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Hi everyone! I need some advice, as I really don't know what to do here So I had my final Paclitaxel infusion yesterday which was hard going as my veins have now become very difficult to get to and a couple times there was no 'backflow' so I got stuck...
Hi I recently started my treatment for TNBC my initial regime of chemo and immuno is every week for 12 weeks my question is regarding my PICC line I had fitted last week. It just doesn’t seem to have settled right, it’s causing me discomfort / anxiety...
Hi everyone I was diagnosed with TNBC in April 2022 and had a lumpectomy followed by chemotherapy (3 x EC, 12 x paclitaxel) and 10 sessions of radiotherapy. I was then put on Zometa every 6 months for 3 to 5 years. I'm now coming to the end of 3 years...
Hi everyone This is new to me, I’ve been diagnosed recently triple negative cancer stage 2 in left breast at 39. I’m facing 24 weeks of treatment, 12 weeks of chemo/immunotherapy every week I understand this is 3 weeks to a cycle. Then I move onto 12...
Hello everyone! I was diagnosed back on 27th Jan 25 with Stage 2b Triple Negative Breast Cancer. I have the BRCA1 gene which I had known about since I was 18 (now 33). It's taken me a while to realise that it might be good to join a forum so I can...
Hi everyone, Has anyone else been on Paclitaxol and ended up with issues with their hands and feet? My hands are sort of okay now compared to 2 weeks ago, my doc ended up giving me steroid cream due to the redness, which cleared my hands up nicely...
Hi everyone, I’m having a left mastectomy next week but haven’t had any pre-op treatment. I had a lymph node biopsy which was reactive and therefore cancer free. Does anyone know if it is definite that Chemotherapy will be given after surgery? My left...
i was diagnosed with triple negative cancer in November 2019 2 operations 8 rounds of chemo 9 Radiotherapy 3 yrs of Zometa infusion. lymphadema in right arm due to trauma of pict line but... I’m here, I’m well and I get signed off in august when...
Hello, I have had my first cycle of two weekly infusions and am not coping too well on it - has anyone else had any experience of this - I really want it to work, so don't want to stop but have already had to delay the second cycle because of low white...
Hiya All! I am new here, just a little bit about me - I got diagnosed last year with TNBC grade 3 stage 2, no lymph node involvement. I had surgery first to remove the tumour and then I had standard adjuvant chemo therapy. I just finished by 12 weeks...
