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I write this message in shear desperation as I have just given up more job due to mental stress and lack of support. I am over surgery and awaiting radiotherapy and work within the nhs. I work within a management role whoever have felt all along the support...
Hi everyone! Have never posted on a forum like this before so it’s all new to me. In the last 2 weeks I’ve been diagnosed with HER 2 positive grade 3 breast cancer. I’m only 29 so this has come as a huge shock. I have also had a totally different Cancer...
Hi, I’m due to have my port fitted tomorrow and then start 4 rounds of EC. Am absolutely terrified and keep imagining the worst case scenario! Can anyone give me any reassurance please? Thank you
Hello everyone So I had my mastectomy back in January and I was meant to start radiotherapy last week for three weeks. They thought I had fluid in the wound so it got postponed and an appointment was made for me to have the fluid drained.. when I went...
Hi. Just wondering if any women have experienced really heavy periods while having chemotherapy and how you managed to deal with them. I'm a lot heavier then my normal period and going through pads and tampons every hour. Driving me mad. Just glad...
Hi, I'm new to this. I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer August 2021. On the whole quite positive. At 1st did my usual coping strategy, if I don't think about it, it's not happening, which usually works, but eventually had to face reality & give...
Hi All I’ve had a few lumps in my left breast that have moved & disappeared over time , they are hard to feel due to the amount of tissue. Embarrassingly I’ve ignored them until this week , I went to the GP on Monday. This was prompted by a month of...
Hi all Where to start. I am 53 and My family have a history of breast cancer. Both mam aunt and gran have had either lumpsectomy or double mastectomy. Up until 3 years ago I had received 3/4 mammograms over 3/4 years. All clear my recent mammogram...
My fingernails developed a marked ridge when the chemotherapy stopped. December, my thumbnail started to split across the nail bed half way up the nail. I managed to hold it together with applying micropore and nail varnish up until today. The nail has...
Hi, I am new here. I am 37 with two small children and I have breast cancer in both breasts and am BRACA2 positive. currently going through chemo (near the end). I am really struggling with the decision if to get reconstruction or stay flat. My thinking...
