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Hi im kar new to room i have recently been diagnosed with stage 3 invasive breast cancer and waiting to start chemo how many more tests are there before i start i am now being sent to cardiolgy will i start chemo next this is all new to me and struggling...
This is my first posting on this forum 32 years ago I had BC and now if has come back same place same breast. Because I had intensive radiotherapy in the 1990s I can't have another lumpectomy so I have to have a mastectomy. I am so frightened and...
Hi there, I’ve recently been diagnosed with breast cancer after finding a lump along the side of my left breast. Initially felt like bone or muscle, but following a mammogram, ultrasound and biopsy it was confirmed as a grade 2 tumour. Been told it...
Hey I did another post on here earlier this week… following a referral from my GP I went to the breast clinic this week, the consultant and radiologist pretty much told me I’ve got cancer and discussed different treatment options following a mammogram...
I recently had a mastectomy and am a side sleeper. I have to sleep on a wedge pillow for the next few weeks and find it impossible to get a decent night's sleep. I get an hour, then 20 minutes, then wide awake and it is really debilitating. I am going...
Hi All! I was diagnosed with Stage 2 HER2 positive breast cancer recently and had my first chemo session five days ago. I was ok initially but then Day Four hit me with nausea, loss of appetite and diarrhea. I am concerned that I will lose out even the...
Hi all im just after someone to talk to going through the same … I found a pea sized lump a few months ago and just put it down to thinking I was maybe going through the change ( I’m 46) two weeks ago I had some aching around rib cage especially when...
Hi i had a lumpectomy February followed by 5 doses of radiotherapy in May finishing on 23 May, have been taking tamoxifen since 26 April. Felt increasingly unwell last week but put down to radiotherapy side effects and tamoxifen change of brand. Sunday...
Hi i I am now 2 years on since diagnosis, completing chemo last June. I’ve been on letrozole for 15 months and 9 months on Ribociclib. Have been doing well generally , stamina returning and feeling positive. However over the months on Ribociclib I’ve...
Hello all, Grateful for this space. Still in the midst of diagnosis in order to formalise a treatment plan. I’m 37, at the moment we know I have non specific grade 2 breast cancer with another possible area of early cell changes. Ultrasound looks promising...
