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Hello! my name is Alex and I’m new here. I was diagnosed HER2+ in 2017. I’ve been taking Tamoxifen since 2018 and have been struggling with fatigue. Initially I thought it was a symptom of the treatment but it hasn’t improved. One oncologist (not my...
Hi everyone I’ve been diagnosed with Metaplastic breast cancer, I’m currently waiting to start treatment and am getting more and more anxious. I spent 5 hours in A&E yesterday as the lump had doubled in size since I stopped Breastfeeding. The surgeon...
Hi All, I had a bilateral mastectomy 10 days ago and have found it much, much easier than I could have imagined. My question is that for the past few days I have been experiencing a lot of soreness under my arm (I had one node removed from this side)...
Dear All, I am just recovering from a mastectomy that was done on Friday. I have been told my results will be back in three weeks’ time, so I will know than if I need chemo or radiotherapy. I would rather be prepared before hand for this, is there anything...
Hello everyone i was just wondering if any of you who have had Taxol experienced any blood in your stool or in pan after your 1st taxol? thanks
Hello all and thanks for reading! After the usual rigmarole, i've got my initial diagnosis of ILC grade 2. Im also waiting on MRI results for an additional 4-5cm mass that is indeterminate on mammo/US as that could change things a bit. When i went to...
Hi, saw surgeon today and she plans on removing all axillary lymph nodes while carrying out mastectomy op. Four nodes are affected. I said I’d like some nodes left, to reduce risk of lymphodoema, but she insists on removing them all. She mentioned that...
Anyone taking letrozole using slimming injections, I’m finding it hard to loose weight feel so unhealthy so much weight in middle( tummy ) was thinking of trying slimming injections.
Hi all, wider local excision surgery, (non invasive DCIS), is booked for Monday, 6th, and suddenly I don’t feel as positive as I have been, is that normal? I plan to work from home from Wednesday as that is normal and I need to keep busy. Results in three...
Mmmmmm don’t mean to be a buzz kill but husband just told me to stop talking about cancer because it’s new year…… odd how someone so supportive can completely fail to get how you can’t pick and choose when you think about cancer. Gosh…… it’s a very lonely...
