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My wife has brain cancer which has metastasized from breast cancer. She has at least 5 lesions, the biggest is around 2.5cm. She had 5 sessions of full brain radiotherapy and since then she is constantly fatigued. It’s around 8 weeks since the radiotherapy...
Hi everyone I have been on the BC forum since 2022 , I had chemo / surgery / radiotherapy and two years of Abemaciclib .. Four weeks ago , I had a seizure at home , long story short after spending 5 days in hospital , they told me I had a large mass...
Gosh! Heads in a spin! 20 years ago - papilloma removed 14 years ago DCIS two lots of surgery then radiotherapy 4 years ago mastectomy - oestrogen positive, lymph nodes clear 4 weeks ago pains in legs and mastectomy site - blood tests showed possible...
I have been taking letrozole for 6 months and ribociclib for 4 months for metastatic breast cancer. In the last few days I have noticed some changes in my body. Firstly I noticed that I was having little stabbing pains around the tumour in one of my breasts...
I have finished my chemotherapy now. When I am resting in a chair or lying down in bed I have a strange feeling that I am lying on golf balls or stones for want of a better description. I have asked the registrar oncologist the last 2 times I have seen...
Hi all my wife has been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer and it is in the lung with extra capsular spread and its outside the Lymph nodes capsule. Oncologist said she could have 3-5 years to live, could be shorter or longer. I can give more detailed...
Is anyone on ongoing treatment for stage 4 breast cancer and you only have one kidney. How is treatment with one kidney
I have quite a bit of stiffness and pain in joints caused by letrozol. It does walk off although stairs and inclines are a struggle. Has anybody tried acupuncture to help with this?
My wife Nikki has suffered recent bouts of vomiting after her nephrostomy was removed, as the cancer had spread to the lining of her bladder. Now doctors think there might be a mass near the left kidney. Has anyone or know of anyone that has had it...
Hi, My mum has recently been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer. It was a sudden diagnosis as she had a mammogram back in March that was clear (they even went to look again to make sure) she went on holiday and got sick while she was there with...
