Hi! Lovely people just seeing if there’s anyone else like me. I’m at the start of my journey with peritoneal mets. Would love to know how you’re doing? If you had any biopsies, what was your treatment? I have breast cancer, bone meta and now peritoneal...
Hello, I'm totally new to this forum and hoping for some extra support to process what we've recently learned. 9 weeks ago my beloved step father died from terminal cancer (liver & lung) he was given 4-6 months but it was so aggressive he passed just...
Hi Iv just had a call from my secondary breast care nurse to tell me the results of my MRI. A single tumour found in liver but is apparently a difficult place to get a biopsy from so doing biopsy on the shoulder as that is suspected of being mets. I...
Hey everyone, I hope that everyone is as well as can be. My wife has been suffering with secondary breast cancer from just over 2 years now, she has been through many lines of treatment which have unfortunately not worked for her. She is currently...
I've just been diagnosed with a 2.3 cm tumour in my liver and a number of smaller ones. I was overwhelmed on the day of the consultation . The lump was found quite be chance during a lung CT in october. I've had MRI and the biopsy 2 weeks ago. Results...
Hi everyone. I am due to start Capecitabine on Friday. I have trouble swallowing tablets and the pharmacy said I can dissolve them if necessary. Anyone else do this? Thanks
Hi all, I wondered if anyone has had low haemoglobin as a result of chemo and if so what they did to help it. Thank you x
Hi everyone I was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in 2013. ive recently been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. it came as a massive shock to me. yesterday I started targeted therapy, Palbociclib 125mg and Letrozole. I’m trying to find out how...
Hi, has anyone had a bone biopsy taken from vertebrae? I was told I may need one and understand they are extremely painful but you can request sedation?
Hi all I have just been told my treatment palbociclib is being changed to capecitabine due to progression in my femur that was initially found in a scan in October 24. My understanding from ct and mri scans was that palbociclib was effective in the...
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