I’ve recently finished my adjuvant chemo and radiotherapy following a mastectomy. My oncotype score was borderline at 28 (25 being the optimum score for avoiding chemo). Anyway, I was given Anastrazole at the beginning of May and my onco said I could...
Hey Everyone, Met my Macmillan Nurse today who has explained everything as my diagnosis was a bit backward. My head was a bit all over the place and my surgery is booked for 20th July, have to tell my boss tomorrow and just wondering how long after...
Hi everyone. Apologies in advance if this turns into a long post! I have just finished my chemo & now facing surgery. I was called into the hospital last week. My latest mammogram shows some calcification in addition to the cancer. The surgeon is...
This may seem ridiculous but after my first session of radiotherapy yesterday I had a stinging sharpish pain and a sore and sensitive nipple the way I had after surgery. Had to take pain killers. The radiologist said it couldn’t have been the treatment...
Hi All Can anyone advise how long I can expect swelling after a single mastectomy with lymph node clearance please? It's been 2 weeks last Tuesday since surgery and I'm not sure if the swelling is easing or not. Or if anyone has any tips on how to lessen...
Hi all i knew my results weren’t good was told stage 3c but hadn’t realised that the grade of my cancer had also changed from grade 2 to 3 , I’m really down about this now , as I have said said in previous comments the outcome just isn’t great for this...
Hi all 3 weeks ago I had a double masectomy went for my results last week , they weren’t the best lump was larger than thought at 8.2 cm and 10 lymph nodes were positive with 1 clear so had clearance in the right side and SLNB on the left which was...
Well today was my last chemo cycle , it was touch and go as to whether it would go ahead because I had covid and was worried it might off affected my white blood cells , so until I got to my appointmnt I still had no idea, but thankgod it went ahead ...
Hi I’ve been in tamoxifen for 8 weeks. 7 weeks ago I had to have my coil removed. Not had a period since removal until last week and had a heavy bleed. Is this normal on tamoxifen. thanks
Hi, I feel a bit of a fraud posting here with such a minor diagnosis, but I've been told I have low grade DCIS and recommended to have a lumpectomy and maybe also radiotherapy. I've had 5 biopsies so far on 3 areas of calcification - one was atypical...
