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Afternoon all. I start chemo on Thursday following a right side mastectomy, stage 3, in December and then in January pathology showed cancer cells found on lymph nodes. Oesrogenen positive HER negative. I will be having infusion every fortnight with injections...
Hi I’m really not sure if I’m in the right place, my mum had kidney cancer 4 years ago and then had breast cancer 2 years ago with her having a double mastectomy, on her yearly kidney scan they have picked up a mass in her lymph nodes and we got the results...
I was diagnosed with breast cancer on 5th Dec I was told that I had caught it early and it was curable grade 1 slow growing cancer my treatment plan was radiotherapy, tamoxifen and possible chemo, I would told I needed a lumpectomy and another biopsy...
Hi All New to this group, but not new to Breast Cancer. This is my 2nd round of it. I have been cancer free for 15 years. But recent Mammogram detected a small cancer opposite breast. Grade 1 and very treatable. My previous cancer was also good...
Hi everyone ive been on letrazole and ribo for a month now and struggling with side effects like really bad headaches body pain and sickness is anyone else having any side effects and how they are dealing with it all any advice would be really helpful...
Hi i went through 5 months of chemotherapy and lost most of my hair, but it has finally come back although slow growing. I'm starting on letrazole and zoladex injections and am worried about the side effects. What has people's experience been with hair...
Hi just joining this group. I have TNBC T3N1 - the tumour is about 9cm. I’m still in shock - I never felt it!!! I’m scheduled for 24 weeks of chemo then surgery. Im not coping very well xx
11 days ago my 45 year old wife mentioned that she had noticed a new lump in her right breast - in the same location that she had a cyst around two years previously. She also had some discomfort in her right armpit. She was sure it would be another cyst...
Hi I’m due to start abemaciclib and was wondering what side effects people had and for how long? I’m hoping to go back to work soon and was wondering what I was going to be dealing with , already on tamoxifen, zoladex and ibandronic acid. Thank you
I start my Chemotherapy treatment tomorrow for Brest Cancer. Still very unsure as to use a cold cap or not?
