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Hello everyone my mum has been recently diagnosed with breast cancer through the bones and she is currently on tablets as she cannot have chemo as she has heart problems aswell and so they have told her there is no cure and it's been hard as ita just...
hi, I am about to start on the course of Ribocyclin what I wondered is from the experience of others out there were taking the same drug, do you find it best to take it in the morning or the evening?
Hi everybody, I am new to this forum and a little unsure how to use it, so I hope I don't make any bloomers! I will give a little background on how I came to be in this position with secondary breast cancer. I had TNBC in 2019, treated with surgery...
Hi everyone, I'm new here, I had right side breast cancer in 2006 had all the treatment and a mastectomy all was good for 12 years, then in June 2018 I coughed and my left hip cracked!! Went to hos tal was told I had secondary breast cancer with bone...
Hi everyone with secondary, has anyone been on a drug trial that they are finding hard to deal with the side effects? I am now on round 9 and its working ! My cancer has stopped growing and inactive since i started. Which is good i have it in left lung...
Hello my name is Nicole I have been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in 2024 which came as a shock. I am on a lot of medication currently which helps the cancer to be stable in the moment. The problem what I have is since my second diagnosis in...
Hi, I was diagnosed with stage 4 April 2025 (primary April 2020]. Mets in posterior calvarium, spine, sacrum, pelvis, femoral head, rib. I‘m on anastrazole, started with ribociclib but got interstitial lung injury so now on palbociclib. On the positive...
Hi , my name is Pam and I have stage 4 breast cancer triple neg On chemo tablets , feet and hands peeling and so sore using moisturiser and taking B6 tabs what else can I do ? Any ideas what will help don't want to stop chemo Thanks for reading...
Hello - I was diagnosed with secondary lobular cancer just before christmas. I had primary BC in 2017 and had right side mastectomy and chemo. I learned it is extensive in bones, lesions in liver and spots in right lung and lymph nodes (lots). My oncologist...
Hi, I was diagnosed de novo in June 2024 I was put on Ribociclib but it didn’t agree with me and was put on Abemaciclib which I have had no problems with along with Letrozole and Denosumab injection, they have been a dream other than feeling tired but...
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