I have been told I need a mastectomy I can’t have radiotherapy as I had this 5 years ago, I can’t have reconstruction at same time as I have liver problems and consultant has advised NHS waiting time is 4/5 years but I can go private after 1 year once...
Had lumpectomy in apr, radiotherapy in June and all went fantastic no problem back to work etc. then in July infection on scar. Learned after a week great, then end of August it all started and hasn’t stopped. First they said abscess then seroma then...
Hi, has anyone else been dizzy when taking anastrozole. I was really dizzy and stopped taking for a for a couple of weeks, after discussion with BC Nurse. The dizziness seemed to subside after a few days, I have just started taking again, just one dose...
Hi out there Can anyone share their experience with having an axillary clearance operation. I had mine 1 week ago. Still have feelings of a dead arm and total numbness of under arm and breast. Really uncomfortable feeling. How long can I expect this to...
Well still waiting for second biopsy - hospital says it’s waiting on delivery of Speacilists needles for this type of biopsy. but although I have spoken ( not had any face to face only with radiologist at first biopsy) to surgeon(privately) oncologist...
Hi I don't know if anyone else has been in this situation. I was diagnosed with breast cancer summer 2021 had a mastectomy as lump was rather large on my right side but fortunately no further treatment except for taking tamoxifen. I had an MRI before...
Hi, anyone else had bad joint pain with this tablet
In the middle of chemo as belt and braces approach following a mastectomy with node involvement for a Grade 2 lobular cancer - just wondering if anyone has any experience of chemo actually successfully shrinking a Grade 2 lobular BC prior to having their...
My mum had the all clear from early stage breast cancer last year around may. She completed radiotherapy in august. She had Zometa infusion in October 2022. After the infusion she got uveitis, which doctors thought was possibly caused by the Zometa infusion...
Breast cancer found on routine mammogram after biopsy . Couldn’t feel lump and neither could dr or nurse . Asked to be in SMALL study . Two days after consent signed I had Vacuum extraction of cancerous lump under local anaesthetic and ultrasound followed...
