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I'm just curious really - and wondering if I'm over thinking things. I have always been a coffee drinker. I would drink as much as 4 to 5 cups a day for the past 50 years (sometimes even more). Always the same brand. Leading up to my diagnosis I remember...
Hello other Phesgo friends Have any of you been told that your scans are showing a small amount of fluid around the heart? This has been reported to me after my two last 3/4 monthly scans. I saw a cardiologist about it and he is not unduly concerned...
Hi all New to the group. I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma at the beginning of April strongly estrogen posltive in 80-100% of the tumour cells- right breast right behind nipple they said progesterone negative and her2 negative and biopsy...
Hi All So its been 4 weeks since my diagnosis and tomorrow I am having a Lumpectomy and Axcillary Node Clearance - up until a couple of days ago I was coping but my anxiety is through the roof. I am terrified of this surgery I mean absolutely terrified...
Hi all, I have had a setback in my treatment in that after 5 months of chemotherapy and a lumpectomy and removal of two nodes, the pathology report shows some residual disease in the breast and one lymph node. I will now need more surgery, radiotherapy...
Hello, I have posted on her previously about my mum's case and just thought I'd share an update for someone who is looking up on this condition and can hear someone else's story, in the hope I can help someone. Please refer to my previous posts about...
I stupidly thought that when I was told my left breast was HER negative I thought being it was negative meant it was a good cancer. I found out yesterday it actually means triple negative and is the most aggressive cancer. I am really worried now as my...
I have been in remission since first Breast Cancer Lumpectomy Radiation waaay back in 2013. After discolouration on opposite breast and visits to GP who initially declared mastitis then a week later after strong antibiotics didn't achieve anything referred...
I've just had a breast cancer diagnosis confirmed today. I've been treatment is a mastectomy. I've now to decide whether to opt for a reconstruction or not. If I opt no I've been told the current wait for reconstruction is 3 years. If I say yes then both...
Possible reoccurrence... for the past 2 and a half weeks I've had pain in my right breast and I think I can feel something like before (stage 1 breast cancer on the leftt side found in July 2024 but not confirmed till the November and ended in mastectomy...
