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Good morning everyone. yesterday I had a consultation with my oncologist and found out what is happening next. I will have 15 days radiotherapy which I felt it was good news. No chemotherapy!!! And also prescribed Letrozole to prevent breast cancer...
I had a lumpectomy in September, followed by 15 sessions of radiotherapy in November. I have also been put on Letrozole. I was aware I may get fatigue, but it's now March and I am still suffering. If I go out on a Monday, I can write Tuesday off, sometimes...
hi, I finished 5 days intensive radiotherapy (whole breast) on 12th Feb. The last 4 or 5 days I have been experiencing increasing pain / burning sensation in my armpit (too painful to touch) and now moving down and across into chest where it also feels...
Three weeks ago I had a bad reaction to my first dose of paclitaxel. I then had two chemo sessions cancelled due to high infection markers and today my bloods were good and they decided to go ahead but giving me extra steroids and anti histamine plus...
I am so fed up of people telling me that by the end of treatment i wont have a fear of needles. i have always had a phobia of needles for as long as i remember. Noone had ever took this phobia of mine seriously until i got diagnosed with cancer. Its...
I had an appointment last week to discuss radiotherapy and was told I should use Aveeno cream & just to get the basic one as opposed to any fancy creams. I looked today and had a choice of "body lotion" or "moisturising cream". Wasn't sure which to get...
Firstly I want to say that, although I haven't posted after my initial post (where my anxiety was focused on supplements), I have occasionally looked at the posts and have been so touched by how gentle and kind and empathic everyone is on the site. ...
Am i right in saying that you cant put your hair in a bobble when getting chemo/using a cold cap? I have very thick curly hair and the only way i can tame it is putting it up. It is also long too so unsure if i should cut my hair a little shorter before...
Meeting my surgeon on Monday to see if after four local excisions my margins are now clear- I had DCIS/DCIS-Mi if clear (so hoping,) then it’s over to clinical oncology for radiotherapy and it’s likely they’ll want to start me on hormone therapy. I...
Hi all, I just joined and hoping to get a bit of insight in to other people's experiences. I was seen in the breast unit last week after noticing that one of my breasts had very slightly changed shape and just felt a little lumpier than the other. (I...
