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Hello ! I had hormonal breast cancer 12 years ago had mastectomy with immediate diep flap reconstruction which failed after a week A few surgeries followed all very difficult followed by 9 years on tamoxifen not easy but got through it and back to full...
Hi. I’m new to the group. I had breast surgery 3 weeks ago to remove invasive cancer plus aggressive DCIs stage 3. They removed 6 nodes at the same time. I am Her2 positive and oestrogen heavy. I went back last week for my results and was told that 5...
Hello i am new to this group. i had my surgery first Mastectomy 1 week ago and found out just before surgery that It was HER2 positive which means I am awaiting my treatment pathway when it will start for chemotherapy and herceptin injections over a...
uk medicines watchdog the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) stuck an alert on one batch of Tamoxifen 20mg tablets. The recall only impacts one batch of the pills, manufactured by Wockhardt UK Limited, with the batch number HZ10030...
Hi I'm new to the group , I have finished 6 rounds of Chemotherapy and am waiting on surgery now , just wondering if anyone had the same result as me , Chemotherapy hasn't really reduced my tumer so probably looking a full left breast removal now instead...
Hello lovely ladies I have not had a straightforward journey. I have invasive ductal carcinoma. Initially the scans showed it wasn't in lymph glands but a micro cell was found in one of lymph glands. They didn't get a clear operation and I had to have...
Hello I was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier in the year. I have since undergone chemotherapy, and have recently had a mastectomy. I still have a way to go yet however, slowly making progress. Until now I haven’t been ready to join any form of...
Hello, I am 50 years old and 2 years post mastectomy, right side, DCIs, high grade, no spread to lymph nodes. All was good until last week when I started to get pain and soreness in the nipple of the remaining breast. I know it is unlikely to be cancer...
Hi I'm new to the group I was diagnosed with breast cancer in February and had a lumpectomy in March everything happened so quickly I didn't have time to think about moving forward after treatment and dealing with my emotions. I'm not coping very well...
Hello, I am really struggling with the wait for a plan... I was referred to one stop clinic and had mammography, ultrasound and core biopsies of a lump in my right breast. I was told at that time (by the radiologist and the consultant I saw after...
