I have just had a skin sparing nipple sacrificing mastectomy after being diagnosed with a 3.3cm lump in my right breast with no spread to the lymph nodes. The cancer is ER positive and HER2 negative. My consultant told me that because the cancer hadn...
I’m 7 weeks into 6 months chemotherapy and immunotherapy prior to a proposed mastectomy. Treatment will be weekly for first 3 months then tri-weekly. After about week 4 my a nostrils became dry and bloody scabs kept forming , no nosebleeds but lots of...
Had my 2 monthly bloods for Abermaciclib monitoring and Calcium is slightly raised at 2.63. Anyone else had raised Calcium and will I need further investigation? I am on Letrozole, Abemaciclib, Apixaban and Vit D. Had Zoledronic infusion in November....
Morning, so I had my first EC chemo treatment on Friday 5th Jan.cold cap was a bit of a shocker! Only for about 15 minutes after that I got used to it. Anyone trying the cold cap I would recommend taking a fabric headband with you to protect your forehead...
I was diagnosed with a breast cancer in September -oestrogen positive only,very small 0.9 cm.After the surgery and the biopsy it was found in one of the sentinel nodes-2mm. The oncologist told me that the chemotherapy will be of a very tiny benefit...
Hi, how quickly can I expect the tamoxifen side effects like nausea and hot flashes to begin , just taken first dose last night.
My breast cancer has been removed on 7th December and there was no spread to lymph nodes. However, the tumour was grade 3 so the oncologist has offered chemo therapy followed by radiotherapy and hormone treatment, as giving me the best possible chance...
Hello, just venting here, I do understand so many people are going through much worse, I’m just surprised by how slllowwwww progress feels. Initial diagnosis 21 November, high grade DCIS, but they wanted to do an MRI to exclude further tumours as the...
Hi Following my lumpectomy and SLNB I now need a second op to get clear margins from a new area which was identified and removed during surgery. This wasn’t picked up on any scans or MRI which is scary. I’ve also been told that there was some low level...
Hi i had my follow up today after my lumpectomy and SLNB. My margins of the lump were clear but a second area of concern was picked up by X-ray during the op. This was also removed and the margins clear but they need a bigger clear margin so another...
