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Started on palbo and letrozole last January for bone mets and treatment worked really well for a year. Then suddenly my bloods started struggling- low haemoglobin and neutrophils. Had to come off treatment as cancer was getting worse due to all the extra...
Hi. I have 2ndry breast cancer in my lungs & just finished my 3cycle. I am taking letrozole but Boots say they can’t get it from suppliers. I’ve tried a few other pharmacies around Chelmsford with no luck. is anyone else having this problem? my...
Hi, I was diagnosed 2 months ago with stage 4 er+ breast cancer (7 and a half years after my original diagnosis) in my bones and liver, the first treatment I’ve been put on is Ribociclib alongside Letrozole, yesterday I had an ECG and bloods (2 weeks...
My mum was duagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in January 2022. It is in her lung, spine and hip. Her treatment so far has kept the tumours stable. I'm not very medical but she has a drug that suppresses estrogen. Her most recent scan has shown all...
Considering everything we are all going through this is probably a very trivial question. I suffer from excess facial hair, mainly on my chin, and obviously I can't use creams as I don't want to upset my skin any more than the drug is likely to. I am...
Started Ribociclib today. Hoping I can tolerate it. I finished treatments for breast cancer last August. I now have cancer in various bone sites. I would like to know how people cope with a diagnosis like this. I know we all cope differently...
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...
Hi my name is Janice had breast cancer in 2020 thought I beet it after 6months of chemotherapy and 15 radiotherapy.and taking letrosol for 3 years . But found out 1week ago that’s it’s back and spread to my liver and colon. So right now feel confused...
