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I have BRCA2 and looking for some advice please. I am on the waiting list for risk reducing surgery including a double masectomy and have been looking into reconstruction options. I get kelloid scars and don't feel that the standard DIEP flap surgery...
Hi everyone. I hope I can get any advice, guidance and opinions. I had my last chemo on Friday 13th February. I am very happy to have got to the end, and very thankful that it only took 8 months of treatment to get here I️ had aggressive breast cancer...
I’m about to start 12 weekly sessions of paclitaxel and would be grateful to hear your experiences of it. What shall I expect? I’ve had a HER2+ lump removed and have my last of 4 EC treatments next week. Just to hear how it is/was for you would be really...
I’m 25, and my mum died of breast cancer 3 years ago. The doctors believe it was related to changes due to the menopause, and as she is the only family member to have had breast cancer, they do not believe that there is an increased genetic risk to us...
Hello there. I’m possibly being over neurotic here but I’ve suddenly noticed a small very solid white ‘discharge’ from one of my nipples. I’m 72 years old and have been treated all this past year for advanced ovarian cancer. As I feel my body has let...
Hi I’m not new to this group as I had TNBC in 2021 and finished treatment in November of that year after lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. since then I’ve had other diagnoses including severe displasia on my tongue that I have quarterly checkups...
Hi I have been getting discolouration on parts of my body I absolutely hate this is one of the side effects from my chemo treatment. I am on abeemacyclib. Is there anything I can put on it for it to start going back to normal skin colour. With everything...
Hi! After finding a lump in my armpit I was sent to the hospital for an ultrasound and they took a sample from the lump. I was told at my follow up appointment last week that the cells were cancerous and that I also have a large lump in my breast and...
I’m new to this type of forum, but sometimes somebody other than family is easier to talk to. diagnosed yesterday, was such a shock as I thought I simply had a cyst or benign lump dont know which way to turn at the moment. consultant offered lumpectomy...
Hi finished chemo in may 2022 have been on Letrozole got all the main menopause symptoms have absolutely no libido and finding intercourse painful I don’t want to take anything hormonal does anybody have any advice?
