Hi everyone. I had a mastectomy on Monday this week and I have cried constantly now for 2 days. I can only describe the feeling as a loss or mourning sadness. I dont know anyone who has even had cancer let alone breast cancer so I feel terribly alone...
Hello everyone, I get the biopsy results from my hysteroscopy on Thursday, and I'm not expecting good news (please read my profile) I also had a biopsy today for suspected breast cancer. Yes, I know I haven't had a confirmed diagnosis for either yet,...
I was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer in November 2021 and started chemotherapy on Christmas Eve. After 3 cycles the treatment was stopped as the lump was not responding clinically and I was given a lumpectomy. I then had to have a re-excision...
Hi This is a bit weird, never done anything like this before. Well, I had my first mammogram in April and was called back. You have that element of it'll be fine but with that nagging What if. Long story short, it was DCIS. As I can see from a lot...
Hello, I’ve recently had lumpectomy & re-excision & now awaiting mastectomy. Has anyone tried or know anyone who’s tried Rife therapy? www.cancerresearchuk.org/.../rife-machine-and-cancer
Hi, I was given a diagnosis of Invasive Lobular, grade 2 HER 2 + on 18th August. They did MRI, CT and body scan at initial consultation, I was told that they have found a mass on my ovaries. I have had an MRI on pelvis + stomach and awaiting a gynea...
Hello everyone i am not really new as I first joined 2 months ago but somehow forgot how to login and until now had not worked out how to rejoin. I really have felt such turmoil that I didn’t have the mental capacity to work out what I had done wrong...
Hi I'm recently diagnosed with breast cancer I start chemo on 9th September. It's sinking in slowly but my moods are all over the place and I'm finding it hard to talk about with family. Any advice would be very much appreciated as I want to be...
Hello. I have a dilemma. I've been invited to a weekend away in between my 5 radiotherapy sessions. Radiotherapy is planned for Thursday/ Friday then possible weekend away then back to radiotherapy for Mon/Tues/Wednesday. I have no idea how I will...
I found a lump in my breast and to cut out all the details, it was found I had three lumps and had a mastectomy. I'm 71 and all I know, at this stage, is that I had my breast removed with cancer. That was at the beginning of August. I've been back to...
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