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Hello, I'm a newby to the forum and recently diagnosed with Breast Cancer and had first chemo intravenously. I have been told I have to have a Picc line for ongoing chemo (which I understand why) but don't want this for a number of reasons (mentally...
Has anyone else sustained an arm fracture on the same side as their breast cancer surgery? Were there any special considerations for treatment?
Hi, my mum has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. She had her pathology results back on 16th October and now will receive her onco type score on 19th November, but the letter says ‘appointment with clinical oncology team’, please report to the...
2 years post diagnosis ER+PR+HER-. Had a dry cough, no cold for 4 weeks. 10 days ago I felt an intermittent ache inside my upper chest. I have an appointment tomorrow with my GP because of course I’m always mindful of secondary spread. I don’t want to...
Hi all I was diagnosed with HER2 positive ductal breast carcinoma in July. I had a bilateral mastectomy in September and have just learned that I will now be undergoing a weekly 3 month course of Paclitaxel chemotherapy starting next week. The hospital...
Hello I'm new to all this, just waiting to find out what treatment I will undergo
Hi all - I was diagnosed with invasive lobular (hormone receptive) in late August and following lots of scans etc I've finally got my surgery date of 11 December. Thankfully it was caught relatively early - my boob had changed shape and there was a...
Hi. I am wondering if anyone else has experienced ongoing breast pain after treatment. I had a pereolar lumpectomy five months ago followed by 5 sessions of radiotherapy. My breast was sore after surgery, worse after radiotherapy. Now it feels tender...
I am really struggling with reoccurrence, I am on Letrozole and Zoledex every month and I have lots of aches and pains and severe fatigue. I have had a pain in my shoulder for some time and the Dr thinks it's muscular but I went to see the Oncologist...
I got told i was cancer free a few weeks ago now and i am finishing up radiotherapy this week which is an end to my cancer treatment. Its great (insert forced smile here) but i just don’t feel like i belong anywhere. I am not back to work yet, I’m different...
