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Hi In August I was diagnosed with secondaries on the liver, skull, spine and one rib. In September I started a course of Palbociclib, Fulvestrant and Zometa which I tolerated quite well. Unfortunately in April a CT scan revealed the treatments had stopped...
Hi I'm Mad. I mean that's my name. First the boring bit: May 2015 - found breast lump. Swiftly afterwards had a left side mastectomy and diep reconstruction followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Prescribed tamoxifen - replaced by letrozole. ...
Hi, I have just joined and really don’t know where to start. 2019 my mum had HER+ breast cancer, she had a mastectomy, reconstruction, chemo and radiotherapy. she has just been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in her liver. I am heartbroken...
Hi all I have just started pablociclib and knew low neuts was a side effect but was very surprised to find that after only 2 weeks my reading had gone from 438 to 150. Has anyone else experience of this please. I am starting my 7 days rest tomorrow and...
I've been diagnosed in 2020 with mets in liver, spine, maybe lungs following 14 years clear from primary breast cancer. Had lumpectomy, lymph node removal, chemo, radiotherapy and 5 years tamoxifen. Started Palbo /letrozole in September 2020 but scan...
I have a line in and it has been very itchy over the last few days, with a bit of redness that seems to be restricted to the dressing area. My onco nurse suggested not using a dressing but winding the line and using micropore (or whatever the tape is...
I'm new to this group although I was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in my lungs and bones 8 years ago. Have been on several treatments and currently on capecitabine which I'm finding easy to tolerate. Would love to hear from anyone in this group...
Hi all just been given a different type of Letrozole to go alongside my Palbociclib and it’s made by Amarox well it’s knocked me off my feet even with palpitations, has anyone else had difficulty, do think my pharmacy will have them back I do still...
Hi i was wondering if anyone has asked about a double mastectomy and lymp node removal?? ive been on Taxol for 31 weeks. all going well tumors shrinking and lung and liver tumors now gone.. taxol stopped as was effecting toes .. roll on 4 weeks big growth...
I had a UTI and was on antibiotics. Feels like it might be on its way back. Anyone else had this and did it delay treatment?
