Hi all, hard to believe this is real at the moment but I had a recall today after routine mammogram. I have come here as I am terrified to start googling for information. 6mm tumour which hasn’t spread to lymph nodes. They were very reluctant to tell...
Hi there Unfortunately I was diagnosed with Triple Negative breast cancer yesterday and I'm just here looking to connect with others with experience of similar really, although I do have a previous history skin cancer also so am wanting to share with...
Hi , My name is Rachel Ann and I was diagnosed in April 2022 and started on letrozole in May 2022. Almost immediately my hair started falling out and although I mentioned this to my breast care team they just seemed to dismiss it. Anyway 3 and a half...
Hi I had a wide local excision and radiotherapy just over a year ago for breast cancer and lymph nodes were clear at that time. I have been getting a lot of pain deep in back / chest area and had a ct scan which has shown a lesion in T2. Awaiting an...
Hi there. i had my first round of DOCATEXAL (had 3 cycles of AC previously. had virtually very little side effects from the first 3 however, this new chemo, has hit me like a steam train. i am today on day 8. (Day 5 of injections) i have never...
Hi I was diagnosed earlier this week. I told the specialist nurse and consultant that my husband had been diagnosed with AML (leukaemia) in April and not long finished treatment. I know their focus is on me, but I felt i needed to express more of...
I was recently diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer and have been scheduled for a lumpectomy, followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The diagnosis came as a shock and has caused me many sleepless nights. It took a lot of courage to join...
Hello. I have been diagnosed with both invasive ductal carcinoma (thankfully quite small) and then they also have found lobular cancer (larger area), both ER+ and HER- and I have been told that I need a left-sided mastectomy in the coming fortnight. It...
Hi I am newly diagnosed initially DCI’S and now a few weeks later it’s three small invasive the biggest 7mm lobular and one 6mm positive sentinel macromestatis . Sentinel biopsy was done a month after initial surgery and they took two nodes . I am being...
Hi, i had a lumpectomy and a sentinel lymph node biopsy 3 weeks ago, and just received the crappy news that my margins had cancer cells ,so another surgery, and this time the nipple is being removed plus cancer cells are in my lymph nodes. Has any one...
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