Breast Cancer Now Forum

Try your best to hold tight until Tuesday & hoping you get good results.  Will be thinking of you. X ... View more

Thanks June - have sent the MacMillan fatigue booklet to my works email so I can print tomorrow.  I think it's invaluable to speak with people who are going through the same journey.  I have been referred to a moving forward course which takes place locally in June. My consultant has been saying I'm far too hard on myself but I think when you have been left feeling not the whole person you were before your illness it's probably more about acceptance. I'm doing OK on my pulomonary rehab course but it's the fatigue I struggle with daily. Can only hope that eventually it improves. ... View more

Hi I'm new to the forum and was diagnosed 28th Dec 2012. On Letrozole since that date as surgery was delayed as I was on Warfarin for bilateral PE's where I was hospitalised 2 months before in October. Has a wide excision lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy beginning of March 2013 with clear margins & nodes diagnosis hormone receptive stage 2 left breast cancer then 4 weeks radiotherapy in Apr/May-Letrozole for 5 years.  My biggest ongoing problem is fatigue which is a daily battle -also joint pain, weight gain & hot flushes -tbh probably feel half the person I used to be.  I'm currently on a 6 week pulmonary rehabilitation course as I have scar tissue caused by the PE's & fibrosis in my left lung caused by my radiotherapy.   Has anyone else got ongoing fatigue? My respiritory consultant has said my Letrozole isn't helping my fatigue. Sorry if I sound despondent but I remained really positive all through my treatment but hate the thought I might have another 4 years of feeling like this.  X ... View more