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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...
Hello Everyone... hoping today is a good day for you ... I am very keen to hear from anyone who is in a similar situation as myself.. Basically my Breast Cancer has spread to the throat The cancer has latched around the main artery via the aorta sheath...
Morning, I have been experiencing pain in leg. An xray confirmed lesions. I had bc 13 years ago. I have an appointment on Tuesday with bc clinic. One stop shop. My GP referred me to BC and Orthopedic. Orthopedic called me yesterday evening to tell me...
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...
I was diagnosed with breast cancer un July 22 and had a mastectomy, chemo and radio which finished late August 23. After a lot of swapping medication about I finally got sorted and life was picking up, then in Feb 24 I got a blood clot on my lung, October...
Hello everyone. been a lurker here since 2015, on and off, but this is the first time I have posted. I was diagnosed with breast cancer (DCIS) in 2012 (HER2 negative) and had a lumpectomy. By 2015 it had returned (as well as another (micropappilary...
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