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Hi all i have had to have two biopsies on my left breast to try and establish HER2 status - both failed, so I have been put forward for surgery and I am waiting for an appointment with the surge on. I had aching for a day or two after each biopsy but...
Hiya guys I’m on seeking wisdom re ANYTHING that you found gave you energy after treatment had ended? My ten sessions finished 7 weeks and I am EXHAUSTED. I am back to work and three weeks ago I was swimm and walking and full of energy but now … BOOM...
Been diagnosed with hormone receptor positive breast cancer, have told family and work, but my husband wants to tell all our friends and I don't.
Hi all , my 35 year old daughter has just had her first chemo four days ago but today she looks yellow in the face is this a normal reaction she has stage 3 breast cancer
Hi all I am new here. I have started Abemaciclib 3 weeks ago and suffering tummy ache, diarrhoea since then. Diarrhoea managed with Loperamide but struggling a lot with tummy ache. Anyone else having upper abdominal pain here? Oncologist changed the...
Hi there, what would you recommend for this? In advance of rads starting, I’ve tried Aveeno, not for me, red itchy rash. Anything else super mild? I’m an almost blue/white skinned redhead. Still have blue boob after SLNB blue dye during op 5 weeks ago...
Hi I’m new diagnosed jan 3rd, lumpectomy last week and sentinel biopsy performed which suggested cancer was not in my lymph nodes - now waiting for histology on the pea sized cancer they removed and to know if there was a clear margin. I know my cancer...
Hi y'all Everything is big & scary with a cancer diagnosis. Half a year ago none of this was a thing. Suddenly I'm in the moment ... 'We have you surrounded, come out with your treatment plans in the air...!' :D ;) Indeed I am surrounded by this new life...
When I start looking at this subject of cancer a bit deeper and realise what a battleground we are in. It’s not a cut & dried case of ‘the cancers gone’ if it’s removed surgically.. it seems these slippery little buggers like to travel... and play hide...
Hi I was diagnosed on 24October2022 with breast cancer. I had a lumpectomy on 12January 2023. I am starting radiotherapy on 28th February. I have been taking the drug Letrozole since my diagnosis, which is giving me mood swings and hot flushes. ...
