Hi I was diagnosed with Lobular Cancer in March 2024. I finished my treatment in mid December and have an appointment in 2 days time with the oncologist. I know there must be loads of questions that I should be asking about going forwards, but I'm so...
Hi All im new here - first post so be gentle! I was diagnosed with triple positive BC in June - I’ve had my surgery and they got it all with no spread to lymph nodes . I’ve had my chemo and about to start radiotherapy and am on herceptin, zolodex...
Hello everyone I have been diagnosed with DCIS, non-invasive, intermediate grade, and had a 12 mm lump removed with clear margins. I am 66 and in good health. I have been offered radiotherapy (RT). However, my understanding from the consultant was this...
This maybe a premature question as I still have chemo and radiotherapy ahead of me but I love to swim. I'm not great, or fast but I previously swam once a week for about an hour of steady breast stroke and I need to know that I will be doing this again...
Dear All, I had a mastectomy and lymph node removal on 20th December, the district nurse kindly visited up until new years day and left me a couple of spare dressings should I need them. My question is when do I remove the dressings from the lymph node...
Hi, I’ve just had my 4th PC chemo and have been having heart palpitations on and off for the past couple of weeks. I had a quick ecg and nothing showed up but it was only on for 15 secs and I didn’t have heart palpitations at the time. I am stressing...
Hi everyone I’ve been diagnosed with Metaplastic breast cancer, I’m currently waiting to start treatment and am getting more and more anxious. I spent 5 hours in A&E yesterday as the lump had doubled in size since I stopped Breastfeeding. The surgeon...
Hi All, I had a bilateral mastectomy 10 days ago and have found it much, much easier than I could have imagined. My question is that for the past few days I have been experiencing a lot of soreness under my arm (I had one node removed from this side)...
Dear All, I am just recovering from a mastectomy that was done on Friday. I have been told my results will be back in three weeks’ time, so I will know than if I need chemo or radiotherapy. I would rather be prepared before hand for this, is there anything...
Hi, saw surgeon today and she plans on removing all axillary lymph nodes while carrying out mastectomy op. Four nodes are affected. I said I’d like some nodes left, to reduce risk of lymphodoema, but she insists on removing them all. She mentioned that...
