I hope this is ok to post here. I’ve a friend who is going in for breast cancer surgery in a few weeks and I wanted to make her a small “gift package” for going into hospital (I’m not in the same country so can’t visit). I was thinking things that could...
Ok bored of waking up at 3am feeling 3 million degrees!! sage ……. Or anything….. anything that’s worked for anyone? thank you !!
Anyone else heard of this ? It was a new one on me. my diagnosis is invasive carcinoma with apocrine features, hormone negative, HER2 positive. The consultant hasn’t been keen to talk about it. ‘You don’t need too much information’ they say, which makes...
I've noticed a few posts discussing post operative and treatment pain and tiredness. I'm yet to have surgery and treatment and in my search for resources on how to best prepare myself I stumbled across this book. www.movingthroughcancer.com/ I really...
My timeline started mid 2020 , I had my single mastectomy towards the end of 2020 then all the treatments they could throw at me. The treatments ended April 2021, They said they had to send me to a different hospital a little further afield for my reconstruction...
Hello All and thanks to Steph for suggesting I log in today. I'm afraid this is going to be a bit of a moan. I had surgery, a lumpectomy and node clearance back before Christmas. Lumpectomy went well. After one cycle of chemotherapy, I ended up spending...
Had a lumpectomy and removal of sentinel nodes 2 months ago.All went well and no cancer found in the sentinel nodes. Had a routine blood test in August and had to have a repeat test last week which shows my platelet count has continued to rise.At the...
Hi I had a lumpectomy March 23 and removal of 3 lymph nodes , my arm pit is still tender and my breast is sore at times . When I sleep on the effected side my breast is hard and shoulder hurts !! Anyone else have this? I did have chemo and radiotherapy...
I am struggling with aching and hoping yoga might help a little but never done it before. I was hoping to join a yoga season at my local maggies but unfortunately falls on my chemo day every week so can’t attend. I’m hoping to try at home but I honestly...
Hi guys. My journey started in oct23 when I found a small lump. Nothing showed in the mammogram, so had ultrasounds which caused concern, so had biopsies. Mid Nov I was diagnosed with dcis non invasive hormone receptive cancer. (I can't remember all...
