Hi everyone, I just wanted to share that our Cancer Information team have shared a blog you may find helpful, which is called " Choosing bras after breast surgery . " You can read the blog here. If you need any help from the Community team, please...
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Hi, I am considering breast reconstruction and have been given the option of Tissue Expander Implant surgery or LD Flap surgery I am not sure which one is better Has anyone experience of either of these
Hi I’m grade 2 ER/PR+ HER- post op. My lymph nodes were clear and I’m healing well which I’m really grateful for. I’m waiting for the results of a CT scan to decide next course of treatment. At my post op checkup it was recommended I have radiotherapy...
Wasn't sure what to name my subject.or where to post. But here goes. I had a lumpectomy and some lymph nodes removed in April this year. Having been told it was cancer and there was a shadow but a biopsy was taken and they said it was nothing to worry...
Hi all My husband has just been diagnosed with bowel cancer hot on the heels of my diagnosis of breast cancer in February this year. We are both 50 - so relatively young - and it seems so bloody unfair. We're currently on the dreaded two week wait for...
Hello, is there anyone who has made the choice between reconstruction or implants please? A 34C/D cup with not a lot of tummy fat asking!
Hi all. Anyone else on tamoxifen, I started taking it at night as I feel sick when taking tamoxifen during the day, however I'm wide awake till 4am after taking it at night. Just wondering if anyone else is like this. Thanks
I was just wondering about any experiences had with hair growth. I have completed 5 and half months of chemo and am just about to complete 3wks of radiotherapy. I am also on tamoxifen. Before my chemo I got my daughter to cut my hair shorter .then...
I had my lumpectomy and lymph node biopsy a week tomorrow. Pain was ok until Friday I stretched to pick something up and got a awful pain in my armpit which I still have today. Can't see anything. Has anyone else done anything similar.
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