Hello me again so I went to see the breast surgeon yesterday regarding some pain on the right side where I did radiation, I have pain in the breast bone under where my scaring is and deep pain when I breath in and cough also sneeze. The pain also down...
I was due to get breast lump biopsy results by phone tomorrow but they have called today to say I now have to go in for a face to face appointment. They won’t tell me anything over the phone but I’m now fearing the worst. Has this happened to anyone else...
Hello, I'm new to the community. I'm 38 with young children. I had a single masectomy with immediate diep 3 weeks ago. I'm HER2+ high grade dcis. I had 96mm dcis with 2mm invasion in one part and 1.5mm invasion in another. I'm seeing an oncologist next...
I have had 3 sessions of PC now and on the third session (just over a week ago) I had a reaction to the paclataxil. This week I have had new sensations: heart palpitations, pulsatile tinnitus and intermittent strange sensation, poss nerve related/pulsing...
Had 7 rounds of radiotherapy 2 didn’t work as they couldn’t position my left arm as to painful, had another ct scan today sat to see if they are getting right place, am feeling pretty awful at moment what with getting over chest infection and the tiredness...
Hi All I had a smx in September for ILC. No node involvement and chemo not needed. However the oncologist has recommended 5 days of rads due to the size of the multifocal tumours (4.8cm and 1.8cm). I'm having my 3rd radiotherapy session today but I...
Does anyone know of any outlets that sell clothes that have breast pockets built into them or sell clothes that look nice on flat-chested women? Plus size is needed. Many thanks
so have my pet scan xmas eve, lady was bit vague on the phone when they called, advised cant swallow water, is it ok to flush into the j peg into my lower bowel to rehydrate, "yes" ish was the answer, can any one advise what they did to do the equivalent...
Hi everyone From having a mammogram and then being called to have a scan and ending up with biopsy in breast and lymph nodes to diagnosis has been very surreal. My first appointment with Oncologist to discuss treatment did not go as well as I had so...
Hi everyone I got my last biopsy result yesterday and now know that my cancer is Oestrogen positive and HER2 negative. I'm booked for surgery to remove the lesions from my right breast and my axillary lymph nodes on the 19th December as a day patient...
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