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Bit of light chat - different from the side effects ….( I’ve had enough of them! Grrr) Got a selection of turban/ hats bought a wig , not worn it out yet , can’t get used to it. After 2 chemo sessions I still have eyebrows- so bought myself a fringe...
So sad had to have two teeth out on Wednesday , now looks like chemo start date will be pushed back :-( So will be just over 7 weeks since op Worried it will be too late to stop it coming back . Anyone else had this happen feeling really down .
I got my diagnosed by phone followed by a letter. Can anyone tell me what the following means please? No axillary lymphadenopathy Intermediate grade DCIS, B5a I know DCIS means ductile carcinoma in situ which I think means it hasn’t spread, but...
Hi everyone. Hope you've had a good day today. If not I hope tomorrow is better. After a lumpectomy/theraputic mammoplasty and later an axillary clearance, CT and bone scans I today heard the fabulous news that it hasn't spread elsewhere. I expected...
Hi I had my surgery on 7th December and was told at results all good margins with no node or lymphvoasular spread evident so was started on Anastrozole and told I'd meet the oncologist to discuss radiotherapy. BC was 8mm invasive ductal and picked up...
I had a left side mastectomy on 20 Dec. I stayed in hospital 2 nights, and was then discharged home with a drain. I went back for a follow up check and to have the drain removed a week later. Then yesterday (another week later), I was back again for what...
Hello everyone. I am now getting worried about the delay in my treatment after surgery. I was diagnosed with ER8 HER2 negative in September 26th 2021. I had mastectomy with immediate diep reconstruction in November 2nd. There are 7 out of 16 lymph...
I finished chemo on 9th November but my eyes are still driving me crazy!! They run, they itch, the skin around them is sore, they even feel (although don’t look) bruised. My eyelashes are coming back curly and some are super thick and they’re very sporadic...
I had a second round of biopsies last week on another site in the breast that we know has cancer and in three sites within the other breast. Waiting for results is so hard and I'm struggling to funcion normally. One strange thing is I'm really reluctant...
Hello. This is my first post. I was diagnosed in May 2021 and had two surgeries in June followed by radiotherapy in mid August. I thought I had sailed through the whole thing but in the past month/six weeks Ive had pain or discomfort around my armpit...
