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Finished my radiotherapy about 4 weeks now had infection under arm and very sore and wild so had antibiotics thank god all cleared up, have been up and down as still recovering from op to remove lump in left breast and lymph node’s under arm, also had...
Hello everyone, I had a mastectomy and sentinel lymph node biopsy in November and yesterday I had an appointment with the clinical oncologist. I take medication that contra indicates with Tamoxifen so he suggested I take hormone therapy for women...
My diagnosis has completely knocked me off of my feet. It’s all I can think about. I panic all day long and feel so depressed. I feel guilty that I’m not able to push it down and carry on with my day. I haven’t worked since I found out and if I don’t...
Hello all everyone. I am due to have a mastectomy in the new year after small recurrence of breast cancer. I had a lump removed in 2020 and was fortunate that I only had a short course of radiotherapy afterwards followed by a breast reduction on the other...
Hi everyone - recent diagnosis and will be having single mastectomy. I just wondered what helped you in deciding on reconstruction or not. Feeling but overwhelmed by the options .
Hello I posed last week for the first time. I now have more info and I've been told I am Her2 positive and estrogen positive (I'm learning so much). At present the tumour is to big to operate. The plan is to force the menopause and then have hormone therapy...
Hi have been on anaztrazole for over 18 months now but feel cold most of the time .And it's so hard to keep my weight stable even though I doing slimming world most of the time .
Hi all. I'm 5 weeks post bilateral mastectomy without reconstruction, with sentinel node removal. My recovery has been going well and it's been much more manageable than I thought it would be; far fewer wobbles than I thought I would be having! I...
Well this seems to be my first day , today after an ultrasound and biopsy ( which I’m awaiting the results ) I was told the lump in my breast is presenting itself as cancer the biopsy will confirm although it’s day 1 I’m struggling to digest the information...
Hiya, I got diagnosed with breast cancer 2 weeks ago. My Doctor said that is was 4 centimeter ductal invasive and grade 3 so apparently pretty aggressive. It was hormone and Her2 positive. I've been offered support by the volunteers at the macmillan...
