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Hi there I have a question. Still trying to decide if I'm going to say yes to chemo for my her2+ grade 3 oe+. I think I will ... but not 100% yet. Seeing oncologist on Monday who no doubt will answer some questions. BUT I'd much rather ask people...
Hi I have been waiting over 2 weeks for the HER2 results - does anyone know if this is normal? Everything else is back and I have a date for a lumpectomy set for 7/4 but only if HER2 comes back negative - otherwise we are going chemo first. just wondered...
I’m 6 chemos in and feeling a bit rubbish today. Not wanting to talk to anyone, thought I’d check out this place for the first time.
Hi I finished my chemotherapy and radiotherapy at the end of September I had a lumpectomy and two lymph node is taken from under my arm seven months on from surgery I’m getting pain under the arm stiffness and also needle a pain in the breast and feels...
Hi , I had my first chemo done on Tuesday . First couple of days felt ok. Sickness is being controlled at the moment thankfully. It's just this Feeling of being totally and utterly knocked off my feet . When do you feel better . Does it get worse with...
I have a lump under my arm where I had my dentinal lymph node removal ,any one else has thus ? Small jelly feeling lump but a bit hard inside
Just been looking at stats for BC percentage at my age 48 and they seem so low just so angry I'm in them and can't understand why. If  I had looked at these percentages before I don't think I'd have worried at all. So upsetting I feel really down .
I would like to think of this forum as a safe space, where, due to our sometimes common experiences, there is a lot more of a chance of finding an understanding ear from someone who knows, really knows, what we are talking about. And yet, in recent...
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Hi All, New to your platform. I am 53, female and have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. My cancer was found by MRI scan done by another department and I was referred to the breast clinic. It was not visible to mammograms. Five weeks ago...
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