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Hi all ,I had breast surgery in 2023 november, I had the blue dye and expected to go in a year,however it did fade but still not gone, also seems to of spread out looks like faint bruising and sort of red patches too , it is a little sore id catch it...
Hi, I recently finished almost a year of breast cancer treatment - surgery, multiple rounds of chemo and some radiotherapy. I started tamoxifen about 2 months ago and haven't had any real problems with it. Beginning to feel a bit more myself again with...
Hello Am starting chemo next week. When I saw oncologist he said that I need to get a thermometer - so can monitor at home. He explained that if temp goes above 37.5 - then it's a trip to a & e. Would need to tell them 'chemo / fever' - which should...
I've been told by my pharmacist that they re struggling to get hold of Zoladex from the manufacturer. Has anyone else experienced this recently?
In Jan 21, diagnosed with stage 3 aggressive er+ cancer. Had mastectomy,+ removal of 3 lymphs which showed cancer, had 1/2 hardcore chemo plus Letrozole. The latter was dire in term of side effects so stopped it, some symptoms got worse, after investigation...
Morning everyone, I'm here as I found a breast lump very recently & have been referred under the 2 week wait pathway (although initially I thought this meant the GP wanted me to come back & see him in 2 weeks!) The GP was lovely but made me feel a...
Hello, New to the forum and page..I just got my diagnosis yesterday at 5.30pm... Friday.. I was sent out ofnthe hospital knowing I had breast cancer at the weekend with no support. I am in shock and now have to play the waiting game on the biopsy test...
Hello everyone i realise DCIS is probably the best thing to be diagnosed with but it’s taking a little getting used to! Think I’ll feel better when I find out the next step of treatment.
I’m posting because I wondered if anyone else on here has had the same diagnosis. I’m also not really clear about what my pathology results mean. If anyone can ‘translate’ then I would be grateful if you could let me know? I have an ‘encysted papillary...
Hello My name is Tracey I am new to this group. My surgery starts in two weeks with stage 2 her 2-1 breast cancer. All sorts of names have been given for my diagnosis but looks like I'm having masectomy and up to 20 lymph nodes removed. There is...
