Posts - My Breast Cancer Community | HealthUnlocked

My Breast Cancer Community

3,916 members•1,848 posts

All posts for October 2017

About to join the chemo club

Hello everyone, I am just back from my appointment with the oncologist and I now have a plan which is to begin chemotherapy next week (for twenty weeks -...

Hello everyone, I am just back from my appointment with the oncologist and I now...

•7 years ago

Anastrazole has killed my sex drive

Hi there. I am on Anastrozole and I have NO sex drive or urges left whatsoever. This is really unusual for me and def happened after I started taking the meds....

Hi there. I am on Anastrozole and I have NO sex drive or urges left whatsoever. ...

•7 years ago

Just arrived

Hello everyone. I was just diagnosed last week. Scheduled surgery Nov. 10 left breast lumpectomy and radiation therapy 6 weeks not sure yet about chemo or...

Hello everyone. I was just diagnosed last week. Scheduled surgery Nov. 10 left...

•7 years ago

Want to take advantage of all our features? Just log in!

or

Newbie

Hi all, I am newly diagnosed, found out on Friday the 13th of all days. Am having surgery on 1st Nov with proposed follow up of Radiotherapy then possibly...

Hi all, I am newly diagnosed, found out on Friday the 13th of all days. Am havi...

•7 years ago

exercise weighgain

Hi to all, I had a mastectomy and axillary clearance Dec 2016 followed by 4 cycles of AC chemo and four cycles of Taxol chemo then 25 cycles of Radiotherapy....

Hi to all, I had a mastectomy and axillary clearance Dec 2016 followed by 4 cyc...

•7 years ago

DCIS & DIEP

I have intermediate DCIS but as had a lumpectomy with radiation 18 years ago in same breast am heading for huge op this time. I am nearly 63 and have spent the...

I have intermediate DCIS but as had a lumpectomy with radiation 18 years ago in ...

•7 years ago

Anniversaries.

Hello all Today is the 1st anniversary of my diagnosis and the days not going badly at all. The 1st anniversary - which was 3 weeks ago - of my first mammogram...

Hello all Today is the 1st anniversary of my diagnosis and the days not going ba...

•7 years ago

Hello and thank you

Hello everyone, thank you for being out there. I was diagnosed with breast cancer last week and I am still adapting to the news. It is difficult, but there...

Hello everyone, thank you for being out there. I was diagnosed with breast cance...

•7 years ago

Morning !!

Morning everyone ...I hope your all well and happy ...I have had a dodgy chemo no 2 ..but finally feeling a bit more my old self ...hair still shedding ...I'm...

Morning everyone ...I hope your all well and happy ...I have had a dodgy chemo n...

•7 years ago

Arimadex and M.S.

I am seriously having a hard time to start taking Arimadex(sp) as I have M.S. and one of the most common side effect is joint and muscle pain to which I am...

I am seriously having a hard time to start taking Arimadex(sp) as I have M.S. an...

•7 years ago

Test results

Went today for my test results, good news, had 13mm Dcis removed with clear margins. Will need 5 wks of radiotherapy.

Went today for my test results, good news, had 13mm Dcis removed with clear marg...

•7 years ago

Think the cancer could be back..

Just wondered if anyone out there has had cancer come back in their second breast? I am 4 years since mastectomy, chemo and 2 years since recon and now I have...

Just wondered if anyone out there has had cancer come back in their second breas...

•7 years ago

Sugar and cancer

https://globalnews.ca/news/3814185/sugar-and-cancer/

https://globalnews.ca/news/3814185/sugar-and-cancer/

•7 years ago

NEED HELP ON KEYTRUDA PLEASE!!!!

Hi, is anyone taking Keytruda and if yes then what is the response please as my sister's onco might start with it soon... Please share if any one has or had...

Hi, is anyone taking Keytruda and if yes then what is the response please as my ...

•7 years ago

Breast Cancer Charity Single

Good morning all, I mentioned in a reply to a post that I am part of a local choir 'Surviving Voices' - a choir of Breast Cancer Survivors and friends. We have...

Good morning all, I mentioned in a reply to a post that I am part of a local cho...

•7 years ago

Be the first to reply

Hello

Hi, Thank you for allowing me to join.

Hi, Thank you for allowing me to join.

