Hi Everyone. My wife finished all her treatment in December (Chemo, WLE & Rads). She is doing well and feeling more herself all the time. Anyway she had heard about Aspirin maybe having some benefit afterwards along with Vit-D. She had mentioned it...
I was diagnosed with Grade 3 stage 3 TNBC in September . I had 3 cycles of EC chemo and was due to start 12 weeks of PC on 21st December . Unfortunately I ended up in hospital with pancreatitis twice over Xmas which culminated in me having my gallbladder...
I saw my Oncologist this week. So I will be having chemo over an 18 week period. 9 weeks of Paclitaxel (Taxol) and carboplatin (PC) once a week 9 weeks of Epirubicin and cyclophosphamide (EC) once every 3 weeks She said I'm healthy (apart from being...
Sorry I haven't replied for ages. It's been a wurl wind. So I had surgery but unfortunately only partial repsonse to chemo and surgery. They still found various cancer in the tissue and lymph nodes. I have Mets metaplastic and high grade dcis. Have an...
So my wife started Cape on Saturday (treatment as small 1.5mm residual after chemo/surgery. No node involvement). On Sunday she started getting a headache which would come and go. Monday the same, but during the night it kept her awake all night. She...
Just had my 1st session 4 days ago, feeling fine until last night when I’ve developed excruciating lower back pain that ibuprofen aren’t fighting off! Is this normal? Is this something I should speak to the nurse/oncologist about? I haven’t really been...
Hi TN ladies, I was looking at another site this morning and saw a question I'd been thinking about.... Has anyone had success with this combination for shrinking a TN large lump? Lots of folk seem to have docetaxol for this so I'm wondering what...
I have TNBC had the op in November and due to start chemo 10th January can't wait to get started so it will be over and done with on the other hand so scared as you can't have any one from the family for support i suppose with covid i can understand but...
Hi all I haven't posted here before. I was recently diagnosed with tnbc as a recurrence of breast cancer from 13 years ago. The cancer is in my lymph nodes in my neck and my neck is huge and getting bigger every day. I was supposed to start treatment...
Just had to tell you all my 1st EC treatment went ok yesterday, just the waiting for the phone call to go to the unit caused mega anxiety!!! Only took about 1 and 1/2 hours. Went to our Maggies for a welcoming coffee and a piece of cake - much needed...
