I had my mastectomy in July and over the last 2-3 days have developed tightness,
I need to provide some background first, when i was first diagnosed my boss agreed to redeploy me as i cant work in my usual job whilst having chemo, this worked well until she had to go off as she too was diagnosed with breast cancer, just lately i have...
Hi everyone, I'm going tomorrow to have a CT scan for marking up for radiotherapy, I'm so afraid of scanning machines though iv never had a CT scan before, can anyone tell me if all of my face will be inside the machine,
I'm now 8 weeks post surgery and I still have pain under my arm, it's my left breast had my friend cancer clare removed from plus two lymph nodes which proved negative. The pain feels like something rubbing against the soft tissue under my arm. The...
Hi there, I am trying to get a second opinion in a different hospital to the one I am in and this is proving difficult. It is raising lots of eyebrows and isolating me as an individual. I have been told that my cancer has disappeared and I know this...
Hello lovely people, It’s been a couple of weeks since my lumpectomy and I’ve had the news that the margins and lymph nodes were clear. Great news I know, and I was delighted when I heard but that feeling was short lived. Since then an exhaustion has...
Please help! I was diagnosed with the above last Tuesday and I am waiting for my op on 23rd Nov. I tried to do some research on the right websites like here and cancer now but I really can't find any good outcomes for the type that I have. They are doing...
Hi guys i am about to start 9 weeks of weekly Paclitaxel infusions. Anybody any experience? Just finished 3 rounds of EC treatment
I was wondering how long does it take for the pain in breast to calm down? I was wearing a support bra but couldn't bear wearing it anymore after last night. I will have to get it back on soon but the thought of the pain while putting it back on is holding...
Just emerging from five days of aches after docetaxol....dreaming of a glass of chilled water that tastes normal, food that tastes even slightly pleasant, trip to the loo that doesn't involve cold sweats . I coped well with EC but this uggghhhh. Painkillers...
