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Hello. I have just come out from a night out with friends and cried my eyes out as soon as I got home. It was such a lovely night but I've just come home with this overbearing sense of grief. I was diagnosed with stage 2 TNBC in November. I have just...
Hi, I'm looking for anyone who has the same diagnosis as above to share experiences with! I am in the middle of chemo, 12 weeks of paclitaxel and Carboplatin and EC for 3 cycles. My Oncology said I am an unusal case, having grade 3 and being under 50...
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...
Evening im 6 weeks post radiotherapy still experiencing sharps pain in nreast and sore is this normal
I have been diagnosed tnbc grade 3.. ultrasound 17mm mammogram 19mm and now MRI 21.2mm. I find I have to call the nurses which you have to leave a message on the appointment and wait to be contacted. I've been trying to find out after my MDT meeting,...
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...
Has anyone had extreme issues in communication regarding their surgery? Iv had 2 different surgeons and breast nurses say unkind and unprofessional things to me. They have tried tactics to try to persuade me to their agenda and not what I want. -tried...
Hi, is anyone else having issues with their breast services team? They are refusing to send my email to the surgeon board, are being dismissive. Theres alot more.
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...
