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my emotions are all over the place following a grade 1 diagnosis which I received only yesterday. It seems over the top to react so dramatically when I’ve been told it’s such an early stage and prognosis seems good from what I read, but I still feel like...
Hi all My wife was diagnosed yesterday with Stage 2 invasive ductal..they said at the hospital “there will be chemo first then surgery then radiotherapy. Most common, most treatable type. Oestrogen receptive (i.e fed by oestrogen) means it responds...
Hi the nurse told me today my calcium levels have been creeping up last 2 times blood was taken ( before my kadcyla). Not sure reason but now realise I for got to tell her I’ve been taking high dose vitamin D3. Would this raise my calcium ? im worrying...
I’m on kadcyla. 5 th one yesterday. soles of both feet gradually getting worse at night as in hot and painful, even when I walk. Not so bad during the day. I’m on amitryptilline 10mg at night for it. Anyone here take higher dose and d s it help? Anyone...
Feels absolutely awful to have to join this club but I'm so grateful it's here. I found Lord Voldelump about a month ago, got seen really quickly by the breast team. Mammogram, ultrasound, biopsy, all done and dusted. Unfortunately there was a...
Hi, I was diagnosed with LCIS with florid changes in July I had 3 biopsys and an MRI there was still no signs of cancer, in october I had a diagnostic excision of the right posterior upper quadrant with removal of adjacent markers. I have now been diagnosed...
Waiting to see the consultant to discuss biopsy & also waiting to have a CT scan. Already told it's gone into my lymph nodes & the cancer is large. Petrified of the outcome. Never known anxiety like it.
Just an update of everything. Diagnosed Sept 23rd with stage 2 HER2+ DCIS Initially after ct scan/mri lump was measured as 13mm...Single mastectomy on the 10th Nov, recovering well...went for my check up 2 days ago...the pathology results are just wow...
Long story short but my mum hid a fungating tumour on her breast until 2 1/2 years ago. When it was found they were talking about end of life care because it was so big. She's had radiotherapy and on hormone tablets which have shrunk it and dried it up...
Breast cancer, hi everyone, I'm new here,I've had my op cancer out was to be wide excision but they took out through the outside of nipple an lymph glands,all very neat n tidy,went in for 7mm tumor but it was 16mm tumor they took out, radiotherapy done...
