Hi everyone, I found a lump in my breast some weeks ago and had an appointment at the breast clinic last week. At first it looked like a cyst but during the ultrasound, it was suddenly decided to biopsy both the lump and a lymph node that looked swollen...
Hi All I’ve been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer, had lumpectomy and full axillary clearance 3 weeks ago. Need a bigger margin to be taken and awaiting oncology meeting for treatment plan. The worry and waiting is horrendous!
Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing well and taking the best care of yourself. Does anyone else have experience of burning sensation in their lungs/chest after 3 weeks of radiotherapy? Just wondered if it is radiotherapy causing it or something...
I’ve very recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. I’ve not much idea yet of type, but the biopsy showed it to be grade 3. I’ll get the results from the MRI and treatment plan in the next week or so. My emotions are swinging from (over) positive to...
Hello, in my 40s, diagnosed 17th Feb with grade 3 breast cancer with spread to lymph nodes in the axilla and chest. I'm nervous writing this .. It's been horrid the past 4 months as lost my mum to leukaemia and my brother in law to brain cancer. Its all...
Has surgery Jan 2023 lumpectomy 14mm tumour removed on chemo just lately and just been changed Hair started to fall out how to mental cope with that and other stuff side effects I'm 52 years old I feel too young to have this.
Hello I’ve recently been diagnosed with breast cancer awaiting chemo in a couple of weeks. My anxiety is through the roof and although the experts keep telling me my cancer hasn’t spread I keep convincing myself otherwise and every twinge and tweak in...
Hi. I have just been diagnosed with DCIS and been given the option of breast-conserving surgery. This will involve taking out the pre-cancerous cells, re-shaping the breast tissue and an uplift. I have been told this will mean my left breast will be 2...
My first post, but probably not my last ! Just finished my round of radiotherapy and I am knackered, but relieved it's done. Diagnosis of breast cancer in November after a routine mammogram. Scary... and unexpected. The NHS cancer care couldn't be better...
Hi Cinderella 17 here new to this group. I’m just 2 days back in my own home after surgery for a mammogram and lymph node removal. I had been staying with my daughter until then.It’s 3 weeks post surgery, every thing seemed to be going well. I now have...
