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Recently diagnosed with TNBC, I have just completed 3 EC cycles and am due to start 3 cycles of Carboplatin and Paclitaxel with the latter as a weekly dose. My appointment is at 10am and I’ve been instructed to take 20mg of dexamethasone at 10pm the...
Thank you everyone for letting me join the group.
Anyone taken the above - it’s a chemo tablet. would appreciate any replies. Thanks Trentender
Hi, three weeks ago I was told I’ve got breast cancer. I found a lump towards the end of June, had a doctors appointment the following day and was referred to our breast care clinic. I had a mammogram, ultrasound and biopsy done in under an hour and the...
Waiting for path results and next part of the journey. So far so good
Hi everyone - just had a quick look through the previous posts on swimwear and nothing quite matched. I have implant reconstruction following mastectomy and return visit for axillary node clearance. I don’t swim a lot so chanced my previous costume on...
Hi I am new at all this. I have been diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer and having a single masectomy on Tuesday. I have had a CT scan and waiting for results. I am feeling now is the time to reach out to others because still quite numb about it all...
Afternoon After what has seemed like a lifetime but in reality was only 6 weeks I had my first course of chemotherapy on Monday, I was initially diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer with Her+ markers and spread into the lymph nodes. That changed at...
Hi all, I haven’t even been fully diagnosed yet but I have exactly the same symptoms as someone I know who recently had breast cancer. I’m 24 years old and was referred to the breast clinic on Tuesday. I have a large lump in my left breast and have been...
Hi Everyone, just asking its been a year since my lumpectomy and lymph node removal everything healed fine but over the last 3 months my breast has started to itch really bad and my nipple is flaky and it leaks a bit of like milky discharge sometimes...
