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Hi As many of you will have read my story, I have recently been diagnosed with 2 X different types of breast cancer. One of those cancers has spread to my lymph nodes. In turn that diagnosis triggered more scans / tests but the scans with contrast...
Hi - I just need some help before I can contact the unit on Monday. I have a UTI which paramedic at y doctors confirmed late yesterday and he’s prescribed antibiotics for 7 days. He wasn’t sure of how it interacted with Abemaciclib but a Google search...
Diagnosed at 75 after finding lump but passed the age of routine screening . Finding great information on breast cancer pages but can’t find one for older folk as we can have slightly different problems mental and physical to cope .
Hi I am three years post treatment for ER+ breast cancer with a grade 3 21mm tumour. I had a lumpectomy, chemo and radiation. Chemo was recommended due to my oncotype score of 27. I was 40 at time of diagnosis. Im currently really struggling to deal...
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 guess where to begin is that I felt a sharp pain in my left breast last September and discovered a lump had formed. Made my gp appointment immediately, having watched and supported my mums stage 4 bowel cancer the same year I wasn’t about to ignore...
Please don't judge me. I have at least 10 swimsuits size 22. Before this last diagnosis and Pic line I did Aqua fit, Aquazumba and Aquamed at least 3 times a week plus swimming with my granddaughters. I have arthritis so it was a perfect workout for me...
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...
Hi again all, Happy New Year!! Hoping to find out experience of what everyone has been prescribed or reccomended for increased bone thinning when treating your cancer. This worries me a great deal as I have another medical.condition that means the...
I'm hoping to have a bilateral mastectomy. I anticipate going flat for much of the time however I may change my mind so I'm looking at options on prosthetics. I have had a standard NHS one to level up my Dolly and Twiggy. I found it hot and generally...
