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Hi all I know my chemo will be in the next coming weeks , getting very anxious now don't know what to expect or how I will feel , have decided to have my chin length bob cut short just to really get used to shorter hair so its a step closer to the inevitable...
Hi everyone I finished chemo in mid Jan and last week had a blood test to look at my vitamin levels. Unrelated to cancer stuff and I thought was quite innocuous! But now they want to repeat them as my white cells and neutrophils are both borderline...
Hi everyone , I am Scheduled for lumpectomy next week and i was given a choice of being awake during surgery or putting me under general anaesthesia. Which is better? I don’t like the feeling of not being aware of what is going on and generally afraid...
Hi just diagnosed with stage 1 invasive ductile cancer. Bit of a shock as I’m sure you all know! Luckily I have a wonderful supportive family and great friends as well as a fabulous medical team looking after me. surgery booked for April fools day...
I am due to have a mastectomy next week, and have been given the option of a DIEP bipedicle flap reconstruction. I ride horses for my sport and hobby and it is an important part of my life. I have been advised by the plastic surgeon that my stomach...
Hi there, I am having a break from taking Anastrozole due to severe back pain. I have arthritis as it is but I have read that Anastrozole can cause permanent damage. So I just wondered if anyone else had similar problems ? Hugs x
Hello I haven’t been here for a while. I had my first Zometa last Monday and it’s really knocked me out. Has anyone else suffered the same?
Hi all, I guess I'm reaching out to people who may have gone through something similar to me. I've been struggling a little this week. I was diagnosed with a 25mm grade 3 invasive ductal carcinoma in December. It was hormone receptor positive, HER2...
Hello. I was diagnosed with grade 3 HER2 positive invasive ductal cancer and into lymph nodes last Tuesday. Have gone private through work as NHS scan date wasn't until 29th March and I'm going out of my mind until I know if it's spread. Had CT scan yesterday...
Well on wards and upwards, I start my chemo next wednesday after having my right mastectomy on 12th january, Im having EC , not looking forward to the side effects, has any one been through this and how did it make them feel, I am apprehensive to say...
