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  • Forum Post: Re: Any Advice

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    Posted 22 days ago
    Hi Fissi I was dx with ductal invasive ER+ PR+, HER2- and had mx with three nodes removed, one affected by cancer. Just finished chemo and discussed rads with my onco. She told me less than 20% chance of recurrence in chest and 50% chance in axillary (armpit) which could be sorted by axillary clearance...

  • Forum Post: lymph node removal vs. radiotherapy

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    Posted 26 days ago
    Has anyone else been given the choice of a full lymph node clearance or radiotherapy to treat the armpit. I have and I feel very confused! Am worried about making the wrong decision.

  • Forum Post: lymph node clearance versus radiotherapy

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    Posted 27 days ago
    Hi everyone. I am hoping someone out there has some advice for me. Diagnosed last Oct. had lumpectomy and chemo. Trace of cancer cells found in sentinel node. I was given the choice of having either surgery to remove all lymph nodes or radiotherapy on the armpit. Neither my surgeon or consultant would...

  • Forum Post: Whats a good product to use for radio burns?

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    Posted 1 month ago
    I am due to start radio and chemo in a couple of weeks (33 fractions/6 and half weeks), I wondered what peoples recommendations/experiences were for products that can be used to help with the burning and surface effects of the radio. Also, anyone here used Calphosol? If so is it worth buying if I...

  • Forum Post: Re: decision to make Radiotherapy or Brachytherapy

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    Posted 1 month ago
    I had Brachytherapy, the implants were done in 2009 when I was 58. I did suffer from nuclear cistitis which was unpleasant for a few weeks but my PSA reduced rapidly All was well until March this year when my PSA was up and an MRI showed that the cancer is back. I read that the protocol for this sort...

  • Blog Post: Been a little while since my last blog

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    Posted 5 months ago
    It’s been over a month since I was on here last and a lot has happened. My December Chemo wasn’t that great, I felt ill after both lots with the one on Christmas Eve being the worst. My taste buds went haywire and everything tasted like nothing you would really want to eat! Christmas...

  • Blog Post: The start of the nightmare journey

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    Posted 5 months ago
    2012 I have always thought that Christmas updates had little use from our point of view. Most years are similar, we work, we rest, we go on holiday (sometimes to exciting places), our health is sometimes a problem, but we get by. Who wants to know about our side of things when we are all having...

  • Blog Post: Where it all began ..........

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    Posted 6 months ago
    As I'm a few months down the road on my cancer journey, I will fill in the gaps prior to today. I so wish that I had started this earlier as my friends suggested! I am 54 years young, with three grown up children. On Monday 3rd September 2012, I visited my GP, with concerns about a breast...

  • Blog Post: Chemotherapy nearly over

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    Posted 6 months ago
    Where has time gone! Only one more week of chemo to come. I don't like to be a wimp but I must admit I have had a rough time the last to to three weeks. My consultant came and sat next to me while i was in hospital a week past Thursday and said with a smile "oh at last you like a patient on...

  • Blog Post: Coping with hair loss

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    Posted 7 months ago
    Bengu says that her first reaction to finding out that she had cancer was: “Am I going lose my hair?” It’s a question a lot of people ask – losing your hair is one of the most well-known side effects of cancer treatment . But how much and for how long varies from person...
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