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I had my first round of weekly Taxol just over a week ago and about 48 hours later started to have some horrible aches and pains right in my lower back. It lingered for a few days and then disappeared but came back just before my second round today. It...
Hello I’m new to this group I had a mammogram done on the 26 March 22. I got called back 2 weeks later to have further tests and went back a week later to be told I had an 8cm calcification on my left breast and at the time only two lymph nodes had cancer...
As most of you will appreciate my whole world has recently been turned upside down. I’ve just had the gruelling wait for my biopsy results and was relieved it’s at least treatable - I’d convinced myself it was metastatic . I’m so scared of the treatment...
Hi I have had 12 rounds of paclitaxel and now 2 of EC. Just 2 more EC left to go. I've noticed this week that my eye sight is more blurry than normal. Like not being able to read number plates at an expected distance. Just wondered if anyone else has...
Had my first yearly check up with my breast surgeon today, only 4 months late as they cancelled my original appointment with no reason . Have been feeling really down, had a lumpectomy in march 2021 and radiotherapy, My breast is now 2 Cup sizes smaller...
Hi everyone, I’ve just been diagnosed with DCIS in my left breast after having my results this week. I had another biopsy on Thursday with the results on 30th June. I’d just like to say hi. This is all very new and scary for me.
Hello everyone I’m a 68 year old pensioner just diagnosed with high grade DCIS the technical terms used were… area A anterior & Area B posterior show High grade ducal Carcinoma in situ B5a total cluster of 46mm when I spoke in depth about my diagnosis...
Hi I’ve been putting off going on this treatment I’m scared of side affects but know I have to go on it any advice please
Good Morning Everyone, So I've just had my New Patient telephone call from a Chemo Nurse. My Chemo combi is Abraxane and Carboplatin. My nurse said that the Carboplatin can make you hair go thinner but she hadn't got info at hand about the Abraxane...
Hi, is anyone experiencing bowel and gut issues post radiotherapy. I finished radiotherapy in February 2022 and have been suffering with constipation, which I thought was a side effect of an antidepressant called venlofaxine, I am due to speak to my...
