one year ago diagnosed with breast cancer been through mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy now on letrozole all other treatments paused because l have now been diagnosed with a second primary cancer of the oesophageal booked in for a scan next week...
Hi I had a mastectomy and ld reconstruction on 3 January. I still have a lot of swelling between my armpit and ribs, is this normal as I want to go back to work. Thanks.
I'm 10 days out from second Herceptin injection and still feeling a bit sick/nauseous and having diarrhoea. Have other people had this and does it settle?
Hi All After DCIS diagnosis, op and radiotherapy. (the speedy but high dosage type that they have now stopped using) things are a bit wonky. My surgeon wants to do a second op to even things up a bit - he was suggesting straight lipofill but now thinks...
Hi hoping someone can help. Had BC 4 years ago, lumpectomy and radio. So been on yearly mammograms. Last year they picked up calcifications in opposite breast. And having many biopsies etc the diagnosis was LCIS - which means higher risk of cancer...
I went to my GP last Friday feeling breathless with asthma flare up preventers and relievers not being effective. He noted I'd had chemo for BC and just finished radiotherapy and that I was on tamoxifen. Did BP and oxygen levels etc blood pressure and...
Hello All. I have been told I have a rarer form of BC - mixed invasive ductal and lobular cancer. I can't find much information on it and was wondering if anyone had experience of it. My main question is whether you decided on lumpectomy or mastectomy...
I started my chemo journey on Tuesday (4 days ago) 1st day felt a little tired, 2nd day ok until later on when I started to get some upper leg pain/aches, 3rd day leg pain continued then with tummy pain and discomfort, today legs are not as bad, tummy...
I’ll be starting my treatment journey ..starting with chemo on Tuesday …I’m finding it so difficult to explain how I’m feeling ..I’m so scared and can’t help but think these are my last days of feeling normal and being able to do normal things… am I overthinking...
Hi all, I went through a lumpectomy and radiotherapy last year for DCIS high grade and intermediate. A few months ago I started getting tiny blisters on my nipple (same side as the treatment was) then the other day a blister bled a little. Went to see...
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