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I’m currently on docetaxel and losing my hair. I have heard this can be permanently. Has anyone got any positive stories of hair regrowth whilst being on this drug. Thanks
Hi, I was diagnosed with Grade 1 TNBC and had one Lymph node that tested positive. I am more than half way through chemotherapy and I am also having immunotherapy. I have been told that I can have a lumpectomy and a number of lymph nodes removed or...
Hi all, Has anyone got a successful or good enough outcome after being told you haven't responded to chemo? After my first lot of chemo (paclitaxel) my main tumor chunk from 16mm to 9mm but then I started epirubicin and after the 3rd round my main...
hi I’m in my first cycle of chemotherapy and immunotherapy. I haven’t met my oncologist yet. I spoke to him on the phone before starting treatment and he said he would see me two weeks. As I hadn’t heard anything, I emailed his secretary yesterday and...
It's 10 weeks since my first biopsy after routine mammogram and still not started any treatment. Back and forwards to hospital for further biopsy and scans ...4 hour round trips. Said on first visit that it might be lung or stomach cancer because showing...
Hi Im new on here and was diagnosed a few weeks ago. Im two treatments in. I’m going every week for infusions first on 4x3 weekly cycles and then 12x1 weekly cycles. Chemotherapy plus immunotherapy. Feeling tired and constipated, wondering how bad the...
Hi all the better half has been diagnosed with triple negative…. It’s early stages for us as she’s only just had her mri done and we’re waiting to go for the bubble biopsy next week Can anyone please tell me if it’s guaranteed that she will suffer hair...
Hi, I have recent been diagnosed with grade 3 invasive TNBC. I found out on Monday (14th) and on Tuesday (15th) someone rang me from fertility to discus my options before chemo. I’m 29 years old so they recommend freezing eggs or embryos and having...
Hi I’m new here . Referred mid August as an urgent cancer referral from gp . Wasn’t seen till 30th September but got the breast cancer diagnosis on that day . Ct scan done on 1st October . And then seen the breast surgeon again on the 10th October and...
Hi Everyone I'm new here .. I have today been told that I have invasive triple negative breast cancer.. 16th April. Who can say they were smokers before being diagnosed for TNBC? And if so, how did you cope with giving up, reduced smoking or vaping...
