Hi I am about to start Tamoxifen and I wondered if anyone jas had any positive experiences with it please? All i ever seem to read about is the terrible side effects people have . Thank you Lou
Hi I’m going to remove lumph in my breast, the doctor asked a type of blood test, GROUP & ANTIBODY SCREEN is this is normal asking this test? I been diagnosed lett breast cancer in situ grade 2.
Help . I was diagnosed with stage 2 estrogen positive her 2 negative invasive ducal carcinoma in November. The mammogram only showed 1 lump measuring around 4.5 cm . I've since had an mri and the lump has grown to 5.1cm and shown that there is a second...
I’ve had breast cancer twice now in 2.5 years and have done the whole thing on my own. I had few friends to start off with and no real family. i am a year out of treatment (surgery 3 times and radio) and am struggling. I have spent the whole of Christmas...
Hi all I am firstly sorry for you all needing to be here. Just had my biopsy. I asked percentage chance of having cancer. She said the lump is small. When you come back prepare yourself for the worse. Told me it hadnt spread to my left lymph node...
Hi all, I’m new here today. I am really really struggling at the moment. I have been diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer with sentinel lymph node involvement. I have recently had a lumpectomy and 2 sentinel nodes removed and have just found out they...
Hi, I've been away from the site for a while and some changes seem to have occurred, my old name was not accepted, however old posts under Goldcrest may still be on site. I had a mastectomy 5 years ago, yearly mammograms since have showed no recurrence...
Hi everyone, I'm new to the group, had my lumpectomy and sentinel nodes out 10 days ago, I now have this cording, I read up about it and all info said phone my breast care nurse who will show me how to massage, and will probably put me in touch with a...
Hi, I have been here before and I have been "in remission" from Stage 2/3 Breast Cancer since 2013. Earlier this year I had a false alarm when I discovered a lump in the same breast I had had a Lumpectomy / Radiotherapy. After a somewhat troubling experience...
Hi everyone , I realise this might be controversial and I don’t want to offend anyone , just educate myself. I was just wondering if anyone has explored holistic treatments other than reiki and hypnotherapy. if you have what have you tried and how...
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