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can anyone tell me please..does Letrazole cause hair loss? and does anyone take accord or sun pharm ones? thanks
Just wondering if there is anyone out there like me who have had a mastectomy with immediate reconstruction implant on one side ? I’m awaiting symmetry surgery to the other breast next year and just wondered if anyone has had this done? What was the surgery...
am new here, just been diagnosed with breast cancer, last week. be good to have others to chat too and get information ,
Finally got my start date for chemo.November 1st,that will make it 8 weeks after my op so I was getting a little anxious that it may be growing again,silly I know but I do not want to go through that again.Fingers x.big hugs to everyone.x
I went on holiday to Anglesey two weeks after my first chemo with a full head of hair and within a day of getting there I couldn’t believe how much would come out each morning on the brush .I didn’t tell anyone about it but in the car with the windows...
Hi I had a therapeutic mammoplasty in January, and when that was agreed balancing surgery to reduce the other side to match was mentioned, but not until after all my treatment was finished. I finished radiotherapy in June, and wondered how long other...
Hi all, i was treated for 5cm DCIS last year- lumpectomy and radiotherapy. I had a clear mammogram in April of this year. A few months ago I started getting very tiny blisters on the tip of my nipple which would come and go and then one started to bleed...
Hi I am due for a left breast mastectomy / immediate reconstruction on Monday but my BP is spiking. I am drinking plenty of water, walking gently and tryjng to avoid stress but it's still 160/110 on rough average. How high is too high before it's dangerous...
I have HER2+ breast cancer. Have ticked off chemo and surgery. Started on Kadcyla chemo and this Wednesday 18th Oct started Radiotherapy, 15 rounds in total. I'm having breast, lymph and area around my collarbone treated. My neck is very sore due to...
More than 12 months on and I still think about it every day it doesn’t just go away my oncologist said that’s it just go and live your life and go back to normal. what is normal you can’t just switch off After the chemo and radiotherapy and your body...
