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Hi, I've got my mastectomy on Tuesday, weirdly I'm actually looking forward to it, while also scared! I just want it done now. Been told to take in overnight bag, but hopefully I'll be home later that day. I guess I'll get my follow up treatment confirmed...
I’ve been diagnosed with grade 2 lobular breast cancer. It’s also in my lymph so I had a ct scan today. Now need to wait 2 weeks to confirm if it’s jn the breast only. I’ve already waited 5 weeks from mammogram recall to c scan and now need to wait another...
Hi, I’ve just had my 4th PC chemo and have been having heart palpitations on and off for the past couple of weeks. I had a quick ecg and nothing showed up but it was only on for 15 secs and I didn’t have heart palpitations at the time. I am stressing...
Hello! my name is Alex and I’m new here. I was diagnosed HER2+ in 2017. I’ve been taking Tamoxifen since 2018 and have been struggling with fatigue. Initially I thought it was a symptom of the treatment but it hasn’t improved. One oncologist (not my...
Hi everyone I’ve been diagnosed with Metaplastic breast cancer, I’m currently waiting to start treatment and am getting more and more anxious. I spent 5 hours in A&E yesterday as the lump had doubled in size since I stopped Breastfeeding. The surgeon...
Hi All, I had a bilateral mastectomy 10 days ago and have found it much, much easier than I could have imagined. My question is that for the past few days I have been experiencing a lot of soreness under my arm (I had one node removed from this side)...
Dear All, I am just recovering from a mastectomy that was done on Friday. I have been told my results will be back in three weeks’ time, so I will know than if I need chemo or radiotherapy. I would rather be prepared before hand for this, is there anything...
Hello everyone i was just wondering if any of you who have had Taxol experienced any blood in your stool or in pan after your 1st taxol? thanks
Hello all and thanks for reading! After the usual rigmarole, i've got my initial diagnosis of ILC grade 2. Im also waiting on MRI results for an additional 4-5cm mass that is indeterminate on mammo/US as that could change things a bit. When i went to...
Hi, saw surgeon today and she plans on removing all axillary lymph nodes while carrying out mastectomy op. Four nodes are affected. I said I’d like some nodes left, to reduce risk of lymphodoema, but she insists on removing them all. She mentioned that...
