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Dear All, I have been diagnosed with stage 2 lobular cancer; the lump was 13 cm and 10 lymph nodes were also found to be cancerous. I saw my oncologist for the first time last week after having a mastectomy and came away feeling a bit disheartened as...
It is proposed that I am put on Fulvestrant injections and Abemaciclib after being on Letrozole since June 24 but Ct scans have shown further issues beyond the metastasised breast cancer in my bone marrow. I am concerned about the doubling up of side...
Hi, I am 3 weeks post surgery, WLE and SLNB. My results were good, no spread. I was really pleased, however 1 day after results I was completely floored with exhaustion. I didn't move the whole day. As with most cases, the time from recall to results...
Hello All I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long to make it to the breast cancer forum! I was diagnosed with Stage 1, Grade 3 HER2+ BC last October I’ve had surgery (2 lumps) and am 5 weeks into chemo - Paclitaxel, Trastuzumab and Zoledronic...
Evening im new here just wanted to ask some questions if anyone would be kind enough to help , my mum had advanced aggressive breast cancer and died in 2011 my two aunts on my mums side ( she came from a large extended sibling group of 7 girls ) also...
Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing as well as can be expected given what we are all going through. I finished chemo almost 3 weeks ago & am still feeling a bit off and wondered how long I can expect to feel like this. This last session seems to have...
Hello people, I'm 3 weeks post therapeutic mammoplasty, worried about letrozole treatment and if I'll be able to tolerate it.
Hi, l was first diagnosed with Breast cancer September 2024 (age 35) and after lots of tests now on my treatment journey. Having a four and half year old who just started in early years at school and my wedding October I was busy thankfully so didn...
hi I posted a few weeks ago asking for the forum's tips on prepping for RT which was really helpful. I've now started just finished day 2/5 today but didn't expect side effects so quickly.. since yesterday (day 1) I had pain and shooting pains in...
Hi All, I had surgery yesterday to remove a small invasive lobular tumor and sentinel lobe removal which went well but I was also told that my HER2 result had come back as positive. The tumour was also estrogen positive. i won’t know what the treatment...
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