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Hi I had lumpectomy & radiotherapy last year & put on letrozole found my joints are very stiff painful especially in the morning very tired & also feel like I'm in a fog most of the time with hot sweats night & day. I tried exemestane but made me terribly...
Hello all haven't posted for a while...got though chemo ... silly question I had lumpectomy and lymph nodes removed yesterday....but I wondering why I have been cut round the nipple rather than where the tumour was as that was further up breast ..I am...
Hi lovelies I am freaking out a bit here ( what’s new ) about the time between diagnosis and and treatment starting officially diagnosed on 2nd feb , had CT and waiting on MRI because something showed on my liver Have an oncology appointment on...
Had my first abus yesterday because of heterogenously dense breasts. Always had normal yearly 3D cad mammograms. Last normal mammogram was in Nov 2020. Compression was at level 3 highest - she asked it it was tolerable but I think it was worse than...
I going ahead with chemo , my choice after oncotype results. Do NHS offer cold compress for hands/ feet,? I realized you can get cold caps for hair, I understand that you get issues with fingernails , toe nails .So I kinda thought why not cold compress...
Just got home from my core biopsy results. So it’s DCIS non invasive but high grade and large. 56mm * 77mm. As such the Dr said she thinks I’ll need a mastectomy. I said if I need one off I’d rather have them both off to reduce the risk further but also...
Hi everyone, I have been diagnosed with breast cancer recently. I had surgery to remove the tumour and the biopsy of the lymph nodes was negative. I will get chemo, radio and hormone therapy. Now, I was just wondering if anyone knows a good place to...
My daughter noticed a swollen arm, some time ago, my freind was smelling her, (she attended to herself) and she now also is coughing but still does not want help. It is very difficult. I have tried doctors but they cannot do much, and we are trying...
I had to have a second operation on Monday to evacuate a large haematoma after a lumpectomy on the right breast the week previous. Obviously this has caused further extensive bruising even though they went back in through the original incision. I have...
So in my case got through BC diagnosis Marvh 2020 start of Covid Nightmare on your own surgery treatment etc Jan 2021 MET to Spine inoperable treatment 1st Feb 2022 new Scans Met to Liver Nightmare diagnosis Tumour confirmed Liver Consultation Friday...
