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  • Forum Post: lymph node clearance versus radiotherapy

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    Posted 2 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: Breast cancer- second time at a young age

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    Posted 4 days ago
    Hello I'm new to this site but here goes... I was diagnosed with breast cancer aged 22 and had local wide excision, lymph nodes removed, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Now, 12 years on and aged 34 it has returned in the same breast. I have to have the affected breast removed and I have also...

  • Forum Post: Re: Tamoxifen and Periods

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    Posted 15 days ago
    Hi All Just thought i would add a little comment about your question. I think it may depend on what type of BC you had as my Oncologist told me that if i have any spotting whilst taking tamoxifen i was to phone her straight away as this is a warning sign that possibly my cancer has returned. ...

  • Forum Post: Re: Breast Cancer Help

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    Posted 22 days ago
    Thank you to all of you that have been kind enough to share your story with me for my Coursework. You have been a huge help! :D I wish you all the best :)

  • Forum Post: Breast Cancer Help

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    Posted 23 days ago
    Hi there; My name is Jemma and I have recently lost my grandad to Lung Cancer. However, that is not the reason that I have posed on this group today. I am currently in Sixth Form and I am writing my coursework for my course Health&Social Care about Breast Cancer, and was wondering whether any...

  • Forum Post: Starting chemo in May

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    Posted 27 days ago
    Hi, I've joined this site and I have breast cancer. I'm starting my chemo on 10th May FEC-T and am looking to chat to other people in a similar situation to myself. Thanks

  • Forum Post: Re: results today

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    Posted 1 month ago
    Stay positive Caroline and you a very strong lady so will be able to deal with whatever the results are xx Enjoy the nice weather we should be getting xxx

  • Forum Post: Re: hard sore swollen nipple

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    Posted 1 month ago
    Hi Gillzie How come your Dr isn't seeing you till next week?........you need this checked now not in a weeks time. Phone your doctors this morning and ask to be seen today....they must have a triage list in order to get you in today!!! You don't say if you have already been diagnosed...

  • Blog Post: Next step.

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    Posted 1 month ago
    Hey guys, It's been a long time since i have done a post here. How is everyone? Nice to see some of the old faces are still around. :) So Basically, 7th of May, my mum is having a breast reconstruction. For all that dont know, She was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer 4 years ago. Darkest times...

  • Forum Post: Re: FEC & Feet Blisters

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    Posted 1 month ago
    Hiya You shouldn't need to pay for the Onicolife, get it on prescription as we are all entitled to free prescriptions with the medical exemption certificate. My Dr is great and i get paracetamol, tamoxifen and anything else that i need free........so please don't worry about the cost as...

  • Forum Post: Re: FEC & Feet Blisters

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    Posted 1 month ago
    Hiya The whole of the bottom of both my feet blistered and peeled and part of my palms did too. I was given "Udderley Smooth" and "Onicolife" to use on hands, feet and nails. They did help a bit but all i did was get my hubby to cut the loose skin off carefully and didn't pull...

  • Forum Post: Vascular Invasion

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    Posted 1 month ago
    Hi, just found out someone I know who also has breast cancer has vascular invasion. Does anyone know anything about this?

  • Forum Post: Re: Annabel's Angels at Race for Life

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    Posted 1 month ago
    Hi Janice You are more than welcome to come and join us at Folkestones RFL xxx If you PM me your home email i can email you how to join my team etc etc. Look after yourself and hope to see you in around 10 weeks!!!!! Scary xxx

  • Forum Post: Re: Dexa bone scan

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    Posted 1 month ago
    Hi Stoksie I've not had one of these scans but i just wanted to mention something about your GPs appointment. You said that it will take you weeks to get an appointment...........well what i do is phone mine in the morning when i need an appointment and say i have got BC going through treatment...

