Hi everybody, Yesterday I had to phone Breast Services (breast nurses only work Mon - Fri) and ended up speaking to the Breast Ward Sister about my weeping multiple biopsy sites plus severe bruising. She told me to go to see her and took photos and...
I ve had two out of ten radiotherapy sessions, 1st one went better than 2nd, i felt like I struggled with breathhold from almost overthinking it. So far side effects have been abit of an itch in the evening. Also 6 wks into taking Tamoxifen, side effects...
Gosh I haven’t been on this forum for a long time. It’s 3 years since I finished my chemotherapy and had my mastectomy. I had an mri on Thursday as I have developed a pain at the top of my spine in one of the bones. My physio suggested I get it checked...
Hey Warriors Lovely to e-meet you. My name is Laura, I'm 41 and I have Grade 3 Her2positive ERneg PRneg Breast cancer. I'm under going EC Chemo for 3 rounds, the Doxetaxel and Phesgo for the final 3, 6 round in totals, then surgery and all the other...
Hi all I am going back to the hospital, on Thursday, to get the results and the biopsy, I had taken, on 13th November. They will also discuss a plan, for me. I believe they did say it would be an op and maybe then radiotherapy. . My question is...
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in February 2024. I had a partial mastectomy then chemotherapy and then radiotherapy which finished at the end of November 2024. When undergoing treatment I was of course tired as we all are...
Hi guys im half way through radiotherapy to the left breast, I have got the side effects of being sore etc, but has anyone experienced like pain in the site/shooting pains while coughing/sneezing it left me with pain which i dunno weather in the lung...
Hi I was diagnosed in Jan 2023, had two lumpectomy and axillary lymph nodes removed, six months chemotherapy and 10 rounds of radiotherapy. Since two years I have been on tamoxfine. My oncologist wants to put me on letrozole and have zometo. I have...
I'm just curious really - and wondering if I'm over thinking things. I have always been a coffee drinker. I would drink as much as 4 to 5 cups a day for the past 50 years (sometimes even more). Always the same brand. Leading up to my diagnosis I remember...
I have been in remission since first Breast Cancer Lumpectomy Radiation waaay back in 2013. After discolouration on opposite breast and visits to GP who initially declared mastitis then a week later after strong antibiotics didn't achieve anything referred...
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