Hi there! I was diagnosed with breast cancer Her2 Positive in February. It’s taken so long for the treatment to start as there had to be loads of scans before and a three weeks wait for chemo. I’ll be having my first cycle of EC tomorrow and one part...
Hi there I have recently been diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma which at the moment they have graded as a grade 2 and HER2 positive. I am currently waiting to have an MRI scan which is in a week or so. I'm also awaiting an appointment for...
Hi, I have TNBC, am recovering from successful lumpectomy surgery and will start EC chemo in a couple of weeks. I’m due to have one session every 3 weeks, 6 times, so treatment will last through to mid-August. Then 2 weeks of radiotherapy and 3 years...
Hi all - I didn’t really know where to start so I thought I’d start here. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in February and since then have been on a rollercoaster. I have just started immunotherapy and had my first session last Tuesday - I am struggling...
Hello I had needle biopsy nearly 3 weeks ago - awaiting results - I am still bruised & have hard areas despite massaging as instructed & using Arnica cream. Is this usual?
Hi all, I was diagnosed in feb with breast cancer in my left breast. Scans, biopsies and mammograms state it’s not in the other one and there’s no other cancer in the body. Im due to have a single mastectomy with immediate reconstructive surgery and...
Hi have had lumpectomy and sentinel biopsy, what chemotherapy should I expect and how many, is radiotherapy expected too?
So it's been a week since my surgery. I'm doing ok, dressing comes off today. In some pain but not as bad as I thought. My worse problem is back sleeping! I have a v pillow a lumbar pillow a wedge pillow and I just can't get comfortable!!!I'll go to sleep...
Typical Libra me, can't make up my mind about anything lol. Turns out some of my tumour removed from the breast was HER negative as expected from the biopsy, however some of it was HER positive so I need the expected 5/6 months chemo for the negative...
Hi ,I maybe shouldn’t be in this group and hope I’m not tempting fate but been browsing to see if anyone had similar symptoms and I’m right to be concerned .About 8 weeks ago I became aware of a few hard ridge like lumps in the upper part of my right...
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