Well, it looks as if I might be back on the roller coaster again. Having had a right mastectomy for a local recurrence a couple of years ago and having had the full works of chemo, 3 surgical procedures, targeted and hormone therapy prior to that, I...
This evening I have been told that my tumour is bigger than the CT suggested and the MRI now states it is 9cm x 8cm. I have been told to expect that they probably wont be able to save the skin. I was so shocked when I heard that that I didnt know what...
The best words you can hear! Lumpectomy July 25, radiotherapy September 25, first mammogram July 26, results today . Such a relief to get the letter today. Yes I’ve got a wonky boob, yes I still get tired, yes I’ve got radiation fibrosis, yes I’ve got...
Good afternoon everyone on this sunny Monday - I have just been diagnosed with Stage 3 Lobular Breast Cancer and about to embark on Chemotherapy prior to a Mastectomy. Im otherwise a very fit, slim, active (I do 1.5hours active work on a farm a day),...
I was diagnosed and had two lymph nodes, nipple and a 1.5 cm tumour removed on 10th June. 4 weeks later the results showed nodes diseased so on 29th July last week had all nodes removed, fitted with a J-VAC drain. Got home the next day with very basic...
Hoping someone here can help with an answer. I was diagnosed in February with DCIS. Had mastectomy and reconstruction end March. At the end of April I was prescribed Letrozole. At the same time I had a visit with the diabetes nurse. Informed me that my...
Hi I have been asked to consider this and have two questions one is what was recovery like? I have been told by the surgeon this could be 6-9 months whereas cancer research states that it could be 8-12 weeks. the second question is how do your breasts...
I had an appointment with my surgeon yesterday who confirmed I have clear margins (after second surgery) following a lumpectomy and no node involvement. My tumour is mixed biology of tubular and ductal and was 16mm (1mm found in margins which resulted...
Hi everyone. Struggling on Letrozole (since November 25) with pain and stiffness, utterly miserable with it. Moved to anastrozole and no improvement. Spoken to 2 people recently who said they were moved on to exemestane and all the pain and stiffness...
I had my blood test yesterday, as my chemotherapy was scheduled for this afternoon. My appointment was at 3:20pm, and I arrived 10 minutes early. There were no other patients waiting, so I was seen immediately. Next day, the nurse called again to inform...
