and I am 45 - 50 minutes by car from hospital living in a very rural area. I would love to hear your...
Hello all of you wonderful people For four days last week I had all the clinical signs of IBC. I wasn’t even - despite having a very strong BC family history - aware of what IBC is, until I googled redness, dimpling, orange peel skin, breast infection...
My mastectomy was 8 days ago and it immediately developed what I now know is seroma. Basically it just looks like a B-cup boob, and has done since I first looked at it a few hours after the surgery. Today the nurse tried to drain it by inserting the...
Had my consultant appointment yesterday to discuss surgery and I have decided on theraputic mammoplasty as I just dont think i could cope with having a mastectomy my surgeon thinks this is the best option for me too and im glad after 10 weeks we have...
Hi im kar new to room i have recently been diagnosed with stage 3 invasive breast cancer and waiting to start chemo how many more tests are there before i start i am now being sent to cardiolgy will i start chemo next this is all new to me and struggling...
This is my first posting on this forum 32 years ago I had BC and now if has come back same place same breast. Because I had intensive radiotherapy in the 1990s I can't have another lumpectomy so I have to have a mastectomy. I am so frightened and...
Hi there, I’ve recently been diagnosed with breast cancer after finding a lump along the side of my left breast. Initially felt like bone or muscle, but following a mammogram, ultrasound and biopsy it was confirmed as a grade 2 tumour. Been told it...
