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Hello everyone, Recently been diagnosed with TNBC… I have had the lump for a while but due to breastfeeding and lumpy boobs, didn’t rush to the doctors. Stupidly I went on Google and feel like I have been given a death sentence!! Can’t eat, can’t...
I have had my chemotherapy treatment and start my radiotherapy next week, 15 rounds. Has anyone else had so many rounds and how did you feel afterwards. Also I have gained about 2 stones in weight since I started treatment despite being very active and...
Hi all, I’ve recently been diagnosed with TNBC & tbh I’m really scared. Start 12 weeks of chemo & immunotherapy next week. I’m really hoping it will stop it in its tracks so can be followed by a lumpectomy & so far it’s not in lymph nodes .At almost...
I have just been informed by my Oncologist .. because I had a bad reaction to the Paclitaxel last week, they are changing it to Abraxane.... This will be 3 weekly, and not every week as before. Has everyone else had this change due to a reaction...
I had my first lot of chemo two weeks ago and the side effects were not too bad.... Paclitaxel, carboplatin and Pembrolizumab. Then this week I just had the Paclitaxel and again the following day I was great ... But in the early hours following I woke...
Morning everyone I’ve just been given my treatment following a lumpectomy 23rd March for IDC (medullary like), triple negative stage 3. Op fine, no nodes affected so on to the chemo. 3x cycles of EC (3weekly) followed by 12 x Taxol (weekly...
Hi all, recently diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer which has spread to lymph nodes! All treatable they say, thank goodness! Have just undergone MRI & PET CT scans. I was just curious to know if anybody else had experienced all over body pain...
Hiya, new here, in treatment for about a month, breast cancer (tripe negative). I've had several treatments, as I am going with the every 3 week cycle, and have additional treatments every week - immunotherapy to be exact. So far, I'm coping with finding...
Hi, I'm new to the forum and just introducing myself. I was diagnosed with TNBC stage 1, grade 3 in March 2023. I had a lumpectomy which was excised with good, clear margins. I then had 15 out of the planned 16 chemo sessions which were 4 x 2 weekly...
have Triple negative breast cancer! Apparently I'm on knife edge as I have a leision in my liver approximate 5mm. They are treating with immunotherapy and chemotherapy and hopefully will remove from the liver 5mm with treatment. However when I'm on treatment...
