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I finished treatment for stage 2 breast cancer about 3 months ago. I feel worse mentally than I did going through treatment. Daily crippling anxiety and sadness. Many tears. Is this normal? Have others had it. People make suggestions about what I should...
Hi so diagnosed 4 years ago HER2 stage 2 with lymph node involvement, wide incision lumpectomy and nodes removed, followed by 8 sessions of chemotherapy and then 15 sessions of radiotherapy. I have also had 7 sessions of Zometa. I am also on letrozole...
Hi, I was diagnosed with breast cancer in December last year and am on SSP at the moment but I have heard PIP mentioned a gew times. Has anyone else claimed it and if you have, how easy was it. Thank you
Hi, I have HER2 triple negative diagnosed in may this year. have 5 out is 12 weekly treatments left of chemo before surgery but I’ve hit a mental block and feel like it’s all starting to crumble now. Some treatment has had to stop due to a reaction...
Hi i havent got a diagnosis yet i have found a lump in my left breast and have pain. I went to my GP and he has referred me to the breast clinic. Im so worried i feel like its coming for me and i cant run from it. I had a cervical cancer scare 2 years...
I was due to have a lumpectomy next Wednesday, but I was called yesterday morning to be told it was cancelled. The reason given was that they hadn't realised the surgeon was absent on that day. I am devastated. Mentally I was prepared for the operation...
Hi Everyone i have been on Abemaciclib and Letrozole since December. I have had the same sort of side effects as everyone else sore joints diarrhoea, constipation and pins and needles in my fingers and toes just to name a few. At the moment I have really...
I wrote this as a way to remind me, but wondered if anyone else would find this interesting too. These are the kind of things I wish I had known before I started treatment. Abi’s lessons learnt from having chemo, plus a few general cancer things August...
So following my referral from the GP on the 14th of Aug i got a phone call on fri for my breast clinic app on 10th Sept. I know this is quick comparred to the wait some people have for some services but it feels forever and the thought i have something...
Hi ,new to this forum.Started taking Anastrozole the beginning of August.For the past few days I have been experiencing terrible pain in my shoulders and arms and living off pain killers.Do these symptoms pass off and does your body get used to Anastrozole...
