Hiya, Hope everyone is managing :-) Got my mastectomy next week along with the removal of some lymph nodes so will have a drain. Any suggestions for clothing - dont seem able to visualise? Big T shirts? Button up shirts? Short sleeves? Mind has...
Hiya, my mum was diagnosed in 2020 with triple negative breast cancer. She finished treatment in April 2021, so 7 months ago. She has recently had a chesty cough and pain when breathing in. She had an X-ray and the doctor said she suspect pleurisy...
Hi all i have been taking letrozole and palbociclib for just over 2 years now and am still tolerating this fairly well. I was just wondering what sort of long term success others are having on this combo. Anyone out there on 3+ years and counting...
I have just finished my first cycle of this with letrozole. Unfortunately my neutrophils have dropped to 0.69 so I have to delay treatment for a week. Is this a common response? I also kept falling on paclitaxel and stopped after nine cycles as it wasn...
Hello everyone, My daughter has secondary bone metastases diagnosed a year ago, she is on the usual 4 medications (I think) to block all hormones .she is waiting for results of third scan always a very anxious time, stable so far though. She leadsa...
I am due to start abemaciclib with fluevescent injections next week for liver mets. I was just wondering if anyone has any long term experience of this drug? I have seen that some people have talked about palbociclib taken over many years, but not so...
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