How can Macmillan help financially as my sick pay ran out Christmas and I'm off until 28th March. Just will be on ssp,which is totally unacceptable and unhelpful.
Hi everyone. I’ve just joined this group having been diagnosed in November with invasive lobular breast cancer grade 2. I am waiting for an MRI scan to determine how far this has spread then the plan is for surgery and radiotherapy then hormones. I was...
Hi everyone, I’m new to the group. I was diagnosed with ER+breast cancer 2 years ago, aged 58. I had a mastectomy with DIEP flap and was very lucky not to need treatment. Why are you complaining I hear you ask, this site is full of people who are still...
Hello all I got diagnosed mid October after 17 years of visiting my local breast clinic with cysts, I got unlucky this time and was told there was a very small tumour 1.7cm … said I was lucky to catch it so early and had a lumpectomy mid Nov .. next...
I'm 41, I found out in March 2021 that I had a pre cancer after finding a lump, after removal it was discovered that a 3.8mm piece was invasive, another op followed to take a clear margin. A few months later after radiotherapy I was told I was cancer...
Diagnosed in December was June to have chemo last week but had covid in the house. Can you feel the chemo running through you.
Bit of light chat - different from the side effects ….( I’ve had enough of them! Grrr) Got a selection of turban/ hats bought a wig , not worn it out yet , can’t get used to it. After 2 chemo sessions I still have eyebrows- so bought myself a fringe...
Hello. This is my first post. I was diagnosed in May 2021 and had two surgeries in June followed by radiotherapy in mid August. I thought I had sailed through the whole thing but in the past month/six weeks Ive had pain or discomfort around my armpit...
I had my MRI on 22 Dec and was fine waiting for the results until my bcn rang up and made an appt for tomorrow to discuss the results and now I'm nervous as heck. My gut says mastectomy as I've got 2 cancerous lumps and one suspicious fibroadenoma and...
Here I go again. Last October (2021) my routine mammogram came back clear. 5 years of Tamoxifen, due to change to Letrozole in November 2021. I remember at the mammogram that my back was sore, RHS, and leaning into the machine hurt it more. It had been...
