Ok, silly question but... Soon to go through airport security. First holiday since mastectomy, in fact since COVID... They sometimes do those whole body scans... Can everyone see the resulting picture? Does the falsie show? What about if you get frisked...
Since having chemotherapy last year, followed by herceptin jabs, followed by letrozole, I have suffered with painful joints. Worst in hands, feet, knees elbows, sore muscles in legs too. I have heard arthritis can be triggered by chemotherapy and infection...
Hello to you all, and good luck with your journies! Sorry I did put spaces between my paragraphs, but even editing this did nothing either! Anyway... I had DIEP surgery 4 weeks ago, and I'm currently awaiting further unknown treatment. ...
Hi, I am 5 years out from chemo and surgery and halfway through Tamoxifen. I have ongoing fatigue and developed quite severe anxiety. My return to work was difficult. I eventually returned 4 days a week during COVID and therefore it was all from home...
Hi everyone, I have my one stop stop appt on the 22nd although they are desperately trying to find a cancellation for me since I have a small back op on the 20th and it’ll be very difficult for me to move or even sit. So hopefully I’ll get a call to...
Good evening all ive had my lumpectomy re excision and have returned to work today. My line manager expressed concern over the length of time I have been on sick leave. I had four weeks off after the first surgery. I was really unwell for most of that...
Hi everyone, I have been diagnosed with dcis for just over a week. I’m awaiting the results of a second biopsy and for a treatment plan. Thing is I’m never usually too bothered by anxiety but right now it’s through the roof. I contacted my Gp who prescribed...
I was diagnosed with a local recurrence of TNBC in December 2031, nearly 10 years after my original diagnosis. I have had two surgeries, 6 rounds of chemo (carboplatin and docetaxel) and 15 doses of radiotherapy. The RT finished on 20th September. I...
Hi I had my lumpectomy and lymph node removal last Thursday. How long does it usually take to get your results ? Also is slight swelling normal ? many thanks
So recently my hair regrowth has really bothered me. I finished intravenous chemotherapy back in August and my hair has been re-growing. My long term hormone therapy and cancer growth inhibitors effect hair regrowth I know, but I used to have long brown...
