Hi my mum got her onco type result today for Grade 2 IDC Er, Pr positive and Her2 negative. 1/1 node with micro mets. she is 63 and her score was 28! Bit of a shock tbh. She will now have 8 rounds of chemo. Should I be worried or is this just to mop...
Has anyone got any reassurance for radiation to be given instead of axilla surgery post sentinel node biopsy showing one positive 6mm macro in one out of two lymph nodes ? I am freaking out because they don’t know if there is cancer in all the other ls...
Hi all, do I recently joined here after being diagnosed with invasive grade 3 breast cancer. Had follow up 2 week up appointment with the consultant yesterday . So the surgery i had a masectomy and they had to take 6 lymph nodes and the mass was very...
Hello everyone, I found out today that, despite an MRI showing a complete response, I had a tiny amount of residual disease on pathology so will need Kadcyla. I am absolutely devastated and literally feel I have no gas left in the tank to do this. I thought...
I have developed an alarming collection of red patches on my leg which have grown considerable over 2 days. GP has prescribed steroid cream for 2 weeks but has raised the possibility that it could be secondary BC in the skin. There isn’t much information...
I was on Letrozole for 8 months and then had significant depression so my oncologist stopped hormone therapy. I restarted hormone therapy after a 8 months gap switching to Exemestane 25mg. I have been on this for 5 months and my weight is piling on even...
Hi I had a lumpectomy and lymph nodes removed 7 weeks ago. The wound on my breast has been looking and feeling ok for a couple of weeks now. But last night I turned over on bed and I think I've pulled something in it. I had a sharp pain at the time and...
Hi All. Hoping there is someone else out there in my position. I had a lumpectomy on 24 September. Histology showed 12mm cancer which has been fully excised, negative in lymph node for metastatic spread. Tumour was triple positive. Signed off by Surgical...
Hello. Just wondering if anyone else was prescribed injections to boost white blood cells each day for 3 days after chemotherapy? Did you have this every time? I have to inject them into my stomach and this is awful, really hurts.
I had a lumpectomy and full node clearance 12 days ago. I am recovering well and my shoulder and arm movement is really good when doing the rehab exercises. However I am in quite a lot of pain. I have acute skin sensitivity/numbness on the underside of...
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