Just been diagnosed with breast cancer still in shock but trying to stay hopeful! ️
Hi I’m new to this community. I was diagnosed in February and it’s certainly been a club that no one wants to join.. The journey has been a rollercoaster. I’ve since just had a mastectomy (a week ago) on my right breast. I had two tumours one being 28...
Hi How long are your ribs sore for, following radiotherapy? mine was 5 days in February and I’m still sore…. Thanks
Hi, I'm June just joined
Hello, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 breat cancer 2 and a half years go. Scans showed multiple cancers in one breast which had spread to lymph nodes but thankfully, it hadn't spread anywhere else. I had to start chemo asap and had 1 full mastectomy...
Hello all I’m new on here so I was diagnosed about two months ago that I have breast cancer and was shocked numb my head was a fuze and couldn’t really take in to what they were saying and worse of all I have no one by me to support me, no one to talk...
Hi im new to all this but im complete shock from today. I went for a private scan after being on antibiotics for 2 weeks for an “infected breast’ the antibiotics had given no help and i was waiting for a breast screening date to come through. Thinking...
Hi all - I've just had my first round of (EC) chemo for grade 3 DCIS, ER, PR negative, HER2 3+ positive - whatever that all means!! Had the chemo on Thursday and been exhausted today so just sat here and thought I'd join the community. I don't do much...
Now that I'm nearing the end of all treatment of my breast cancer, we'd like to take a break but I realise that standard travel insurance might not cover me. Has anyone got first hand experience of a good insurance company?
Hi, This is going to be a bit of an essay but I am going to share my experience since finding a lump on my right breast on March 26th. At the time I thought ooh that doesn’t feel right. I figured it was probably nothing but best get it checked out....
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