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Have just been diagnosed with breast cancer with her2 as well. So much information given to me and then my car broke down so was stranded in it for several hours. I’m disabled as well so ended up in dreadful pain which affected my back and neck (back...
Just an update on where I am now, having finished chemo in June 2021, and radio in August 2021, I was originally put on letrozole and prostap but that has been stopped, I'm now taking tamoxifen for 10 years. Still having Phesgo as my bc was er+ and...
Anyone either had success with medication to combat joint pain while on Anastrozole after Brest cancer or switched to an alternative medication ? I have tried yoga, walking, ibuprofen, glucosamine, heat patches, massage, cutting out raw veg. My GP won...
Hello all, I will be having around 15 sessions of Radiotherapy soon for Breast Cancer. The hospital that my consultant is referring me to is over an hour’s drive from where I live and apparently is the closest one. My husband does not drive and I...
I had a single mastectomy yesterday and have a drain in. I'm just concerned as the fluid doesn't seem to all be draining into the bulb and is staying in the tube. I've emptied it collected 50ml since yesterday, but there is more in the tube. Anyone got...
Hello, Diagnosed De Novo Metastatic Breast cancer in Nov 2021. Mestases in liver and skeleton. Began my treatment at Cleveland Clinic in my city, but felt they were doing the bare minimum and switched hospitals and doctors in September 2022. Have...
I finished 4 EC before Christmas where I was cold capping. I haven’t found it too bad but it’s not been as successful as I had hoped and I have lost probably 70- 80% of my hair. im about to start 4 lots of paclitaxil and my question is, should I continue...
Hi everyone I'm new here and it's all a bit surreal
Hi everyone, I’m ten weeks post my masectomy and DIEP flap reconstruction. Initially as expected it was difficult to stand straight and my tummy felt incredibly tight. This did wear off though. Last few days it’s felt incredibly tight again and I’ve...
My daughter in law is adamant that a fruit and herbal diet will deal with a 2-5cm lump in her breast, first discovered two years ago. My son is frantic that his three year old son is going to lose his mother. Does anyone have any strategies we could use...
