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Morning everyone! I'm new here. I'm 37 years old, I was diagnosed in April 2025 with Invasive Ductual Carcinoma Grade 3 Triple Negative Breast Cancer and I have BRCA1 mutation. I started weekly Carboplatin/Paclitaxel chemo in May, finished end of August...
Hi. Just wondered if someone could help me who’s maybe gone through the same. I have had 3 rounds of EC. The first was horrendous so they lowered the dose which was capable. I have just had my first of docetaxel + herceptin. First day very sore leg. Day...
Hi All, This is my first time on this site. I want to share my experience of my last mammogram. All went well as per usual, until I had to present my breast for a side squash, in doing so the pain was absolutely excruciating. Now my last one three years...
Hi I have had a-recent triple positive diagnosis, a clear post op result in lymph and breast. ~ has anyone else battled with the juxtaposition that being ‘cancer clear’ and then being told you need all that treatment a total nightmare ? I feel like...
I have my first mammogram after wide local excision & 5 fractions of radiotherapy. Was told all was clear at beginning of June so I know I’ve been very lucky but I’m still scared about today
Hi, Has anyone had bilateral bronchocentric opacities found on ct imaging. Mine have been watched for 7 months and they've done a bronchoscopy waiting for results. Just wondering if anyone one has had this and it lead to breast cancer being found...
Hi all, I am new here - feeling very scared. I found a lump in my left breast last week and went to the consultant today. He examined me and he thought it was a cyst. I was sent for a mammogram and ultrasound, which I was told by the radiologist were...
Hi, I was diagnosed with TNBC in October 2024 after I found a lump that did not show up on mammograms. I went through Chemo, surgery, radiotherapy and then another 6 months of Chemo and finished up in January this year. I was given the all clear at...
Im utterly devastated. I had this gut wrenching feeling it was going to be cancer, but now i feel im on the verge of being given even worst news. Today I was told its in my breast and lymph nodes and its a grade 3 cancer. I've had bad hip and thigh...
Good evening, I haven’t messaged for ages. I finished treatment for breast cancer in September 2021. 4 years cancer free and so grateful. The problem now is how can my body still feel so battered and bruised 4 years on. I’m tired, my body aches, I feel...
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