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I have just finished Radiotherapy for breast cancer. I havent started taking the medication yet and I dont want to. The information seems all negative along with the side effects this just sounds like poison in a pill. Can anyone change my mind on this...
Hi I’m Carol lucky as I’ve had op and radiotherapy now I was told to try letrozole even though I have osteoarthritis which I have went back to work for 7 days then had knee pain and can barely walk, anyone else had this? I’ve had to go sick I do a physical...
Well, that was embarrassing, I went out on my own a week after having my first round of EC chemotherapy. As I was thinking how nice it was to be browsing around a shop I had this overwhelming feeling that I was going to pass out and throw up. Luckily...
I’m miserable and still exhausted. I can’t seem to find anything Posie and I’m 6 months post treatment. I’m tired, I hurt, my muscles ache, and I’m having night terrors and have started sleep walking. All symptoms of anxiety which I don’t feel when...
Hi Im a month post radiotherapy and 4 months post three lumpectomy ops. feeling ok. Well - up and down actually! my question is - I read some people have been told they are cancer free. No one has told me that and I have had no post treatment scan...
Hi everyone, has anyone had carpal tunnel syndrome? I've been on letrozole for just over 2 years with quite a few side effects January I found out I have lymphodema following axillary clearance, I have to wear a sleeve 24hrs Last week I saw my gp...
Hi. I’ve just been told i have stage 2 breast cancer. I found a lump in my breast but the GP was more concerned about the lump in my armpit - I didn’t know that was there. I had Mammogram, a 3D Mammogram and an ultrasound and they were all clear. But...
Hi All I have 1 more EC and then 3 Paclataxel cycles to go but my thoughts and anxiety turn to the removal of this thing. Just wondering if anyone has had this removed after treatment has finished. Is it painful? As uncomfortable as when it went in...
Well found my Breast Cancer 15/07/23 my god I knew straight away what it was. Then followed scans tests mastectomy left side with Lymph nodes. Chemo for 4 months radiotherapy and now Letrozole and now a new one which is fun not Abemaciclib. I’ve gone...
I had a severe reaction to adcal and have been told to get some Vitamin D. However, I don't know what I am looking for, because I didn't realise there were different doses, also such a massive range in prices. Can anyone advise please?
