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so good to see these new treatments being offered on the NHS. This one is for those with the brca1 and 2 gene. the biontec trial starts September I believe, hopefully this will be a game changer x
Hi all, just a quick one... My oncologist told me that chemo would affect my fertility and a friend said that her periods stopped altogether for the duration of her treatment, then didn't come back for 2 years. I've now had 2 cycles of EC and started...
Hi first time posting on here. I have TNBC grade 3 and I am presently having chemo. I’ve had 4 EC and on Friday started by 12 weeks of Paclitaxel and Carboplatin then I’m having surgery and radiotherapy. I know I’m jumping ahead but just wondered how...
Hi, I'm 32 years old and have just been diagnosed with breast cancer, I start chemo in about two weeks, which I'll be doing for about six months (immunotherapy alongside) and then hopefully surgery and then radiation. The cancer itself is triple negative...
Just wondering if anyone on Tamoxifen have found they have started suffering from sciatica? I've been on Tamoxifen since May last year (2022) and have suffered with Sciatica mainly in my left side but at times both / moving to the right briefly for...
Hi Guys My mum has recently been given the news that she has breast cancer, however its spread to her lymp nodes. We are awaiting her full body scan to see if it has spread any further into her body. Just wondering if anyone else on here has recently...
I am now 5 weeks post-op number 2 (I was one of the lucky 1 in 4 who need a re-excision). First op was full axillary clearance plus lumpectomy. Good news - I am brilliant a recovering from operations and only 1 of 32 nodes were cancerous. I was signed...
Has anyone else had all their lymph nodes removed as part of the procedure and are further down the road, any advice of anything I need to do to protect that arm? TIA x
Hi folks Not really sure if it appropriate to post this as not directly cancer related but it is a happy story so here goes. My DIEP, less than 7 weeks ago, was a "do over" on the day, followed by surgery to reopen the wound three weeks...
Had my mastectomy on 23rd March, drains were not used as rather the body absorb it. Yesterday morning I could not put my arm down it was so swollen and painful going round my back, all in top of chest. So went to a&e ,was there 6 hours,bloods showed no...
