Hi. I’ve just joined this forum. I’m 69 and was diagnosed with triple negative stage 3 breast cancer in January. I had surgery (lumpectomy and lymph nodes removal) in March and 15 rounds of RT in June/July. since then I’ve suffered some effects from the...
Hi Everyone, I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer on 7th November 2023. Have a lumpectomy, including lymph gland removal, booked for 22nd December (Friday before Christmas - ugh, oh well). Magseed implant on 6th December. I booked a weekend...
Hello, I had my surgery four weeks ago and I went to work yesterday. I had to work just for three hours the first day but I started to be very ill just on the bus. It started to be very painful again and the gas was terrible. I almost couldn't walk...
I have been told I have 2 lumps at stage 1 in my right boob and stage 2 in my left. One about 18mm and one about 33mm. I am still going through mri biopsies for 3rd and looking at options for either lumpectomy or mastectomy. It may be the only option...
Hi there, I'm new here. I have to Say, I was stunned. I had a recall back after a mammogram. I wasn't scared as I've had this a couple of times before. I have very dense, lumpy breast tissue and have had lumps and bumps checked out since my middle 20...
Hi everyone, I am new here and would love to offer my support to anyone on this forum in any capacity that I can. I was diagnosed recently and have had breast conserving surgery on 14-11-23. All seemed well until yesterday. My affected breast is...
Hello, I am new in this group. I am going to have a risk-reducing breast surgery. Reconstruction using my own tissues, problably from the tummy. I have a lot of questions and doubts. I don't have yet the date but I would like to know if sombedy who...
Hi, Eight months in 2 x lumpectomy’s. SN removal, fat transfer reconstruction and recently found out BRCA2 Just at the end of three weeks radiotherapy but now what? I am paranoid of what I thought was a lump within my scar from my node removal....
Hi..I haven’t been diagnosed with breast cancer yet and I had a mammogram last November that was normal…but a couple of months ago, my nipples on both breasts were really painful, so I took my bra off to see if there was something causing the pain and...
Hi. I was diagnosed about 7 weeks ago with stage 1 breast cancer. I had a lumpectomy just over two weeks ago. Today I have been told the cancer is far larger than first thought. It is now a stage 3 and I am facing chemotherapy, a mastectomy and radiotherapy...
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