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Hi. I am due to start chemo, with a PICC being fitted tomorrow and my first EC appointment on Monday. EC every 2 weeks X4, then Paclitaxel every week X12. Also trying the cold cap for this first time. I'm in an hourly paid job with quite poor sick benefits...
Today I started noticing aches along scar line ( bottom of breast where it joins chest) and where my reconstruction was. could a bit of yoga, after avoiding it for couple months, and lifting 2 heavy plant pots yesterday cause this? my mind working overtime...
I developed Cellulitis after my first breast cancer surgery in February this year. I was given antibiotics for 5 days. I had a 2nd surgery in March and my surgery drained fluid from my breast and fitted a drain. Cellulitis was still present but no antibiotics...
I had my surgery on Thursday and the consultant was very pleased with what she'd done. The Salvation Army captain took me in and collected me as we don't have a car. Everyone in the hospital was so lovely and my husband has been kind. Today, I feel a...
Hi Everyone, I’m new here. I was diagnosed with at least locally advanced breast cancer last month, bone scan is clear but have my CT scan on Saturday. I have my first oncology meeting on Tuesday so j hope I’ll be starting my chemo soon. I have increasing...
Hello, I had my surgery on the 20th May and my dressing was changed yesterday. A lot of the steristrips needed replacing due to being a bit moist but there wasn’t any sign of infection. This morning there’s some leakage on the dressing and I wondered...
Finally got confirmation of this lump in my breast after referral to Marsden. Appears I have a 10cm sarcoma in my left breast. Bone scan clear and CT scan clear so that's good. Met with consultant today and having mastectomy on Monday at royal Marsden...
Has anyone used regain (the hair restorer)? I ordered some online from boots and when it arrived, I read the instructions and it said that if hair loss was due to chemicals (or words to that effect)…. one shouldn’t use it, so I returned it. Yet I’ve read...
Hi all, can anyone advise, my breast care nurse said my dressing can come off at the weekend ( I had lumpectomy and lymph biopsy on Tuesday) but I've just looked through all the leaflets and they say to leave on for 10 to 14 days. How long did you keep...
I've been on Letrozole almost 2 5 years now, with a few breaks (retinal detachment, having covid etc.) Over the last three months I've had two UTI's, the first causing a kidney infection, and this week another one with urgency as well. I've never had...
