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Had to go to A&E on Saturday 4pm and was readmitted to hospital after undergoing lumpectomy on Monday 14th. Sudden onset acute pain and swelling- horrendous. Literally crawled through A&E. Turned out to be a huge bleed inside the breast. On it in emergency...
I think I had some good news today. My MRI after chemo cycle 2 has shown my original 56mm lump is now 11mm. They now need to put a “clip” in to mark it as it might shrink and disappear before surgery. Has anyone else had a similar experience? What I really...
I have been on Anastrozole for9 months. I have been subjected to pain in my entire body for the last 4 to 5 months. On the hospital scale of 7 to 8 all of the time. I was at my wits end taking 8 x 30mg codeine and 500mg of paracetamol daily. I broke...
Hi all, hope it is ok for me to join as it is my daughter who has breast cancer and not me. She is due to start radiotherapy on Thursday and I want to go with her for all her appointments but she said I can only attend the first one and possibly others...
Hi, just had my appointment today about my reconstruction after a lumpectomy last year. Feeling very emotional about it all, it’s all flooding back, not even sure I have whilst accepted what’s happed to me in the past 12 months, mixed bag of feelings...
I was diagnosed early November A week after my diagnosis my dad past away suddenly absolutely adored my dad he was my hero A week after my dad past I had my surgery I feel very lucky it was only stage 2 and wasn't in the lymph nodes only have to...
Can anyone give me any feedback please, good or bad on not having reconstruction after a single mastectomy, I had expander fitted after the mastectomy and it’s not working as planned, due to my skin being too thin,( I had radiotherapy years ago) I’ve...
Hi I’ve found out today that my granddaughter has chickenpox. I’m having radiotherapy at the moment but I fid have her for the day over the weekend before the spots appeared. Should I contact my BCN as I’m worried about the risk of it as you can have...
Hi I woke up this morning with a red saucer shape rash under my left breast, with a slight mark under my right too. The cancer is in my right breast. it is itchy and I must have scratched it in the night and made it a little sore but skin not broken...
Hi there I have recently immigrated from South Africa and I am in the Leyland area. I have stage 4 breast cancer me am getting registered on the NHS system. In the meantime I am trying to find out information regarding physiotherapist to assist with lymphodema...
