People of any background, gender identity or sexual orientation etc can be diagnosed with cancer. Please be welcoming and supportive when talking to others.
We keep this a safe space for everyone. To find out more, take a look at our Community Guidelines.
I has a lumpectomy and radiotherapy for high grade DCIS at age 49 16 years ago. I have recently been diagnosed with a large area of DCIS in the same area and now facing a mastectomy and reconstruction. my consultant said I am very unlucky to have a...
Hi I'm interested in what people did, I know it's coming I'm 2 days, tried to do practical things to make the next few days/weeks bareable but my emotions are all over the place... I've chosen no reconstruction and I know it's right for me but it's...
I had lumpectomy/node sampling/34 rads sessions /tamoxifen and recon (fat grafting then implants) in 2008. Surgeon notes state I had 19 nodes and he took 7 - so I was left with 12. Tumour was 17mm grade 1, ER 3 PR2, HER2 negative all 7 nodes were clear...
Hi everyone. I was just wondering whether anyone cold capped during EC chemo (Red Devil) and managed to keep their hair? I have 2 friends on the chemo ward who have lost a lot of their hair on this drug which is worrying me as I will be starting that...
Hi all. I'm part way through my chemotherapy and my consultant has started talking about the 15 session of radiotherapy that will follow. I've had a bilateral mastectomy and node involvement, so need radiotherapy on both sides in both places. I have...
I had a lumpectomy in April and was healing nicely until a hematoma revealed itself. The incision has a 1cm hole in the middle part (the top and bottom have healed) where the ‘old blood’ is finding its way out. I can see a suture stretched inside the...
I under diagnosis of breast tumor. I had USG, mammography, biopsy, blood test and waiting for the results. I was sent by the doctor to computer tomography (CT) for lungs, pelvis and abomen test. However, I wander if MRI could be done instead of CT (fully...
Hi I am 33 and have had a fibroadenoma for 7 years. It has had an ultrasound 3 times and because I am now over 30 I was offered a biopsy. I was at the breast clinic for something else which was all fine and they offered to do it for "reassurance purposes...
Suffered from day one with constipation tried three different laxatives. Try to eat fibre and drink water walking a bit difficult as I’m on EC atm and as feeling breathless and dizzy , I take thyroxine any help please
Hi, Is anyone on GLP-1 for weight loss whilst on Letrozole and Leuprorelin? My pharmacist said they cant prescribe as GLP-1 affects stomach absorption of the meds. Any advice appreciated.
