Hi had a WLE & Licap mid January 22. I had some complications (see other posts) but have just been given pathology results. I had clear margins on all but one side of the lumpectomy and now they are recommending masectomy. They originally estimated 6cm...
Pretty nervous about upcoming appointment with surgeon on Thursday. Scared he'll say in lymph nodes and not got clear margins. Trying to be positive but feel physically doing well, not mentally. Trying to keep busy, would help if I could sleep a little...
Hi all, I am awaiting my follow up appointment after my second op 2 weeks ago. I have been told I will be prescribed either tamoxifen or Letrozole depending on my blood test to confirm where I am in the menopause. The specialist nurse told me via phone...
I had to waite 8 months for my op i will have it on the 10th march 2022 they would not do it because i had a infushion around my heart and lung i have had a clip put in now i have got to have a seed put in before op they put me on anastrozole tablets...
Feeling low today. A week to go until I see the surgeon since the lumpectomy mammoplasty 6 days ago. I also am on antibiotics and they make me feel rotten but at least I nipped an infection in the bud. I have no energy though. TV has been a godsend but...
Hiya all I just really wanted to talk. I was diagnosed with breast cancer August and after a biopsy was told it was grade 3 triple neg and would need chemo after surgery . So I had the lumpectomy end of September and was given an oncologist appointment...
Hi, I'm kit 56. Had my lumpectomy day before yesterday. And some sort of lymph sentinel removal. Day patient but there for many more hours (10) than most due to me feeling so so ill dizzy, sick from the hated vile morphine. They gave me some pain...
Hi all, Absolutely terrified. Went for my first mammogram a fortnight ago following successful treatment last year (grade 3 HER-2 pos) of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, currently taking exemestane and receiving prostap injections. During the...
I am deliberating whether chemotherapy is the pathway for me….. I have Grade 2 ER+ HER-2- breast cancer with one lymph node positive and chemotherapy is now very much in the balance. 7 weeks ago I had a mastectomy as I had 3 x <2cm lobular tumors along...
Hello fellow BC tolerators! I’m new here and thought I’d just get established before, my chemo starts in about 2 weeks and I need a witter about it! Just signed my consent form today. I had an oncotest and scored 28, so decided to go ahead and power through...
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