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Hi all, I have been taking tamoxifen now for about 3 months these appear to be not treating me well at all on the joint pain side of things I get out of bed like an 80 year old woman on a morning with bad knee and back pain but my main concern is my...
Hi everyone, My sister is due to go into hospital in 2 weeks & I cant imagine what she is going through. I will be going to stay with her for a few weeks to look after her post operation & was wondering what I need to think about & what support she...
Hello MacMillan Community, I was diagnosed with ER+ breast cancer last October. Based on the ultrasound and biopsy results, my initial treatment plan was straightforward - mastectomy & radiotherapy only, so I was pretty upbeat as you can imagine. Then...
Hi I've just had a mastectomy and are feeling really fortunate to have such brilliant consultants. To explain myself my journey started on the first day of lock down when I had an emergency subtotal colectomy leaving me with not one but two bags an Ileostomy...
Hello everyone I had diagnosis last Friday of papillary in situ right breast. For a number of reasons, including that I’m age 81 so no wish to preserve breast and wanted to avoid possibility of radiation, it’s been agreed best option is a mastectomy...
Hi all, My hair has started to grow back and it seems to be growing in every direction. I had long curly hair before the dreaded chemo but cut it in stages before I started eventually shaving it Eyebrows fine eyelashes back but one is growing towards...
Hi. I’ve just had the pathology from surgery a couple of weeks ago. There is a very small amount of cancer cells remaining so I will be starting TDM1. This seems to be a chemo drug. Can anyone help me with their experience? I’ve read it’s administered...
Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing as well as can be on your respective journeys, sending much love and strength to all I wondered if anyone is taking part in the Track-ER trial and how they are getting on? Also, any other views/ additional info...
Hi fellow club members. If you have been prescribed Abemaciclib can you pass on your experiences with it. I have finished chemo and now radiotherapy, I am already on letrozole as chemo had to be stopped after the EC sessions as it affected my lungs badly...
So yesterday was my surgery - lumpectomy and sentinel lymph node biopsy. It was a long day. Booked in at 7.30am. Sent down for wire insertion first thing then taken down for operation at 2.30pm The general anaesthetic which I had really worked myself...
