I have been diagnosed with breast cancer at quite an advanced age but am very fit and well. I am waiting for a PET scan, does this mean it has spread to other parts. What is the treatment likely to be?
Hello, I was diagnosed with breast cancer last October. I was initially going to have the lumpectomy followed by radiotherapy in November. Due to previous health problems it was felt that I may have had some heart ‘event’ and I was also very unfit due...
Hiya, I'm new here. Feeling overwhelmed with it all, feeling useless I did a post earlier but don't think I clicked to activate it. I was diagnosed with HER2+ stage2 last August and had a 1.5inc tumour removed in a wide lateral incision operation. I...
HI all, I've been looking around this forum not knowing how to start. I'm not new to the site as last year I was diagnosed with endometrial cancer. This was treated with a full hysterectomy followed by radiotherapy. Treatment was completed early October...
Hi, first time posting. I got diagnosed 7th October 23 of grade 3 oestrogen positive cancer in my right breast. Luckily for me I spotted it early and after my lumpectomy and lymph node removal it hadn’t spread to the lymph nodes. I finished my radiotherapy...
Hi, my name is Trish and I'm due to have surgery on 13th March. I'm having a mastectomy of my right breast. It's all happened so quickly since finding the lump on 9th February. It all came as a shock as my GP didn't think it was anything more than a cyst...
Hi I’m new to forum group, I was diagnosed with breast cancer (early stages) in November. I’ve recently had a lumpectomy and sentinel node removal and just had to go back and have a second operation to remove a little more of the surrounding area...
Hi ..Good day to all..I’m new here…actually…I don’t know how to start …I was diagnosed 23rd January 2024 of malignant neoplasm of female breast left. Had lumpectomy and sentinel biopsy less than a week and waiting for the results.
Hi, this is my second time joining as I decided last time to leave until I has my diagnosed. I was told Im ER/PR+ and HER2- on 28th Feb. I wasnt shocked as I was sort of expecting it so Ive dealt with it well so far. I have pre op on 6th March and my...
Hello All, I have been on Zoladex injections for 2.5 years (3 years in August) and was always told that they were to continue for 5 years. I've just been told by my oncologist that these are due to stop in August 2024, which will mean I will only have...
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