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I’ve had a recent diagnosis of tnbc moving to both lungs. Information is a bit ambiguous- anyone know the prognosis please
Hi all, Just wondwring if anyone else is experiencing pain to the touch. I have secondaries in soft tissue, muscles and bone all across my chest shoulder and back. Aside from other regions too. But the chest area is really painful to the touch, even...
Hi. I am due to start Paclitaxel weekly at the end of the month. What is anyone else's experience of side effects and when did they start - immediately or delayed?
So got my date for April 5th seems very real now. 1 Night Intensive Care 6 Nights Ward then recovery
Post Liver Resection -Had Open Liver resection last wk Tumours removed with part of Liver so Fingers Crossed. Home on recovery wasn't quite expecting pain level but managing with Morphine. Waiting game now to see if it has been successful. Thanks for...
Hi all I had breast cancer 13 years ago with lumpectomy chemo and radiotherapy with 5 years of Tamoxifen. In June 2020 I was diagnosed with mets in the liver and spine and started Palbociclib and Letrozole and was doing ok. My latest scan is now showing...
My wife has been prescribed Ibrance for 21 days of the month and takes Letrozole tablets daily. She has a monthly injection of Densomubab. She has just finished her first course of treatment but is suffering horrendously with fatigue and it is affecting...
hi i have recently found out I have a recurrence and spread and now have brain mets. I'm just back on chemo cape orally ....had MRI Friday - further results week after next ..... I just feel a little bit scared this afternoon although im calm. Bit of...
Hello, My mum has breast cancer that has spread to liver. She was having fortnightly chemo injections (apologise I can’t remember the exact name of treatment). Unfortunately that hasn’t made much difference. She has been offered three new treatments...
Hi I've just been diagnosed with secondary breast in the brain. It's one cm. I was wondering what others prognosis has been and although difficult to tell has anyone been able to claim terminal illness on their life insurance please?tia
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