I was diagnosed with breast cancer just over a week ago and am so scared. I have an MRI scan tomorrow, a PICC line being inserted next Wednesday and then starting chemo next Friday every week for over 5 months prior to surgery. I don’t know whether to...
Hi I am Jennie, just had an op to remove stage 2 invasive lobular cancer and primary nodes having been diagnosed on 3rd March 2022. It's exactly 25 years ago (to the month) that I was previously diagnosed with stage 4 malignant melanoma in the Lymph under...
I'm just wondering what happens when chemotherapy finishes and then your due to have radiotherapy, my last chemo session is tomorrow, how soon after did radiotherapy start for you and did you have a scan beforehand?
I was diagnosed in November, had bilateral mastectomy in February and then right axillary lymph node clearance last week. I’m now waiting to find out what’s next, chemo and/ or radiotherapy. I don’t know about anyone else but I find the waiting between...
Hi everyone. I was diagnosed yesterday with triple negative breast cancer-with positive lymph nodes. I’m waiting for an mri to check if it has spread. I’m so scared it has. I can deal with it if it hasn’t-but the thought it has spread and there is nothing...
Newly diagnosed invasive luboular cancer Awaiting a MRI to see what surgery/treatment I need
I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer last year . It was early stage so I had a wide local excision to remove the tumour in July '21 and then 2 weeks of radiotherapy. I am on anastrozole and AdCal tablets. I suffer from fatigue and loss of interest in doing...
Hello everyone I was diagnosed with micro-calcifications behind areola on 16th Feb. Loads of biopsies later with no success a lumpectomy was performed on 24th March to remove them. There has been a delay in getting results because covid has hit the...
Hi there, I've had some amazing support from my friends beforehand and since by diagnosis (and on here). I decided to tell my teenage boys yesterday as not acting like myself and thought they should hear it straight from me. They were so wonderful...
I don’t want to scare women but this is a warning what could happen. Was diagnosed in September last year with grade 3 breast cancer and had surgery at the end of October. The breast clinic and surgeon in Basingstoke hospital was brilliant. The oncologist...
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