Hi Recently my sister and a close friend both toldme they've felt something in the breast area so got checked and although different results both not cancer they didn't want to hide it from me but didn't know how to tell me as I wasn't so lucky. I'm...
Hi everyone I have breast clinic appointment on 22 April I'm so scared and anxious right now. Last week I noticed my right nipple go invert sometimes after that I keep checking my breasts and while I was having shower I noticed there is small lump in...
Hi. I turned up for my third weekly chemotherapy session today (paclitaxel and carboplatin) to be told they could not go ahead today as my lips test revealed my liver had “shot up”. The nurse said they weren’t sure whether to go ahead but she had spoken...
Ok so chemo 2 nailed and now to get stymie- reckon I’ll shave it this week and im not going to cry! Got some looks sorted for baldness and want to buy a wig or two for variety. Should I go all out £5/600 and get human hair? do some cheaper ones...
Hi, no-one thought it was in my lymph glands /nodes so after mastectomy I had an implant.. But it was already in lymph nodes. Surgery revealed 2/3 cancerous removed subsequently nodes 50%. Followed by 5 months EC and radiotherapy - implant now hard and...
Hi.im 46 and I have recently been diagnosed with ILC , er8 pr8 her2 neg, oncotype 21. My oncologist explained im borderline with a 6/7% recurrence chance so chemotherapy is my choice. I said no the other day but now think I’m regretting it?? Any advice...
Hi I'm having single mastectomy and implant next Friday I've been told I'll be in hospital overnight Is it usual to be discharged over the weekend or am I looking at staying in till the Monday Thoughts please x
Can anyone recommend travel insurance for USA & Caribbean. Been in remission 18 month. Hope everyone is well. onwards & upwards.x
Hello. Did anyone have Botox in between chemotherapy sessions? I will ask the oncologist but just wondered. Online says it’s safe as long as high needle care to reduce infection risk. My friend has offered to do it for me in her salon and says she uses...
I am just over 1 year on from diagnosis, surgery and the start of chemotherapy. I finished chemotherapy in March this year. It's been a tricky few months and I've done my best to be grateful for my survival and moving on. But I'm really struggling and...
