Hi, I am having a double mastectomy soon and wondered if others have experience of buying bags for drains. I've seen a quite a few online but don't know what's best - ones with shoulder straps or clip ons?
I've got my results appointment on Friday i had biopsies taken from two lumps found after my yearly routine mamogram it was a massive shock to say the least By Friday it will be three weeks since my biopsies and I feel like im loosing my mind waiting...
I was originally diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in 2023. I had a mastectomy chemo and radiotherapy and was told the cancer was gone. I recently had a colonoscopy which found a lesion in my bowel. The biopsy results have come back inconclusive but...
Hi all, I'm looking to see if anybody has had experience with trying to cold cap with a shaved head whilst doing EC and docetaxel. Unfortunately after 2 sessions of cold capping my hair just couldn't hold and I decided to get my head shaved during...
Hi everyone! I had a lumpectomy August 2025 with lymph node removal followed by radiotherapy and now on letrozole. Everything went well and smoothly but I barely left home for the last 9 months due to chronic fatigue. I'm now dealing with the pain of...
Hi, I got diagnosed with bc in Jan 2024, had chemo, mastectomy with reconstruction and radiotherapy. I've been in remission for 18 month, but have started suffering with peripheral neuropathy in my fingers. Saw oncologist last week, who told me this is...
Hi All I’ve suddenly developed breast pain in my left breast, where the original cancer was, over the past week or so, I can’t feel a lump but then I didn’t feel my original lump. There’s no bruising either and I haven’t banged it. Could it still...
Recently I was having a conversation re needing to have my ‘wide excision’ surgery repeated as ‘the margins were not clear enough’. This was devastating news to receive only 2 weeks after surgery and then having to go through surgery again 30 days after...
Hi im 32 I had breast cancer at 29 had surgery chemotherapy and radiation i beat it ive just been diagnosed breast cancer again awaiting scan results to see if its spread im scared I cant sleep i cry alone im exhausted acting ok
Hi I'm due to start chemo on Friday and don't think I'll be using cold cap. I've been told my hair will fall out from the chemo. I've already had a shorter style done but my question is when most of your hair has fallen out and your scalp is itchy how...
