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Hi everyone. I was diagnosed in 2021, had chemo for 5 months. Then a double mastectomy followed my radiotherapy. My active treatment was all finished by September 2022. I spent the next year panicking over every headache, tummy ache, achy muscle as my...
Hi, I’m new to this group, apologies if I’m unclear or not posting in the right place. My sister had breast cancer at the age of 46, 15 years ago. She’s had back pain since September and has been to GP many times, given diagnosis of sciatica amongst other...
I am due to start my radiotherapy tomorrow. I don't know why but I am scared about it. I know it's not going to hurt. 2 surgeries and I was not this apprehensive. Anything I should know?
Hi all, I have been on letrozole for nearly 6 months now and I’m struggling with the aches and pains. I am just so stiff. There waa a period at the end of last year that it eased off but it’s ramped back up again. Has anyone found anything to help...
Hi. I had a double mastectomy 5 years ago because of Breast Cancer. Now I have Secondary BC - Anxillary lymph nodes, Lung, Liver & Bone metastases. Life stinks but I try to remember there’s always someone worse off than yourself. I have just finished...
Hi, I was diagnosed with breast cancer last week and I need a mastectomy. Huge shock as after my first mastecnomy. I have to chose between reconstruction or implant and wondered if anyone else is in my positon?
As a daughter of a BC survivor I have been under family history monitoring with annual mammograms for the last 10yrs. I had my first scare at 21yrs old and now I am 46yrs old and my time ran out with the routine mammogram in Jan spotting my lobular cancer...
I had my lumpectomy last week along with lymph nodes removal. Had to go back to get seroma extracted as it was causing a lot of pain. It feels full again and causing discomfort again. Spoke to a nurse earlier who said that they can only drain once a week...
I was first diagnosed at 28. Low risk, no genetic links, no obvious reason to have such an early diagnosis. I went through the whole journey being told the likelihood of the cancer coming back was extremely low. Two years after finishing treatment I’m...
On Thursday I got the results of my core biopsy. It's cancer and I need a lumpectomy and radiotherapy. Everything has happened so quickly and it's hard to get my head round
