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Hi everyone I was diagnosed with triple positive grade 3 IDC plus DCIS in March 2023. It is considered stage 2b. I have been having neoadjuvant (before surgery) chemo therapy. 4 cycles of EC with G-CSF injections every three weeks and now I am having...
Hi all, Sending much love and strength to everyone in this group I just wondered if anyone knew when it is considered safe to start epilating after chemo has ended, just conscious of the risk of infection...I am on the immune boosting injections...
Hi, sorry im a mess right now and desperate for stories to give me some hope. I'm 44, I have 2 boys aged 14 and 10 and I have just been diagnosed with IDC grade 3,triple negative breast cancer. I'm at the beginning of this journey and I admit it, I...
Hi everybody. I hope you are all progressing well with your treatments and wish you all the very best. I am posting with a rather difficult situation. I completed treatment for a grade 3 triple positive breast cancer in July and was hoping to start...
Hi everyone. I am 56 and overweight but, until I started Letrozole about three weeks ago, I had a very slow heart rate. It was so slow that I was sent for an ECG at my pre-op, and it was in the mid-40s even though I had just walked down a corridor to...
Hi There I have been told to stop taking tamoxifen as I am in for a lumpsectomy in 3 weeks. I have only been on it for just over 4 weeks. Will I have any side effects just stopping the medication dramatically? 1) worried about stopping it for 3...
Can someone help me please? Having gone through the surgery, r/t and DEXA scans etc all at far away hospitals, I now have my 6 month review with the lovely surgical team and BCNs. and keeping fingers crossed its all going to be ok. Trouble is in my area...
Hello I have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. I am due for a mastectomy and reconstruction. Starting to struggle slightly now.
Diagnosed with breast cance r in May. I had a lumpectomy in June and feel ok. I had 20 lymph nodes and only one was positive with cancer cell. My surgeon was very happy with my surgery that he ha s removed a the tumor and the margin around the tumour...
Hi I hope someone on the forum can offer some info or experience on side effects of Letrozole. Lumpectomy small tumour December 22; radiotherapy March 23; Letrozole since February 23. Experiencing significant joint pain/discomfort including carpal tunnel...
