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Hi Everyone I'm having a single mastectomy on Friday with no immediate plans for reconstruction. I want to get through all treatments before considering more surgery at this moment in time. Please could you share your coping strategies that made the...
I hope this is ok to post here. I’ve a friend who is going in for breast cancer surgery in a few weeks and I wanted to make her a small “gift package” for going into hospital (I’m not in the same country so can’t visit). I was thinking things that could...
Hi I was very recently diagnosed with grade 2 ductal cancer. It is hormone positive but don't know yet whether it's Her2 + and also waiting for results of lymph node biopsy. I've just been given an appointment to meet a surgeon next week. Does that mean...
I have 2 tumours which are Her 2 positive but my lymph nodes are cancer positive but Her 2 negative. will I be treated as Her 2 positive and have chemo first?
Hi, I've just been diagnosed with high grade DCIS, but I'm struggling with how to feel about it. I'm feeling stressed about the surgery and possible radiotherapy. I have been told to stop my hrt, so I'm worried about that aswell. I'm struggling to focus...
Hi, I am a 72 year old woman, full of life, totally healthy, and care free . Then while doing my check-up two months' ago, I found I had breast cancer in both my breasts. I cann't tell you how many sleepless nights I have had worrying about the big "C...
Hi all, I’m Ake, age 40, grade 3 ductal carcinoma with DCIS, HER2+, ER- (don’t have PR results yet). I’m doing chemo before surgery, it’s been really hard to get things started but I finally started yesterday - except that I had a mild allergic reaction...
Ok bored of waking up at 3am feeling 3 million degrees!! sage ……. Or anything….. anything that’s worked for anyone? thank you !!
Hello Everyone, this is my first post. Hoping to chat with those lovely persons who have this particular cancer type, and if they chose Chest Tube insertion with Pleurodesis or opted for IPC, and what their experiences of either were like. My primary...
Anyone else heard of this ? It was a new one on me. my diagnosis is invasive carcinoma with apocrine features, hormone negative, HER2 positive. The consultant hasn’t been keen to talk about it. ‘You don’t need too much information’ they say, which makes...