•7 years ago

Metaplastic breast cancer

Hello everyone, I was diagnosed with grade 3 metaplastic breast cancer in July 2017. Triple negative spindle cell subgroup. Left mastectomy in August, clear...

Hello everyone, I was diagnosed with grade 3 metaplastic breast cancer in July 2...

•7 years ago

A rare rant 🙄

Well here goes, I need to vent, sorry folks, first here is a brief time line: Oct 2015 Cancer (tnbc) Nov chemo Dec chemo stopped (killing me and not the...

Well here goes, I need to vent, sorry folks, first here is a brief time line: Oc...

•7 years ago

second cycle tomorrow ...

well tomorrow I have my second cycle ...I'm dreading it ..how stupid is that ? I now know what to expect and was okish on the first one ....horrible week ,,my...

well tomorrow I have my second cycle ...I'm dreading it ..how stupid is that ? I...

•7 years ago

All clear

Got my second all clear,should have been so happy, but when I got to the appointment (which had been changed, due to unforeseen circumstances) I found that I...

Got my second all clear,should have been so happy, but when I got to the appoint...

•7 years ago

Bisphosphonates for breast cancer.

I am currently in the last week of Radiotherapy as the final stage of treatment for TNBC following Chemo and mastectomy surgery (including lymph node...

I am currently in the last week of Radiotherapy as the final stage of treatment ...

•7 years ago

Pre diagnosis jitters

Hi ... went for routine mammogram 10 days ago - for a call back for tomorrow. Up the wall one minute and calm the next. Have what I think is a cyst on one...

Hi ... went for routine mammogram 10 days ago - for a call back for tomorrow. U...

•7 years ago

Tamoxifen & hot flushes

Hi everyone Was put on Letrozole but the side effects were too bad so it was changed to Tamoxifen been on its since 18th July and almost immediately I was a...

Hi everyone Was put on Letrozole but the side effects were too bad so it was cha...

•7 years ago

Follow up appointment

Hi every one I haven't been on here for ages. I have finished all my treatments now incl chemo and 15 sessions of radio. I am on tamoxifen (hot flush galore...

Hi every one I haven't been on here for ages. I have finished all my treatments ...

•7 years ago

Just needing to talk

Hi all, I'm new to this, living in rural Ireland (although planning to move back to UK next year), and have recently had mastectomy and axillary clearance for...

Hi all, I'm new to this, living in rural Ireland (although planning to move back...

•7 years ago

Yeah

Hi there wondering if I can get some advice... was at my yearly checkup yesterday,because of the really bad flushes I’ve been put on...

Hi there wondering if I can get some advice... was at my yearly checkup yesterda...

•7 years ago

I'm new here

Hi all I have had a lumpectomy and when I saw oncologist he said there is no cancer left and he gave me option to have radiotherapy or not. Has anyone else...

Hi all I have had a lumpectomy and when I saw oncologist he said there is no can...

•7 years ago

Will life ever be normal?

I am 2 years post diagnosis and bi lateral mast. Over a year post chemo. I had the last of the reconstruction in July. I'm tired. I do push to do some things...

I am 2 years post diagnosis and bi lateral mast. Over a year post chemo. I had t...

CancerkickerKathy

•7 years ago

Mastectomy and latissimus dorsi flap reconstruction

Hi everyone, hope you are having a good day today, considering everything! On 18th September, I had a single left-side mastectomy and latissimus dorsal flap...

Hi everyone, hope you are having a good day today, considering everything! On 1...

•7 years ago

Need help getting through chemo

I have Her2+ breast cancer. I had a mastectomy on Aug. 14th. Chemo will start on Monday Oct. 9th. Can you share what you used to combat the side effects. I...

I have Her2+ breast cancer. I had a mastectomy on Aug. 14th. Chemo will start on...

•7 years ago

Search posts

Pinned Posts

Community Guidelines

Latest poll

Which of the following best describes the events which led to your diagnosis?

Topics

Content on HealthUnlocked does not replace the relationship between you and doctors or other healthcare professionals nor the advice you receive from them.

Never delay seeking advice or dialling emergency services because of something that you have read on HealthUnlocked.

Archive

2025

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

2024

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2023

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2022

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2021

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2020

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2019

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2018

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2017

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2016

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2015

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

Jul

Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec