Hi, I've had a single mastectomy today. All went well, feeling better than I expected. I'm worried about sleeping with my drain. Been advised to sleep on my back, I never sleep on my back. I normally sleep on my left, I've had the right side removed...
Can people advise how long I can expect to be in hospital and recovery afterwards
Diagnosed with stage 2 grade 3 invasive ductal carcinoma 25/11/14 had breast conserving surgery 23/12/24 on left side and reduction on right side with sentinel node biopsy. Results on 7/1/25 revealed that they removed 24mm tumour with margin of tissue...
Hi all I’m 46 and was diagnosed in October Grade 2 ER + HR2 negative had lumpectomy & senital lymph node biopsy in November and was gutted to hear that they found cancer in one of the 2 lymph nodes they removed. Was given choice to have lymph node clearance...
Hi everyone new here hoping to get answers without using the dreaded google
Hello everyone! I was first diagnosed at the end of August with. DCIS and invasive cancer. Ive had two ops under general anaesthetic, a third one to remove an unclear margin under local - after which the surgeon told me I’d be ‘cured’. Last week I...
Been on Anastrazole for 3 years now. Really noticing my hair is thinning.. never had thick hair, but was so thrilled when it came back after Chemotherapy. The idea of losing it again is really bothering me
I’ve been diagnosed with a hormone positive invasive lobular cancer and was told to stop HRT, which I did. However I now feel absolutely awful with menopause symptoms (the reason I started HRT in the first place). I came across an interview with Kirsty...
Hello All, Hugs to everyone I am 2 weeks post surgery for lumpectomy and SLNB. I have been managing fine, doing exercises and following instructions. However the last couple of days I have had rib pain, breast pain and nipple pain. The pain feels...
Diagnosed with hormone receptive cancer right breast in October - had lumpectomy and 2 shaves in separate ops, DCIS found 6cm on latest shave - therefore mastectomy . Also suggestion of chemo now. No lymph involvement, oncotype test didn’t suggest chemo...
