Saw Dawn Butler talking to Victoria Derbyshire on lunchtime news talking of her diagnosis. Have I misunderstood as she said she had phone call to see her surgeon the following day before she'd been told she had cancer which was discovered after routine...
Has anyone else experience this , & have period type cramps, deep internal pain in the reproductive area , pressure, like your going to poop yourself ,sorry , but I have to say it. I had chemo on 14, had hormone injection too, been pump fall of drugs...
Hi everyone, I’ve had breast cancer and have been left with lymphoedema in my arm, hand and breast, I’m now wearing a compression sleeve and glove from the hospital, does anyone know where I can get more of them please? I’m struggling to find them online...
Hello, I had breast reconstruction on the 25th of October. It went well and I was very happy with the results. However, at the end of December my cancer breast started leaking a very smelly greasy liquid. I went to the hospital and I found out that I...
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Hi just had my diagnosis of breast cancer last week this is the second time I have had it in the same breast my surgeon. Had suggested a mastectomy and reconstruction which I have just got my head around and accepted this was the way to go But today...
Hi , Just wondering if anyone is taking Sage for hot flushes and whether they’ve been told it’s ok to take with oestrogen receptive cancer? A breast care nurse said it was ok to take but then I looked it up online and it said not to due to it affecting...
I was told my breast cancer has come back after nearly 4 years clear. Obviously I was devastated but after a PET-CT scan and ultrasound thankfully the cancer has not spread anywhere else. It is treatable and just wondered if anyone else has had this treatment...
Hi there I’ve been told that since my radiotherapy that I’ll always need to wear factor 50 on my breast area, which I do anyway. What I would like to know that if there are any sun creams that don’t have nasty chemicals in them ie parabens, sulfates...
Hi guys.. Its been such a long time since I wrote on here.. My 1st breast cancer was 2002. Age 42.Grade 3 invasive (called triple negative now) I had everything thrown at me.. Surgery. Chemo. Radio.. I suffered for years with aches bones.. Got myself...
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