Breast Cancer Now Forum

Not this brand but came in a dropper bottle like this 💜 ... View more

Hi berylperil,   sorry to hear you’re having problems with taste - I was given some marshmallow syrup which a friend got from a local apothecary/ homeopathy/ health food store. It has been brilliant- just have a few drops on my tongue and it gets rid/ masks the hideous chemo taste long enough to be able to have a cup of tea or coffee or squash without it tasting horrid. I know I don’t drink enough anyway so this has been a godsend.  sending hugs  x ... View more

Thank you LucyLump 😊  My breast surgeon is really informative and puts me totally at ease but I haven’t seen him since my sentinel node biopsy in August.  My oncologist is not as good a communicator; he will tell me if I ask but I don’t always know what to ask because I don’t know what to expect, if that makes sense? I don’t know what I don’t know.  Hearing that there are others who have trodden a similar path is comforting . ... View more

Agree re the exhaustion Naomi40 - I have had very little in terms of side effects since the first cycle but the fatigue and exhaustion is really difficult- I seem to have no stamina whatsoever. Makes me feel utterly useless 😔 ... View more

Hi all, Not long finished my 3rd cycle of neo-adjuvant FEC and had my scan to see progress. Disappointed to find it hasn’t shrunk at all. After first cycle, I was aware of some soreness around lump but this soon stopped. Oncologist thought at the time that this was positive indicator that chemo was working. Now I’m not so sure - added to which my hair has started growing back. On the one hand I’m quite delighted on the other it’s making me think that the FEC has done nothing since the initial cycle.  anyone experienced anything similar? next week, I have first cycle of docetaxol, herceptin and perjeta currently quite despondent 😞 Pink Flamingo ... View more

Not just me then!! Having been told that the chemo would stop my periods I was a little disappointed to get them two weeks apart 😫. I’m 54 and peri menopausal prior to chemo. 2nd FEC today 🎊   Still, on the bright side I’ve managed to shed 4lbs in the same 2 weeks (I can afford to, don’t worry 😉) despite my appetite remaining good!   ... View more