Hi all here I am diagnosed with secondary breast cancer after attending hospital for back pain. I had no clue there was anything on my boob, and apparently it’s spread to my spine and possibly liver. I’m due my first appointment at the breast clinic...
Hi all, I currently have liver mets which were stable on the last scan (next scan is this week). But, I’ve had tinnitus over the past 2 weeks which has been continuous for the past week (sound is like crickets in a field in both ears and feels like...
I have secondary breast cancer with mets to bones and lungs. In November, I was/am experiencing severe pain in my back and the left hand side of my ribs. Reported this to oncologist and my scan was brought forward a month. I had the scan on 7th December...
I recently developed breathing problems and CT scan showed lymphangitis carcinomatosis. Scared myself by reading about it online and I’m now wondering what will happen next. I have a telephone call with my consultant on Thursday to discuss treatment options...
I was diagnosed incurable in November 2020 and tried paclitaxol which didnt work so I chose to carry on without treatment other than Morphine for pain relief . Im November last year I developed enlatged nodes in the groin and a subsequent MRI confirmed...
Hi. I was diagnosed de novo in November 2023. Bone mets in spine, ribs, sternum and another few dotted about Had 13 treatments of Ribociclib, letrozole and Denosumab. Just got my latest scan results and it's spread to my liver. Devastated. Thought 1st...
Hey everyone, I hope that you are all doing ok. I’m again hoping for any positivity .. my wife has been battling SBC for 18 months now and has gone through 4 lines of chemo therapy which have kept her stable. My wife’s diagnosis is metastatic breast...
I was on Paclitaxel but had to discontinue because of side effects. I wondered if anyone has experience of taking Apelisib.
I have had sbc since 2016 and have cycled through several drugs. Latest was capecetabine which failed in Sep. I have since been on Fulvestrant. Whilst my bone and lung mets are stable the liver mets have gone mad. Largest 9cm and multiple others. Am about...
Hi lovely people on this forum. I was diagnosed with mets 2 months ago and had started on letrozole and first round of ribociclib. I was due to start back on the ribo 10 days ago but my neutrophils were too low. Had a 2nd blood test yesterday and the...
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