I was diagnosed with TNBC in April this year, found after a routine mammogram. I am 67 married with 4 children and 3 grandchildren 7,6 and 4 years old. Had surgery end of May in which they removed a 9mm cancer and some nodes. The op was a success and...
I am due to have my first treatment on thursday, my chemo (pc ec and prembrolizumab) I have 12 weeks of weekly sessions then 12 weeks every 3 weeks. I am so scared and not sure what to expect worried that I will have a serious reaction to the first one...
Diagnosed with TNBC in April, had a very small 12mm tumour removed successfully with no lymph node involved. Started EC chemo (3 sessions down) to have 4 in total then 4 sessions of Pacletaxal then radiotherapy. So far I’m coping well with the EC, apart...
I have been diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma triple negative 10mm grade 2 Will they offer me chemo? I have heard that ALL invasive triple neg patients have chemo - is the is true? I am scared I won’t be offered it as it’s 10mm and I’m having...
Hello, I am 30 years old and was recently diagnosed with stage 3 TNBC (lump >4cm, 4+ lymph nodes involved). It is quite aggressive. My oncologist has proposed carboplatin/paclitaxel, epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide (EC) + pembrolizumab for treatment...
Hi, I was diagnosed with TNBC in May 2025, had 6mths of chemo, had 2 surgeries, a lumpectomy with lymph node removal and then a full axial node clearance. I'm due to start radiotherapy next month. Since the new year I have starting to have joint problems...
Hello. I’m in my sixties and onto my 5th round of Capecitabine for secondary metastatic TNBC in pleura of my lung. I’m managing the palmar plantar but have very weepy eyes which sting particularly first thing in the morning. Does anyone have a good solution...
I read an article in my newspaper this morning about the MANIFEST study, which caused me to delve a little deeper. It is recruiting small numbers of people who are being treated with immunotherapy - at the moment for melanoma, renal cell cancer, bladder...
So I've decided that I will have chemotherapy. I know that I'll lose my hair. Someone mentioned today that I should think about cutting my hair short first as an interim step. What have others done?
Now have a plan for treatment, starting 30th July. EC chemo, 4 sessions every two weeks, followed by Pickataxel 4 sessions every two weeks plus I need to inject myself during this with something to promote growth in white and red blood cells. I know I...
