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Hi all I’m sure this has been discussed before but I was wondering if anyone has done any recent research regarding the percentage likelihood of permanent hair loss - specifically from EC and/or Paxilatel chemo? I’ve started using a cold cap but thinking...
Hi All, This is a strange question but I was wondering if anyone has plucked their eyebrows during chemo? I know one can loose them to chemo so at the start I didn’t worry about plucking them. Now looking at them wow they have sprouted more hair so...
Hi I'm going to be going for a mastectomy on my breast in January. Due to a family history of breast cancer and having had radiation to the chest in the past my oncology team have suggested that I may want to consider having a double mastectomy at the...
Hi there everyone I've got breast cancer Her2 stage 2 I went for my 3rd lot of chemo yesterday which was quite an ordeal as my body doesn't like docetaxel and I have a reaction every time which slows the schedule down down I then have to have cortisone...
Hi, I found out I have breast cancer a few days ago, Im scared and my anxiety is through the roof, I try not to think about it , but as soon as the hospital appointment person phone, I have a panic attack, I hated every minute of my biopsies and cried...
I had a biopsy this week for breast cancer and three masses were found, including one in the lymph nodes. They haven’t waited for the biopsy results to tell me that they are cancer. I’m really struggling with the waiting game until my follow up appointment...
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in February and had a mastectomy in March, waited for test results from America to see if I needed chemo which it came back that I would benefit from it. My final treatment was on the 21st October (docetaxel) I didn...
I had mastectomy with reconstruction in September. Oncotype score was 12 so chemo not advised. I am today on day 10 of 15 radiotherapy and am struggling to stay awake! I slept 8 hours last night, got up, showered, dressed and ate breakfast and I'm ready...
I have had two cycles of EC Cyclophosphamide chemotherapy. It has made me very tired and sent my blood glucose in to the 20s (I have T2 Diabetes and an under active thyroid) but I have not experienced severe nausea etc, so I know that I am fortunate....
Dear friends, what advice would you have for someone who just got disgnosed but at stage of waiting for biopsy results? How to deal with the waiting, the fear and anxiety, living alone? What have you found most helpful dealing with negative thoughts?...
