I have just finished 5 months of chemo following surgery last summer for a 4cm tumor (ER and PR positive and HER2 negative). I had 1 lymph node involved and 3 were removed. I am starting 20 RT session on 16th February. I had a full body scan 2 weeks...
I have metastatic TNBC (in remission) and am in my late 60s. When I was originally diagnosed in 2022, I asked about the possibility of testing for BRCA1/2 defects, and was told it wasn’t offered to my age group unless there was cancer in the family. I...
Hello, I have finished 4 x EC and now moving onto 4 x paclitaxel every fortnight. i have heard that neuropathy is one of the side effects and wanted to ask if anyone could share their experiences of this? Is it painful and impact your daily routine? Do...
I was wondering what people’s thoughts are on the NHS not routinely offering scans to check for metastasis of breast cancer. My diagnosis is very new. I have her2+ breast cancer which as I understand is aggressive and fast growing. I have relative to...
Hi i have stage1 breast cancer , nodes are clear but needed urgent re - excision so now bit confused should go with re-excision or mastectomy , my wish to go with mastectomy for peace of mind of recurrence as well as do not want radiotherapy. any...
Hi all, Hope you're okay. I wanted to ask some advice. I have just got home from my 7th chemo session. My cold cap was the wrong size. I'm usually a medium and the nurse was told by a senior nurse to give me a medium but they gave me a large. I didn...
Hi all. I had chemo followed by a mastectomy last year and have been taking letrozol for about 5 months. My cancer was ER+/P-/HER2+. All was going well and I was feeling optimistic but I just fractured my ankle and found out I have osteoporosis. I’m only...
I had a right mastectomy just Iver 2 years ago, then 8 chemotherapy and 15 radiotherapy. I have just found a lump in my collarbone and it's back! I've had a CT scan and I'm awaiting the results to see if it is elsewhere. I have ER+ HER2 negative cancer...
I’m 54 and don’t know where to start with all of this . I had a recall letter after a routine mammogram just 4 weeks ago. I then had a further mammogram, ultrasound and a biopsy. I week later we were back at the hospital when I was told that I have grade...
I was diagnosed with IDC with 1 lymph node mets G3 TNBC in May 2025. I've had carboplatin and paclitaxel, and EC. with immunotherapy. I had a lumpectomy with 4 lymph nodes removed in Dec. Both tumours were removed and margins were clear but the team weren...
