Hi everyone. First message... 58 years old, just feeling at my very best and fairly new found freedom from child rearing and looking after elderly parents then wham breast cancer diagnosis! Long 2 week wait for lumpectomy. Underlying anxiety while trying...
Hello x had my first EC chemo on Friday and feeling very isolated. It’s like they poison your body and send you home for 3 weeks to do it all again The thought of having to do this again 5 times is daunting I know there’s worse off than me and I should...
Hello! i'm Dee from Coventry, aged 60. I was just diagnosed with stage 1 in a 4cm lump in my right breast and the mammogram has found 2 on the left breast so I'm bookedin for bipsies of those and also my armpits next Tuesday. It feels like its all happpening...
Hi. I’ve just been diagnosed with mets in my spine after 25 yrs clear of breast cancer. This was discovered after a spell of breathlessness . To say I’m in shock is an understatement. It’s like everything I had planned has been snatched from me. I...
Hi - I’m a week and a half in from having a lumpectomy and the removal of three nodes. Diagnosis to surgery was 10 days so it has been a whirlwind. I’m Grade 1, Level 2. Currently doing my best to rest which is hugely frustrating but torally understand...
Hello I am new here, I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in December, we have BRCA2 in the family, I had lumpectomy and lymph node biopsy just before Christmas, which came back with high Ki-67, so just started Chemo, and I feel a bit worse for...
hi, anyone tried regional chemo treatment? i was told such treatment is less invasive and less side effects. I'm looking having it done in Germany. any of you have done that?
Hello, I have had pain in my boob for 5-6 weeks, went to the Dr who can feel a lump so sent a referral. My appointment is tomorrow. I have had some cysts removed by needle in the past and ducts removed (non cancerous) due to blood staining, I havent had...
Hello everyone I suppose I am using this as an opportunity to say hello as I have recently found myself becoming part of the breast cancer community. I also wanted to be able to write about how I am feeling. I found a lump on 1st Feb and was quickly...
Hi I'm Trudy. Had lumpectomy, node removal and radiotherapy Jan 24.went for follow up scan and have been asked to come back. Very very anxious about everything. Have anxiety and depression feeing overwhelmed. Help!
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