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Hi all, I've got my breast clinic appointment next week under 2 week rule and I am STRESSED! (Which I know is super helpful ) I've got a mix of symptoms that have led me here and I've let myself down by searching Dr Google and telling myself I do...
Hi All Has anyone had an issue with nodules on the thyroid? I am two and a half years into diagnosis (Chemo, SM. radiotherapy & cape) and have developed a lump on my thyroid. I have to go for an ultrasound biopsy and also a bone scan due to pain in...
Hi Does anyone have any tips for getting sleep with a drain in. I am getting about 2-3 hours at a time but having to sleep on my back and finding this difficult. I have been taking codeine more for the sleepiness than the pain relief but obviously that...
Hi All Has anyone had an issue with nodules on the thyroid? I am two and a half years into diagnosis (Chemo, SM. radiotherapy & cape) and have developed a lump on my thyroid and have been told that there's a 1-2cm nodule on it. I have to go for an ultrasound...
I first had 4 cycles of EC chemotherapy and my hair was completely gone by 2 weeks after first treatment. I have now had 4 weekly cycles of paclitaxel so far and my hair is starting to grow back. I am so confused as one of the side effects of this drug...
Hi, I was on here previously at the beginning of the year as I got told I had Breast cancer from my mammogram and ultrasound results but after getting my biopsy results it turns out my lump on my right breast was fibroadenoma which is a benign tumour...
Hi, just wanting to know if anyone else has had aches and pains in head, neck, shoulders, legs and arms following chemo? Also had shooting pains, these don’t last long but feel scary! on a positive note, the sun is shining today!
Does anyone know where I can get an implant reconstruction done after mastectomy under local anaesthetic? The reason I am asking this is that I have a phobia to general anaesthesia and my local hospital say I can only have it done under General. The whole...
So it's 1.30am and have been dozing all nght unable to sleep. I had to turn on my vpn to do this as I'm in the Philippines and MacMillan online only works in the uk. There NO support here at all, no support groups, nothing like this. The amazing support...
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