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Hi I completed a 5 day (consecutive) blast of radiotherapy 2 weeks ago and I’ve now developed a rash approx 2 inches square near my breast bone, it’s slightly spotty & frustratingly itchy! So far I’ve only used the emollient provided by the Radiotherapy...
I have been reading some of my paperwork and understand NST, Grade 2 and HER2 neg, but don't quite understand ER8 and PR0. I'm going back for results on the 18th of a second op as they found dcis in the the margins which were not clear following a lumpectomy...
I was back seeing my surgeon on Monday after my lumpectomy on 14th October. She was happy with wounds. Healing very well. Clear margin. No spread to lymph nodes. Small tumour 13 mm. It had been larger apparently but reduced with chemo given as adjuvent...
Hi All, First time posting, though I've been on here for a while, sharing my experiences to hopefully try and help others. This time, I'm looking for reassurance! I'm mid-40s, diagnosed in Aug 2020 with ER+/PR+/HER- BC, early stage, grade 2 from...
I’m getting fed up of the seroma building up. I’ve had it drained 3 times so far and it’s a week since I last saw my consultant and BCN. It’s going to need doing again by the feel of things. It’s gone hard and red again. Is there anything I can do to...
Hi, I am on these,for next 10 years. Started them a couple of months ago. Also have Lymphodema After two ops I thought I had cracked this cancer thing, and so do most people you talk to. Oh boy was I wrong. Hot flushes lots of them not nice but as...
Hi I've completed chemo and radiotherapy. Have started on tamoxifen June 2021. I am peri menopausal thus the tamoxifen. I have been given the option of swapping to anastrazole but will then also have to have goserelein injections monthly to push me into...
just wondering if anyone has had a similar procedure and whether it’s normal to still feel discomfort and pain around the flap area. I have been scanned and told there is nothing sinister to worry about, but advised to take paracetamol and ibuprofen....
Hiya, please can anyone give any advise/help me understand .for flap or implant surgery, im 31 with no kids or partner and found out i have breast cancer… was told i would need chemo first but they have now decided that surgery would be best first…...
On Monday I start 15 sessions of radiation therapy to my chest wall, axillary nodes and supraclavicle area. I had the mastectomy 5 months ago (large invasive lobular tumours). It's felt like a long wait. Apparently my skin clearance after surgery wasn...
