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Ummm ........ has anyone else had their first chemo treatment deferred?
Well I didn’t expect to get sick & on antibiotics the week of my first chemo treatment ...... it should have been today but is now scheduled for a fortnight’s time. I have had a lot of personal stress this year & especially last week which has obviously taken a toll on me. I was wondering if this has happened to anyone…
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Reflux and shampoo for Cold Cap Chemo
I was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer with lumpectomy in October but I'm having four treatments of cold cap chemo AC and was wondering whether the Nioxin shampoo was a good one to use while going through this? Also what's the best for Reflux? This is my first post, so thanks for reading. Cheers.
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Invasive Metaplastic carcinoma dx 1st April SapphireGem
SapphireGem Member Posts: 1 New Member9:49AMHi. Just popped in to introduce myself. I was diagnosed with Metaplastic carcinoma on April 1st..no joke! My 65th Birthday was April 2nd. Great! NOT!!! Im not familiar with medical term abbreviations I see used in posts, so I’ll just use old fashion ‘plain speak’. The tumour 3cm…
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Treatment after Mastectomy
Hello all, I am new to this forum as I was only diagnosed with invasive lobular cancer grade 2 (multifocal with 4 tumours) on my right breast in late March and undergone total skin sparing mastectomy last week with reconstruction done straight away. I went back to see my breast surgeon 2 days ago and was told my 3 sentinel…
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2nd AC treatment done and I am Struggling emotionally
would love to chat to anyone who has ideas when struggling emotionally. I feel trapped, bored, unmotivated, exhausted, limited and many other things im not sure how to pull myself out of it at the moment.
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Hoping the surgeon is right
Hi all, it's been 6 weeks since my formal diagnosis of invasive lobular stage 2. I had a sectional Mastectomy 3 weeks ago and am recovering well, back at work full time, must keep busy. I am off to the oncologist Monday, my surgeon, whom is excellent, has suggested that I will most likely need radiation therapy followed by…
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TNBC & question re chemo
Hi, I was recently diagnosed with tnbc on 7th march. I’ve since had a lumpectomy & a few lymph nodes removed for biopsy. My tnbc was 12 mm, the lymph nodes clear but I think the margin behind the tumour was only .6 of a mm. At my post surgery appointment, it was suggested that I may not need chemo & the doctor thought that…