I have four tumours in my left breast. One benign. Two hormone sensitive and large. One triple negative. I have not had any treatment yet. I am waiting for a scan to see if there is spread. Apparently they don't want to do a mastectomy yet and I don't...
Hello, I have been on Letrozole for 2 years and have been kind of ok with it but suddenly starting getting symptoms such as hot flashes, aches and pains and serious cellulite flabby belly fat! Can’t see why it’s suddenly started after all this time -...
Morning all, I had left sided mastectomy and lymph node clearance 4 weeks ago today and I am healing pretty well. I had my follow up appointment with my surgeon who told me my largest tumor was 6cm and cancer was found in 4 of my 13 lymph nodes. He...
Hi all, I have done my Ec chemo and am now on the Docetaxel chemo, had it a week today. The EC compared to this for me was a walk in the park, Docetaxel has well and truly floored me. Only another 2 cycles to go but absolutely dreading it because...
I had a unilateral tram flap mastectomy and reconstruction 3 weeks ago. I had 7 days in hospital and am now home. I was healing up OK and now have some leakage from my abdomen incision as well as my reconstructed breast. I contacted my surgeon and he...
I've got stage two breast cancer and just had mu ct scan and waiting for results , I'm feeling very anxious about the outcome , really hope it's not spread anywhere else , hopefully I won't be waiting too long .
After the injection before the op, my left arm above the elbow went very red. 12 hours later it is still the same. It's not sore or itchy. Another patient told me it was a reaction to the injection. I think they are probably right, but when can I expect...
Hi all, A few months ago someone posted a list of lots of useful information for people about to go through chemotherapy which I now can't find. Does anyone know where this is? I think it may have been done as a blog. TIA and have a great day everyone...
Quick history - lobular cancer with nodes. Mastectomy with axillary clearance. No reconstruction. Chemo 3 xec and 3x docetaxel. Just about to finish 15 sessions of radiotherapy. On anastrozole and zoladex injection monthly. Next challenge is abemaciclib...
Newspapers today are full of stories of Elle MacPherson being in remission despite declining chemo, radiotherapy, mastectomy and hormone blockers. Apparently spent 8 months treating herself with alternate therapies 7 years ago. I find this reporting deeply...
