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Hi Everyone, this is my first post. I had a lumpectomy 2 weeks ago for DCIS. Didn't have drains put in at the time, but had to go to clinic today to have a seroma drained. Everyone I have spoken to has had theirs drained with a syringe. I had a thick...
Does anyone else feel that sometimes the whole worlds against you not matter what you do or how hard you try.Since being diagnosed with cancer I feel that everything else is a million times worse and I ask why me.Sometimes it doesn't matter how much you...
Some of you will have seen previous posts when I took the informed decision to refuse chemo but went ahead with lumpectomy and radiotherapy. Well today I finished radiotherapy . I have been so lucky, apart from a seroma after lumpectomy, which was uncomfortable...
Hi, I have 2 EC cycles left, and radiotherapy is being now discussed. I just wanted to hear some of your stories please, how did your radiotherapy go, is it scary, are there side effects? Skin problems? How many did you have, I'm being prescribed...
Hello I am new here, I’ve been diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer which, unfortunately for me has spread to lymph nodes and various parts of my body. Chemo starts tomorrow
I have been taking Letrozole for 3 years now and have noticed that my hair is thinning. Does anyone have any recommendations for help here. Obviously the cause for my thinning hair is probably due to the drug rather than age related therefore i'm not...
Anybody else feel lonely
Hi I’ve recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. In the last three weeks my feet haven’t touched the ground. Tomorrow I’m back at the hospital for a full scan then onto a heart scan. I don’t know about anybody else but I feel swept out to sea .
I was diagnosed in April 2025, Invasive Ductal, Tubular Cribiform Carcinoma, ER & PR positive and HER2 Negative. In the breast and lymph node. I started chemo in May 2025, I had #5 Last week and due to have final #6, end of this month. Im quite a...
Have just 3 weeks ago been diagnosed with breadt cancer .Am dyevto have a mastectomy next week .zim having a hard time processing the fact that I have cancer.i am an emotionally wreck
