Hi has anyone experienced rapid onset OA of the hip post breast cancer after tamoxifen and radiotherapy?
Hi! I was treated for BC last year, having lumpectomy & radiotherapy. I've just noticed the skin immediately around my nipple is slightly cracked (due to surgery the nipple turns in on itself). I'm always careful to dry the nipple thoroughly after bathing...
Hello I am new here. I was diagnosed with DCIS last March, had a lumpectomy (although they then found a small tumour), followed by radiotherapy, and put on Tamoxifen (for 5 years) back in June 2025. I had a skiing accident in February 2026 increasing...
Hi just started chemotherapy for my breast cancer. I am hers postive and er positive. My mri is clear and lymph biopsy was clear too. I have to have chemotherapy first then surgery. Just cant help worryingxxx
Hi I just finished my first round of chemo. Honestly I had no idea what to expect. I felt okish on the first day but I seem to have nasea all the time. Nothing tastes normal even water. I feel like I am in a strangers body. Does it get any better. I have...
I am going from one emotion to another in quick succession I just don’t know what to do I am so scared I still have to have some more investigations to have but the outlook is not looking good so far. Each stage so far has been bad news after bad...
Hi I have very sensitive skin to plasters and dressings and wondered if any of you have any advice please? My biopsy and breast marker dressings have caused very red and sore areas where the adhesive is and one area has broken the skin. It is on my records...
I have had a breast cancer diagnosis twice. The 1,st in 2013, the more recent one in January 2026 but this time it was more serious. It was Lobular Cancer but it had spread to 23 out of 25 lymph nodes removed during auxiliary clearance with Lumpectomy...
Hello I had my masectomy 29th April I was discharged that evening only having 2.5 hrs recovery the following day I got up to go to the Toilet snd fainted I fell on the side of the masectomy and I’m bruised black from top to bottom subsently I have...
Hi all. I have 2 rounds of chemo left to go and then radiotherapy, immunotherapy and transfusions. I had a mastectomy back in December but it was found to have spread in January. Chemo started in Feb. My question is, does anything happen between the end...
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