Had my consultant appointment yesterday to discuss surgery and I have decided on theraputic mammoplasty as I just dont think i could cope with having a mastectomy my surgeon thinks this is the best option for me too and im glad after 10 weeks we have...
Hi im kar new to room i have recently been diagnosed with stage 3 invasive breast cancer and waiting to start chemo how many more tests are there before i start i am now being sent to cardiolgy will i start chemo next this is all new to me and struggling...
This is my first posting on this forum 32 years ago I had BC and now if has come back same place same breast. Because I had intensive radiotherapy in the 1990s I can't have another lumpectomy so I have to have a mastectomy. I am so frightened and...
Hi all im just after someone to talk to going through the same … I found a pea sized lump a few months ago and just put it down to thinking I was maybe going through the change ( I’m 46) two weeks ago I had some aching around rib cage especially when...
Hi i had a lumpectomy February followed by 5 doses of radiotherapy in May finishing on 23 May, have been taking tamoxifen since 26 April. Felt increasingly unwell last week but put down to radiotherapy side effects and tamoxifen change of brand. Sunday...
Hi i I am now 2 years on since diagnosis, completing chemo last June. I’ve been on letrozole for 15 months and 9 months on Ribociclib. Have been doing well generally , stamina returning and feeling positive. However over the months on Ribociclib I’ve...
Hello to all, I know many of us are receiving, or about to receive radiotherapy treatment. We are advised to use non perfumed moisturiser. I took the time to find a natural product and found Balmonds. Across the products I am using, the ingredients...
hi i started chemo last Tuesday and it hasn’t been going too well. I had a reaction to the GCSF ( filgastrim ) injection which meant I ended up in A&E for a while and oncologists have said no more injections. And for the last two days I have been experiencing...
Hi all. I am 7 weeks post WLE and SLNB i finally had my results yesterday. i have had the known and an unknown smaller tumour removed with clear margins. They had taken one lymph node which had cancer. They have sent part of the tumour for Oncotype...
ANY advice would be greatly appreciated. My mother had a lumpectomy 6 weeks ago and has had three abscess in that time. The last drained 24 hours ago. She’s due to start radiotherapy next Thursday but is 79 , exhausted and the breast is very inflamed...
