Hi all.I was diagnosed with Stage 1 in December. It’s been a whirlwind of appointments & then surgery (they have everything yay). Oncologist is on February to start the next stage in this journey.
Hello, I was diagnosed with breast cancer in November. Six weeks later I was told it had already spread and was now in my bones (lower back). I’ve started chemotherapy but what happens after that is still a bit unclear. I’m 45 with a young family. To...
Hi all? I have been diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer, oestrogen HRT 2 plus, invasive ductal cancer, don’t have a clue what’s going on, going to get the nipple and lump removal first, then they said about checking the lymph nodes, if affected then...
Hi my name is Lorraine and I’m new here. I was diagnosed with stage 2 cancer in a 2 cm tumour in my breast. This was 2 days before Christmas 2021, following a call back after my 3 yearly mammogram. Everything has happened very fast since then. I had my...
Hello, I am new(ish) here (had a quick look for some information earlier). I am mid 40s and have routine mammograms which picked up microcalcifications at the end of summer. Multiple mammograms and biopsies later all the areas of chalk were found to be...
Hi Every I’m new here and hoping I’m doing this right. I have been diagnosed with DCIS 10mm high grade. I had lumpectomy surgery on Jan 17th and am trying to cope with the pain. Not too bad but nights are the worse as I can’t get comfortable now the anaesthetic...
Hi everyone After going through chemo and radiotherapy which finished in November 2021, I started on Tamoxifen. I had been feeling fairly positive throughout the whole process but I find my mood is very low recently. I am blaming Tamoxifen for this...
I would like help in what foods to eat and what to avoid during chemo please
I was diagnosed in December 2021 with a new local recurrence of breast cancer, 9.5 years after I first had breast cancer. The lumps are in my lymph nodes near where my original lump was. I had thought had all lymph nodes had been cleared when I was first...
Hi, I have just joined today. I went for my routine mamagram back in July got a recall in September where the found a lump in my breast. Had a lumpectomy beginning of November and 5 sessions of radiotherapy in December, they were on the fence regarding...
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