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First onco appointment...PET scan?
Hi all, I'm newly diagnosed with TNBC. I have my first onco appointment in a fortnight (after axillary node surgery). What questions should I be asking my onco at the first appointment? My tumor was 1.1cm with, at this stage, one node affected. My CT Body Scan and Bone Density scan were both clear a fortnight ago. I'm…
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Gone shearing
Got a Number 2 for now. No more ghastly combovers.
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Anyone tried a detox retreat after chemo??
Hi I'd love to know if anyone has done a 7day detox retreat after chemo?? What are your experiences?? Any recommendations?? I'm considering doing one once chemo finishes in three weeks and just after my lumpectomy late April! Jane
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Treatment, hysterectomy, mastectomy, and now an emotional mess!
Hi everyone, I had had my last chemo on Jan 11th for triple neg BC. I have BRCA1 and in the last 6 weeks since finishing treatment I have had a full hysterectomy with uterus & ovaries removed 3 weeks after chemo and then a double mastectomy 3 weeks after the hysterectomy. I have been doing pretty well throughout my journey…
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Liver mets.
My sister was put on arimidex after being on gemza for liver mets. She had good response to the gemza with only 1 liver met left. Today she got scan results and the outcome was not what she wanted to hear. That single met has almost doubled in size and now has extensive small mets through out the liver. Has anyone been…
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Chemo
Did anyone have AC and be fine? I had side effects the first day, really sick and neausea but then last few days have been good ( better than I thought-functional I’d probably say as a better word) apart from a shocking tension headache and slight fatigue but I’m just thinking this is only day 5 of a long road! Everyone…
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Finished chemo today, yahoo!
BCNA klaxon please! So…. as everyone says here, and it’s hard to believe at times, you do get through chemo. Today I rang the bell, yay! I got to the end of 3 months x 3 weekly AC and 12 x weekly Taxol) and very happy to see the end of it. Apart from celebrating I wanted to thank everybody involved with this forum,…