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Hey! well I feel blessed, I am now 6 years post initial mastectomy and am fit, well and currently cancer free. I have just this summer been offered reconstruction. My private health care provider were not happy and it’s taken me a good 6 months to...
I let my low mood go on till l was a weepy wreck,l thought it was just me being ridiculous. Got in touch with the breast care nurse,explained then she phoned oncologist and phoned back saying to stop it and two days later got letter for appointment the...
So had the chemo had mastectomy in Feb 2023, just got my date for reconstruction, told to get high waist compression pants seemless, well it's a bloody mine field! any suggestions recommended products? I've already got the bras from cancer research as...
Hi has anyone suffered with eye problems? I’ve been on Letrozole for fifteen month, but I’m starting to experience symptoms that I think are related. My eyes really hurt on sunny days and I can’t open them in sunlight. This has only happened over the...
I've noticed a few posts discussing post operative and treatment pain and tiredness. I'm yet to have surgery and treatment and in my search for resources on how to best prepare myself I stumbled across this book. www.movingthroughcancer.com/ I really...
My timeline started mid 2020 , I had my single mastectomy towards the end of 2020 then all the treatments they could throw at me. The treatments ended April 2021, They said they had to send me to a different hospital a little further afield for my reconstruction...
Can anyone advise how long to expect to wait for Her2 results. It will be 4 weeks tomorrow since biopsies done and no follow up from the hospital.
Hi. I'm due to have a mastectomy with immediate implant reconstruction but I hadn't considered diep flap reconstruction and now that's creeping into my mind as it is natural as opposed to a foreign body. Anyone who has had diep flap, do you still have...
Good evening, So on Friday last week I was told that I have got Breast Cancer, I’m still in the early stages of taking in this diagnosis and I’ve just started on the very long journey ahead. I’ve joined this group so I can start to get my head around...
Hello All and thanks to Steph for suggesting I log in today. I'm afraid this is going to be a bit of a moan. I had surgery, a lumpectomy and node clearance back before Christmas. Lumpectomy went well. After one cycle of chemotherapy, I ended up spending...
