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Hi everyone I am due to have my surgery very soon and am unsure of what size bras to get. I am currently a 38 H but am having a reduction and uplift on both sides along with the tumour removal. Does anyone have any advice please? ️
Hi all! This is not meant to offend anybody, I'm honestly very grateful for the support I have but I'm feeling particularly fed up and irritated at the moment and noticed some things really bug me so thought ranting her might just let it out. Feel...
Should I straighten my hair before I start chemo and cold capping? I have natural Afro hair. I am told cold capping won’t work on type 4 natural Afro hair. I have only recently been diagnosed with HER2 positive, hormone negative breast cancer. I expect...
Hi. I was told that I couldn’t have reconstruction until 12-15 months following the end of treatment. Was anyone else told this and/or did you manage to get it sooner? My BCN said it was because radiotherapy still keeps working for up to a year or...
Has anyone here been prescribed with an antidepressant while being both on anastrozole and ribociclib? What antidepressant or anti-anxiety were you prescribed? Thank you, Rina
Have been taking Letrozole since May but am recently experiencing pressure in my left ear, a sore tongue and mouth for about 10 days now . Visited the dentist , no problem with teeth but a slight swelling of gum where it joins the two front teeth ,...
Hi, I wondered if anyone else is an emotional wreck I am completely distraught. I’m usually as tough as granite but I’m on the floor literally on the floor. I hit a wall during day five in round one and discover it was the withdrawal from the steroids...
Hello, I’m struggling. I was diagnosed a year ago and am still in the middle of treatment. A lot of this is because I keep freaking out and changing my mind about how to move forward. I had a double lumpectomy in the right breast last December, but...
Hi everyone. It’s happened again, had 4 sessions of paclitaxal and carboplatin and my blood test has returned as elevated liver. This happened after 2nd session too. I’m feeling really down about it as really want to just crack on with it and feel like...
Hi, In February I found a lump in my left breast. I went to my GP who found another lump and was referred to the Breast Clinic on the 2 week pathway. I had an appointment later that week. The consultant found another lump in my right breast and said...
