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Dear All, I will be getting my biopsy results on Thursday and have been told to prepare for a cancer diagnosis. I am just putting together some questions to ask the consultant and my head is all over the place. Please can anyone advise me of the main...
Hi everyone I have been diagnosed with breast cancer and am due to undergo lumpectomy and sentinel node removal in 2 days time. Im so very worried about the surgery and the effects it will have on the fibromyalgia shooting pains that I experience constantly...
Ive had breast cancer. 16 rounds of chemo and surgery (lumpectomy and axillary clearance) 3 and a half weeks ago. saw my surgeon Thursday to get the good news that there’s no evidence of cancer but he wants me to have an ultrasound as there were only...
Had breast cancer last year and have first annual check in 2 weeks and I’m getting anxious. Do they mammogram and scan. I had mammogram after diagnosis and it never showed anything so not confident unless I also get scan.
Hi I was diagnosed with breast cancer September 2022 I’ve had a mastectomy and just recieved my Onca type test results which recommend me to have chemo. My first chemo session is on Monday and I’m really anxious about it. Any advice from anyone who’s...
Hi everyone I had stage 1 breast cancer grade 3 in 2021.i had chemo and radiotherapy and I am taking letrazole for 10 years. I went for a chest xray a couple of weeks ago were 3 nodules shown up which then I had to go for a CT scan I get my results...
Hi I start this chemo in a couple of weeks, once a week for 12 weeks then once every 2 weeks for 8 weeks. Can anyone let me know their experiences they have had with the treatment please? Im an organiser so like to be prepared before I start treatment...
I'm 61 years old and 10 days ago was diagnosed with triple negative, grade 3 breast cancer. My husband and I have been together for 8 years. We both have grown up children and I have a grandson. We live in gorgeous countryside in the Southwest. ...
anyone know how long you are recommended to wear compression socks after a lumpectomy???
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