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Hello all I had my results appointment yesterday with my surgeon and bcn. Was told I need chemotherapy before radiotherapy and bisphosphonates and CDK46 (am already on anastrazole and have been since diagnosis) What has worried me is that they said...
Hi, I have DCIS . After 3 lumpectomies I still haven’t got clear margins. I’m trying to decide whether to give it another go and have a fourth lumpectomy or put an end and have a mastectomy with reconstruction all in one go. As I read about possible complications...
Hi i have just completed cycle 15 of Phesgo. I’m due to have three more. However I’m not sure I can cope emotionally or physically with anymore. It’s been a rough ride. I have peripheral neuropathy, permanent itching, insomnia and breathlessness, nausea...
Hi everyone Not been on here much Lately. Had a left side mastectomy last September left breast, inner quadrant multi focal tumours, no node involvement and grade 2 tumour. Put on Letrozole. Fast forward, have had an aching tummy with pain under the...
Hi, I ve completed my radiotherapy and am on Tamoxifen for 5 years, side effects are beginning to settle down on and off so now looking at keeping myself active to help manage joint pain, tiredness. Someone mentioned or I may have imagined it but do Macmillan...
Hi is any one on Phesgo and what side affects do you get . x
This is something I learnt yesterday which may be useful to others. I was diagnosed with BC last July and started chemo in September. Along with everything else I was given a card outlined in red. It had an emergency helpline number available 24/7....
Diagnosed Oct 2025 with Grade 3 IDC, ER/PR+ 8/8, HER2 low, right breast. Started with a 38mm tumour and confirmed axillary node involvement on PET-CT. Had 5x chemos. Neo-adjuvant chemo showed what looked like a good response on imaging. Path results told...
I’ve had a fairly unusual pathway during my treatment so far. i was originally diagnosed as stage 2b weakly ER positive grade 3 IDC in November. 30mm lump, 2 lymph nodes involved. i chose to have chemo first following advice. At first it worked well...
Hi everyone I’m 11 years clear er+ breast cancer. Mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy and thankfully just finished 10 years of Tamoxifen. I could write a book about all my surgeries and health problems that have occurred since, and yes, every...
