Breast Cancer Care Forum

Hiya , before I started tax I was adviced to wear dark nail varnish to prevent loss of nails and to wear shoes that covered my toes rather than flip flops etc. I finished tax in july and so far so good. The chemo nurse told me the sun light interacts with the chemo under your nails and can contribute to black or loss of nails. So keep your nails out of the sun when possible and wear dark nail varnish on all nails. Hope this helps, all the best. ... View more

Thank you so much every one for all your answers, has put me at ease although this time they got a vein sraight away so I avoided the subject :-) ... View more

Hi Sugar, I had 13pos nodes, also it had burst out from the capsule that holds the cancer in and had gone into my surrounding tissue. Hence rads on chest and up neck...x ... View more

Thank you for your reply..maybe i could have a portacath.They just always seem to mention picc line.!! It has not been dicussed properly with my oncologist,mostly the nurses keep bringing it up . ... View more

Hi everybody,thanks Cassa,,,rads was a bizarre experience.Two men marking me up naked from the waist up with 'why does it always rain on me'playing in back ground and then the'lay you down on the bed of roses'song!! A woman nurse did come in about a minute in .Arms went dead in the arm rests that go above your head and it took ages to line me up. But other than that no signs yet of me having it done,back up there today.   Hey Ruby yes i know Lepe Beach go there often :-). Thanks sugar for your well wishes,yes im very happy to see the back of chemo although the last one felt weird at first,kinda like your getting closer to going it alone if you get what i mean?!?   Thanks for the info Petal,,im having rads up my neck also(have prob said that before,chemo brain) so im interested to see how the neck responds as it seems alot more sensitive area. I'm fortunate in that im literally 3min walk from my hospital. Some come from miles away,one lady is coming from i.o.w everday for her rads,but people come from alot further away than that for treatment here.   All the best Gal's......xx ... View more

Forgot to say Ruby..i hope you enjoyed your weekend in southampton and got that walk on the beach :-). Southampton is where i live .   ... View more

Hiya Ruby44   I ended up in hospital every cycle,all but the last one!! Chest infection one time and really bad chest pains and breathless another.The worst one of all was puemonia and at the same time influenza flu(excuse spellings) .A couple times i just had high temp but they couldn't find anything bad behind it. They said possible that even the injections where causing the temp (as apparently they can do that too !!)   I was always treated straight away with antibiotics via infusion,and sometimes saline drip and also lots of tests of every bodily fluid going.Had ecg at times also when really bad and its also routine to have a chest xray. One time they thought i had a clot on the lung so i had a ct scan and another time they thought i was bleeding internally. It has certainly been all fun and games and that was on fec and tax.   I have finished my chemo now(lovely) .July was my last one but i continue with herceptin every 3weeks. I start 3weeks of rads tomorrow to my chest and neck and then start tamoxifen in 2weeks.   All the best to all you Ladies and to you Ruby...keep smiling. Chemo feels like it will never end and then when it does it feels like it went really fast...its odd !! ... View more

I too would end up in agony with theses jabs, was glad to see the back of them last month. I still ended up neutropenic even on the jabs aswell. When in hospital ill one time I was too poorly to have the jab and I worried that the Dr was missing one, he said it would not even matter and also said they even mask a true white cell reading!  Confusing considering I was neutropenic at the time and yet missing one of my shots. ... View more

Thankyou Lucy, that was a big help. I thought I was just her2pos but must be both as im havin g herceptin and tamoxifen.   ... View more

Eam28 I too get the hot flushes, have done since my 5th chemo which was 2nd docetaxol. Ive heard they get alot worse on tamoxifen. I start my rads 6th aug. ... View more

Hi petal, I asked my oncologist if I could switch to injections and she said No she wanted me on infusion for next year for the reason infusion was better.It does my head in hiw hospitals can be so different and say different things. ... View more

Hope you get your answers soon Murphy, I take back you may be her2pos. I assumed I was being treated with tamoxifen because I was. Write questions down when you think of them . Sorry your on this journey and I wish you well. ... View more

Hi kess, I am on herceptin for being her2 pos but am also about to start tamoxifen.  I thought it was all connected to her2. Thanx for that I will do a bit of  research and look into that then. Learn things all the time on here. Lol ... View more

Ive had 4herceptins now and no problems at all. I do find it interesting that I have my herceptin via infusion and not injection, my oncologist said that it is more effective that way !!, I have finished chemo now but start rads and tamoxifen august. Have my little tattoo black dots in place on chest and breast etc now ready for rads to start. Hello to all you Ladies and whatever stage your at now.x   ... View more

Sounds like you may be her2pos as you will be going on tamoxifen but its best you ask...Do alot kf digging because thats how you get your answers , ask them lots . I was never told I was her2 pos I found out because of a trial they wanted me to take part in....I read about the trial and found out for myself.    ... View more

I start mine august and already have the plan. Mine start midweek on a wednesday and the aug bank hol I dont have any rads.my last rads finishes on a wed too..Dont think it matters , ive also heard that rads continue to work upto 10 days after a session so weekends and the odd bank hol monday wont make much of a difference. Ive just had my little black dot tattoos  put in place today reafy for rads. All the  best. ... View more

My last chemo friday but already getting hot flushes bout 4 times during night, anyone else getting them from chemo? Start rads and Tamoxifen next....hows evryone else doing? Ive always said flushes but on here I see alot of people say flashes? Whats the right word lol? ... View more

My last chemo friday but already getting hot flushes bout 4 times during night, anyone else getting them from chemo? Start rads and Tamoxifen next....hows evryone else doing? Ive always said flushes but on here I see alot of people say flashes? Whats the right word lol? ... View more