I finished chemo on 9th November but my eyes are still driving me crazy!! They run, they itch, the skin around them is sore, they even feel (although don’t look) bruised. My eyelashes are coming back curly and some are super thick and they’re very sporadic...
I had a second round of biopsies last week on another site in the breast that we know has cancer and in three sites within the other breast. Waiting for results is so hard and I'm struggling to funcion normally. One strange thing is I'm really reluctant...
Ok, so my nails have started to split half way up the nail bed and started to tear across the nail. You may want to try this remedy that I have had a go at today and so far my nails are still intact. Cut a small piece of micropore to fit over the damaged...
Hi, I had an operation for breast cancer and lymph node removal on December 21st and when I woke up from the operation I was in agony with upper left q pain. I was violently sick and managed to stagger to GP two days later to discover my LTSderanged....
I'm 68 and due to have surgery . My surgeon hopes to do a therapeutic mammoplasty. I'm wondering if a lumpectomy will be more straight forward. My healthy boob might need reducing at a later date to match the mammoplasty. My tumour is below my nipple...
Hi, Surgery next week for lumpsectomy, I was thinking of post op bras but was told a normal crop top should be ok , nothing underwired. Realistically will I be ok with a crop top type bra or would I need a post op bra.? I'm kinda worried wearing...
Hi all. Hope you all had a good Christmas and are now heading into a promising New Year and for those who are just joining this wonderful group welcome and things do get better. I finished my radiotherapy on the 22nd December and have for a while...
I have had 3 months of chemotherapy followed by surgery and radiotherapy. My herceptin injections are still on-going since September 2021. Apart from the extreme fatigue caused by both chemo and radiotherapy, I now have splitting finger nails. When my...
So I got my post op this week & surgery week after. Im terrified. I have PTSD hospitals just trigger me. I know my surgeon already met, so that side of things if fine. It's very thing else, being put to sleep, fear, anxiety of the environment...
My company say my role is such that I have to be in the workplace, I have finished most of my treatment but still on herceptin (which I understand can reduce the immune system). I have told them I am anxious about it and they asked what they can do to...
