Hello, I’m 31 & have 2 young boys. I found a hard lump in my right breast on Monday & have been referred to the breast clinic. I forgot to mention to the Dr I also have bruising around the breast & a sore itchy nipple. I’m in the clinic on Tuesday next...
Hi I have had 6 rounds so far with another 2 to go, I have been using the cold cap which I find absolutely horrendous but it seemed to work until the last time when I lost about 50% of my hair overnight. This was an awful shock to me, for me having my...
Hi everyone, My chemo starts on November 21st. I’m having 6 rounds of Docetaxel & Carboplatin aswel as Trastuzumab. I had been planning to try the cold cap but I haven’t heard that many successful stories of it being worth it. I was told the chemo...
Hi I’ve recently been diagnosed with cancer in my left boob. It’s DCIS and a large area but consultant wants to know which op I want back LD flaps or surgery to remove the cancer and a breast implant I have no idea which to go for any advice from...
Hello everyone, I thought it wise to join a support group facing the challenge of breast cancer. I was diagnosed a month ago today with IDC 2B G2 boob cancer in one boob. Got a mini donut in there apparently. Now poised to meet the oncology team to...
After 6 cycles of Doxetaxel, Carboplatin and Phesgo every 3 weeks ftom June for grade 3 5cm her2 positive invasive ductal carcinoma in left breast. I had an almost complete response to chemo and was left with 5mm before surgery to remove the rest. I start...
Hello-all.. I’m a single parent, have elderly parents who I try to support, I work full time in a demanding career and I'm waiting for a month for either breast conserving surgery or mastectomy. I am ‘likely’ to need radiotherapy and ‘possibly’ chemo...
DCIS, Masectomy,lump found, BRAC2, Tamoxifen for 11 years, just recently found large swelling in chest wall, scan done, needle biopsy, CT scan and core biopsy, said it is large tumour also showing fluid in lymph nodes, waiting on treatment plan 23rd Nov...
Well found my Breast Cancer 15/07/23 my god I knew straight away what it was. Then followed scans tests mastectomy left side with Lymph nodes. Chemo for 4 months radiotherapy and now Letrozole and now a new one which is fun not Abemaciclib. I’ve gone...
Hi all, I’m new to this group. I was diagnosed with breast cancer, stage3 with nodal involvement 3 months ago. I’m halfway through dose dense EC followed by Paclitaxel. The Paclitaxel cycles (first of 4) start tomorrow. Up til now, I’ve been very calm...
