When are side effects likely to start on capecitabine likely to start and do they last all through the 'off week'?
I don't visit this site much at the moment because I found that I was getting sucked into the bad news stories and it was making me feel very low. Anyway, as an alternative, I thought I would start a thread for positive secondary BC stories as I'm pretty...
Has anyone been diagnosed with mets in the eye?
My secondary breast cancer is responding well to phesgo treatment- had 42 now and latest scan showed all stable mets to bones and no further disease. I should be happy but my husband has now possibly got bowel cancer , awaiting results . I can’t believe...
Hi everyone, I just rang the Chemo Dept at my local hospital regarding whether I can visit the hairdressers to get my roots coloured. The reply I got was vague and “we don’t recommend it.” I’m on oral chemo tabs Capecitabine my first 2 weeks cycle...
I had a biopsy and CT scan and it seems it as spread to my chest wall they are having there discussions tomorrow about treatments Has anyone else had this The symptoms are right chest pains just started with a cough restricted movement Just wondering...
Hi everyone, this is my first post on here.. my partner was diagnosed with breast cancer around 2 years ago and had a mastectomy and we thought we were in the clear. November he was diagnosed with mets in his spine and pelvis, started treatment and with...
Hi ladies, I’ve just noticed a rash under my nipple . (Size of a 50p lumpy and mottled ) do I need to get it checked out? I had my routine 3 mths y CT scan on Tuesday , if it was sinister, would it show on that ? …. I’m currently sec breast with spine...
Guess I'm just feeling sorry for myself, I have stage 4 breast cancer with mets in my lungs but I've refused treatment for my own reasons . I have however found out that no-one really cares what you're going through if your not undergoing treatment...
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