  • Blog Post: Last chemo done and dusted! 4th April 2013

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    Posted 1 month ago
    My sixth and last FEC chemo was on the 22nd April. The side effects hit me harder again this time, but here I am nearly two weeks on and I'm slowly recovering and I am feeling better each day. The sun is shining and that always makes you feel better! The hypnotherapy sessions to tackle my needle...

  • Blog Post: Disastrous 2012

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    Posted 2 months ago
    I was really glad when 2012 ended. It was a proper disastrous 12 months. It began with me making a painful decision of filing for a divorce after 7 years of unsuccessfully trying to work on my marriage. My husband was not interested in any form of therapy and was becoming increasingly aggressive which...

  • Blog Post: 16 February 2013

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    Posted 3 months ago
    I can't believe how fast time is passing! Chemo number 4 came and went on Friday 8th Feb. My veins are not playing ball as they are painful after previous chemo's, so after two attempts a doctor was called and the canular had to go in on the inside of my arm. I'm still trying to find a local...

  • Blog Post: Breast screening – to have or not to have it

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    Posted 3 months ago
    Breast screening certainly saves lives. It helps to diagnose breast cancer early, which we know improves the outcome of treatment. But is regular screening doing more harm than good? There’s varying opinion about breast screening – even among the experts – and this can be confusing...

  • Blog Post: Annabel's Angels Update

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    Posted 3 months ago
    Just a quick update on our fundraising progress. So far we've raised £675 in support of Annabel's Angels Race for Life pages. That's pretty impressive after only a week or so of pages being shared. Who are Annabel's Angels ? I n December 2012 our dear friend...

  • Blog Post: Bye bye steak and ale pie

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    Posted 3 months ago
    Today would have been my mom's birthday so me and G went out for a meal, somewhere that my mom had wanted to take us. Lovely old pub, wooden beams, open fires.... normally the perfect excuse for a pint or three and a steak and ale pie. But it turns out waking up to the risk of cancer is the best...

  • Blog Post: Hi

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    Posted 3 months ago
    I'm 31 years old and have just pulled my head out of the sand. My mom died from breast cancer a few months ago. She was diagnosed when she was 47. Her mom died of breast cancer when she was 66. She was diagnosed when she was 60. And her mom died from ovarian cancer at the age of 58. These are...

  • Blog Post: Preventative breast cancer drugs for women at higher risk

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    Posted 3 months ago
    NICE recently announced its updated draft guidelines for Familial Breast Cancer, which include the use of preventative drugs for women at an increased risk of developing breast cancer. NHS Choices’ summary outlines what the changes are and what evidence they’re based on. Breast cancer...

  • Blog Post: Annabel's Angels - We can be heroes just for one day .......Join us !!!

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    Posted 3 months ago
    9 months ago I joined Macmillan Online Community after being diagnosed with Breast Cancer . My intentions were to talk to others in the same place as me or who might be able to advise me what treatments would be like or what would happen. What I found was a group of women who were there for each other...

  • Blog Post: 22 January 2013

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    Posted 4 months ago
    FEC chemo number 3 under my belt, yay! It was touch and go as to whether I would get to the hospital last Friday after a very heavy snowfall in Cardiff. Having had my chemo delayed the week before due to my low blood count, I was determined to get my chemo! I even googled how long it would take me to...

  • Blog Post: 16th January 2013

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    Posted 4 months ago
    Where has the last few weeks gone!! Well I'm glad to report that Cinders did go to the New Years Eve ball in the end! I managed to get a last minute place on the day, so hurriedly packed my posh frock and sparkly bandana and checked in at the hotel with my six friends! I had a couple of glasses of...

  • Blog Post: 30th December, 2012, day 9 of second round of chemo and I'm feeling goooood!

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    Posted 4 months ago
    So, having dreaded being laid up in bed over Christmas, I am so glad to report that I had a great one and ate all my christmas dinner and even managed some Buck's Fizz and mojitos! Despite the disruption of flooding and bugs, all my children managed to travel to me and they wouldn't let me lift...
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