How should I feel physically? Mentally I'm pretty good considering. My body however feels battered. I'm give and a half weeks from surgery. There is a tight band running across my chest. It feels like I have a bra on. The side without the node clearance...
I had lobular breast cancer in 2024 (ER/PR 8/8), treated with lumpectomy, radiotherapy and tamoxifen. My periods were heavy but manageable until they stopped for five months — then in March and April this year I had two extremely heavy periods, both bad...
Hi, I most likely have posted this some time before. I was diagnosed with IBC stage 3 that had spread to my lymph nodes, I had chemo but refused a maectomy (advise to have non-skin sparing), I have been on phesgo a year and I am still alive and so far...
Hi I'm newly diagnosed 14 days ago before that I was told it’s the Fibo thing and sent home with a leaflet , biopsy came back it’s cancer left breast grd 2 had mri had more tests and mammongram x2 got a mother little lump in same breast which I knew...
I finished chemo nearly 5 months ago and my head hair is going really well and my eyelashes and eyebrows have been growing fairly well too. However, today when I washed my face a fair bit of eyebrow hair and eyelashes came out. Is this a thing that anyone...
Just about to start Capecitabine in two weeks, after intravenous chemo, surgery and radiotherapy for TNBC any advice?
I’m not even sure why I’m writing this, but I need to get it out somewhere people might understand. Yesterday I found out that I can’t have implant-based reconstruction because I’ve had radiotherapy. I’m feeling so upset and, honestly, really angry...
Hello. Before my diagnosis in December I swam about 2 or 3 times a week. I had my mastectomy in January and now on Letrozole & Ribociclib. I want to get back to swimming so I ordered my post surgery swimsuit which arrived last week. My question is …....
Hi all, I would like some help regarding my situation. Counsellor on the phone suggested to find people who survived this type of cancer. I got diagnosed her2 triple positive just recently. This cancer was undetected by ultrasound almost 2 years ago...
Hi all, I feel abit of a fraud being here. I found a breast lump around 3 months ago, behind my aerola that I think extends to behind the nipple in my left breast. My left breast feels completely different overall to my right, however i think this...
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