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Hello. I have been told I will probably be given steroids with carboplatin as this prevents allergic reaction. I have always been scared of steroids due to the common conception they give you fat face and weight gain. Has anyone experienced this and...
Just finished 4 fortnightly cycles of EC and at times was pretty rough. Glad to get it over with and still have a head of hair ( much thinner) thanks to cold capping ( not pleasant for the majority but battling through) Next 4 cycles are Pacitaxel and...
Hi. This is my first post and I feel like I need to talk to someone who has been through this already. I found a lump in my right breast 6 weeks ago. I had to wait 2 weeks for a GP appt who went through the whole "it's quite normal to have cysts and benign...
Hi all i was wondering what results get relayed back from the surgery I worried about what they are likely to tell me ?
Tender tiny "bump" where ear joins face, slightly red and warm. Can't find anything on this so may not be related to my treatment at all. Woke up today after a brilliant night's sleep to find my face as red as a beetroot but no temperature?
Hello lovely forum I am 8 weeks post chemo now (docetaxel and carboplatin 6 cycles) and 2 weeks ago I had my lumpectomy and lymph node biopsy. Since my surgery I’ve had increasing joint and leg pain and sometimes I feel like I have glass in my feet, really...
Hi, I've been on this for 1 month but it's given diarrhea and anemia, I've had to stop it for a week then a lower dose has been suggested. Has anyone had better results from a lower dose?
I had my paclitaxel and Carboplatin and I had one tube of EC couldn’t have any more as I had an allergic reaction. So went straight to surgery had a lumpectomy, really good clear margins and no spread anywhere else. But I had residual in the lump they...
Hi I had a lumpectomy in November 2024. In January this year I had to go for another shave of flesh due to the tumour being bigger than expected and pre cancerous cells. There was a period of 42 days between operations. I have been told they got all the...
Hi all I’m just wondering if anyone has had DOCETAXOL and can share what side effects etc they experienced during and after the infusion? I’ve just had 3xEC and now have 3x DOCETAXOL. any advice or tips would be appreciated. Thanks in advance x
