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Good morning on this bright sunny day guys and gals. Thought id give a update on my mastectomy yesterday. I can officially say that Bob has now been evicted from his boob home although the little blighter took offence and took his home with him. I didn...
Hi everyone, it’s been months since I posted. I had bilateral breast cancer - the left diagnosed in June and then the right diagnosed a few weeks later. I found out it was polymorphic invasive breast cancer on the right, after the op with a WLE on the...
Hi i am reading people’s chemo posts and considering asking them to reduce my dose as I just don’t find I’m having the same experience. I keep seeing people my age writing that it’s not that bad or they can largely live a normal life with a bit of tiredness...
Hi How long after you had your pre assessment clinic did you start chemo please?
LHi Hope everyone is doing OK,, I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself today but sure will be back on form tomorrow. I had my first pac week last Friday and reacted badly to it twice. Saw the oncologist and tried a different one last Friday nun-pac rhis...
So after my surgery to remove the lump for my Recurrence BC 3 weeks ago I finally got my results. All good and positive, they have removed the cancer and a good margin and they do think it is a recurrence and not a new cancer. I have an Oncology appt...
I'm so upset, so I've got low neutrophils 2.15 ,.I'm I'm only onto 2nd session of my first 3 week cycle. of the pax I asked my oncologist for the white blood cell count injection she said no. I took it during EC I was above 2.1 and they said that was...
Oh wow felt great after Docetaxal and Phesgo injection, thought yep I can deal with this Better than EC. Then bang start the Filgastrim injections and every thing hurts, skin, muscle, bones, it’s like constant period pains all over your body, can’t get...
Been to see the consultant today,I can have a lumpectomy to remove a 6cm tumour, mammoplasty which looks like could have problems with the healing or a mastectomy, plus I have to have lymph node clearance The lumpectomy was what I was hoping to have...
Hi there, I’m Sharon, 50 years old, diagnosed with aggressive Breast Cancer in March this year. Very first mammogram, wasn’t expecting it at all, no symptoms, couldn’t feel a lump so just in shock still really. I’m 4 weeks post op, having had my lymph...
