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Hi there, just thought I would introduce myself and situation. I was diagnosed in November 2016 and went through Chemo, lymph node removal (5), lumpectomy and finally radiotherapy, treatment completed by August 2017. My fear post treatment was lymphedema...
Hello all. I am waiting on a clinic date after I went to my doctor after finding one breast lump. She found two more, one in my breast, the other in my armpit. I'm so worried and feel isolated, no one to talk to, I don't want to bother my husband. I'm...
Hello there, Just wanted to introduce myself to the club that no-one wants to join but exclusive invites get sent out. On 8th Dec I found out that the lump that Hubby found at the end of October (along with 1 more in the breast and 1 in my lymph node...
Hi everyone I'm a 30 year old women with 2 young kids and have been diagnosed with grade 3 triple negative breast cancer. My mum also has breast cancer too but has already had her surgery, hers is a different grade a type to mine and is going through...
I just started on EC treatment on the 23rd of December, at the moment feeling nauseous and tired, was wondering when you could expect hair to start shedding and how was it for you..Did it gradually get thinner or come away in lumps. Just curious than...
Hello all. I am having very painful neuropathy in my hand, the one used for all but one chemo infusion. I just wondered if this is very common, how long does it last and what, if anything can be done? I am four and a half months post FEC chemo and am...
Hello. I have breast cancer. I had an operation a couple of weeks ago to remove the cancer and a lymph node (the blue dye). The 23rd I went for results. They said I need another operation. They found it in the lymph node. They also found something else...
Advice please , I start my chemo 6 weeks after my lumpectomy , I am having 12 weeks of CarboTaxol , just worried that I might be starting the chemo too late :-( :-(
Hi. I had my surgery just over two weeks ago. I had a 3 to 4 cm lesion removed and two sentinel nodes. I had a mastopexy which went well. I'm waiting for my post OP histology, which is a bit of a distraction. Having read others surgeries and treatments...
was diagnosed 5th november stage 3 breast cancer awaiting surgery
