Just over a week since Surgery. Is it normal to feel a large lump inside breast? Not particularly hard. Assuming swelling and bruising? Quite uncomfortable.
Hello, I was diagnosed with a grade 3 IDC and had a lumpectomy in May. The subsequent biopsy showed an unclear margin plus 1 out of 3 lymph nodes with cancer. When I received the histology report it also referred to an area of high grade DCIS 'within...
Hi. I’m sorry but this could be quite a long post! I was diagnosed with TNBC in March 2021, had a lumpectomy for 15mm tumour and 4 lymph nodes removed all of which were clear. Then had 4 EC and 4 paclitaxel followed by 10 radiotherapy. During chemo I...
Hello ladies, want to tell you about my experience. I am 52 (post menopausal) diagnosed with grade 2 invasive ductal breast cancer this July. My cancer is hormone receptive ER and PR positive, and I am HER2 negative. My cancer had spread from my boob...
Hello everyone. I'm new here although I've been living with Advanced Breast Cancer for 11 years now. I'm looking to chat with anyone else who is on Abemaciclib. I've been on it 9 months now. I started on 150 strength, moved down to 100 now considering...
Hi, I had a WLE and a Licap reconstruction 2 weeks ago, my pathology report still isn’t back. Surgeon has advised extra staining is required. I was only identified as having DCIS (6cm), has anyone else had similar and what was your experience? Was the...
Hi has anyone had Docetaxel and not been in lots of pain/hospitalised? I'm about to have 2 of 3 EC (was hospitalised for 2 nights after first EC).... will move to 3 Docetaxel afterwards and am so scared by peoples reactions Not helped by the fact...
HI everyone I was recalled after a routine mammogram, and today found out I have cancer with an 0.8cm lesion and no spread to lymph nodes (hopefully). I was biopsied, and will get pathology results in 2 weeks. I know it's too early to know what...
I had a WLE and Licap. I’m about a week in from surgery and still in a fair amount of pain, I can barely bare to touch the area and haven’t even washed off the surgical marks. It took me a few days to work out the dosing regime for pain killers and...
Hi Everybody, I was diagnosed with complex sclerosing lesions after a core needle breast biopsy that followed mammogram and ultrasound. I was told that I might need Vacuum biopsy and/or MRI. It will have to have an operation to remove the mass....
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