Hi all. A friend has just finished her last chemo session for breast cancer. She has been cold capping and has managed to retain a fair amount of her hair. She has been using Paxman hair products throughout. Her question is what should she be using/doing...
Hi I'm new here amd have a large phyllodes tumour requiring WLE. Although they have told this is benign and I am kn track for removal I cant help feeling anxious worried and overwhelmed with it all? Anyone else had similar experience ?
Hello I’m new to this group I had a mammogram done on the 26 March 22. I got called back 2 weeks later to have further tests and went back a week later to be told I had an 8cm calcification on my left breast and at the time only two lymph nodes had cancer...
As most of you will appreciate my whole world has recently been turned upside down. I’ve just had the gruelling wait for my biopsy results and was relieved it’s at least treatable - I’d convinced myself it was metastatic . I’m so scared of the treatment...
Hi everyone, I’ve just been diagnosed with DCIS in my left breast after having my results this week. I had another biopsy on Thursday with the results on 30th June. I’d just like to say hi. This is all very new and scary for me.
Hello everyone I’m a 68 year old pensioner just diagnosed with high grade DCIS the technical terms used were… area A anterior & Area B posterior show High grade ducal Carcinoma in situ B5a total cluster of 46mm when I spoke in depth about my diagnosis...
Hi, is anyone experiencing bowel and gut issues post radiotherapy. I finished radiotherapy in February 2022 and have been suffering with constipation, which I thought was a side effect of an antidepressant called venlofaxine, I am due to speak to my...
Hi I just wanted to share, I had breast cancer 8 years ago Had a lumpectomy chemo radio therapy and have been on tamoxifen since. Went for a mammogram about 5 weeks ago and was recalled back as they found something suspicious, same breast. Went...
Hi , I am 49 and was diagnoised with Grade 3 Invasive Ductal Carinoma, PR Negative. Yesterday. I feel my head is about to explode,, Anxious and very scared. I have a 10 year old son who has Down syndrome and is totally unaware and would not understand...
Had breast cancer, op at end of January & then radiotherapy. I feel anxious & could cry at anytime due to worrying what if the cancer comes back. Am absolutely shattered as I wake up 4/5 times a night due to my tablets and I have lost my appetite. Getting...
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