Hi everyone, my name is Francesca, and I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer late February.. Had a lumpectomy in march..which went well, and no lymph nodes were affected. I was desperatley hoping all I might need after that would be radiotherapy.. Which...
Hi, Im 36, I found a lump a few months ago, I know ive left it but I left it as it doesn't feel like the cyst i have had in the past. My new lump feels more hard, like thickend skin, its on the inside of my breast not the outside, the gp said it felt...
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Hello ! I had hormonal breast cancer 12 years ago had mastectomy with immediate diep flap reconstruction which failed after a week A few surgeries followed all very difficult followed by 9 years on tamoxifen not easy but got through it and back to full...
Hi. I’m new to the group. I had breast surgery 3 weeks ago to remove invasive cancer plus aggressive DCIs stage 3. They removed 6 nodes at the same time. I am Her2 positive and oestrogen heavy. I went back last week for my results and was told that 5...
Hello i am new to this group. i had my surgery first Mastectomy 1 week ago and found out just before surgery that It was HER2 positive which means I am awaiting my treatment pathway when it will start for chemotherapy and herceptin injections over a...
Hi I'm new to the group , I have finished 6 rounds of Chemotherapy and am waiting on surgery now , just wondering if anyone had the same result as me , Chemotherapy hasn't really reduced my tumer so probably looking a full left breast removal now instead...
Hello I was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier in the year. I have since undergone chemotherapy, and have recently had a mastectomy. I still have a way to go yet however, slowly making progress. Until now I haven’t been ready to join any form of...
Hello, I am 50 years old and 2 years post mastectomy, right side, DCIs, high grade, no spread to lymph nodes. All was good until last week when I started to get pain and soreness in the nipple of the remaining breast. I know it is unlikely to be cancer...
Hi all I’ve been reading many posts as I wait for my results and have found the messages helpful so I thought I’d write as well, even if it’s just to get things off my chest. I’m 39 and have family history of breast cancer (paternal aunty). I saw...
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