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Hi, can anyone advise if it is normal to only have a breast area MRI at this stage or should I expect a full body scan still? Thanks x
I am booked in for my surgery next Thursday - the consultant was very helpful and explained what she intended to do. Yesterday I had the magseeds inserted and it was good it was the same person who did my biopsy. The other thing which happened yesterday...
I am coming close to the end of my chemo and my eyelashes have got very thin (though haven't disappeared completely). I have battled with false eyelashes but I'm not sure they're for me, or at least I haven't got the hang of it yet ! I am thinking about...
Hi Hope someone can help me ! I started on anastrozole about 3 weeks ago and have had the expected mild nausea and headache with some fatigue however I seem to have a lot of bloating in my stomach- no pain and not gassy ( I have irritable bowel syndrome...
I have breast cancer oestrogen positive her2 negative, I've now been told I need a MRI
Hi, I had a therapeutic mamoplasty and lymph node clearance on the side where the cancer was. The side which was just reduced is causing me no problems at all. However I am getting a weird creepy shivering sensation on the side where my lymph nodes were...
I’ve had a lumpectomy,- February , Chemo March - July and radiotherapy, August - finished on the 12th but still have a lumpy breast with a distinct little lump under scar. Should I be worried?
Hello everyone, some good news, I just got a letter for a one stop breast clinic next Wednesday. Back story - Lump under armpit and gp reffered me to the breast clinic to get it checked out Feeling nervous and anxious but also a weight lifted off...
Morning I am expecting that when I have blood tests after Christmas I am finally classed as post-menopausal and after 5 years of Tamoxifen will be swapping to Letrozole. Could anyone who has swapped give any insight as to whether they encountered any...
I received my cancer diagnosis on 9 February, and had a lumpectomy on 11 March. I got my results from the surgery on 30 March and was told that I should have an appointment with an oncologist a fortnight later. I was also told that some tissue had been...
