Hi my mum (78) is mid diagnosis. So far she’s had scans and biopsies done on a 35mm lump in her breast and a small lump in her arm pit. We went to the consultant yesterday to get the results and what we thought would be details of the treatment plan...
Hey all. I am 6 weeks post op after having a lumpectomy. I wanted to ask if it's normal to have hard lump, redness and some bruising still? I was given antibiotics 4 days ago and not much has improved. Is this something that will go away on its own...
I had a mastectomy 2 months ago and lymph node removal and today I noticed a lump under the armpit. It feels soft and I’m sure it wasn’t there yesterday. Is it usual to have a build up of fluid (seroma) after surgery. Not sure whether to message my breast...
Hi.has anyone had been told of extracapsular spread and what it exactly means. All my breast nurse says it's treatable. Although I've had a second mastectomy 4 weeks ago, has it spread anywhere else?
Hi all, I finished my 6 rounds of chemo just over a month ago and am now having maintenance therapy (Phesgo and Zometa) for the next year or so. My hair has just started to grow back but is very grey (I have dyed it for the last few years so didn...
Hello, I had my first cycle of EC yesterday (Thursday). Lady at the macmillan centre day before said I should be good til Sunday, chemo nurse said Monday. I was fine til 7pm last night the day of, then suddenly over come with nausea, itching, shaky...
Hi I have just been diagnosed with early cancer cells in two areas of my right breast after calcification was found and really don’t know how to feel. Has anyone here gone through the same thing?
Hi all, I am new to this forum. I had mediastinal non hodgkins lymphoma nearly 10 years ago with chemo and radiotherapy. I was diagnosed with breast cancer 2 months ago and the plan was to remove it and then radiotherapy. I have had my operation and it...
Hi i am starting ec chemo tomorrow after 12 weeks of paclitaxel with carboplatin. I have triple neg breast cancer stage 2a i am so worried about side effects has anyone had this treatment. ? Any advice welcome thanks Jane
Mammograms miss lobular cancers and tumours in dense (normal) breasts: Julia Bradbury on 5 News at 5 on 17 Jan: https://youtu.be/5DkPsEnsCGI?feature=shared Daily Mail ‘Good Health’ on 9 Jan: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12942157...
