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Hi all, I had my 1st Chemo of 12 on Wednesday with cold cap. I was wondering if anyone who found cold capping a success has any non medical things they did that they think helped? For example only washing hair once a week, no styling or products, oils...
Has anyone stopped responding to chemo and had a positive outcome after other treatment? I’ve had five rounds of chemo for my weakly ER positive stage 2b cancer (only treatment I’ve had so far, no surgery and no radiotherapy yet). Today after several...
Hi has anyone got advice/experience of using cold therapy gloves & socks to help reduce peripheral neuropathy during chemo treatment. I am soon to start chemo next week & was wondering if should buy gloves & socks before treatment. Thanks
Hi there My husband has been diagnosed with grade 3 invasive lobular breast cancer. He was unaware of any lump and it started breaking through the chest wall about the middle of January. He's 82 and managed to hide it from me until 6 weeks ago by which...
Hi Everyone Seeking some advice - I'm ten days on from surgery right breast lumpectomy and mammoplasty with lymph node biopsy - have just had my drain removed and dressings replaced. Thought I was doing really well but then WHAM pain started, undescribable...
Hello, due to start Letrozole .. switching after 5 years on tamoxifen, do you just stop tamoxifen one day and take Letrozole the next? Or phase it in somehow! im putting it off as don’t want a whole new lot if side effects!
I have had to go cold turkey and come off HRT immediately. I was all over the place in January - only diagnosed 2 weeks ago. Dent left breast - 2 cm lump. live alone and am feeling that the cancer is the only thing I can think about. Unfortunately I gave...
I'm on week 9, Since I found the little strange lump under my f sized boob. I'm telling you the size because one woman at work said with the size of those I'm surprised you could feel anything! ( said and meant in a derogatory way!) Back to the plan...
Hi I’m new to the group. I had colorectal cancer 5 years ago which I am now free from. In October last year I was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer and had a lumpectomy. 6 months on now I am feeling very painful in my joints due to my medication, extremely...
Hi I had a mammogram and scan afew weeks ago. The doctor also did a biopsy. Before I left the doctor said she thinks it's cancer. The results came back negative. But the doctor wants to do a repeat because the lump is small and the results don't match...
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