Just returned from a trip to Cyprus it’s now 5 weeks since my lumpectomy and I have slight swelling which I haven’t had before, is this normal and it’s very tender
You join us at the start of the race..AND..They’re OFF!! First to show is Heartburn and Furry Tongue, behind them is Constipation, Bad Taste and Can’t Get Out of Bed. Always Cold is behind these and making good ground is Breathless. Here comes Nausea...
I feel like death warmed up! I’m sure hundreds of you have written about the ‘after effects’ but I really didn’t know I’d have everything listed in the list!! From a feeling of lying in broken glass at the back of my head to neuropathy hands/feet, bleeding...
Hi everyone I finished my radiotherapy in January started all my hormone therapy & I have been having phone consultations & was told I was going to be discharged from oncology after my next phone call on the 19th of May. had mammogram on Wednesday then...
So recently a colleague mentioned that bananas are ever so slightly radioactive, and I went down a rabbit hole of finding out exactly how radioactive and how that compares with e.g. cancer treatment. Turns out I'm not the first to have thought of this...
HI, I had a therapeutic mammoplasty in December 2021. Surgery went well, no would problems, followed by 5 x RT in March. I have just had to stop anastrozole due to nightime incontinence - they don't tell you about that one. Waiting now for an alternative...
I was diagnosed on 7 April with ER and PR negative, HER2 receptor positive, grade 3 invasive ductal breast cancer which has spread to underarm lymph nodes. The consultant surgeon didn't mention how many nodes were abnormal nor give an estimate of the...
I had my mastectomy two weeks ago I’ve just had my results and although the breast side they removed is all clear they’ve found cancer in two of the four lymph nodes I had removed, I’ve been told I’ll need more surgery but will have to wait at least six...
Can anyone recommend a good intensive conditioner. Finished chemo 31st January, hair has pretty much stopped coming out now but it's very dry and looks tired.....a lot like me!! I'm using simple shampoo and conditioner but feel like I need something more...
I had a lumpectomy on 16th March. It was healing up lovely then 4 weeks later the wound opened up and I had infection. This has delayed starting chemotherapy. The wound is taking so long to heal it has been recommended I have further surgery to cut and...
