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Hi so my treatment plan has changed and will be starting weekly chemotherapy of taxel and carbo. What's people side effects of this.
Hello, I finished chemotherapy with carboplatin and docetaxel (6 cycles at 3 week intervals) at the end of June. This was for a local recurrence of breast cancer, nearly 10 years after my original lot of chemo. Over the last few weeks I have been...
Has anyone had experience taking CBD drops (broad spectrum) for side effects of chemo? I’ve been given some by a FOAF who owns a CBD shop, I would like to try it particularly for nausea and apparently it can help with hair loss. Just cautious about it...
Hi ive had my first chemo 3 weeks ago using the cold cap and coming up to my 2 cycle shortly, I've only just started losing bits of my hair which I know the cold cap is not 100%, and I know everyone is different but I just wanted to know how people got...
Good morning all, my mum was diagnosed with stage 1a grade 2 HER 2 positive with no lymph node involvement. She has undergone her lumpectomy and was it was successful removed with clear margins. She is currently have paclitaxel weekly for 12 week and...
I was diagnosed with Stage 1 BC (7mm) in February, Lumpectomy in March, removal of 2 lymph nodes which were cancer free, 1 week of radiotherapy in May and tamoxifen for the next 5 years, my choice to take, resulting in early menopause. I am extremely...
Hi all, Im 29 and was diagnosed with BC in April and had my double mastectomy in June. I initially felt way better than I had anticipated (don’t get me wrong, I didn’t feel fabulous haha). But it’s been nearly 4 months now and my fatigue is another...
I've had a long, hard journey to proper diagnosis. I was originally diagnosed early stage 1.5 cms with one affected node by ultrasound and biopsy. This changed to 3 tumors, each between 0.8 and 3.5. Had mastectomy (later hemotoma) and results were 16...
Hi I've just been diagnosed with tripple negative breast cancer. I had a lumpectomy and found out that the margins and lymph nodes were clear of cancer. I've to see the oncologist in 2 weeks to discuss chemo and radiotherapy which they want to do both...
I was first diagnosed with DCIS in September. Had my first WLE operation at the beginning of November. When I went back for test results was told they hadn't removed all the cells so had a second op at the beginning of December. Thought that this was...
