Hi all, I had IDC and DCIS. My onco score was 10 on the IDC removed, and I had 3 more surgeries for the DCIS until the margins were clear, followed by radiotherapy. Lymph nodes were clear. I've been taken off 20mg tamoxifen by my oncologist for a...
Hi I'm on FEC-T chemo and had 2 sessions already out of 6, due for my 3rd next Friday. The 1st week following treatment is the worst for the usual tiredness, fatigue, feeling dizzy, weak etc, then last 2 weeks leading up to my next treatment my energy...
Hi I’m new to here and not great with tec Had mastectomy & lymph nodes on right side removed and diep flap in November was supposed to start chemo today but one of my wounds hasn’t healed properly so potentially another 2 weeks of waiting ive been...
Following my left side mastectomy on 20 Dec, I received the positive news that my cancer had been removed and my margins were clear. Fast forward a week and I start to feel lots of swelling and the whole reconstructed breast felt tight and sore and...
So last Thursday I had my surgery to remove the cancerous lump and a couple of lymph nodes. It's going to be four weeks before I hear what's next which seems like a lifetime!!! Anyway, I have had very little pain after surgery, I expected a lot more but...
Hi all recently diagnosed, age 39, er positive and HER2 negative- awaiting pathology results for staging. I have been reading the SOFT and TEXT trials and it sounds as though there is a small benefit to ovarian suppression and exemastane (apologies...
Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing well. Tomorrow all being well I have my mastectomy and full node clearance. How long did it take for your results after the operation to come back? I am so scared about it. Also can anyone offer any advice...
Hi everyone, I haven't been on for a while but I need some advice. I had breast cancer in 2018 and had the lump removed then had 6 sessions of chemo and 25 of radiotherapy. My last treatment was May 2019. I started noticing...
Had breast cancer three years ago, jad a lumpectomy, had a mamogram wed got called Thursday they have found sonething suspicious, got to have another mamogram Monday and ultrasound sound. Feeing very worried still on tamoxifen same breast could it...
Mastectomy (no lymph nodes removed) 3 weeks ago and had large fluid aspiration 4 days ago. My scar is a lumpy mess with a large fluid bump under my arm. Not really painful but dragging tight feeling all the time with a nasty hard nodule just on the bra...
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