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Hi to you all I’m new here. I live in Spain and got diagnosed in January. I had to have a mastectomy because the lump was so big and included skin and nipple. I had to have 2 stage reconstruction because I’m a size 8 so I didn’t have any choice to have...
Hello everyone just recently diagnosed with DCIS breast cancer (high grade) i’m awaiting for my operation which will be very soon. I’m feeling so nervous. sending everyone healing vibes x
Hi all, i was diagnosed recently with invasive lobular stage 1 grade 3 breast cancer, some results are back from my biospy, ER8 & PR8, still waiting on the HER results & MRI My next appointment is Monday, the wait is starting to get me down, my husband...
Hi all, I hope you are all staying strong in your battle. I am reaching out to say that I went through this journey 5 year ago at age of 44 with no family history. I had a healthy life style as well! I was diagnoded with TNBC, nearly 3cm tumor. I was...
Hello everyone, my story began just over a month ago. I found a lump because the elastic has gone in my sports bra, I was putting it on before my Zumba class and had to manoeuvre myself into it. I wouldn’t normally have cause to reach underneath my breast...
where to start.....? just had my 2nd 'round' of chemo today. Sat in the treatment room for approx 5 hours. A cannula in one arm, a cold cap on my head (uncomfortable - but my 'choice'), not particularly engaging nurses, and I just wanted to run out...
Hi All I’ve suddenly developed breast pain in my left breast, where the original cancer was, over the past week or so, I can’t feel a lump but then I didn’t feel my original lump. There’s no bruising either and I haven’t banged it. Could it still...
Recently I was having a conversation re needing to have my ‘wide excision’ surgery repeated as ‘the margins were not clear enough’. This was devastating news to receive only 2 weeks after surgery and then having to go through surgery again 30 days after...
Hello everyone, I just wanted to post about my experience of Letrozole and Ribociclib, as I have met quite a number of women in the last six months who have been offered these drugs, but due to reading about the possible side effects, have declined...
Hi to all recently diagnosed with stage 2 hormonal breast cancer and I have surgery booked for 19th June. i am more annoyed than anything, this diagnosis, i feel, is a real inconvenience. I havent been upset yet, just annoyed. is this a natural...
