Good evening I hope you are all OK I booked a telephone consult for an assessment to hopefully receive the 6 free Bupa counselling sessions advertised literally everywhere on MacMillan sites. Was meant to be this evening at 7pm. Nothing. No call...
New here & just wanted to connect to others going through same thing. Always have regular mammograms. Last in 2021. But had a niggling feeling for weeks having seen my one nipple ever so slightly inverted at times. Glad I requested mammogram till waiting...
Hi, I'm ten days in after my lumpectomy and sentinal lymph nodes biopsy. Still sore and tired, but major problem was reaction to dressings which caused a bad reaction. Thankfully wound and blisters now healing. Trouble is I'm also the carer for my...
Hi Full panic mode, my phone call from surgeon revealed the lymph node he removed has cancerous deposits. Initially he said he was taking 1-2 then 2-4 now unless I heard wrong he says he took one the first that lite up, which I don’t understand. I am...
Hi everyone, Have just been to collect my prescription for another lot of letrozole and notice the make is "Amarox"...never heard of this one. Been taking Accord. Just wondered if anyone has had Amarox before...bit apprehensive. Hope everyone is having...
Hi, everyone. It is nice to have a group so that we can share some but sad news. I just had given the bad news on 27th July that I got this uncommon Adcc cancer. But still wait for ER, PR, HER2, CK5/6 and CK/14 which. Does anyone know if it’s normal for...
My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer about a month ago. She had a mastectomy two weeks ago and everything went well but they’ve found that there is cancer in my mum’s lymph nodes. I don’t know what happens next and, to be honest, I’m really scared...
Hia im Rachel and I have recently found out to have breast cancer. Although it’s a this is caught early and should be an easy lumpectomy with no chemo,… I’m still so scared. It’s booked as a day surgery but does that mean I can’t have anyone with me...
Hi, just like to say hello. I had a mastectomy at the end of March this year for stage 1 breast cancer. I recovered really well. Within 2 weeks I was back out hiking on my beloved hills. It was a wonderful feeling. 7 weeks after the mastectomy I was back...
Hi, I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014, aged 42, after a mastectomy, chemo, herceptin, tamoxifen, a hysterectomy letrozole and annual mammograms for 8 years, i've felt anxious, scared etc throughout the last 8-9 years, but I took my last letrozole...
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