My wife's chemo is coming to an end after this last cycle on the tablet, we fully expected her to have a scan at the end to show the difference between her scan after surgery and at the end of treatment but this appears to not be the case. We had an appointment...
Hi everyone I wonder if anyone can recommend a breast form that youve found better that the softies ? I had my mastectomy 7 months ago and feel I want to get something more than the softies I was given post surgery I’m trying to do more exercise...
Hi, I am due to have a phesgo injection a week before my surgery. When speaking to the hospital pharmacy, they informed me that the oncology department have said it's OK to go ahead with this. However, when speaking to the macmillan nurse she informed...
Been on letrozole for 3years + post breast cancer treatment 2020 and today had some vaginal bleeding . Obviously will get it checked out but wondered if anybody else had this . See it mentioned when starting letrozole but I’ve been on it for some time...
Hi lovely people How long have you waited for your results from a wle I am now on my 4th week ,I have calfications had two biopsy and they couldn't tell so had wle too see if dcis .thank you xxx
I have been treated for IDC since Aug 23 , have had chemo and a few weeks ago I had radiotherapy , on AI and still having Herceptin . I am also being investigated for secondary bone . As I undressed tonight I was taken aback by the pong of my BC breast...
Does anybody get panic attacks this has started since my hematoma surgery I got so anxious that my blood pressure went sky high and the nurse at discharge told me it went to stroke Level now I am on medication but getting panic attacks worrying.
Hi, I was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma when I was 27 and received Radiotherapy to my chest for 6 weeks. The Lymphoma returned 2 and a half years later in my Spleen. I underwent 7 months of chemotherapy and removal of my Spleen. When I was 42 I found...
Hi I have completed 12 weekly cycles of Abraxane, carboplatin and immunotherapy 3 weekly.Due to infection and hospital admission, I only managed 8 out of the 12 Abraxane.I had an ultrasound and my 14mm lump had only shrunk to 12mm so in the words of the...
Hi all, I had my main surgery 9 weeks ago (lumpectomy and mammoplasty) and a cavity shave 4 weeks ago. Can I moisturise yet? There are no scabs left and it's all nicely knitted together. It just feels a bit tight and I'd like to get some moisture on there...
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