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Hi, I was diagnosed in 2016, had chemo and radiotherapy and I have been taking Tamoxifen since Nov 2016. I started jogging last year, but I suffer from runners knee. Since having cancer treatment and taking Tamoxifen, my skin is looking tired and my...
Hi, I'm new here! Had a first lumpectomy in October (they thought it was a very small amount of mixed intermediate/high grade) and told no clear margin, much bigger than they thought so second one booked for 7th Jan. Unfortunately because I have such...
Hi I'm not sure how this works but I've been told I've got breast cancer from July 3rd 2025 have had 2 lumpectomy 1st was 22nd August 2nd was 8th November left breast now waiting cemo in January then mastectomy lots to get my head around yeah
Good morning I am 3 weeks post op and had dressings changed twice. The new dressings are dry and itchy and when I was feeling around the sore area last night, I felt a small lump in the area where they operated. Is this normal?
Hi All, I hope you are doing as well as can be. I am new to this forum and just wanted to reach out, firstly to say hello, but also ask for any experience of anyone who had the cold cap and stopped mid treatments. I have just finished my 3 weekly...
I had breast cancer treated with lumpectomy, lymph node removal chemotherapy, radiotherapy ten years ago and had 10 months off work.Never even thought of claiming any benefits. 2018 new cancer treated with Mastectomy then 5 years of Letrozole...Letrozole...
I have just been diagnosed with HR-/HER2+ stage 3 breast cancer (lymph nodes are cancerous), with grade 3 cells in all biopsies. The diagnosis was made privately for reasons of urgency, and yesterday I was referred into the NHS system to await treatment...
So surgery happened yesterday. Nine hour wait time, then another six hours in total for the surgery, recovery and observations. I was so dehydrated by the time I got in there, I barely had any veins available for the cannula! Everybody who looked after...
Hi, having adjuvant chemotherapy for early stage breast cancer removed surgically. I'm very lucky to have caught this early, it was high grade hence the chemotherapy I'm on now. I'm day 8 of my 2nd cycle of EC. 2 more to go until I move onto paclitaxel...
Hi everyone, I’m just wondering about hair regrowth after chemo. I’m nearly 5 weeks post-chemo and still can’t see any signs of hair growing back yet, which is starting to worry me a bit. When did your hair start to come back after chemo finished? How...
