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Hi everyone, Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere. I was just wondering if anyone had been given official advice for the booster jab schedule if you have already been given a 3rd dose? I got my 3rd dose in September so I didn't expect to have...
Hi friends, I just have to moan about an encounter I had yesterday. I was waiting for my lift, in radiotherapy as I got chatting to another woman there - she’d come to support a vulnerable relative. In the conversation she asked me what sort of cancer...
I have just joined this forum and was diagnosed with breast cancer on Monday 13th December. My surgery is 13th January with an MRI on 29th December. Feeling anxious, scared and peed off that I am seemingly ruining Christmas! I have been told to isolate...
Hi, I have been diagnosed with IDC grade 2 stage 1, ER+ but still waiting on HER2 results. Lumpectomy with latissimus Dorsi flap reconstruction and axillary node removal on 6th January. Then definitely radiotherapy and possibly chemotherapy dependant...
Hello. My niece has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She also has breast cysts, over 30 in one breast and 40 in the other. Her medication is making her ill. vomiting all the time. She has also lost over 2 stone in weight. We lost her mother (my sister...
Hi everyone. Does anyone know how long diarrhoea after Docetaxel last? I had it for 3 days now but can’t find any certain information about timing.
Hi, I was just wondering what you guys are doing about chemo and interaction with your family. My daughter lives at home and works in a Primary school and I’ve just had this horrible thought we may need to keep our distance. I’ve not yet had the chat...
Hello all you lovely people out there. I’ve been lurking about in the background for a few weeks but I feel this thing is getting too big for me now and I might just self combust if I don’t get it out. ive just been fo my pathology report from mastectomy...
Hello all. I had my first NHS breast screening a couple of weeks ago then received a callback for further investigation. I tried not to worry and told myself this happens all the time and as my other half is finishing a massive project at work and under...
Hi, I can’t seem to find my original post, I’m not sure how to bookmark or follow on this? recap: lump found right breast, went for mammo, ultrasound had biopsy, put in metal marker and saw the consultant. Consultant told me they’d also found microcalcifications...
