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Hi Everyone, Like many of you I have chosen to stay in work, I have a great job which took a lot of training to be able to do and which I enjoy. I also work with a great team of colleagues and work is so normalising - unlike cancer and all it's treatments...
I have been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer, which has spread to my bones. I have started letrozole and ribociclib. I am also having denosumab injections every 4 weeks. I think the thing that frightens me most is the feeling that I am not in control...
My daughter is 47 and her breast cancer was diagnosed and treated in 2014 after 6 years she had developed bone secondaries, no other involvement. She has been coping well for a further 6 years on demosamab,letrozole, palbociclib and zoladex. Her scans...
I am having phesgo injections every 3 weeks for secondary breast cancer- been having these for over a year now , mainly I have no side effects - but recent rounds I have had itching arms . Just wondering if anyone else has had this and can recommend any...
At the moment I am having denosumab every four weeks at the same time I get my other meds. I have now been told I can have 8 weeks between picking up weds.....I am worried about only having denosumab every 8 weeks as everything I see on the Internet says...
Hi everyone, I’m hoping to find out if things settle. I started my first cycle on Thursday and have been in almost constant pain since. Pains are in my lower back/ pelvis going down to my legs. I am seeing my oncologist tonight for a review. I...
I got diagnosed in March but it took some time to see an oncologist they started me on anastrazol. and 2 sessions radiation on sacrum plus IV for. the bones but I was continuing to loose weight lost over 15 KG. and getting weaker and more pain. then...
Hello all, hoping everyone is well as can be. i was just wondering if anyone has heard of hyperthermia treatment either here or abroad or have tried anything oversees. im probably just clutching at straws but have just been told I have secondary breast...
Hi lovely people. I found out in 2022 that my breast cancer had come back with a large depisit in my femiur and several other small areas in the vertibrae. Initial diagnosis in 2010. Ive had ribociclib reduced to 200mg for the last year and for the...
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